Opinion

Speak Out, Appearance Of Doniphan And Ripley County Our community leaders (county commissioners, sheriff and police, county employees, etc.) work long hours to obtain grants that benefit Doniphan and Ripley County. It upsets me when I see Speak Outs that constantly criticizes their efforts. ...

Speak Out, Don’t Understand No COVID-19 Shot And Wearing A Mask If you won’t get a COVID-19 shot and wear a mask, then YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM! We were all so frightened when the pandemic hit, and thought a shot would take years. We were very fortunate to get shots so quickly. ...

Speak Out, Yeah, I wonder what happened to all the road taxes that we pay? Between here and Poplar Bluff, the roads are the worst I’ve ever seen it and you’ve got bumps all the way, I mean all the way. Every little bit there’s a big bump and you hit that thing. I just wonder what they do with the road tax money? That ought to be fixed, that road shouldn’t be that way, it’s the worst I’ve seen it in all my life. So, all right, thank you. Bye bye...

Speak Out: It seems that our state has a target on its back due to the conservative values held by so many of our residents. Missouri is on the top of the list for the federal government to come to and knock door-to-door asking people about COVID vaccinations. ...