Important Phone Number
Sub heading hereemergency
Fire, Police, Ambulance…..911
Fire Department (non-emergency)…..(816) 271-4603
Police Department (non-emergency)…..(816) 271-4774
Buchanan County Sheriff…..(816) 271-5555
Utilities
Kansas City Power & Light (electricity)…..(888) 471-5275
Missouri Gas Energy…..(816) 387-4420
Resident Service…..(800) 582-1234
AT&T Resident Service…..(800) 288-2020
AT&T Business Service…..(800) 499-7928
Missouri-American Water Company…..(816) 233-4000 / (866) 430-0820
Transportation
St. Joseph Transit (city bus)…..(816) 233-6700
Express Flight….(816) 233-3444
Rosecrans Airport……(816) 271-4886
Heartland Motor Coach (charter)…..(816) 279-7800
health care
Heartland Health…..(816) 271-6000
Social Welfare Board….(816) 233-5188
business & tourism
St. Joseph Metro Chamber…..(816) 232-4461 / (800) 748-7856
St. Joseph Convention & Visitors Bureau…..(816) 233-6688 / (800) 785-0360
Pony Express Tourist Information Center…..(816) 232-1839
NEWS & MEDIA
St. Joseph News-Press (daily)….. (816) 271-8500
KQTV…..(816) 364-2222
KTAJ-TV16…..(816) 364-1616
FOX 26 KNPN…..(816) 271-8500
KESJ (1550 AM, Sports/Talk)…(816) 233-8881
KFEQ (680 AM, News/Talk)…(816) 233-8881
KGNM (Christian)…..(816) 233-2577
KKJO (105.5FM.Top 40)…..(816) 233-8881
KSJQ (92.7 FM, Country)……(816) 233-8881
Premier Educational Institutions
The school district is AAA District Accredited with close to 55 percent of the teachers possessing masters degrees. The system is proud of its teacher pupil ratio of 1 to 20, and equally proud to have the strongest and most sophisticated technology program in the state through a fiber-optic network running through each school in the district.