Editorial

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...

A couple hundred newspapers across the country joined in an organized assault on the President this week for labeling the media as “enemies of the people.” President Trump is prone to call the left-leaning media “enemies of the people” for their biased, one-sided coverage of the Trump administration...

I am calling about the golf carts and four wheelers and stuff in East Prairie. There’s supposed to be license on them and a flag and a small moving vehicle. They got golf carts and stuff riding around town and they do not have them, plus they got underage drivers that don’t have license driving them. Why aren’t the police doing something about it? They just overlook it like nothing is going on....

The Missouri conservative Democrats really should not let socialist, communist from New York Bronx come and rally and speak for you. What is happening to your party? If you really believe in communism and it works then look at Venezuela. Wake up conservative Democrats. Take your party back.

Way back in the 1970s, a brainy group of MIT professors and researchers developed a computer model that predicted the “end of civilized life as we know it” by 2040. And as part of that computer prediction, the first major change that will usher in this decayed social structure will occur in 2020. Now please understand, predictions on the apocalypse are a dime a dozen. In fact, two...

Sikeston City Council. We already have one new Interstate 57 interchange accessing Mr. Matthews cotton field or future development.

Election day, the annual Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo and back-to-school. Put simply, it’s a busy time in our neck of the woods. Let me briefly comment on all three. First the election. To me, at least, no surprises. I had long predicted that, for the most part, incumbents would overwhelmingly reclaim their seats in county elections as well as most other higher offices...

I can’t believe the morals a lot of women have nowadays. They’ll live with 10 or 15 kids and have a dozen kids and they’ll have to have 20 or 30 men tested to see who the dad is. I just don’t understand that. It’s just ridiculous.

Tired of being chased by dogs What has happened to common decency? You can no longer walk or ride a bike down the street without being chased by people’s dogs, that they have let out to do their “business “ on other people’s lawns. And when confronted the tell you to ride somewhere else so as not to bother them or their dog, in the neighborhood in which I live. ...

Vote yes for Prop A I see that the Vote No for Prop A signs are all over the place and that just tells me that the desperation of the unions is at the highest level ever. Do you people realize that our Republican governor and administration in the State of Missouri entered into a Right to Work State for the State of Missouri. ...

Tuesday is primary election day in Missouri. There was once a time not too long ago when primary election day— at least for local candidates — was more important than the November general election because all local office holders were Democrats. But times have changed somewhat, though the Democratic primary ballot is still where most of the action is come Tuesday...

Is the city of Sikeston going to move the trailer that was used to collect aluminum cans for money for the P.A.W.S. Humane Society on Compress Road? It was damaged in a storm and nobody has moved it. The Humane Society says they can’t get a new one until the old one is moved and a new one is possibly donated. I think our mayor, Steven Burch, should look into this matter and do something good...

Overheard a conversation in Lowe’s this morning about the fire. Two guys were talking and somebody said that fireworks were illegal in the city limits of Sikeston and if they ever found out who did that, shot them up on the roof of Lowe’s and started the fire, would be in some deep doo doo. I didn’t think nothing about it until a little while ago, but is Lowe’s in New Madrid County or is it in...

Manhattan was purchased from native Americans by the Dutch in 1626 for 60 guilders or about $1,000. Calling itself the cultural, financial, media and entertainment capital, Manhattan is perhaps the most expensive piece of property in the world. But there’s a little chunk of California that is shaking up the real estate world and is trying to rival Manhattan’s high-priced digs...

I just noticed the groundbreaking story for the new elementary school. I am curious as to whether there was a safe room as part of this architectural design for this school that is now being built right in tornado alley. Hopefully there is. If not it might be something to consider before you are finished. Thank you.

I wonder if liberals pray? Okay, that’s a ridiculous question because, of course, liberals pray. But here’s what prompts the question. With the current chaos — and frightening chaos at that — we have begun praying for our country. I can honestly say that past prayers for countless years have rarely, if ever, included a prayer for this country...

Problem with crossword puzzle I would like to know if it would be possible when the crossword puzzle is not on the comics page, if that outdated cartoon that you put under it could be put over it so that the fold of the crossword puzzle would not be in the puzzle...

Yes, I’d like to say that women that have abortions, unless it is for their health and doctor’s who perform abortions, should be arrested and put in prison for murder. They are killing a live person and I don’t guess they have sense enough to know that if women don’t want to get pregnant and have babies they oughta keep their clothes on and behave their self. It’s just ridiculous. The only reason...

With an incendiary President capable of mass alienation and mid-term election history on their side, the Democrats should be poised for the upcoming November election showdown. Instead, the Democrats find themselves in search of a message. Still stinging from their massive defeat in 2016, a vocal and energized wing of the Democratic party believes the road to success lies in socialism...

Politicians should stay out of medicine I agree that politicians should keep their big mouths shut when it comes to the practice of medicine. I’ve been on pain medication for the past 15 years. The medicine has allowed me to keep my career, attend church and have a normal life. ...

Get a notepad and pencil. You’ll need it. Today we’re taking a test. In an average week or even month, how many places do you regularly visit? The key is “regularly” visit. Let’s say you start your day at an office, you run to the post office, you grab a cup of coffee and you dash into Wal-Mart for something or another...

For years, we in Southeast Missouri have watched jobs, businesses and factories flee across our state’s border to neighboring states that offer freedom to work. Now, we the people have a chance to turn things around by supporting Prop A on Aug. 7. All of Missouri’s neighboring states with the exception of Illinois are freedom-to-work states. ...

I’ve been trying my best when I fill out my food stamp application. I have a five-day interview. I’ve been calling and calling and calling, day and night, day and night, and they keep saying after asking a question, “why don’t you call again tomorrow?” or the next day. I’ve called and called and called. I even went up to the food stamp company to find out what’s going on. I finally got one lady...

I have a concern. I was in a nail parlor this last week getting a pedicure and a young lady was in there getting a manicure, the one where a gel product is used. She had an infant in a car seat in the floor beside her while this was being done and she was in there for a rather long time and the manicurist had a mask on and the infant was in there the whole time and the smell of the product they...

Of all of the places I would like to visit, San Francisco is not on that list. Given the current political and cultural climate in Kalifornia, there’s not a whole lot there that interests me. But San Francisco takes the cake. The Golden Gate mecca has a new mayor but an old problem...