Opinion

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.

By NewsPress Now They have to be stopped I’m calling about this light company. You know, people can’t afford the light bill now the way they’ve got it. I can’t have my air on between 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. because I can’t afford the extra money. And they want another raise? There has got to

By NewsPress Now Raising the rates I was wondering, Evergy wants to raise the energy bills over 13%. St. Joe, what about the people that’s on a fixed income? And then Evergy is telling us when we can and cannot use energy between 4 and 8 at night. Now they want to hike the price

By NewsPress Now Odd requirements Apparently to run for office in Missouri on the Republican ticket, you must own an AR15 or a flame thrower. What’s going on in America? Focus on Congress first I just heard over the radio this morning that the politicians want to put term limits on the Supreme Court. Maybe

By NewsPress Now Follow the money The Chiefs and Royals do need to move, but not to Kansas. Jackson County is a large county but there is too much poverty. Platte County is the wealthiest county in Northwest Missouri. The perfect spot to build new stadiums is southeast of the airport along I-435. Go where

By NewsPress Now Better off If Donald Trump was more like Joe Biden with honesty and integrity and putting country over power, our country would be so much better off. Believing their lies They say a pathological liar actually begins to believe his own lies after he’s told him often enough. I think Joe Biden

By NewsPress Now Have you heard this one? Did you hear the one about the felon and the prosecutor that walked into a bar in Milwaukee? They were late for the presidential debate. Something needs to be done Something needs to be done about the unwanted phone calls and text messages from politicians. I called

By NewsPress Now Clean up the town Why is St. Joe wasting their money on Krug Park? That’s a dying dog. They need to get around and pick up some of the trash in this town. Where are you going? This is on this new bus system. Has anybody been Downtown to catch the city

By NewsPress Now Terrible mistake, in my opinion I’m calling about the Missouri Western State University Athletic Department. They just made a decision, I understand, to take their ball games off of KFEQ radio. For me, that’s a terrible mistake on their part. Lots of lies I just heard Hakeem Jefferies praise Biden as the

By NewsPress Now Business as usual Well, good news, St. Joseph. I see we have a new police chief, but that’s not the good news. The good news is it’s business as usual. No checking for outdated drivers license plates and no chasing the bad guys. In other words, it’s business as usual. Before they

By NewsPress Now Truly tacky Isn’t there supposed to be some kind of a barrier in the fencing to block the view of that junkyard on 22nd St. just south of Garfield? That is truly, truly, tacky. They need to seal that up. Others have black paper around them. This is just a junkyard in

By NewsPress Now Dumber than a box of rocks I have seen MoDOT do some ignorant things in my life. But to close down I-29 before you get to 36 Highway, which I want to go east on, that’s dumber than a box of rocks. The raises they deserve I’m calling about the August election,

By NewsPress Now When will they be done? I’m calling about the street construction on S. 36th St. This has gone on for almost a year. I sat there and I watched and there’s days there’s nobody there. When are they ever going to get this done so we can use this street? He’s the

By NewsPress Now Fix the potholes Hey, St. Joe, you know, it’s about time you go out to the North Shoppes and fix them big old potholes. I about lost my car when I was going from Walmart to AT&T. You know, it’s bad enough that you can’t fix the streets, but you get rent