Opinion

By NewsPress Now Quick shout out Shout out to the Missouri Western Athletic Department for their help with a problem getting enrolled in a MIAA program. Anyone else notice this? I would like to know if anybody has noticed when they tore the bridge out on Cook Rd. on 29 that they did not replace

By NewsPress Now Never done in a timely manner School is starting tomorrow in St. Joseph and the state of Missouri is just now getting their summer food program for children implemented. What’s going on with our state government that they can’t get things done in a timely manner? Will the roads ever be reopen

By NewsPress Now Demand honesty and integrity Above all else, we must demand that our elected leaders be honest and abide by the laws of the land. A democracy cannot long exist without universal acceptance of these two values. Showing his age Trump is showing his age. He goes on and on and says nothing

By NewsPress Now Speed checks in school area School is near. Could periodic speed checks be run on Beck Rd. between Ashland Ave. and 36th St.? There are no cross streets and that allows drivers to speed well above the 25 mile an hour zone. Also, where does the school zone end? There are no

By NewsPress Now Here we go again Here we go again. The City Council is refusing to listen to the people’s voice. They want to put in another splash pad that doesn’t get used, but they don’t want to put in swimming pools that the public is demanding. They only want to put in a

By NewsPress Now Take care of the trash When can we stop talking about all these politics? Why can’t St. Joe take care of the trash all over the city? Don’t think it’s temporary I drove by Applebee’s and was shocked to see them tearing it down. I remember when they closed Applebee’s. I remember

By NewsPress Now How can anyone say that? How can anyone say that Joe Biden resigned for the good of the country? For over a year, the mainstream media and the Democratic Party told us that Joe was on the top of his game. Well, the debate actually proved that Joe isn’t competent, so they

By NewsPress Now To those complaining For those of you who keep complaining that families keep moving out of St. Joseph and young people won’t stay here to raise a family, you need to look no further than last Tuesday’s election. We are taxed to death in this city. Perfect theme song Remember the old

By NewsPress Now Shout out to the street crew I just want to give a shout out to the street maintenance crew. I’ve had an alley culvert, two, that’s been clogged up for a long time, and rain, super bad rains and rivers on the side of the house there clogged it up pretty good.

By NewsPress Now Don’t have all the facts I love it when people don’t have all the facts. President Trump agreed to debate President Biden on ABC, not Kamala Harris. He also has a lawsuit against George Stephanopoulos and ABC and does not want to be on their network. He has offered to debate her

By NewsPress Now Broken pools I see where the Parks Department is going to shut down the Aquatic Center because they can’t seem to get it fixed right. They spend all this money on the engineers, and nobody knows what to do with it. So now they’re going to tear it out and put a

By NewsPress Now Don’t complain If you didn’t get out and vote and you don’t like the results, don’t complain. Next time, vote. Total chaos I just went to vote in the Missouri primary and there was a gentleman voting that had a Trump button on and the election worker asked him to remove it.

By NewsPress Now He doesn’t have my vote I see that Andrew Bailey tried to intervene in the Supreme Court gag order on Trump. I wouldn’t vote for that guy if he was the only guy running. What about Sugar Lake? Well, I was just wondering, there’s all this talk about Lake Contrary dredging and

By NewsPress Now Give it up Well, I just don’t know what I’m missing on this Lake Contrary revitalization effort and all the time and resources and money some people want to spend on it. Is anyone answering the question, is this going to be great for the future of St. Joe? Is this going

By NewsPress Now Reduce the bills instead If ARPA funds can be used for sewer infrastructure, why not use it to reduce our sky high sewer bills? Has to stop I’m right in line with everyone else calling in about Evergy wanting a rate increase. That is so, so terrible for the folks of St.