Opinion

Body Having been inducted Sept. 24 into the Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame, I am in the company of some of this nation’s and this state’s best-known journalists, but...

Body “Never forget!” Those were the words Americans spoke in the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. How could any of us who were alive that day forget?

Body The Missouri General Assembly, Gov. Mike Parson and the Department of Social Services heard loud and clear from voters statewide in August 2020, when 53% of the state’s voters expanded Medicaid.

Body Like most adults in Clay and Ray counties, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, I was at work.

Body Beating up on children figuratively by putting their lives at risk literally headlines Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s U.S. Senate campaign.

Body Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft sent out a notice that, in the entire state, following the November 2020 election, the only people being reviewed were those who had allegedly committed voter fraud.

Body Lies and half-truths are the stuff of myth, not history. True history, like true science, should be objective.

Body WARRENSBURG – Steve Walsh, 63, Ashland, died Aug. 19.

Body At least some voters might be happy the Ray County Jail sales tax failed, but whether they made the right call by voting no looks doubtful.

Body This is a reminder to take on the responsibility to come out next Tuesday, Aug. 3, and vote no on the jail sales tax proposal.