Dressbarn is rallying for the American Cancer Society. The retailer will be selling heart key rings at its stores, including the one at the Shoppes at North Village, for $5. The Relay For Life event kicked off on May 12 and runs until August 31, or while supplies last. The company will contribute the entire net profit to the American Cancer Society.

After 20 years, Jamie’s Secret Garden has found a new home.

A meeting for community members to voice concerns over a possible apartment development in east St. Joseph turned into a heated debate Thursday.

MD Management, the developer who is renovating the East Hills Shopping Center, is considering making improvements to two other malls in the region.

Sprint appears to be opening another store in St. Joseph. A building permit was submitted to the city for a tenant finish at 5403 N. Belt Highway. The tenant was listed as Sprint with a cost of $50,000.

Flowers, spa treatments or dinner and a movie. What wouldn’t make a girl happy?

Eisenberg Sew & Vac has moved.

The Missouri Department of Insurance has created a free hot line to assist consumers who have purchased pre-need contracts from National Prearranged Services.<

Area funeral home directors and customers are worried they may not get what they paid for in funeral arrangements. National Prearranged Services, a company that sells pre-need funeral contracts, and its sister company, Lincoln Memorial Life Insurance Co., are under heavy scrutiny by several state agencies. The Missouri Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, the Missouri Attorney General’s office and the Missouri Department of Insurance are all looking into how the companies replaced pre-need contracts with term insurance policies without consent of the trustee.

Things have changed since Dr. Darrell Haeker graduated from college in 1967.