Opinions
Greetings Friends of the 155th District!
It has been another busy week. Last week I attended the Special Interim Committee on Property Tax Reform in Kansas City at Union Station. The room was packed full of people ready to provide the committee with their testimony. I also attended the...
Thumbs UP for the MODOT crew who paved P Highway west of Pomona. They moved traffic in one lane and out efficiently. They were courteous, friendly. and knew how to do an excellent job in a short amount of time.
Thumbs UP to Amanda Mendez and the Howell County News for the great coverage and...
Dear Editor,
I would like to take a moment to clarify a common misunderstanding in our community regarding the Willow Springs Mighty Mites football program. While we are proud to support the youth of our area, it’s important for everyone to know that the Mighty Mites are managed solely by...
State Representative Bennie Cook recently joined fellow Missouri legislators in Washington, D.C., for the White House Leadership Conference for Missouri. The conference, hosted by the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, provided a platform for Rep. Cook and other state officials to...
Thumbs Up to Howell County News. I'm an old lady who looks forward to my paper every Wednesday.
Thumbs UP for sanitation workers everywhere. The world would be pretty trashy without you.
Thumbs DOWN to the dangerous pedestrian situation south of the Willow Springs viaduct. With the...
Dear Editor,
As I witness the course of current events in this country, I grow increasingly disillusioned, discouraged, impatient, and angry about the double standard people practice, concerning the criminal violation of children.
Often, if the perpetrator of the heinous crime is an...
Greetings Friends of the 155th District!
Our office has been receiving some calls regarding Liberty Electric. I would like to provide you with some information about Liberty Electric and SB4. Liberty’s current rate increase request is completely unrelated to Senate Bill 4. They filed that...
Dear Constituents,
As we enter the month of August, we also enter the back-to-school season. I want to start by wishing our students a very successful year. With the back-to-school season also comes our state’s sales tax holiday! The sales tax holiday will run from 12:01 a.m. Friday, August...
The 2025 Summer Reading Program, Color Our World, was a huge hit with the children.
We explored the arts from food and music to sculpting and painting ceilings like Michaelangelo.
The participants combined textile arts and the performing arts by making their own puppets and enjoying...
Thumbs Down to Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Jodi Brunson for only issuing one charge in an incident where two Howell County Sheriff's Deputies received injuries from a strongly resisting arrestee. These men and women deal with more than most people could imagine, and this action negates their...