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Patrick Holleron

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — United Way of Greater St. Joseph began its 2025 campaign on Thursday morning with a kickoff breakfast.

The event, held at The Metropolitan in Downtown St. Joseph, kicked off with a campaign video featuring the Juhl family and their son Jetson, who was born with multiple brain differences.

In addition to the campaign video, the 2025 campaign co-chairs, Michael and Jennifer Holden, discussed this year’s goals and the money raised so far by other organizations.

“You walk in and you see a room that’s full crowded,” Michael said. “It shows the support of our community. They are willing to give and it allows United Way to give out to our partner agencies.”

As of Thursday, Sept. 4, the total amount raised is $970,506.40 for the 2025 campaign.

“$970 (thousand) is a great number,” Jennifer said. “With numbers still coming in from those companies, I would not be shocked if we kicked off the campaign off with a million.”

For more information on the 2025 campaign and for ways to get involved, visit the United Way of Greater St. Joseph’s website at www.stjosephunitedway.org.

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Rebecca Evans

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Looking for something fun, free and family-friendly to do this weekend? From karaoke night to StroudStock, and free museum day, there’s something for everyone.

First up, this Friday, head over to Mokaska Coffee Company for a special karaoke night. From 7 to 8:30pm, the mic is open. Whether you’re ready to belt your heart out or just want to grab a drink to cheer on your friends, everyone’s welcome.  

Next up, StroudStock is taking over Civic Center Park from 1 to 9pm Saturday. This free community event is packed with live music,  plus a local vendor fair, a kids zone with inflatables and face painting, as well as a touch-a-truck experience with real emergency vehicles.

And it won’t cost you a dime. Plus, there’ll be a heartfelt first responder tribute, honoring the local heroes who keep our community safe.

Saturday is also free museum day. That means you can explore some of St. Joseph’s most fascinating museums completely free of charge.

Participating museums include the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, Andrew County Museum, Mount Mora Cemetery, Pony Express Museum, Robidoux Row, and the Walter Cronkite Memorial, all open from 10am to 4pm. You can also visit the Black Archives Museum, Doll Museum, Remington Nature Center, Glore Psychiatric Museum, and the St. Joseph Museum which will be open a bit later 10am-5pm. 

So there you have it, live music, fire trucks, face paint, and free museum hopping, all happening this weekend. It’s the perfect chance to make some memories without breaking the bank. 

Tune in every Thursday for more ways to see St. Joseph.

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ANDREW COUNTY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Two people suffered serious injuries in a crash in northern Andrew County Wednesday.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the crash occurred around 3:31 p.m. at the intersection of U.S. Highway 71 and Route B, about two-and-a-half miles west of Bolckow, Missouri.

A 24-year-old St. Joseph man driving west on Route B tried to cross 71, but failed to yield to a 23-year-old Maryville woman driving north.

She hit his car’s driver side.

First responders took both to Mosaic Life Care for serious injuries.

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TaMya Bracy

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The St. Joseph Communication Center has received about a $1 million grant from the Missouri 9-1-1 service board to purchase new equipment.

The communication center serves both St. Joseph and Buchanan county law enforcement, MoWest law enforcement, the fire department and other surrounding emergency responders.

Chase Cotter, a St. Joseph Police Department captain, said the grant will go towards improvements of the communication center technologies.

“The Next Generation 9-1-1 Grant we received will go towards improvements in software and hardware in our redundancies and how we take in 911 calls, as well as in GIS or geographical information systems updates,” Cotter said. “So basically, like call location services, we’ll get better locations of where someone is calling us from,” he said.

Cotter also said the grant will help the communication center upgrade its servers and its call-taking hardware. 

“We are transitioning away from our old copper phone lines, which are no longer supported and have kind of deteriorated infrastructure,” Cotter said. “Going to voice over Internet protocol or VoIP phones, which are more reliable, can switch over and transfer calls easier, and it has redundancies in the form of broadband, internet and cell phone signals,” he said.

The new technology will help with more accurate call locations. Cotter said their accuracy will rise to about 95%.

“So if somebody were to call in, we could tell exactly down to the street address on the street number where they are at,” he said.

Overall, this grant will help better serve the community.

“Basically just to ensure we offer a reliable and accurate service to our citizens and get and have the ability to always ensure we take in phone calls from people that need them, and know the locations of people that are trying to call us that may not be able to see an address or say where they’re at,” he said.

The entire upgrade to the communication center will go into effect in 2026.

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Patrick Holleron

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The Ancient Order of Hibernians donated a check in the form of $2,200 to the Samaritan Counseling Center to assist in its services to the community.

The money was raised at this past year’s Devin Delaney Memorial Irish Road Bowling Contest. The contest was made to honor and remember St. Joseph resident Devin Delaney, who passed away due to a seizure on Dec. 11, 2022.

In talking to Devin’s father, Dennis Delaney, he believes the donations are invaluable to the services provided by the Samaritan Counseling Center. He noted that Devin was a strong supporter of the center and always helped those struggling with mental health.

“That’s exactly why we raised the money,” Dennis said. “We are a nonprofit, but we support several organizations here in town. The Samaritan (Counseling) Center was one that was close to Devin’s heart.”

The donation will help assist in the services the Samaritan Counseling Center offers such as medical therapy.

“Anything that we provide for our patients, who don’t always have (the) money to pay for (health) services, helps,” Addiction Specialist Dr. Robert Corger said. “And certainly the awareness of this is also important for patients that have addiction.”

For more information on the Samaritan Counseling Center and how to donate, visit their website at: http://www.thecenterlistens.org/

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HARRISON COUNTY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A 71-year-old Stover, Missouri man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash just six miles north of Gilman City.

The crash occurred around 10:55 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 2, as the male, driving a 2008 Honda Gold Wing motorcycle, was going east on Route MM. He saw an animal in the roadway and went off the south side to avoid the animal.

The driver was partially ejected during the event, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.

Both the motorcycle and driver skidded before coming to rest facing west off the south side of the roadway.

The motorcycle was totaled and the man was taken by LifeFlight to Mosaid Life Care in St. Joseph.

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Nia Hinson

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Some local pharmacies and health care providers are working to determine their vaccination protocols after new federal regulations limit who can receive them.

The Food and Drug Administration approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for the upcoming fall and winter season. The regulations now state that Americans will be required to get a prescription to receive a COVID-19 vaccination unless they are 65 years or older or have underlying health conditions that put them at risk.

Healthy children under age 18 will be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccine after consulting with their health care provider, according to ABC News.

In a statement sent to ABC 17 News Tuesday afternoon, MU Health Care said it is still finalizing any changes.

“We are still finalizing our vaccination protocols as we await guidance related to recent policy change,” the statement said.

Boone Health did not immediately provide a response.

ABC 17 News spoke with a pharmacist at the Walgreens located on East Broadway who said anyone under 65 or who does not have a health condition will not be eligible to receive the shot without a prescription.

The CVS Pharmacy on Bernadette Drive said children under 12 will need a prescription.

According to Kilgore’s pharmacist, Bill Morrissey, the pharmacy is still waiting on guidance and clarification.

Board President of the Missouri Immunization Coalition, Lynelle Phillips, said the United States is already having trouble with vaccination rates, and the new restrictions aren’t going to help.

“The other concern is, for instance, I have a husband who qualifies for the vaccine and will likely get it, and I don’t. So even if he gets the vaccine, if I go out and catch COVID while on campus or whatever and bring it home, then the vaccine is not 100%,” Phillips said.

According to Phillips, in public health, the goal is not only to vaccinate high-risk people, but also to make sure people they are in close contact with are vaccinated as well. The new restrictions are something she fears will no longer allow that to happen.

Phillips also said the restrictions could become problematic for pregnant women.

Physicians can prescribe to people who don’t fit a certain category based on the drug label, referred to as “off label.” However, Phillips said there’s a possibility of liability in those cases.

The new restrictions also mean some Americans may now face out-of-pocket costs when receiving the vaccine.

“The child vaccines are all covered by the vaccine for children program, but now COVID is not being recommended for children, so they won’t be covered, which means they’ll have to use private insurance to become vaccinated,” Phillips said. “I don’t know how insurance companies will feel about that. It’s the same for adults. People might have to pay out-of-pocket if they really want it, and we have enough trouble promoting the COVID vaccine as it is, let alone asking people to fork out cash for it.”

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Praji Ghosh

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Missouri Western State University has a new face leading workforce development.  

In March 2025, the university brought on Rebecca Lobina as its director of workforce development. 

In her new role, Lobina will team up with faculty and staff to strengthen programs that meet the region’s workforce needs. 

“Workforce development is really just upskilling, training up and then educating our workforce; the only difference is that workforce development is a specific kind of training,” Lobina said.  

Right now, she and the technology team at MoWest are working closely with faculty, staff and local businesses to pinpoint gaps in the workforce.  

Students are encouraged to take workforce development courses on campus, which are open to everyone, to help them gain hands-on learning experience.  

“The workforce development goes hand in hand with the degree programs, which we call stackable credentials, which help you upskill and do better for yourself,” Lobina said.  

Lobina said, students taking part in the program are gaining key skills to prepare them for what’s ahead in their careers.  

The university is also rolling out a professional etiquette series, which will be recorded, so future students can take advantage of it too.  

“I think it’s nice for construction engineers to have the experience because when you go out in the field, especially for someone like me, it just helps to have that experience,” said Rhett Foster, a senior at MoWest.

The workforce development program paves the way for students to understand the basics of this industry and do better for the community after seeking a job.  

“I think I understand what’s going on in here is because of what I do at work, and this will help me understand more of what I do at work,” said Preston Marshall, a junior at MoWest.

Lobina said MoWest plans to add more programs based on what communities in the region need so students can build skills that not only launch their careers but also strengthen the local workforce. 

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Carter Ostermiller

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The City of St. Joseph’s Clean Sweep program is back after a cancellation last April, starting this first week of October.

The program allows St. Joseph residents to dispose of yard waste, trash and appliances for two full days a year free of charge.

You cannot dispose of oil, liquid paint, batteries, toxic waste and tires on rims.

The program takes place on the first seven days of April and October during normal hours at the City of St. Joseph Landfill.

To participate in the program, residents must provide a photo ID and present a current paid property tax receipt showing proof of city taxes.

If residents didn’t have to pay property taxes, another option is going to the Buchanan County courthouse and obtaining a non-assessment certificate from the county assessor.

For more information and guidelines, visit the St. Joseph, Missouri website.

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