TARKIO, Mo. — Construction has started on a $300 million wind farm with 73 turbines in Atchison County.

A St. Joseph veterinarian for 40 years, Dr. Ron Wade also loves flying. When he retired in 1997, the doctor started spending more time in the air. And he heard about Angel Flight Central, a charitable group that provides long-distance transportation for those with critical medical needs or other problems.

Sunday morning, 45 volunteers transformed the Civic Arena into an emergency shelter with beds and food for 200 evacuees from Hurricane Gustav. City and county planners met in the emergency operations center for a conference call with the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency at 12:30 p.m. Sunday. That was when state officials announced that Louisiana officials canceled the airlift of 5,000 evacuees to seven Missouri cities.

The Pony Express Museum preserves the history of a failed business that captured the imagination of a nation. The museum also seeks to document how the legend grew through the years.

St. Joseph will provide aid to Louisiana residents as Hurricane Gustav picks up energy heading for the Gulf Coast. The Missouri State Emergency Management Agency made it official with a call at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Several hundred people drifted in and out of the Save the Lake Blues and Rock Festival enjoying the music, food, car show and family fun Saturday afternoon and evening.

As the U.S. Postal Service sheds jobs in St. Joseph, two former employees lay the blame on management. A former postal employee suggests management is forcing hard-working employees to retire or quit amid a difficult work environment.

The eight Lockheed C-130H transport planes at Rosecrans Memorial Airport have an enviable flying record compiled over the last 20 years.

FRAZIER, Mo. — A 42-year-old St. Joseph man died early Thursday morning in a one-vehicle accident on Missouri Route H about one mile east of Frazier and three miles west of Gower.

Born in St. Joseph, 10-year-old Shelby Lynn Wilson grew up in Filmore, Mo. Listening to her mother and grandmother talk it’s clear that Shelby was a perpetual motion machine with lots of good contradictions.