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It’s Your Call for Dec. 2

Light up the statue Everybody’s talking about how much money the city spends. How come they haven’t spent no money putting floodlights on the Pony Express horse? You’d think they’d be all proud of St. Joe. Then put some lights on so people can see it.  Didn’t give a hoot Well, I see now some

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It’s Your Call for Dec. 1

War crime I just watched the news, and they shot another alleged drug boat. There were survivors, so they attacked the boat a second time to kill the survivors. This is a war crime.   This is what happens The founding fathers wanted three equal branches of government. And we’re seeing right now what happens

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Your Letters for Nov. 28, 2025

Road to dictatorship A recent writer to excoriated the newly elected mayor of New York City, claiming that his campaign tactics mimic those used to gain power by Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Pol-Pot.  He couldn’t be more mistaken. These dictators came to power the way ruthless men have always done it, including Hitler and Castro. And,

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It’s Your Call for Nov. 26

Take the loss Could someone please explain to me, after a fair and balanced election, why the Democrats are still preaching hate and why they still cannot accept the result that Donald Trump is our president today? Years ago, I thought the first woman of the White House, Michelle Obama, said, “When they go low,

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It’s Your Call for Nov. 25

He’s completely spineless Trump is spineless. At the very least, he should be demanding that Russia return the children that they’ve kidnapped, and Russia should pay damages that they have inflicted after invading Ukraine. Putin won’t stop Putin will not stop with what he’s talked to Trump into giving him. Everything that they’re demanding from

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Your Letters for Nov. 20, 2025

Please do your job There is a lot of angst about how it is the BOE’s obligation to cherish historic buildings in perpetuity, to stop advancing an idea or project if it fails at the ballot box, and to provide a K-12 educational experience that satisfies every parent’s expectation. Spoiler alert, that ain’t the job.

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St. Joseph gets some sports swagger

St. Joseph put its best foot forward this month at the 2025 MSHSAA Girls Volleyball State Championship. The tournament brought 20 teams to a freshly painted Civic Arena in Downtown St. Joseph. In recent years, the city has invested considerable funding into this 45-year-old facility, replacing the scoreboard and making or planning upgrades to seating,

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It’s Your Call for Nov. 20

Win-win solution A win-win solution to our school situation might be for the South End to withdraw from the city and form its own school board and keep Benton High School. The rest of the city could then build a modern, state-of-the-art high school that would be attractive to young families who are considering locating

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Your Letters for Nov. 14, 2025

Proud of you for making the city better Last Sunday I attended the 25th Pastoral Anniversary Celebration for Pastor Robert Warren and KimberlyWarren. This seemingly minor event might be easy to overlook.Instead of listing all the accomplishments these two wonderful examples of humanity have achieved Iwould like to say “Well done, good and faithful servant.”

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Profiles in vacillation

The St. Joseph Board of Education needs to make a decision about the future of public high schools. This decision needs to be based on what’s best for children – not just today but two or three decades from now. The board is under no obligation to appease the Facebook groups or bend to the

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It’s Your Call for Nov. 10

This is what happens Everybody talks about the direction this country’s going. Well, this is what happens when you put a bunch of adolescent, immature children in office. They pout, they argue, they’re right, everybody’s wrong, instead of focusing on what needs to be done. There’s a lot of people lost their benefits, man. A

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It’s Your Call for Nov. 7

Special privilege I was just calling about these e-bikes and the regular bicycles. I was downtown having lunch last weekend. I noticed a lot of them. They just go right through the stop signs. They don’t stop. I guess they got a privilege; they don’t have to stop. Traffic’s there and they just seem to

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Your Letters for Nov. 7, 2025

Stuck-in-the-mud school system The School District’s 2019 demographic study clearly indicates that enrollment will continue to decline over the next decade. The analysis is impossible to misinterpret: public school enrollment is shrinking and will continue to do so in the foreseeable future. A responsible school board would bite the bullet and begin right-sizing the mix

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It’s Your Call for Nov. 6

Do something before there’s an accident I’m calling about the extreme danger that e-bikes pose, especially to pedestrians. Many, many people have been killed in Europe and in the United States who are walking or riding traditional bikes and were hit by e-bikes. And, of course, they’re a danger to the people who are riding

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It’s Your Call for Nov. 5

Get rid of the board I’m calling about the school system wanting to cut back on custodians and teachers. What about getting rid of the school board? All they’re doing is spending money for useless things.  Shame on the Democrats The big, beautiful bill passed, and the Democrats didn’t like it. Now they’re holding the

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It’s Your Call for Nov. 4

They won’t negotiate It really gets me all these people calling in and saying it’s the Democrats’ fault the government shut down. The Republicans hold the White House and Congress. They’re in charge of that. They won’t talk. They aren’t even in Washington. They haven’t been there for a month. How are they going to

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Changing Times

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) – NewspressNow and KQTV have formed a new partnership to strengthen the news and information we provide to the St. Joseph region. This shared service agreement combines the resources of both operations, allowing us to deliver more complete and comprehensive coverage of our area. At the same time, the St.

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