By NewsPress Now Your letters for Feb. 2, 2024 Whom to vote for? With “our” border czar never having been to the actual borders (crossings sites) where millions have been crossing the in the last 3 years unvetted (est. 8 million), and a climate czar flying all over the world in his “private” jet letting
Continue Reading
By Jared Shelton News-Press NOW meteorologist A mid-winter thaw is in full force this week across two-thirds of the continental United States, as an unseasonably warm air mass has expanded across parts of the Intermountain West, Great Plains and Midwest. Afternoon temperatures have reached the 50s and 60s since Monday here in St. Joseph, well
Continue Reading
By NewsPress Now The St. Joseph School District faces an uphill battle – more so than some would like to believe – in getting a $20 million bond issue passed this spring. Yes, the Board of Education can legitimately call this modest proposal a “no tax increase” bond issue, but the approach to putting this
Continue Reading
By Alonzo Weston Here we are again at another Black History Month. Not that it shouldn’t be a part of overall American history, where the contributions and struggles of Blacks are often left out, but the month is a chance to remember important events involving Blacks in our country. This year’s Black History Month theme
Continue Reading
By NewsPress Now I’m voting no I don’t believe I’ll be voting for the new tax for the school district. If you’ve got money to pay $100,000 for a DEI administrator, then we don’t we don’t need the taxes. Just take that money and put it somewhere else. In a bind Well, you can tell
Continue Reading
By NewsPress Now That’s a fact They just said on national TV, and I agree with it, and you will too: Trump shouldn’t be within 100 miles of the White House. And that’s a fact. Give me a break I heard a politician claim that you couldn’t really build the wall because of eminent domain.
Continue Reading
By NewsPress Now Totally unnecessary If the St. Joseph School District can find $100,000 a year to manufacture an unnecessary administration job, then they must be spending $100,000 a year now on something totally unnecessary. What’s his deal? Donald Trump says border security is so very important. So why is he asking the Republicans to
Continue Reading
By NewsPress Now Endlessly hiring I agree with the caller who called in about hiring another administrator. That’s all we do is hire, hire people, hire people, hire people for positions that we never had before. This has got to stop, school board. No proof Donald Trump is campaigning to save America from communists. There
Continue Reading
By Bob Ford Special to Articles and Podcasts are complementary from those helping to preserve our history: Nodaway Valley Bank, Eagle Communication, Mastio and Anonymous Buffs. To comment or join them in supporting, contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com. Everybody knows the first half of Horace Greeley’s famous quote but not many remember the second, “Go West
Continue Reading
By Tom Purcell Cagle Syndicate The city of Toronto is in the news for outlawing sled and toboggan riding on 45 of its hillsides. According to the Toronto Star, the ban has sparked a robust debate about how far government should go to protect people from themselves while they’re having fun. To be sure, tragic
Continue Reading
By NewsPress Now He voted no I saw on Twitter where Governor Parson was thanking Congressman Sam Graves for an additional $90 million to expand I-70. Just to let everyone know, Congressman Graves voted no on the infrastructure package. It got passed anyway. The president signed it into law, so the funds are coming thanks
Continue Reading
By NewsPress Now The city of St. Joseph sets aside about $5.4 million a year for street maintenance, a figure that includes funding for snow and ice removal when winter weather hits. Boy, did it hit this month. Drivers encountered plenty of frustration and city street crews experienced their share of headaches when several rounds
Continue Reading
By Alonzo Weston Coming out of a Downtown bakery Tuesday, I saw Bag-Head Jheri, the Messanie Street Philosopher, walking aimlessly down Eighth Street. He looked dejected and deep in thought. “What’s up, Bag?” I said by way of greeting. “Hey Weston, got silly stuff troublin’ my mind,” Bag said shaking his head. “What now?” I
Continue Reading
By NewsPress Now Your letters for Jan. 26, 2024 Why not show the world? I have a question. Considering the court case against Mr. Trump in Georgia is televised, why wouldn’t he want to go live and show the world how the 2020 election was stolen? Why doesn’t he want to go to trial? Roger
Continue Reading
By Jared Shelton News-Press NOW meteorologist After 10 days of subfreezing temperatures and several rounds of accumulating snowfall, the wintry landscape across Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas has entered a melting phase over the past several days. While the idea of warmer temperatures and shrinking snowpack is enticing for most, the transition has been a
Continue Reading
By NewsPress Now Greatly appreciated I just want to thank the gentleman who shovels off Central’s track every year so people can walk. It’s greatly appreciated. Excellent service We had a problem with my electricity. Various things. I called Evergy and they were here within probably less than two hours. They were here quite a
Continue Reading
By NewsPress Now Top heavy The St. Joseph School District is too top heavy. They need to get rid of the some of the administration that’s unnecessary. Then you’d have more money to play around with. Very disturbing The people of this country should want to elect a president that follows the law, not one
Continue Reading
By NewsPress Now Explain it to me Please explain to me how spending $20 million on three aging high school sports fields helps the school district that has 70% free and reduced lunches, three aging schools and low teacher pay. What about them? I’m trying to address this levy that they want to pass in
Continue Reading
By NewsPress Now Top concern Our congressman just sent out an e-mail informing us that the border is his top concern. Our district is a thousand miles from the border. Think about it I’m going to keep harping on this initiative petition process that the Republican supermajority is trying to pass through the legislature. Instead
Continue Reading
By Jase Graves Disclaimer: No pets die in this column (but they sometimes smell like they did). As I write, I’m trying to relax in my recliner on a cold winter’s day next to a roaring fire, yet my feet are freezing because a large, semi-elderly cat named “Missy” – AKA “The Loaf” – is
Continue Reading
By Tom Purcell Cagle Syndicate I forgot what it was like to experience a good old common cold. Prior to covid, you see, the cold-getting experience went like this: I’d wake with a stuffy nose and scratchy throat and my only thought was to curse the gods for visiting a new virus cocktail on me
Continue Reading
By Bob Ford Special to Articles and Podcasts are complementary from those helping to preserve our history: Nodaway Valley Bank, Eagle Communication, Mastio and Anonymous Buffs. To comment or join them in supporting, contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com. The freedom to fly like a bird has always been a quest of man. Leonardo da Vinci put
Continue Reading
By NewsPress Now No excuse The city did a horrible job on our roads and there’s no excuse for it. In fact, I’ve been out three days in a row and have yet to see one city worker doing anything to a street. I’ve seen two city trucks, the white pickups, but that’s it. Treat
Continue Reading By NewsPress Now A win’s a win, but last Saturday’s playoff game didn’t look like much fun for those fans who braved ice-bowl conditions at Arrowhead Stadium. Maybe those who endured the Lambeau Field-in-January experience could draw comfort in looking six months into the future. On a blessedly hot, humid day in July, many of
Continue Reading
By Jared Shelton News-Press NOW meteorologist Wintry weather has recently dominated conditions across the Midwest and Great Plains, with strong pushes of arctic air bringing subzero temperatures and supporting bouts of accumulating snowfall. Over the past week and a half, residents of Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas have endured lengthy periods of single-digit to subzero
Continue Reading
By NewsPress Now He’s already done it I remember whenever Trump was running for his second term, Lemon said that if we voted for Trump, that all the things that he said Trump would do, would get us into war and all this. Well, Biden’s already done that. How much lower? Republicans are so desperate
Continue Reading
By NewsPress Now Ridiculous conditions It looks like the city, county and state road crews all took a three-day weekend for the Martin Luther King holiday. I have never seen our streets this bad for so long and it’s ridiculous. What’s being done? Several of us were sitting around, watching the football game. At halftime,
Continue Reading
By NewsPress Now Making the switch I went out to the optimum office here in St. Joe, and half the people coming in were turning in their equipment, and I said, how come? And they said because the service is so bad, they’re switching over to fiber optic. Paint the road I would like to
Continue Reading
By NewsPress Now Crack down on them I’m calling in here wondering why St. Joe doesn’t crack down on these people that got expired tags. I had five cars parked around me yesterday, and none of them had a tag on them. Not even a temporary tag. And these speeders, my God. They’re out there
Continue Reading
By Danny Tyree Cagle Syndicate Without much fanfare (okay, I did write and voice a radio commercial noting the milestone), I recently marked 25 years of my “day job” working for a farmers cooperative. I realize lots of other people have spent at least 25 years with a single employer; but given the impact of
Continue Reading