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. Towards the end of 1862, the Civil War was going badly for
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By NewsPress Now Your letters for Sept. 6, 2024 How Kamala and Nixon were similar in more ways than one Kamala Harris unveiled her “economic plan”, such as it is. Among the usual “free stuff” for the uninformed: $25,000 for first time home buyers; $40 million to help fund a new home construction boom with
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By NewsPress Now On Nov. 5, Missouri voters weigh in on the race for the White House and determine the fate of ballot measures on abortion, sports gambling and the minimum wage. These high-profile issues will dominate the last nine weeks of the election cycle and drive record-high turnout. By contrast, Amendment 6 will likely
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By Alonzo Weston With all of its pumpkin spice and the decay of nature, autumn is my favorite season. The weather is crisp and cool, the leaves are beautiful in death and it’s harvest time with the smell of pumpkin spice and bonfires filling the air. My son and grandkids were born in late summer
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By Jared Shelton News-Press NOW meteorologist Meteorological fall has arrived with the start of September, a month which often feels like a dulled extension of summer for much of the U.S. — including America’s heartland. Afternoon high temperatures run in the low 80s for much of the month here in St. Joseph, although occasional heat
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By NewsPress Now Surely that’s cheaper I just heard on TV that our City of St. Joseph is donating $7 million to the Y for an indoor pool. My question is, wouldn’t it be cheaper to go down to the empty building that used to be the Y and fix the pool that’s there? Surely
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By NewsPress Now They are so slow This is about 229. If they ever do tear it down and fix it or rebuild it as slow as they’re doing their bridge by the casino and the Cook Rd. bridge, maybe my grandchildren, who are three and eight years old, might get to use it the
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By NewsPress Now Take up the electric bike issue I am really begging the city council, the city manager, the city attorney, somebody to take up the issue of electric bikes and other vehicles that are on the Parkway system on the regular sidewalks. I just got completely mowed down by a four-year-old on a
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By NewsPress Now Your letters for Aug. 30, 2024 Know the facts I am writing about an incorrect statement published in Explore Outdoors, July 26-26, 2024, Weekender, C4, after within several weeks of the previous incorrect statement about the Eastern Spadefoot Frog occurring throughout Missouri, including St. Joseph. In the paper, a photo is shown
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By NewsPress Now One of the perks I guess one of the perks of being the incumbent is you can go to Arlington and take photographs for any reason you want, and nobody will complain. You can also sic the Justice Department on your opponent to drive him out of the office. Not a prop
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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. Colin Powell lived the American dream. His character, determination and love of
Continue Reading By NewsPress Now Inflation, when it involves food, is an equal-opportunity misery. That isn’t necessarily the case with unemployment or even mortgage rates. If you’re fortunate enough to have stable employment or you aren’t in the market for a house, it’s possible to go on your merry way even as joblessness or borrowing costs accelerate.
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By Jared Shelton News-Press NOW meteorologist The last week of August can bring a variety of weather to the American Midwest. Heat, humidity and sunshine are common themes from year to year, along with occasional cooler and drier spells as well. Although late August is not typically a hotbed for tornadic thunderstorms for much of
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By Alonzo Weston My first memory of work is of my grandmother’s alarm clock going off at 7 a.m. every morning. Faithfully she rose and went off to wash and get dressed and then catch the bus to go her job as a short-order cook at the old Katz drugstore. My mother and aunts would
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By NewsPress Now Doesn’t make sense I don’t understand a small local business catches on fire and within just a few short hours the owner and their employees are allowed inside the structure, moving things out and moving things around, possibly destroying evidence on the origin of the fire. It doesn’t make sense. Armed security
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By NewsPress Now Be more inclusive I just heard on the news about the schools, that the kids or the parents could win $500 for attendance. I don’t think that’s fair to the other schools that wasn’t included in those four. I think they should open that up to the whole school district and maybe
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By NewsPress Now City manager search I see where our mayor and City Council are looking for a new city manager. Well, how much are they going to spend this time of our tax dollars like they did last time, and then they hired from within? How to watch the Chiefs Help! How do I
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By NewsPress Now Old-fashioned method A good way to increase the attendance at the St. Joseph School District is to go to the old-fashioned method. You don’t advance the student until he has completed all the work of that particular grade. Simply ridiculous The school board wasting time on banning books is simply ridiculous. There’s
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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 sponsoring this non-profit contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com. “Bushwhackers, gangsters, health nuts and newly elected presidents all got
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By NewsPress Now She’s a chameleon A chameleon changes its color so it blends in with the background and you can’t see it, and that’s exactly what Harris is doing. She’s trying to change her positions to make everybody believe that she is going to be different than what she truly is. She is a
Continue Reading By NewsPress Now The first day of school is like opening day in Major League Baseball. No matter how things went last year, a fresh start brings a new sense of optimism. Of course, just like a 162-game season becomes a real grind, a nine-month school year is a lot of hard work. Eventually, the
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By NewsPress Now Your letters for Aug. 23, 2024 Selecting the next SJSD Superintendent Dr. Gabe Edgar has announced his retirement effective the end of school year 2024-2025. A note of appreciation to Dr. Edgar for giving the school board adequate time to hire the next superintendent. The board will hire a firm that assists
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By Alonzo Weston I woke up Wednesday morning to the sounds of cars, buses and children’s laughter. It was the first day of school in St. Joseph. We live across the street from a public school with all the playground sounds and parking problems that go along with it. My wife and I know that
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By Jared Shelton News-Press NOW Chief Meteorologist When it comes to late-summer heat, August 2024 had been kind to much of the Central Plains, including the mid-Missouri River Valley. Temperature stats for St. Joseph tell the story, which has leaned toward the mild side for the past several weeks, aside from a few exceptions. The
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By NewsPress Now Quick shout out Shout out to the Missouri Western Athletic Department for their help with a problem getting enrolled in a MIAA program. Anyone else notice this? I would like to know if anybody has noticed when they tore the bridge out on Cook Rd. on 29 that they did not replace
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By NewsPress Now Never done in a timely manner School is starting tomorrow in St. Joseph and the state of Missouri is just now getting their summer food program for children implemented. What’s going on with our state government that they can’t get things done in a timely manner? Will the roads ever be reopen
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By NewsPress Now Demand honesty and integrity Above all else, we must demand that our elected leaders be honest and abide by the laws of the land. A democracy cannot long exist without universal acceptance of these two values. Showing his age Trump is showing his age. He goes on and on and says nothing
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By NewsPress Now Speed checks in school area School is near. Could periodic speed checks be run on Beck Rd. between Ashland Ave. and 36th St.? There are no cross streets and that allows drivers to speed well above the 25 mile an hour zone. Also, where does the school zone end? There are no
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By Bob Ford Special to Articles and podcasts 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 503©(3) organization, contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com. On June 6, 1944, two minutes past midnight, a C-47 aircraft carrying 20
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By NewsPress Now Here we go again Here we go again. The City Council is refusing to listen to the people’s voice. They want to put in another splash pad that doesn’t get used, but they don’t want to put in swimming pools that the public is demanding. They only want to put in a
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