Editorials

In this week’s Forum, readers will see the progress the 911 oversight board is making, including the intention to place a sales tax on the April 2024 ballot. We’ll save the discussion of the tax itself for when it’s formally been proposed and awaits voters’ decision, though its necessity and merits are clear. For now,…

Last week, students across Nodaway County got to take part in the annual Manufacturing Day, touring local manufacturers to find out about the work they do and starting down the path of determining whether a career in manufacturing is right for them. Over the past 75 years or so, Maryville has been home to a…

We applaud the return of the distracted driving Docudrama, and are especially appreciative of the many volunteers, including the law enforcement and emergency responders, who give their time to make the event what it is. As anyone who has ever been a kid can remember, growing up can sometimes seem like one long series of…

Fifty years later, finding Tess Hilt’s killer still matters. In this week’s newspaper, The Forum’s Paxson Haws tells the story of the unfinished investigation into the Northwest Missouri State University student’s 1973 murder. Sadly, at this point, Hilt has few loved ones who knew her left. As detailed in the story, one of the driving…

This weekend, The Forum staff was humbled to once again win the Missouri Press Association’s Gold Cup for class 1 weekly newspapers, the state association’s most prestigious honor given to the newspaper in each class with the most awards for excellence from the prior year. Led by owners/publishers Ken and Traci Garner and managing editor…

The completion of Phase I of the South Main Corridor Improvement Project is a historic milestone in our city’s history. Monday’s ribbon-cutting was a rightly jubilant celebration of the myriad people who have worked diligently over the past 10 years to get to this point, and we couldn’t be prouder of what the accomplishment says…

What does it mean to never forget? Unlike other days of national remembrance, like Veterans Day or Memorial Day, there are no soldiers who fought and died for freedom on September 11th, 2001. There are no battles to mark, no homecomings for war-weary heroes returning from the front lines. There was no victory. Instead, there…

The only way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time, and our community leaders are doing their best in choosing where to cut next. We encourage the effort, in its very early stages, to address Maryville’s persistent housing crisis, and hope that solving it can become a top priority for stakeholders. As…

In addition to being the last chance to show off our shining white summer polos (without committing a major fashion faux pas, anyway), Labor Day, more importantly, is a national tribute to the American worker. From the assembly line to the classroom to the cash register, the American worker wears many faces — all of…

A s a new school year begins, families everywhere are getting back to the daily routine — getting kids clothed and lunched and sent out the door just in time to catch the bus and head to school. But just like across the country, school districts in northwest Missouri have had trouble making sure every…