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House fire on Clay Street near 22nd. Video by Liby Waltemath

State boys’ wrestling

State champion 🏆 Lafayette senior Jackson Perkins becomes the 4th state wrestling champion in school history with a 7-4 win over Jace Renfro of Seneca. A takedown with less than 20 seconds left sealed it. He improves from a 3rd place finish last year and ends the year at 52-1. 🎥- Tommy Rezac

Girls’ state wrestling

Back-to-back 🏆 Savannah’s Jade Brundige overcomes 2-0 hole and scores two at the last moment on a near fall to beat Mid-Buchanan’s Delanie Smith, a defending state champ, 6-4 at 115 pounds. Smith had beat Brundige twice this year, including in the district title bout. Brundige, a sophomore, goes back-to-back seasons as a state champion. 🎥- Tommy Rezac

Savannah @ East Buchanan

It's almost time! East Buchanan hosts Savannah on the gridiron! Pregame 6:30, kick at 7! Live on StJosephPost.com! Click here to listen: http://radio.securenetsystems.net/cwa/SJPOST

A hot one for the first fully-padded practice at Chiefs training camp on Friday. Tommy Rezac gives a full report.

It was a hot and active day of Chiefs training camp at Missouri Western. Tommy Rezac has a recap!

Day 2 of Chiefs camp in the books. Tommy Rezac has a recap!

The first day of Chiefs training camp is in the books! Tommy Rezac has the full report here. Full story from Day 1 coming soon on StJosephPost.com!

Homecoming for a hero 🇺🇸 🚒 Special Olympics Missouri athlete and power lifter Charlie Phillips is back home in Savannah after winning four medals (three 🥈 and a 🥉) at the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023 this past week. Story and photos to come on StJosephPost.com!

It’s a warm one in Fenton for the Missouri State High School Activities Association Girls’ soccer Final Four! Bishop LeBlond (14-5) faces Father Tolton (16-8-1) shortly after noon. We’ll have a full story with photos coming up this afternoon on StJosephPost.com! We’ll also have full reports from the match at 5:09, 5:49 and 6:09 tonight on KFEQ!

It’s a PACKED house as the St. Joseph Mustangs open the 2023 season tonight against the Baldwin City Blues! First pitch at 7 p.m. as the Mustangs open their 14th season of play. Story on tonight’s game will be on StJosephPost.com!

🏆BACK-TO-BACK🏆 With this win in the 4x400, the North Platte girls’ track team clinches the Class 2 team title at state track for a second straight season! Olivia Rogers with her 3rd gold medal of the day as she brings it home. She also won the 100 and 200. North Platte led by a point when this race began over Father Tolton.

🏆STATE CHAMPION 🏆 The East Buchanan boys’ 4x800 meter relay team took first with a school record time of 8:16.97. Aidan Hensley, Parker Conroy, Carson White and Kyler Paxton all ran the race. The Bulldogs have won three state titles so far this week. Head to twitter.com/tommykfeq for more updates. Tommy Rezac will have a full story with area results and photos tonight on StJosephPost.com!

Missouri Western men’s and women’s basketball in Maryville to face Northwest Missouri State! ⏰- pregame 1, tips at 1:30, 3:30 📻- KFEQ Radio (680, 95.3) 💻- 680kfeq.com/live-stream 📱- KFEQ app Chiefs are on Qcountry 92.7. Tune in 🏀🎙️

🏆CHAMPIONSHIP DAY🏆 The Missouri 8-Man Football title game between North Andrew and Bishop LeBlond! 📍- Columbia, MO 🏟️- Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium ⏰- pregame 6:30, kick at 7 💻- radio.securenetsystems.net/cwa/SJPOST 📱- St. Joseph Post app 📒- https://stjosephpost.com/posts/2aad0200-26cb-44d4-8739-a8162c16c5b7 Tune in!🎙️

Playoff football on the road on a frigid Friday night! Bishop LeBlond High faces Orrick in the Missouri 8-Man Football District 3 title! Pregame underway. Kick at 7 on KFEQ! 680, 95.3, 680kfeq.com and the KFEQ app. Tommy Rezac and Matt Pike have the call. Join us! 📻🎙🏈🦅

It’s game day! 🏈 Missouri Western Football is at Emporia State! Pregame coverage starts at noon, with kickoff at 1 on KFEQ Radio! Tommy Rezac has the call with Paul Smith and Derek Zimmerman-Guyer! Listen on 680, 95.3, 680kfeq.com and the KFEQ app!

Exciting day for the Mosaic Life Care Foundation announced the Mosaic Children's Discovery center that will come to downtown St. Joseph. The idea has been around for quite some time, but now development will begin. The hope is for the discovery center to be open by the Fall of 2024.

In an effort to expand rural broadband around rural St. Joseph and some surrounding counties including Atchison, Brown, and Doniphan in Kansas Mercury Broadband officially opened its doors today for a new service center located in St. Joseph

With all precincts reporting, the St. Joseph School Board celebrates a decisive victory for their measure in today's primary election. Story to come soon with reaction from school board president David Foster and Superintendent Gabe Edgar