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adminOn balance, the freedoms guaranteed to the press benefit American democracy. This was the topic of debate at this year’s Ronald Reagan Great Communicator Debate Series national competition, held last…
adminDorri Partain Guest columnist One comment this news dog hears quite frequently is that “the neighborhood has changed”. This line is usually spouted by someone who left the neighborhood…
adminAbout six weeks ago, this fed up Newsdog penned a column lamenting the ongoing orange cone obstacle course that’s been moving around the neighborhood for what seems like an eternity.…
adminOnce again the Jackson County justice system – a term used loosely – has shown its true colors and released a dangerous criminal back onto the streets to prey on…
adminTwenty years ago, on July 1st, 1998, this community-minded News-Dog turned the faded knob of a storefront newspaper, then at 4603 St. John, and a new era in community journalism…
adminThere’s a line coined from viral Ball State University sportscaster Brian Collins that says “boom goes the dynamite.” That’s exactly what happened last week when former Missouri Secretary of State…
adminIf the sales tax rate isn’t high enough in Kansas City, just wait until later this year when it has the potential to ratchet up by another 3/8-cent if the…
adminLocal historian Dory DeAngelo once said that every time an old person passes away, a library closes. Truer words were probably never spoken. Recently, Historic Northeast has had two such…
adminThis dog is more than fed up with the proliferation of construction projects that seem to be multiplying exponentially along a number of streets and avenues in Northeast Kansas City,…
adminWhen high school senior Kylan Scheele decided his senior prank was going to be listing his alma mater, Truman High School for sale on Craigslist for the whopping sum of…
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