The St. Joseph Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking $175,000 from Buchanan County.

Land around Kansas City International Airport seems to be ripe for development. In addition to Bombardier’s potential jet manufacturing plant, a huge distribution center will be locating there, according to the Kansas City Business Journal.

Save-A-Lot is closing its grocery store in St. Joseph. The store is located at 1325 S. Belt Highway, in the shopping center near Westlake Ace Hardware.Save-A-Lot’s last day is Thursday, May 15, according to an employee at the store.

Take a mental cruise down the Belt Highway. How many restaurants do you pass? I don’t know the exact number, but it’s somewhere in the ballpark of a bunch.

USA 800 wants to fill its building.

The last trip I took down St. Joseph Avenue was a little rough. The top layer of the street has been chipped away in preparation for resurfacing.

It’s the most widely consumed grain in the world. So when the price or supply of rice fluctuates, the ripples spread far and wide. “The price is up and the whole world is feeling it now,” said Bal Singh, a St. Joseph businessman.

Thanks to whatever system assigns Social Security numbers, I’ve already got my economic stimulus check. I’ll give credit to the hospital where I was born for making the last two digits of my number so small. Through the ease of direct deposit, there was a $600 gift sitting in my account Wednesday.
It’s great. It’s wonderful.

Hearings on the proposed merger between Great Plains Energy and Aquila continue this week in Jefferson City.

The scene is vivid in my memory. I’m 5 years old, riding in a light blue 1972 GMC pickup while Mom is driving. We’re towing a stock trailer loaded with cows.