Opinion

By NewsPress Now Don’t ignore the old parts of town This is about the new pool proposal at the new Y. I would just suggest that if the city or anybody is going to spend any more of taxpayer money, please put it in the old parts of St. Joe. It was wonderful. We had

By NewsPress Now What gives you the right? Joe, you and the far-left Democrats, the biggest laughingstock in the world that there is, what gives you the right to talk about other people interfering in our elections when you’re trying to interfere in Israel and what’s going on in that nation? Just one question With

By NewsPress Now There are two choices We have two choices in this election. Biden, who works for the American people, or Trump, who only cares about himself and wants everyone else to pay his legal fees. Trump has indictments and felony charges against him. He paid a woman millions of dollars for sexual assault.

By NewsPress Now Avoiding more chaos This is in response to “Two Choices.” I totally agree with the caller and that’s why I will be casting my vote for Donald J. Trump to avoid four more years of utter chaos and destruction of America. Acting pretty bizarre I get it that the solar eclipse is

By NewsPress Now Thank you, Parks and Rec Just like to give a shout out to the Parks and Recreation department for cleaning up King Hill. My wife and I were up there. The view is fantastic. Now all we need to do is redo that road up on the hill. Curb appeal is important

By NewsPress Now Grateful but sad We can be grateful I suppose that 22.5% of registered voters took part in Tuesday’s election, but the sad thing is 77.5% of voters cared so little about local government that they simply stayed at home. Denied the opportunity Four more states are allowed to vote in a primary

By NewsPress Now Hip hip hooray Hip hip hooray for the Kansas City people that voted down the increased tax for the Chiefs and Royals. Have the owners open up their pocketbooks and buy it themselves. They don’t need help from the public. Article was right on I work in a business where we mail

By NewsPress Now Figure it out This is concerning the St. Joseph School Board business. Instead of worrying about building new high schools and stuff, why don’t they figure out a way to solve the parking and picking and dropping off kids around Mark Twain, Truman and Central, because the traffic there is congested. How

By NewsPress Now Using their instincts Polls suggest that church attendance is down across the board, but I would contend that people are praying harder than ever. I think instinctively people know the world’s in trouble. Not proper justice I’ve been watching with interest the story of Alex Murdaugh, who has just been sentenced to

By NewsPress Now More interested in test scores A school district administrator here said we need to put turf on the football fields so we can compete better with Kansas City-area schools. I’m more interested in test scores and what to do about that. Getting outrageous My dog and I were just about run over

By NewsPress Now Modern Three Stooges Yeah, I see where Clinton and Obama’s going to campaign for Biden. I would call this the modern day Three Stooges: Moe, Curly and Larry. No improvement For those of you that voted yes in the Ping Poll on the economy improving, what country do you live in? I

By NewsPress Now Something to show for it I see that Trump is selling stock for his Truth Social media platform and could pull in billions. I would rather own his gold-colored tennis shoes. At least you’d have something to show for your money. Blowing their horn When Biden took office, gasoline was around $2.00

By NewsPress Now Shift the priorities I noticed the other day in the News-Press that Chief Luster says we can’t arrest our way out of this issue, referring to the homeless issue in St. Joseph. He’s probably right, but maybe we should devote less money to trail bike riding in St. Joseph, maybe a little