Editorial

Plastic bags is my subject and I saw on the TV the other morning where they are going to stop making plastic bags. They didn’t give any details as to what they are going to replace the plastic bags with and I’d appreciate if you can find some more out for me about the plastic bags. Thank you for letting me speak out.

We suffer from a national madness that threatens the very foundation of this once-great nation. No example is more illustrative than the current insanity concerning the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. I once loved the political arena. Civil debate on differing views was a healthy process that long shaped our nation...

Sikeston DPS officers won’t wave back I am just calling to speak out about the Sikeston DPS. They are supposed to be friendly, protect and serve. I have ridden by at least eight officers and waved and not one of them has waved back. The police in Charleston, Mo., will take their time, they will sit and talk and they’ll laugh and they’ll joke. ...

Yes, I would like to speak out to that person who put this in the paper that Trump, our president of the United States of America, is ruining our country. Our country has been ruined now for the last eight to nine years because we had Mr. Obama in there, you understand that? President Trump has been ridiculed. He’s went in there and his family has been ridiculed. He has done no more than talking...

All too often, really important news stories get lost in the headlines of even more important stories. While the focus understandably is on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh this week, little notice is being given to the unseemly actions of former Secretary of State John Kerry...

Well I see the fake news, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times, the Washington Post and many others. All these fake news outlets have been broadcasting day and night about Molly Tibbetts, the young college student in Iowa who was recently murdered. Now that they have discovered it was an illegal immigrant who murdered her, well they have actually shut down all their operations and left...

If Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill votes against the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, she’ll lose her Senate seat to Attorney General Josh Hawley. That’s my prediction. McCaskill and Hawley are in a heated race for the Senate with massive amounts of money being poured into their respective campaigns. Nothing would please Republicans more than flipping the Missouri Senate...

Men shouldn’t have to pay alimony I just want to say that I don’t think men should have to pay alimony to sorry wives who sit around on the couch, didn’t work, didn’t clean, didn’t cook, didn’t take care of the kids or anything. Why should the men have to take care of them when they get divorced? Let them get out and get a job if they are able. ...

Hello Southeast Missouri. Hello Miner, Sikeston. My issue right now is we got school starting up and everything and we got the school bus drivers. We must have a lot of new ones because they don’t know how to stop at stop signs here at Ross and Harrison Street here in Miner. I’ve ordered me a couple orange vests and I’ve got my camera. And I will monitor to take care of our kids, even know...

Today’s column was written prior to Tuesday’s cancellation of President Trump’s visit to Southeast Missouri. Though the rally was canceled, the message of the column remains true. Had the President been here this week, this is what we would have said.

I’d like to go before the city council to see if my social security income could increase like BMU. My Medicare supplement just went up to over $300 each month right after my social security check deposited. Nobody asked me if they could. Each week I check on food list to see if each thing on my list is really necessary at this time. BMU should cut some of their expenses to get by like we do each...

When voters go to the polls come November, the spotlight will clearly fall on the race for the United States Senate between incumbent Claire McCaskill and Attorney General Josh Hawley. Getting limited fanfare is a ballot issue —or perhaps three ballot issues — to legalize medical marijuana in Missouri. Although it’s somewhat confusing, as of today there are three separate ballot initiatives...

East Prairie, the divides in the street at the end of Washington and Highway 80, which has all the pretty flowers and shrubs, are so overgrown with grass on can hardly see approaching traffic to safely get on Highway 80. Clean it up before an accident. Besides that it is an eyesore for the town. Thank you so much.

I don’t know who wrote in badmouthing about President Trump but apparently they aren’t watching the news seeing all the corruption the Democrats are involved in. The Democrat Party is nothing but a bunch of corrupt people. And thank God that we don’t have to listen to Hillary Clinton. And thank God our little girls don’t have to worry about some transexual male who thinks he’s a girl that day...

I’ve tried to avoid writing this column for quite some time. But I have to be honest. I cringed while watching President Trump’s political rally in West Virginia last week. And this is far from the first time I have found myself bewildered by the ramblings of this President. As a self-confessed supporter of this administration, my cringe-worthy moment was surely shared by others. In so many...

I would truly like for the person who put “Trump turned his back on America” in Speakout, it appeared in the Wednesday, Aug. 8 paper, who said he is doing a miserable thing and turned his back on America and should be ashamed. I would truly like to know how Trump turned his back on America. When you look at all of his accomplishments, I don’t see a back turning at all. I see a forward movement...

I came into the office this morning, like so many others, and started my daily reading of newspapers and web sites to catch up on the overnight happenings. Thus is my morning routine. One of the first headlines that captured my attention was the “revelation” that the President’s disapproval rating was at an all-time high. Given the daily drumbeat of opposition to this administration from the...

Holier than thou reader. Miss reader, I feel the time has come to listen to the voters of the great state of Missouri. The voters, not big labor, voted no on the right to work issue. Why would you not respect the right of the voters over your own views. Yes this makes you holier than thou. Politicians who do not listen to the voters, often do not retain their offices.

Union bosses have full pockets again Well since the state of Missouri voted no on Prop A that means that Missouri is no longer a right-to-work state. What that more importantly means is that the big union bosses have their pockets full of our money again. ...

Back in 2002, a memorial service for the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, a Wisconsin Democrat, turned into a political rally. Wellstone, his wife and daughter, were killed in a plane crash just prior to his reelection bid. The Democratic Senator was a popular progressive who was gaining national attention and was contemplating a run for President...

I went to Walmart this morning, Aug. 4, and I checked out at 10:46. I took my groceries out to my car and I had one of their new carts where you have a water holder and a cell phone holder. I put my groceries into my car and everything else and I accidentally dropped my cell phone somewhere. I went back to Walmart to see if anybody had turned it in and nobody had yet, so if anybody finds an...

I’m just curious about the parking on Front Street if it was public parking, down here by the Depot on both sides or if the businesses can stop you from parking in front of their business unless you were a customer? I just notice one business has it’s area blocked off. It said reserved parking. I didn’t know if they could do that on the street or not. Thank you, have a good day.

So I see where Trump and his rich buddies want another tax break. I guess the first one wasn’t enough for them. This time they think they are gonna fast track it and get it by Congress. I say we fast track him right out of office. It’s time to dump Trump.

As hard as you may try, it’s impossible to escape the political rhetoric that so divides this nation. It’s easy and understandable to blame the national media for this obsessive push against the Trump administration. Facts are facts, and the overwhelming majority of the major media are clearly less than objective in their reporting of this administration...

I would like to speak out in regards to forget Channel 12 and Walmarts. I’ve done practically forgot Channel 12. I got tired of looking at all this nasty stuff that comes on Channel 12 regarding the ones that come on there half dressed and get in the bed with each other. That’s a nasty mess. You never know if they’re going to come in there with clothes on or clothes off. It is ridiculous on how...