Letters

I have been honored to have been selected to serve on the National Association of Counties Veterans and Military Services committee for the …

It has been an absolute honor and pleasure to serve the citizens of Jasper County as Sheriff the last seven years. The Jasper County Sheriff…

What is the Newton Chamber of Commerce’s position on hiring local businesses for community events? Do they support long standing businesses?…

My husband and I recently completed the 2019 Newton Citizen’s Public Safety Academy. In 2014, we completed the Newton Citizen’s Police Acade…

The 2019 results for the National Assessments of Educational Progress (NAEP) have been released for fourth and eighth grades in math and rea…

Ever since I heard Cory Booker just one year ago at the annual Democratic Liberty and Justice dinner, I have been impressed with him and his…

I’ve always been a conservative, but I am just about at the end of my rope with the partisanship going on in Congress. And as this investiga…

When will the bridge on North Fourth Avenue East be opened?  It would be nice if it would be opened, until they decided exactly who was goin…

There comes a time in many of our lives when we either take or are given the responsibility of caring for a seriously or terminally ill fami…

Addiction destroys the relationships with the people who love you the most. Once the addict or alcoholic cannot manipulate their loved ones …

The recent article about the Congregational choir in the Daily News was quite interesting, and should have brought up the topic in other chu…