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It’s Your Call for Dec. 2

By NewsPress Now Makes no sense According to the newspaper, you cannot be on the St. Joseph School Board if you’re a convicted felon, but apparently you can be President of the United States. Not Super Bowl contenders I watched the Chiefs game, the later part of it again. They’re not a Super Bowl qualified

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Your letters for Nov. 29, 2024

By NewsPress Now Your letters for Nov. 29, 2024 Why, America? Women’s Suffrage Amendment; Securities and Exchange Act; Social Security Act; Unemployment Compensation Act; Rural Electrification Act; Federal Home Loan Act; 40-hour work week; minimum wage; over time; G.I. Bill; school lunch; Marshall Plan; NATO; Peace Corps; first manned moon mission; Civil Rights Act; Head

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It’s Your Call for Nov. 29

By NewsPress Now Shouldn’t be happening I see that second Chiefs kicker has pulled a hamstring. Do these guys ever do any exercising and physical training at camp? This shouldn’t be happening if you’re in shape. Let us burn our trash About the landfill problem. Why don’t they start letting us burn our trash? Maybe

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Goodbye fall, hello winter

By Jared Shelton News-Press NOW meteorologist Thanksgiving 2024 felt more like winter than late fall across the Mid-Missouri River Valley, as polar air kept the temperature in the 30s for most of the holiday. While several degrees below average, this was far from the coldest turkey day in St. Joseph, with a range of temperatures

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These brothers could not have been closer!

By Bob Ford Special to Articles, podcasts and YouTube videos are complimentary from those helping preserve our history: Eagle Communications, Nodaway Valley Bank, Hughes Chiropractic, The Hearing Connection and Anonymous Buffs. To comment or join in supporting this non-profit, contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com. If you love history, we are seeking sponsors to run this column,

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It’s Your Call for Nov. 27

By NewsPress Now $1,000,000 Tahoes I see where the city purchased 20 new Tahoes over $1,000,000. Why in the world does the city of Saint Joe Police Department need Tahoes for cars. No more patrolling that they do and vehicles sitting around. They should have bought Ford Pintos. Drive by the Police Department at any

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It’s Your Call for Nov. 22

By NewsPress Now They’re everywhere This is on abandoned properties. When I was a kid, you’d always see one empty house or something on the block, the scary house on the block. You go through St. Joe now and they’re everywhere. Abandoned properties are everywhere, houses boarded up, some that need to be boarded up,

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With Abe Lincoln’s new proclamation, citizens rejoiced and turkey’s scattered

By Bob Ford Special to Articles, podcasts and YouTube videos are complimentary from those helping preserve our history: Eagle Communications, Nodaway Valley Bank, Hughes Chiropractic, The Hearing Connection and Anonymous Buffs. To comment or join in supporting this non-profit, contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com. President Abraham Lincoln liked to make proclamations, everything from emancipation, freeing the

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Your letters for Nov. 22, 2024

By NewsPress Now Your letters for Nov. 22, 2024 Liberal bias A liberal journalist may retire, but they never go away! Alonzo, the difference between liberals and conservatives was mentioned in your assessment of MAGA. Some people don’t feel that way. Conservatives think that way. As Americans, we have to take the feel out of

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November rains bust drought across Missouri

By Meteorologist Jared Shelton Drier-than-normal conditions have been a common theme for much of fall 2024 throughout the Central Plains and Mid-Missouri River Valley. But a pattern change in recent weeks has changed the narrative, with back-to-back rounds of beneficial rain quenching thirsty soils and even flooding parts of the Show Me state. To recap,

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It’s Your Call for Nov. 19

By NewsPress Now Just a question Seeing Monday morning’s paper where Buchanan County is moving forward with spraying the weeds at Lake Contrary, why are we spraying the weeds at Lake Contrary in November when they’ll be frosted over and frozen and die? Just a question. Agree with objection I just heard about how they’re

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It’s Your Call for Nov. 15

By NewsPress Now They have class There’s one thing Republicans can’t take away from Democrats. They have class and are trustworthy and care about our democracy unlike convicted felon Trump and all his loyalists who will now run our government. He’s eminently qualified Whoopi Goldberg and “The View” complained because Pete Hegseth was a commentator

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The Missouri Senate’s new traffic cop

By NewsPress Now Tony Luetkemeyer voiced confidence and enthusiasm following his election to the second-highest leadership position in the Missouri Senate. Luetkemeyer, a Republican who represents Buchanan and Platte counties, enters the 2025 legislative session with reason for optimism. He will serve as majority floor leader in a GOP leadership team that includes Sen. Cindy

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Your letters for Nov. 15, 2024

By NewsPress Now Your letters for Nov. 15, 2024 American Water rate increases I attended the city hall meeting with the Public Service Commission and American Water to express my objections over the outrageous increase American Water is asking for. Here are my points I made to them. Some facts the public needs to know:

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A taste of winter is likely for late next week

By Meteorologist Jared Shelton As fall 2024 continues rolling forward across the Northern Hemisphere, parts of the United States have already had a taste of winter. While the Mid-Missouri River Valley was mostly sunny and mild last week, heavy snow resulted in low visibility and road closures from far western Kansas through much of Colorado.

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It’s Your Call for Nov. 13

By NewsPress Now Disappointed I was disappointed after I read the article. St. Smarts by Alonzo Weston in Friday’s edition of the St. Joseph News-Press. We should be optimistic about what America has spoken for, its division like that that we don’t need in this country. And I think it would be better served to

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