It wasn’t always like this
There was a time when Northeast had a model Crime Watch program (Northeast Mobile Crime Watch) that was funded by Jackson County COMBAT. That program worked directly with CAN (Community…
There was a time when Northeast had a model Crime Watch program (Northeast Mobile Crime Watch) that was funded by Jackson County COMBAT. That program worked directly with CAN (Community…
The body count continues to spiral upwards and this critically thinking News Dog, in 27 years of living in the HNE community, hasn’t seen the community’s homicide count this high…
Ask any community newspaper publisher in the state of Missouri about Walmart, and you’ll likely be met with a furrowed brow and a string of profanities about how the big-box…
One might think that with all the hub-bub surrounding the upcoming vote on the new single terminal airport, that there would certainly be more paid exposure out there than there…
This week the Dog is taking a break from the critical analysis of public entities and their shortcomings to address a sad anniversary of sorts. It’s October, which means it’s time to…
It’s that time of year again when newspapers from across the state of Missouri get to return home from the annual Missouri Press Association convention, hopefully with some brass in…
Last Friday Jackson County Executive Frank White announced that Teesha Miller, the County’s current Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) Director, would be the new Director of Jackson County COMBAT, the…
Last month Kansas City voters sent a clear message to the Toy Train Streetcar expansion cronies that an expansion of any kind needed approval by a city-wide public referendum. Streetcar…
Last week this news-canine caught wind of some citizen dissatisfaction targeting our local business community along Independence Avenue. We’re not talking about the normal things that Avenue businesses deal with…
Comedian Arsenio Hall often did a bit on his show entitled ‘things that make you go hmmmm’, while pointing his index finger to the side of his head and giving…