Opinion

Body To the Editor: For the last decade, it has been frustrating to see how our congressional vote no longer matters and we lack representation in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Body After the insurrection, and barbed wire-topped fencing and troops in Washington, D.C., for Inauguration Day, I reflected on Missouri’s 2018 Senate Republican primary.

Body Nursing homes across the nation, and here in Ray and Clay counties, have endured the COVID-19 pandemic with varying degrees of success.

Body This is a time to give thanks. • Thanks that 2020 is over.

Body Gov.

Body “Dag-blasted nanny state ninnies!” A puff of orange dust settles in his hair as George Orwell Pother pries open the rusting door to his money-colored, green and gold 1990 Ford F-350 dually. He has far better vehicles, but he owns the dually “just to relate to my fans.

Body The new mask “guidance” for schools issued by Gov. Mike Parson’s administration last week is not the kind of decisive leadership Missourians deserve.

Body Overweight, crotchety, just 60 but looking 85, Mize R. Lee felt as if a truck had parked on his chest.

Body The elections are over, and no matter who won the presidency – if that has been decided – now is the time to come together for the common good.

Body It has been our company’s pleasure to have had help from the Ray County Sheriff’s Office, deputies, road patrol, civil and criminal departments, and of course Sheriff Garry Bush, who has personally been involved with a dozen or more of our law enforcement issues in the last few...