St Joseph Police want to know what you think they should do with a recently received grant.

The Police Department received nearly $28,000 from a US Justice Department grant that they will share with the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department.

Sergeant Larry Stobbs says the department will take public input Friday afternoon.

“We typically only get you know, one or two people show up and were hoping at some point more people show up so we can get more feedback,” Stobbs says.  “That’s why we have the public comment hearing so if there are other concerns citizens have they can say here’s our thoughts on how to spend that money.”

The city is looking to purchase data storage for evidence on electronic devices like cellphones, professional standards software, audio recording software for officers and tasers for the Sheriff’s Department.

The grant fund has declined in the past due to budget cuts.  Stobbs says they used to get near $80,000 each year.  The funding in the past was used for equipment purchases such as tasers or in-car video camera’s.

 

The public hearing starts at 1:00 Friday afternoon at the Law Enforcement Center, 501 Faroan Street.

 

 

Second Harvest is gearing up for No Hunger Summer which starts Monday.

The No Hunger Summer program helps feed children over the summer in St Joseph.

Four sites will host the Second Harvest cafe program until mid-August. Each cafe site will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Each location will provide for children and families five days a week. Kids 18 and under eat free. The program will include giveaways this year and include special guest throughout the summer.

“We serve 1,000 kids through Backpack Buddies in St. Joseph during the school year. When the school year ends, so does Backpack Buddies,” said Christine Feuerbacher, director of programs at Second Harvest. “The burden to families in the summertime is enormous. No Hunger Summer gives us an opportunity to nourish all children and to meet a need that would otherwise not be met.”

The four locations are:

Bode Ice Arena, 2500 Southwest Parkway

The Edge Church, 5801 King Hill Avenue

Woodson Chapel,2525 St. Joseph Avenue

Brookdale Presbyterian Church,203 South 31st Street).

For more information, click here.

 A Gillman City teen is recovering from moderate injuries after an accident south of Eagleville Thursday morning.

Four-teens, all under 16-years-old, were in the 72 Chevrolet truck when hit a bridge guard embankment on 200th Street Southwest of Eagleville.

The one injured teen was taken to the hospital in Bethany, then transferred to Children’s Mercy in Kansas City. The other three were not injured and were released to their parents, according to the Highway Patrol.

No one in the vehicle was wearing a seat belt. The accident was reported at 6:40 Thursday morning.

Livingston County authorities are investigating another report of fraud this week.

Sheriff Steve Cox says a scam artist somehow convinced a Livingston County citizen they had won a large sum of money from a foreign country.

The suspect told the resident they needed to wire money to get the process started. The citizen was scammed out of $1,500 and the criminals requested and additional $5,000.

Sheriff Cox says if you receive these emails, letters or phone calls, the best practice is to simply ignore them.

He says scam artist often continue harassing you until they get the last possible dime from you and will never deliver any money, goods, or show up to pickup a purchase.

Two teens are recovering from serious injuries after a motorcycle accident Tuesday night in Grundy County.

19-year-old Jesse Bruce and 15-year-old Ericka Spurgin, both from Trenton Mo,  were taken to Wright Memorial hospital after the accident around 8pm south of Galt.

The accident occurred on a private road when the motorcycle skidded off the road around a curve and overturned. Neither of the two were wearing a helmet according to the Highway Patrol.

Missouri Western’s summer theater company is offering a sneak peak at it’s upcoming performance of Miss Saigon.

The Western Playhouse summer theater will stage the musical Miss Saigon July 4th through July 13th.

The cast will be performing one or two songs around town as a sneak peak leading up to the performance.  The performance times and places are listed below.

 Anyone is welcome to stop by a enjoy a sneak peak, according to Western Officials.

11:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 19, main lobby of Heartland Regional Medical Center

6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 20, St. Joseph Country Club

12:30 p.m. Sunday, June 23, East Hills Shopping Center

Noon Tuesday, June 25, Downtown Rotary meeting, Benton Club

St Joseph Public Library is forming a partnership with Amazon.com to raise money for the library.

The partnership will allow a portion of some purchases on Amazon.com to be directed to the library’s budget.

Library director Mary Beth Revels says the proceeds amount to about 5 percent of each purchase from the online retailer and is not limited to books.

Customers must use a link specific to the St. Joseph Public Library before purchasing online. Amazon will look and function the same, but will have the words “stjosephpublic-20” at the end of the URL, which designates that the sale is benefiting the library.

Links to the fundraiser are on the Amazon site and at the library’s website.