(FAUCETT, Mo.) Two Mid-Buchanan High School students, Corban springs and Kylee Karl, have been selected among the top performers from the world to perform at the legendary Carnegie Hall in
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By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Mid-Buchanan School District voters approved an eight Millon dollar bond issue for the Faucett school in the Tuesday elections. The bond issue, which will not require a tax increase, received 474 yes votes to 143 no votes. Mid-Buchanan Superintendent Jay Albright says as it got closer to the election, he grew more confident in the measure the district had proposed. "I only say that because we had tons of really positive feedback and great questions, and honestly for me personally as the Superintendent through this entire process, I never had one phone call where somebody was really upset or was really just frustrated with why we're doing it," Albright tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "Now obviously, there might have been some folks, I get that" Albright says while he was confident the bond would pass; he didn't know it would be by such a large margin. "I mean I was crossing my fingers that number one I hope it passes, but
Utility pole damaged from Wednesday storms/Photo by Matt Pike By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostExtremely high winds roared through the entire area on Wednesday, with gusts of between 75-and-85 miles per hour reported.St. Joseph is picking up the pieces, but a survey of the damage by city crews reveals the city didn't get hit as hard as feared.City Manager Bryan Carter says he has been hearing from those cleaning up debris left in wake of the storm. "At first glance, it doesn't seem as bad as you would expect out of wind of that nature," Carter tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline. "I've gotten a report that we have 16 street trees that fell or dropped limbs, dropped significant limbs which is not indicative of a major event, certainly not what we seemed to be experiencing as we went through last night." Broken utility poles and downed power lines/Photo by Matt Pike St. Joseph first came under a thunderstorm warning that turned into a tornado warning