st joseph mo: Kansas City Chiefs Training Camp..Schedule 2012..Final week..St Joe MO
- 08/14/12 01:55 AM
New coach, new players, new year…the KC Chiefs are off to a great start this year!! If you haven’t made it out to camp, this week is your last chance to watch them gear up for the upcoming football season here in St. Joe. Crowds have been great this year, even with some days of extreme heat. The players, coaches & staff have been wonderful in talking with their fans, giving autographs and making it well worth making the trip out. They enjoy having you there to root them on, just as much as you enjoy going out to watch (0 comments)
st joseph mo: 47th Annual Air National Guard Softball Tournament....St Joseph MO
- 08/14/12 01:38 AM
Air National Guard Softball teams from all over the United States will start rolling into town this week. Around 45 teams have registered to participate in the 47th Annual Tournament, bringing approximately 750 players to the area. St. Joseph has previously hosted ANG Softball tournaments in 2004 & 2005. The tournament will kick off on Wednesday with registration, opening party and a home run derby.
Opening ceremonies will take place at Heritage Park Softball Complex at 7:45 AM on Thursday. Games will be played Thursday from 8:30 AM to 10 PM and Friday and Saturday from 8:30 AM (0 comments)
This is just not any Tractor Cruise but nearly 250 tractors rode 51 miles for Charities. Many riders traveled from various states to participate in the ride and to once again ride with the Red Tractors and Green Tractors in Northwest Missouri.
As the ride started out they were hit by a storm, then the day turned to a perfect sunny afternoon to cruise through St Joseph on a tractor.
Although the grand total is not in yet, the Tractor Cruise normally raises about $30,000 (2 comments)
st joseph mo: Sugar Plum Festival-Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art-St Joseph MO
- 11/12/10 07:51 AM
The Annual Sugar Plum Festival kicked off last night with a preview open house and will open the doors today having festivities happening all weekend long. The Sugar Plum festival is an annual event hosted by the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art offering great gifts and ideas for the holiday season. The festival transforms the museum into a holiday gallery giving shoppers that unique experience. Outside of buying gifts you can also enjoy the lunch café, wine tasting, bakery items, and much more. It is such a wonderful event, an indoor festival with a holiday pizzazz! It is that time of (7 comments)
st joseph mo: VOICES OF THE PAST - MOUNT MORA CEMETERY-ST JOSEPH MO
- 10/17/10 03:06 PM
Mount Mora cemetery is the oldest operating cemetery in St. Joseph, MO, established in 1851. Years ago, Mount Mora was the most well known burial ground for many well known and wealthy citizens. Today the grounds are visited by many to re-live the past. Many families visit after researching their family heritage and they come to see the graves of their deceased family members. Others attracted to the site are those that have a passion for history and they come to see the grave sites of Coleman Hawkins, Jeff Thompson, Joseph Robidoux's son, two pony express riders, three Missouri governors, and (2 comments)
st joseph mo: Kansas-City-Chiefs-Training-Camp-Schedule-July 29-TO-August 19-Welcome-To-St Joseph MO
- 07/21/10 05:26 PM
St. Joseph, Missouri...Official Home of the Kansas City Chiefs Training Camp Over the past year I have keep you posted about the Chiefs Training Camp...it is official the schedule of events has been released! Missouri Western State University will host the Kansas City Chiefs July 29- August 19, 2010!!! MWSU and the Local Organizing Committee have worked hard over the last year to plan camp events and get the community prepared and involved.
Daily practices are expected to bring 3-5,000 spectators each day of the 21-day camp. While they are in town they will be filling up with gas, (4 comments)
This year the St. Joseph community has had many celebrations to commemorate the 150 year anniversary of the Pony Express, which began in St. Joseph, Mo., in 1860. And today was another celebration...the Sesquicentennial is featured on the cover of the new AT&T Real Yellow Pages directories serving the St. Joseph area. More than 70,000 (4 comments)
st joseph mo: Another-NCAA-National-Championship-in-St Joseph-MO
- 05/26/10 05:28 AM
St. Joseph will host their 2nd NCAA National Championship for 2010!!! The NCAA Women's Division II Softball Championships will be hosted at Heritage Park Softball Complex this week, May 27-31, 2010. Participating teams have already won their divisions and are making way to St. Joseph to battle it out for the National Champion title. St. Joseph has become an athletic haven over the past few years bringing in great sporting events and competition. What a great opportunity to not only host 1 but 2 national championships right in your own backyard! St. Joseph also the host to many other state, regional, (2 comments)
Many years of hard work felt worth it when the Benjamin Franklin exhibit opened at the Belt Library Branch last week. Over three years of dedication was spent in efforts to get the "Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World" exhibit to St. Joseph, and over 11 months of planning and construction went into the opening of the new Annex in which the exhibit is housed in. Both openings marked a happy ending to the hours of hard work but also a new beginning for the (1 comments)
st joseph mo: Blue Angels-Sound of Speed Air Show-May 1 & 2-St Joseph MO
- 04/22/10 03:26 PM
The 139th Airlift Wing- MO Air National Guard, St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce, City of St. Joseph, and Buchanan County will host the 2010 Sound of Speed Air show at the Rosecrans Memorial Airport May 1-2, 2010. Gates will open at 9am and close at 5pm. The event will be free to the public for general admission but will be accepting donations for local charities. Reserved and premier seating will be available ranging from $15-$60 and will seat 1,100.
The Sound of Speed Air Show will feature over 15 flying performances from the flying circuses to leaping frogs. The main (4 comments)
Pony Up St. Joseph as we celebrate 150 years of the Pony Express! The legend that is still alive today making St. Joseph a historic destination well known worldwide. Before the railroad and the telegraph, there was the Pony Express. The legendary overland mail service began on April 3, 1860, as a lone rider left the Pikes Peaks stables in St. Joseph, MO and rode into history. Take a step back in time and let your mind wrap around the concept of delayed response and conversation. Today it is so easy to jump on the phone and make a phone (0 comments)
st joseph mo: NCAA National Championships..Elite Eight..St Joseph MO 64506
- 03/12/10 05:02 PM
The NCAA Women's Division II Elite 8 Basketball Championship will be hosted at the St Joseph Civic Arena starting March 22. Teams have already begun battling it out for the title, 8 of them will make it to the finals here in St Joseph, competing to determine who will be the 2010 National Champion! Players, coaches and fans from all over the United States will be in St Joseph to support their home teams. The St Joseph community is thrilled about hosting this Championship and our hometown pride will help them fill the Civic Arena in front of the National Spotlight! Schedule of Events Community Outreach Additional Events: (6 comments)
st joseph mo: THE FUTURE'S SO BRIGHT-YOU GOTTA WEAR SHADES....ST JOSEPH MO
- 02/05/10 12:48 PM
Last Thursday was the kick-off for 2010 St Joseph Regional Association of REALTORS® members in St Joseph. President Mary Kay Lyle, exciting theme for the event was "THE FUTURE'S SO BRIGHT-YOU GOTTA WEAR SHADES" Fellow Realtors®, Bobbie Jo Howe and Scott Mears wasted no time in capturing the spirit of the event.
The highlight of the event, was a presentation by 2001 President of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Richard Mendenhall. Richard is a REALTOR from Columbia, Mo, and is the fifth generation of his family in real estate. He is the owner of Remax Boone Realty in Columbia.
Matt Ziesel is a freshman at Benton High School in St Joseph, Mo, who loves to play football. Last Friday night displayed what true sportsmanship truly is about in a freshman game against Maryville. The score was 46-0 which was a lost game for Benton but a winner for sportsmanship, coaches and all the players that night, along with Matt Ziesel who just wants to play football! With 19 seconds left in a meaningless game, Benton Freshman Coach Dan (24 comments)
In 2004, the new year was just beginning for us. The holidays were over, our two kids were safely back at their homes, and I
was starting to think that the Christmas tree needed to be tackled next...but it could wait a day or two...or maybe longer. On January 9th, at FOUR IN THE MORNING, the doorbell rang at our home. My husband headed to (62 comments)
st joseph mo: Holiday Cookies & Candy Recipes....Happy Holidays from our house to yours....St Joseph MO
- 12/05/09 04:04 PM
Happy Holidays from Our House to Yours! If your looking for some Holiday Cookies and Candy, here are a few of our favorites, their easy to make and you just can't fail. This recipe was handed down from my grandmother. Date-Fig Christmas Cookies: cream the following 2 ingredients together 1/2 # butter 1 1/2 cup sugar add 3 eggs and beat well Dissolve 1 teaspoon baking in 1/3 cup boiling water and add to sugar mixture. Mix the following ingredients into the above a little at a time to the sugar mixture, 3 cups flour - 1 teaspoon Cloves - 2 teaspoon Cinnamon- 1/2 (6 comments)