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Remember that suitcase you lost years ago? I found it!

By Bob Ford Special to Articles and podcasts are complimentary from those helping preserve our history: Nodaway Valley Bank, Eagle Communications, Hughes Chiropractic, The Hearing Connection and Anonymous Buffs. To comment or join in supporting this 503©(3) organization, contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com. It’s 1970 in rural Alabama and Doyle Owens was a struggling insurance salesman

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Who’s in charge here?

By NewsPress Now Joe Biden entered the June 27 presidential debate with one job to do. He needed to appear mentally sharp and vigorous enough to dispel any notion that he is not up to the task of a second term. The 81-year-old president failed miserably. His befuddled appearance and incoherent answers amplified concerns about

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Your letters for June 4, 2024

By NewsPress Now Your letters for June 4, 2024 Restoring integrity to the United States AG Merrick Garland has organized and run an incredibly corrupt Department of Justice for the benefit of the Biden crime family. While some “moderate” Republicans do not want to fight back against the unconscionable and criminal behavior of Progressive Democrat/Communists

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Tropical air brings soggy and sultry summer weather

By Jared Shelton News-Press NOW meteorologist June 2024 was a washout for the Mid-Missouri River Valley, with twice the average monthly rainfall coming down for much of the region, including the St. Joseph area. Early July has offered little relief from the soggy pattern, as rounds of thunderstorm activity dropped several more inches of rain

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It’s Your Call for July 3

By NewsPress Now We were better off then I was disgusted watching the debates, so I simply switched channels to watch the Royals baseball game. Now Optimum has seen fit to eliminate that channel from our choices so we can no longer watch the Royals games. I think we were better off in the ‘60s

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It’s Your Call for July 2

By NewsPress Now Where’s the ball game? The Royals and the Cardinals are not on TV no more in St. Joe. That’s very, very sad. I hope and pray the Royals and the Cardinals get on a channel somewhere in Saint Joe. About to lose it The socialist communists that are trying to destroy this

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It’s Your Call for July 1

By NewsPress Now A true delight Thank you, thank you, thank you to the five sponsors of Bob Ford’s History. It is the highlight of my weekend to read Bob Ford’s article on Saturday morning. What a delight. I hope it continues. What’s next? Well, I see now where the Republicans want to do away

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You can’t get there from here, until Ike paved the way!

By Bob Ford Special to Articles and podcasts are complimentary from those helping preserve our history: Nodaway Valley Bank, Eagle Communications, Hughes Chiropractic, The Hearing Connection and Anonymous Buffs. To comment or join in supporting this 503©(3) organization, contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com. This is why I have a criminal record in Europe. Gen. John J.

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Your letters for June 28, 2024

By NewsPress Now Western District Commissioner’s response to editorial This is my response to Friday’s “Our View” editorial, “County should put brakes on rush to dredge.” The fifth paragraph of the article states the “expensive” cost and that I am the one leading the push. Yes, it is expensive and yes, I am leading the

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Missouri River running high after heavy June rains

By Jared Shelton News-Press NOW meteorologist The first month of meteorological summer is quickly coming to a close, and with only a few days remaining in June, local and regional trends in temperature and precipitation are coming into focus. Aside from running hotter than normal across much of the U.S., including the Midwest and Central

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It’s Your Call for June 27

By NewsPress Now Anyone else notice this? Has anyone else noticed the spontaneous appearance of speed bumps on some of our asphalt streets? Does the Police Department have a new tool to control speed or are our asphalt streets buckling from the heat? He should call Putin up If Trump is such good friends with

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It’s Your Call for June 26

By NewsPress Now Backyard burglars Well, summer is officially here. The dandelions are growing in the yard and the backyard burglars are out picking up stuff. Keep an eye on your alleyway, people. Not everybody wants to be stolen from. Quality of life is No. 1 This is regarding the paper’s editorial essentially saying that

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It’s Your Call for June 25

By NewsPress Now Just a question I have a question. If inflation is up, everybody says it’s a different percentage, 19%, let’s say, therefore the sales tax is going up a certain amount. That sales tax money goes to the state, the city. What are they spending it on? Who’s controlling it and what are

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It’s Your Call for June 24

By NewsPress Now They’re losing money CNN’s Van Jones is shouting to the rooftop that anyone with a cognitive brain needs to watch the debate. Well, the reason is CNN is hemorrhaging money. Does it remind you of anyone? Anyone who watched the movie “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” doesn’t that remind you of

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It’s Your Call for June 21

By NewsPress Now The new Trump world Unfortunately, Trump’s core base of voters rule this land. Paul Ryan’s ex Majority Leader said Trump is unfit for office. So Trump told his followers not to watch FOX News. Ryan is a board of director at FOX. If Republican leaders oppose Trump, he calls them a RINO.

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Moving the masses West!

By Bob Ford Special to Articles and podcasts are complimentary from those helping preserve our history: Nodaway Valley Bank, Eagle Communications, Hughes Chiropractic, The Hearing Connection and Anonymous Buffs. To comment or join in supporting this 503©(3) organization, contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com. I’m always talking to folks about a good story but a couple of

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Your letters for June 21, 2024

By NewsPress Now Your letters for June 21, 2024 Back-door approach As usual, it seems that School Board plans for the future of our city high schools is continuing in spite of the known wishes of the tax-paying citizens of St. Joseph. The current plan is a back-door approach, in that neither Benton nor Lafayette

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Book bans block knowledge

By Alonzo Weston The St. Joseph School district is reviewing some library books that community members believe aren’t appropriate for school-age children. Whether connected to nationwide book-banning efforts or not, it’s still part of a growing trend to censor readership. This effort reminds me of the 1963 Ray Bradbury novel “Fahrenheit 451,” where in a

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The science of seasonal lag

By Jared Shelton News-Press NOW meteorologist Meteorological summer may have arrived several weeks ago, but the “official” or astronomical start to the season has just begun — starting with the summer solstice. Opposite to its winter counterpart (winter solstice), the summer solstice is the longest day of the year here in the northern hemisphere, when

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It’s Your Call for June 20

By NewsPress Now What are the odds? Currently, there are two presidential debates scheduled, which will be hosted by two biased media outlets. What are the odds that Biden already has been given the questions? Wouldn’t want to be in their shoes God holds each and every one of us accountable, and we all have

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It’s Your Call for June 19

By NewsPress Now Pothole liability Remarks about the pothole problems in Saint Joe’s in today’s paper, where a lot of cars are being damaged by potholes. People, you better realize the city’s not going to be liable for nothing. All we’re going to do is give you a shovel full of asphalt and they’re not

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It’s Your Call for June 17

By NewsPress Now Anyone else have this problem? I was just wondering; I’ve been having trouble with my tap water. It’s really tasting stale, and I just kind of wondered if anyone else is having that problem in the city of St. Joseph. Makes total sense The Democrats say the Supreme Court is not legitimate.

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Your letters for June 14, 2024

By NewsPress Now On the move Immigration: The process of moving from one country to another. Immigration was technically practiced before any of the countries that make up today’s United Nations even existed. Every country in the world, from the largest to the smallest, has an immigration policy. Becoming a citizen of the United States

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