Editorials

We agree with the majority of respondents who said in a recent survey that the top expectation they have for a new Maryville R-II superintendent is that they are attentive to improving student achievement. We would go even further: The next Maryville superintendent must be a strong advocate for and defender of our children’s futures.…

Last week, the Missouri General Assembly quickly passed Gov. Mike Kehoe’s requests to gerrymander Kansas City in an effort to eliminate longtime U.S. Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver’s seat in Congress and replace him with a Republican. Kehoe believes the more rural voters who will be included in the district will be more likely to elect a…

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…

Newly released child care and laborshed reports point to a critical lack of child care options as one of the most important factors limiting our community’s future growth. That is unlikely to be much of a surprise to anyone, but it is vital to have data to back it up and to help track progress.…

Leafing through the pages of the past is always a window into the bizarrely unrecognizable and the utterly familiar. As you can read in this week’s edition, the Missouri State Archives’ mission is to preserve that window so we can see into the past from any corner of the Show-Me-State. In addition to the archives…

Happy New Year! As students across northwest Missouri return to classrooms and college students move in at Northwest Missouri State University, the regular routine takes shape again. Even for those of us with empty nests, there’s a certain regularity that comes from the familiar squeal of school buses in the morning and the steady buzz…

The Forum got a sneak peek at the renovations to Eugene Field Elementary School and the Maryville Early Childhood Center, and as you can read in this week’s newspaper, our community’s learners will be better off for the investment voters approved last year. The $23 million no-tax-increase Proposition JUMP included extensive improvements to the elementary…

August is Emergency Planning Month, and with kids heading back to school later this month, it’s the perfect time to review your family’s plans for emergencies. When an emergency happens, it’s too late to come up with a plan for where everyone needs to be or who’s responsible for what. The Maryville Fire Department has…

For $40 a year, The Forum and Times-Tribune are delivered to your home or business each week and accessible 24/7 online. There aren’t many newspapers across the country, and especially across Missouri, that can say the same. We know we have a little bit of a bias, but think for a moment about all the…

Chances are, if you’re reading this newspaper, you probably don’t struggle with knowing where your next meal is coming from. But according to 2021 data from the University of Missouri Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security, more than 11 percent of Nodaway County residents are food insecure, and about 1 in 10 children are. As federal…