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February 2025 Missouri Press News

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In this issue

  • February 2025 Notebook

    Saturday, February 8

    On the Move Joplin — Katherine Miller has been named publisher of The Joplin Globe. The appointment is somewhat of a homecoming for Miller, who is a native of Joplin and began her career …

  • Getting to know Chad Stebbins, MPA’s next executive director

    Wednesday, February 5

    Chad Stebbins is Missouri Press Association’s next executive director, succeeding Mark Maassen, who will officially retire from the role later this month. A former communications professor …

  • Joe Whittington

    Tuesday, February 4

    Joe Whittington, 82, a retired columnist at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch died Jan. 10, 2025. Whittington joined the Post-Dispatch in 1976 and held a variety of roles with the newspaper over the …

  • Dennis Sharkey

    Tuesday, February 4

    Dennis Sharkey, 50, of Kansas City died Jan. 10, 2025, one day after his birthday. Most recently, Sharkey was a sports reporter for the Platte County Citizen in Platte City. He also had …

  • Roman Patten

    Tuesday, February 4

    Roman W. Patten of Jefferson City died peacefully Dec. 27, 2024, at the Missouri Veterans Nursing Home in Mexico, three days after his 90th birthday. Beginning at age 17, Patten served in the …

  • Rogers Hewitt

    Tuesday, February 4

    William Rogers Hewitt, 94, named after the famous humorous commentator Will Rogers, died Jan. 1, 2025, at the Shelbina Villa Lifecare. Hewitt enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served four years …

  • A Latin prescription for redaction headaches

    Monday, February 3

    On the first business day of January this year, the judge in Gross v. Parson pending in Cole County Circuit Court issued a nunc pro tunc judgment on his earlier partial judgment declaring the state …

  • Do I hear bells? Why, yes you do

    Saturday, February 1

    If you have the opportunity to visit Leader World Headquarters in Festus, be sure to ask someone, “What’s the deal with the bells?” We’d love to demonstrate the power of a …

  • New statewide office holders meet with MPA members

    Monday, January 27

    Missouri Press Association members attending this year’s Day at the Capitol had the opportunity to hear from the state’s new Secretary of State, Speaker of the House and both Lieutenant …

  • Mark Maassen's retirement reception

    Friday, January 24

    Thank you to everyone who came Thursday to Columbia to wish Mark Maassen well as he prepares to retire from Executive Director of Missouri Press Association. He has worked for the Association since …

  • Gary W. Rust

    Friday, January 17

    The following is to inform you of the death of Gary Wayne Rust, lauded Missouri newspaper publisher, including the Southeast Missourian , Cape Girardeau, and 2003 inductee to the Missouri Newspaper …

  • Platte County sports reporter fatally shot on I-29

    Friday, January 10

    Dennis Sharkey, a sports reporter for the Platte County Citizen , was shot and killed on Jan. 10, in an apparent road rage incident in Platte County. As of publication time, law enforcement is …