SJPD investigating bank robbery at Citizens Bank and Trust at 5305 North Belt.
St. Joseph Police are investigating after a bank robbery reported at the Shoppes at North Village Monday afternoon.
According to Sgt. Chris McBane with the police department, at 3:15 p.m., a man walked into the Citizens Bank and Trust at 5305 North Belt and presented a note demanding money. He left on foot with an undetermined amount of cash. No one was injured.
Police are describing the suspect as a white male, wearing a blue jacket and a St. Louis Cardinals baseball hat.
Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at (816) 238-TIPS.
St. Joseph Police are investigating after shots were fired at an occupied house Thursday evening.
According to the St. Joseph Police Department, around 5 p.m., shots were fired at a house in the 3600 block of South 31st Street. Police say there were people inside the house, but no one was injured.
Police say they believe the shooting was not random and that the suspects drove away in a vehicle. There is no suspect information to be released at this time.
Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at (816) 238-TIPS.
Salem State University students Kelly Cryts and Kylie Capalbo paint a Habitat for Humanity house in St. Joseph. Photo by Sarah Thomack.
By Sarah Thomack St. Joseph Post
The sounds of paint rollers and power tools are not typically what you would expect to hear during a college student’s spring break trip.
Twenty-one students from Salem State University in Massachusetts were part of an alternative spring break trip this week. The students were in St. Joseph helping build homes with Habitat for Humanity.
Kylie Capalbo is a freshman at Salem. Capalbo said the trip was put together and advertised on campus by Community Service Initiative.
“I thought it was a better option than sitting around, doing nothing at home,” Capalbo said. “It’s a lot of hands-on, it is hard work and you’re going to get dirty, but it’s so worth it at the end, seeing the results and knowing that you made a difference… It’s definitely been a good way to spend my spring break and I would absolutely do it again in a heartbeat.”
Twenty-one Salem State University students spent their spring break volunteering with Habitat for Humanity in St. Joseph. Photo by Sarah Thomack.
The rain and wind this week didn’t stop the students as the projects were based indoors. Habitat Construction Supervisor Harlan Woodward said the students are painting the inside of one house in the 1000 block of S. 16th Street and hanging sheetrock at another.
“We’re on the painting crew here and we’re having a good time,” Woodward said. “Working with these kids is a neat experience, they spend their spring break here instead of partying somewhere so I appreciate them coming and helping us.”
The students will wrap up work on the houses Friday morning.
Missouri deer hunters donated 259,414 pounds of venison to the state’s Share the Harvest program this past deer season. Photo courtesy Missouri Dept. of Conservation.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Conservation Federation of Missouri (CFM) are sending out their thanks to the thousands of Missouri deer hunters who donated venison to the state’s Share the Harvest program.
According to a press release from the MDC, 259,414 pounds of venison was donated, including 4,855 whole deer.
The donated deer meat goes to local food banks and food pantries to help feed hungry Missourians all around the state.
Second Harvest Community Food Bank in St. Joseph is one of the food banks that benefits from Share the Harvest. Second Harvest Chief Development Officer Michelle Fagerstone said the program helps hunters donate surplus venison to those in need.
“A hunter simply takes their deer to an approved meat processor and lets the processor know how much venison they wish to donate,” Fagerstone said. “Then the processor packages the meat and either contacts the charitable agency directly or has a sponsoring organization that delivers the donation to that charitable organization.”
Fagerstone said, through the program, Second Harvest received 1,500 pounds of venison in November that they distributed out to their partner agencies.
“We’re always in need of protein for those that are food insecure. So a program like this that brings in pound packages of high protein, high nutritious food is very easy for us to distribute and it generally comes during the winter time when we have a larger call for people who need help because they have outstanding utility bills they have to contend with, they have higher levels of illness going on,” Fagerstone said. “So when we can supplement our budget with donated protein of this level, it really does help us save money and it helps us get that protein out to those in need.”
For more information about the Share the Harvest program, you can call Second Harvest at (816) 364-3663 or go to the MDC’s website.
St. Patrick’s Day weekend parade in Atchison, Kansas. File photo courtesy Atchison Chamber of Commerce.
Atchison, Kansas, will host several St. Patrick’s Day weekend activities on Saturday.
The day will include a Shamrock Hunt on Commercial Street for kids from noon until 2 p.m. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade begins at 2 p.m. at 4th and Commercial. It travels to Kansas Avenue to 7th Street and will end at 7th and Commercial.
According to Atchison Chamber of Commerce President Jacque Pregont, that day, there will also be an opportunity to take a ride on the Irish History Trolley Tours.
“We hadn’t done it for several years, and we resurrected our Irish Trolley Tours, kind of a take-off on our regular historic tours that we do,” Pregont said. “Something different, talk about our Irish heritage that we have in this part of the country and it was so well received, people seemed to be really excited about it, so we’re happy to do that again this year.”
The tour includes historic homes and businesses built by the Irish and a tour of St. Patrick’s Church – the state’s oldest Catholic Church in continuous use.
For more information, or to reserve a spot on the Irish History Trolley tour, you can call 800-234-1854 or go to visitatchison.com.
The agriculture business community will come together for an event next week in St. Joseph.
The St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce hosts the Farm City Breakfast each year. Chamber Director of Communications and Marketing Kristi Bailey said this is the 15th annual Farm City Breakfast, which is an event put on to partner with the agribusiness community.
“It really brings everyone that is out in the field doing their daily business together with the people that work on the more financial side of ag, which is people that are in banks and business that use the services of the farmers,” Bailey said. “So it’s usually a very good turnout of people from all walks of life in the ag business community.”
The event is held in celebration of National Ag Day.
The speaker this year will be Mike Adams of the Adams on Agriculture syndicated radio program which airs on 680 KFEQ. A year ago he started the Adams on Agriculture program for the American Ag Network, focusing on ag policy and issues such as trade, renewable fuels and rural development. Adams is a past president of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting, past National Farm Broadcaster of the Year recipient and last fall was inducted into the NAFB Hall of Fame.
The event is also a fundraiser for the AFA which provides college scholarships to students in the Future Farmers of America program to continue their education in agribusiness.
The Farm City Breakfast takes place from 7 to 9 a.m. on Friday, March 22, at Word of Life Church in St. Joseph. Individual tickets are
$12 each.
For more information, or to register, call (816) 364-4102 or go to saintjoseph.com.
A 19-year-old St. Joseph resident was injured in a rollover crash Monday morning on Interstate 29.
According to Sgt. Chris McBane with the St. Joseph Police Department, at 9:47 a.m., the driver of a pickup truck was driving south on I-29 around the 46 mile marker when he fell asleep at the wheel. The vehicle went off the left side of the road, the driver overcorrected and the vehicle went off the right side of the road and overturned.
The driver was transported to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
A week for entrepreneurs and anyone interested in business is coming up later this month at Missouri Western State University.
Workshops being offered during Entrepreneurship Week include Accounting for Beginners, Creating a Marketing Plan, What Your Financial Statement Can Tell You and Social Media Tools for Small Businesses.
Director for the Center for Entrepreneurship at the Missouri Western Craig School of Business Annette Weeks said this year, the speaker for the capstone luncheon on Friday will be Peter Ueberroth.
“Our benefactor, Steve Craig, was able to get him to come to St. Joseph. A little bit of background on him is he was the architect for the Los Angeles Summer Olympics (1984), he was also voted Man of the Year by Time Magazine, he was commissioner of the baseball league as well as helped an effort to rebuild Los Angeles after the riots,” Weeks said. “We’re very excited to get someone of his esteem and such a vast background especially in entrepreneurship to come to Missouri Western in St. Joseph.”
Weeks said whether or not someone has an interest in being an entrepreneur themselves, entrepreneurship affects everyone in a community.
“It’s important to know what (entrepreneurs) bring to our region, the economic stability, the job creation, the innovation, it comes from our local entrepreneurs,” Weeks said. “We really feel passionate about that and at Missouri Western, we are committed to cultivating and educating entrepreneurs for our region. Entrepreneurship Week is one of our efforts in supporting this entrepreneurial ecosystem.”
Entrepreneurship Week takes place March 25-29 on the campus of Missouri Western.
For more information or to register, call (816) 271-4283 or click here.
Parties on the Parkway 2018 logo courtesy of the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce.
Planning is underway and public input is needed for a summer event in St. Joseph.
The committee planning the annual Parties on the Parkway event is asking the public for suggestions on bands to hire for the concert series this summer.
St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce Director of Communications and Marketing Kristi Bailey said they work with the City of St. Joseph to bring live music, food, networking and kids activities to various areas along the Parkway. At this stage in the planning process, they are wanting to know what area residents are interested in hearing at Parties on the Parkway.
“We like to do music everyone can sing along to or tap their feet to, so we’ve had bands that have done cover music or upbeat original music, really, any kind of genre,” Bailey said. “We like to help bring the party to Parties on the Parkway, so we do like to have good fast paced music that people want to enjoy.”
Suggestions need to be submitted before Thursday. They can be emailed to redmond@saintjoseph.com. Bailey said to include the band or artist’s name and a link to their website, if available. Suggestions can also be submitted on the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce Facebook page.
Parties on the Parkway is a free event held once a month from May through August at different places along the Parkway system in St. Joseph. The first Parties on the Parkway is scheduled for Thursday, May 9th.
