By NewsPress Now Why would they do it? I just wonder how in the world anybody could vote for Biden. We’re already in trouble Well, I had to listen to it twice because I just not could not believe what I heard. But I heard our president say he better not start taking questions because
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By Bob Ford Special to Articles and Podcasts are complementary from those helping to preserve our history: Nodaway Valley Bank, Eagle Communication, Rupp Funeral Home, Stevenson Family Pharmacy and Anonymous Buffs. To comment or join them as sponsors, robertmford@aol.com. I have traveled to many Civil War battlefields, historic sites and military forts but when I
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By Jared Shelton News-Press NOW meteorologist The last severe thunderstorm to impact Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas took place last September, and as spring 2024 progresses, it’s only a matter of time before the next bout of severe weather strikes. Ahead of the pending spring and summer storm season, local branches of the National Weather
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By NewsPress Now No need for new buildings Why is this school board and superintendent, Dr. Gabe Edgar, so determined to waste our tax money? Our three public high school buildings are in excellent condition! There have been great improvements to our facilities in recent years. Most, if not all, are newer than the more
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By NewsPress Now Korea is often called the forgotten war. Combat on the Korean Peninsula occurred after World War II and before Vietnam, making it all too easy to overlook the significance of what happened between 1950 and 1953. It’s not just the general public or the history books. When was the last time you’ve
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By Alonzo Weston March 8 is International Women’s Day. It’s a day to celebrate the achievements of women and the progress made towards women’s rights. It also sheds light on ongoing struggles for equality around the world. I believe this observance starts with the women in your family. There are plenty of famous women to
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By NewsPress Now Not just abortions I see where the House of Representatives in Missouri voted to defund Planned Parenthood. Abortions have not been performed in Missouri for the last two years. Planned Parenthood does other things, like STI screening, cervical cancer screenings, all sorts of women’s health screenings. What a hypocrite A while back,
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By NewsPress Now It was unanimous It seems funny that the person in the call ins thinks that the Supreme Court is trying to keep Trump in the race, and they’re only concerned about helping Trump. That was a unanimous decision, and they go by the Constitution, not by political parties. Do they know? Trump
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By NewsPress Now Why cut them down? Several people were wondering, including myself, while they cut perfectly healthy trees down at Fairview Golf Course. Does somebody need firewood that bad? Tired of it I’m just so tired of the Democrats trying to make out that the Supreme Court is so biased now just because it’s
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By NewsPress Now Can’t stand him I’m a long time independent. I’m not the biggest fan of President Joe Biden, but I absolutely detest Donald Trump. He is a traitor to the American people. The insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, proved that. He is also a proven liar. Easy fix I saw in the paper
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By NewsPress Now Russian roulette The Russian informant, Smirnov, admitted Russian intelligence was involved in the false accusation that President Biden was influenced influence peddling in Ukraine. Like Trump’s former attorney General Barr said, these MAGA Republicans are playing Russian roulette. It’s inexcusable Chicago’s Judge Tracie ruled to keep Trump off the primary ballot because
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By Bob Ford Special to Articles and Podcasts are complementary from those helping to preserve our history: Nodaway Valley Bank, Eagle Communication, Rupp Funeral Home, Stevenson Family Pharmacy and Anonymous Buffs. To comment or join them as sponsors, robertmford@aol.com. You’re in Kansas City, standing in line to board a TWA flight heading to Chicago with
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By NewsPress Now Your letters for March 1, 2024 Beat them at their own game Buckle up, buttercup, and hang on: In the 60’s, I understand that the cell phones back then had enough power to send the lunar spacecraft to the moon. I must admit that is way over my understanding! Have you noticed
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By NewsPress Now As far as Downtown St. Joseph goes, the area around Eighth and Faraon streets could be much worse. A couple of new houses appear forlorn as the wind whistles through the well-tended grass on an otherwise lonely city block. To the north, a roundabout intersection doesn’t exist to control local traffic as
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By Alonzo Weston March has and always will remind me of my mother. Florestrine Turner was born on March 5, 1938, and died last year on March 21. In between those dates, she lived a good life. Mom, Tisie as she was called since childhood, touched many more people in her job as a Katz
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By Jared Shelton News-Press NOW meteorologist One of the biggest hallmarks of the heartland’s climate is the wide range in temperatures felt from season to season. Being centrally located within the continental United States, the American Midwest and Great Plains are situated hundreds of miles from the moderating effects of Earth’s oceans, a recipe that
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By NewsPress Now Clean it up, please I live in Savannah, and I turn off there to exit at 71 and I-29 and come down to Frederick Avenue, I have never seen so much trash and dead animals laying along the curb and down the ditches in my life. Looking out for the kids I
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By NewsPress Now Kudos to you Big kudos to the St. Joe School Board for rejecting the four-day school day. We don’t have to be like Kansas City. We can do our own thing here. Wrong priorities I think our city council’s got their priorities mixed up. All they think about is these parks, parks,
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By NewsPress Now What’s the effect? I want to know all these people that are for the four-day work week for the schools, have they done any studies to see how it affects the kids’ learning? I mean, for heaven’s sakes, we did the shutdown and kids suffered greatly. And now they’re wanting to go
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By NewsPress Now Increase their salary I wonder if teachers would favor the four-day school week if the salaries were increased. Those four-day school weeks mean 35 minutes later every day. If we could increase their salary, it may be the best for students and teachers. Fix up the schools I’m calling in about the
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By NewsPress Now Clean it up The Northeast Parkway has been closed for an awfully long time during the construction of the walk bridge and the Lovers Lane Bridge. Both bridges have been completed now for some time, but it appears the boulevard remains closed with a mess under the Lovers Lane Bridge. How about
Continue Reading By Cagle Syndicate A couple of days ago, I retrieved one (of about a hundred) of our family doglets’ chew bones from the seemingly unreachable chasm under my youngest and quietest daughter’s bed using an ingenious invention of my own making – namely a straightened-out wire clothes hanger. This same apparatus also comes in handy
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By NewsPress Now Your letters for Feb. 23 2024 Shorter school weeks Why would anyone consider a shorter school week when we are behind most of the developed nations in math and science education? For instance, in Japan, students go to school six days a week and do not have summer vacations. Douglas Stickley Maryville,
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By Jared Shelton News-Press NOW meteorologist On the second day of this month, a famous Pennsylvania Groundhog predicted an early start to the spring season. Despite a few exceptions over the past several weeks, it seems this was right on the money for many across the country, especially here in the Central Plains. Long stretches
Continue Reading By NewsPress Now Many of us feel a sense of satisfaction in getting through another work week. If you’re reading this and can almost smell the finish line, keep telling yourself: “Almost there, almost there.” Teachers in the St. Joseph School District might be getting there a little more quickly in the near future. The
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By NewsPress Now Thank you very much Yes, I would like to say that King Hill, we drove up there yesterday and it’s all cleared off. I don’t know who’s responsible but thank you very much. A great business I like to take my hat off to Rogers Pharmacy. Fast, friendly, clean service, and I
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By NewsPress Now Don’t understand it I don’t understand why our country isn’t supporting Ukraine. I’ve heard all the excuses from the Republicans I can possibly stomach. And I’ve been a Republican. But this isn’t what Republicans do. Wake up call Historians have ranked Donald Trump at No. 45, being the worst president out of
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By NewsPress Now Alternative proposal Here’s an alternative proposal for the school district to consider. Given the loss of learning with the so-called virtual learning during the pandemic, coupled with the overall poor performance of students nationally, I support doing away with a five-day school week and replacing it with a six-day week to help
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By NewsPress Now Fix the pothole While the Streets Department was working on Gene Field, I wish they would have went ahead and filled the huge pothole that was like 15 to 20 feet away from where they were originally working. Surprise to me It is so surprising to me the number of people that
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By Bob Ford Special to Articles and Podcasts are complementary from those helping to preserve our history: Nodaway Valley Bank, Eagle Communication, Rupp Funeral Home, Stevenson Family Pharmacy and Anonymous Buffs. To comment or join them as sponsors, robertmford@aol.com. I like birthplace museums. If you’ve done something memorable in your life, you get a museum.
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