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By NewsPress Now It’s obvious I think it’s obvious that the City of St. Joseph needs to fire its street maintenance department and just hire Herzog to do the work. Herzog can finish a complete street in a day or less, and it takes city employees months to just repair a small strip of street.

By NewsPress Now Getting tired I’m getting tired of the Democratic Party. Even Robert Kennedy Jr. said they’ve changed drastically for the worst and Kamala Harris is constantly making fun of Donald Trump. Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, those comedians make horrible statements on their shows. I won’t even watch it anymore. Time for changes to

By NewsPress Now It’s our tax money, not theirs I just seen on TV where the school board took it on themselves to build a new high school. You know, that needs to go before the people. That’s our tax money that they’re using. Our tax money, not theirs. It’s ours. And I think it

By NewsPress Now What has he done? I see where the News-Press is endorsing Josh Hawley. What has he done for Northwest Missouri? He voted against the infrastructure bill. He never has town hall meetings, and he made a fool of himself at the Senate hearings. She defeated herself Kamala Harris has just defeated herself.

By NewsPress Now Just wondering I was just curious, the billboard sign, “In a wreck, need a check,” the one you see as you’re coming onto 229 off of 36 highway, is that for real or did somebody vandalize that sign? That’s hilarious. Rough economy To the caller who thinks this is the best economy

By NewsPress Now Isn’t it amazing? Isn’t it amazing that the Democrats are having a fit because Elon Musk is supporting President Trump? Yet they turned a blind eye to George Soros and all the leftist things he supported and foisted on the American people. There should be no reason With regards to the abortion

By NewsPress Now Forgot an important word Patrick Mahomes recently said that his role concerning the upcoming election was to encourage folks to register to vote. He also said that they should vote for what is good for them and their families. He forgot one important word: Country. Draft two letters It’s time each one

By NewsPress Now Not our, nor the district’s, responsibility The taxpayers of St. Joseph, Missouri, gave our school districts money to hire new teachers and to try and retain the ones they got. We did not expect our tax dollars to be spent on manufacturing a new job that teach adults how to speak English.

By NewsPress Now Why no guardrail? Could someone explain from the Parks Department why there’s no safety guardrail on the new overpass going to the King Hill Overlook on Barbara St. There’s one on one side, but none on the north side. That’s a 120-foot drop down from Barbara Street, from the top of that

By NewsPress Now Why not use that? I see in the paper where the Parks Department got a big grant to build a pavilion out at Corby Pond. Where’s all these tax dollars going that we just passed for the Parks Department? Why are they not using that? It’s a waste of money, I think

By NewsPress Now Can’t believe it I just want to say that I cannot even believe that the school board is pursuing an idea of a new high school when we’ve got three beautiful high schools. There is absolutely no reason. We have a stable, perhaps declining population, certainly a declining student population. In this

By NewsPress Now Too old to be president Trump is too old to be president. He goes on and on and doesn’t make any sense at all. He needs to retire. He would be a danger to our country. Think of your kids, would you want them to live in a country like Russia? I

By NewsPress Now Don’t worry Don’t worry, Trump said he is not cognitively impaired. Why are we still talking about this? I was just calling in to say I really don’t know why in this day and age that we are still even talking about abortions. They’re all kinds of birth control pills and under

By NewsPress Now Get them gone Hey, City of St. Joe Public Works or Parks Department, what is the deal with the three huge piles of gravel debris at Ashland Ave. and Crescent Drive? They have been there all summer, creating a terrible eyesore. Let’s get them gone. Very appreciative I am an 82-year-old woman,