By NewsPress Now Need consistent laws If a pregnant woman is kicked in the stomach by her boyfriend and it causes a miscarriage, the boyfriend will likely be charged with both assault and second-degree murder. Most women agree that the murder charge should be included, even if the pregnancy is just a month or two
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By NewsPress Now Big thank you I just wanted to thank so much the people that put together the St. Patrick’s Day parade. I’m sure it’s a lot of work and the people that participated, that is a perfect example of bringing people together post-pandemic. I think that we have so many fewer opportunities post-pandemic
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By Bob Ford Special to Articles and Podcasts are complementary from those helping to preserve our history: Nodaway Valley Bank, Eagle Communication, Rupp Funeral Home, Stevenson Family Pharmacy and Anonymous Buffs. To comment or join them as sponsors, email robertmford@aol.com. “Doing the wrestling polka,” there are songs that hang with you for years and others
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By Bob Ford Special to Articles and Podcasts are complementary from those helping to preserve our history: Nodaway Valley Bank, Eagle Communication, Rupp Funeral Home, Stevenson Family Pharmacy and Anonymous Buffs. To comment or join them as sponsors, email robertmford@aol.com. “Doing the wrestling polka,” there are songs that hang with you for years and others
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By NewsPress Now Can’t make up their minds Observing and reading all about all that is going on with the St. Joseph’s school board, I have to ask how the school board can feel confident that the $20 million bond has a chance of passing. A month ago, they were going to stay with the
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By NewsPress Now Whitney Lanning received 1,883 votes in the election that put her on the St. Joseph Board of Education last spring. Previously, she claimed about 1,500 votes in an unsuccessful bid for mayor. It’s clear that Lanning has a base of public support in this community, or at least enough to get elected
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By NewsPress Now Your letters for March 15, 2024 Time for the adults to step forward The primary obligation of government is to provide for the protection of its citizens. Failure to do so constitutes dereliction of duty. Millions of illegals have crossed our southern border in the past three years. Many come from nations
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By Alonzo Weston We survived a not-so-harsh winter and now spring is here. Since it’s a Leap Year, officially spring begins on March 19. In other years, the equinox happens on the 20th or 21st. Yes, we have an early spring this year. I know when it’s spring when the daffodils our daughter, Nicole, planted
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By NewsPress Now Got to do something I just wonder how many people have to leave St. Joseph before people understand that we’ve got to do something different here. I mean, we just never support our schools like we should. The state doesn’t even do it. There are so many things wrong and we just
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By NewsPress Now Here we go again Well, here we go again. The school board’s trying to make changes to the schools. They want to go to two high schools. Why can’t they just leave things alone? They’re not patriots It wasn’t patriots that crawled through the windows of our Capitol. They were criminals, and
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By NewsPress Now The real problem Another million for a biking trail, $20 million here, $20 million there, when everyone knows the critical shortage of housing in St. Joe is the main problem. Another saying A few days ago, they had a farmer on the news stating his opinion about daylight savings time. My grandfather
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By NewsPress Now Can’t believe it Thirty-five percent of the American people said they trusted Trump. What? I can’t believe it. Lots of lies How many Pinocchios did our President get from what he said in his State of the Union address? They probably didn’t even check him out. But no, we do not have
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By Bob Ford Special to Articles and Podcasts are complementary from those helping to preserve our history: Nodaway Valley Bank, Eagle Communication, Rupp Funeral Home, Stevenson Family Pharmacy and Anonymous Buffs. To comment or join them as sponsors, robertmford@aol.com. I have traveled to many Civil War battlefields, historic sites and military forts but when I
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By NewsPress Now Why would they do it? I just wonder how in the world anybody could vote for Biden. We’re already in trouble Well, I had to listen to it twice because I just not could not believe what I heard. But I heard our president say he better not start taking questions because
Continue Reading By NewsPress Now Korea is often called the forgotten war. Combat on the Korean Peninsula occurred after World War II and before Vietnam, making it all too easy to overlook the significance of what happened between 1950 and 1953. It’s not just the general public or the history books. When was the last time you’ve
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By NewsPress Now No need for new buildings Why is this school board and superintendent, Dr. Gabe Edgar, so determined to waste our tax money? Our three public high school buildings are in excellent condition! There have been great improvements to our facilities in recent years. Most, if not all, are newer than the more
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By Jared Shelton News-Press NOW meteorologist The last severe thunderstorm to impact Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas took place last September, and as spring 2024 progresses, it’s only a matter of time before the next bout of severe weather strikes. Ahead of the pending spring and summer storm season, local branches of the National Weather
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By Alonzo Weston March 8 is International Women’s Day. It’s a day to celebrate the achievements of women and the progress made towards women’s rights. It also sheds light on ongoing struggles for equality around the world. I believe this observance starts with the women in your family. There are plenty of famous women to
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By NewsPress Now Not just abortions I see where the House of Representatives in Missouri voted to defund Planned Parenthood. Abortions have not been performed in Missouri for the last two years. Planned Parenthood does other things, like STI screening, cervical cancer screenings, all sorts of women’s health screenings. What a hypocrite A while back,
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By NewsPress Now It was unanimous It seems funny that the person in the call ins thinks that the Supreme Court is trying to keep Trump in the race, and they’re only concerned about helping Trump. That was a unanimous decision, and they go by the Constitution, not by political parties. Do they know? Trump
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By NewsPress Now Why cut them down? Several people were wondering, including myself, while they cut perfectly healthy trees down at Fairview Golf Course. Does somebody need firewood that bad? Tired of it I’m just so tired of the Democrats trying to make out that the Supreme Court is so biased now just because it’s
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By NewsPress Now Can’t stand him I’m a long time independent. I’m not the biggest fan of President Joe Biden, but I absolutely detest Donald Trump. He is a traitor to the American people. The insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, proved that. He is also a proven liar. Easy fix I saw in the paper
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By NewsPress Now Russian roulette The Russian informant, Smirnov, admitted Russian intelligence was involved in the false accusation that President Biden was influenced influence peddling in Ukraine. Like Trump’s former attorney General Barr said, these MAGA Republicans are playing Russian roulette. It’s inexcusable Chicago’s Judge Tracie ruled to keep Trump off the primary ballot because
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By Bob Ford Special to Articles and Podcasts are complementary from those helping to preserve our history: Nodaway Valley Bank, Eagle Communication, Rupp Funeral Home, Stevenson Family Pharmacy and Anonymous Buffs. To comment or join them as sponsors, robertmford@aol.com. You’re in Kansas City, standing in line to board a TWA flight heading to Chicago with
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By NewsPress Now Your letters for March 1, 2024 Beat them at their own game Buckle up, buttercup, and hang on: In the 60’s, I understand that the cell phones back then had enough power to send the lunar spacecraft to the moon. I must admit that is way over my understanding! Have you noticed
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By NewsPress Now As far as Downtown St. Joseph goes, the area around Eighth and Faraon streets could be much worse. A couple of new houses appear forlorn as the wind whistles through the well-tended grass on an otherwise lonely city block. To the north, a roundabout intersection doesn’t exist to control local traffic as
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By Jared Shelton News-Press NOW meteorologist One of the biggest hallmarks of the heartland’s climate is the wide range in temperatures felt from season to season. Being centrally located within the continental United States, the American Midwest and Great Plains are situated hundreds of miles from the moderating effects of Earth’s oceans, a recipe that
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By Alonzo Weston March has and always will remind me of my mother. Florestrine Turner was born on March 5, 1938, and died last year on March 21. In between those dates, she lived a good life. Mom, Tisie as she was called since childhood, touched many more people in her job as a Katz
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By NewsPress Now Clean it up, please I live in Savannah, and I turn off there to exit at 71 and I-29 and come down to Frederick Avenue, I have never seen so much trash and dead animals laying along the curb and down the ditches in my life. Looking out for the kids I
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By NewsPress Now Kudos to you Big kudos to the St. Joe School Board for rejecting the four-day school day. We don’t have to be like Kansas City. We can do our own thing here. Wrong priorities I think our city council’s got their priorities mixed up. All they think about is these parks, parks,
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