Randy Turner
@rturner229.bsky.social
I'm a southwest Missouri blogger and author. I've published the Turner Report blog for 22 years and the Inside Joplin blog for 12 years. I am a retired middle school English teacher and was a newspaper reporter and editor for 22 years.
No truth to the rumor- That was not an ark floating down 7th Street in Joplin.
June 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
No truth to the rumor- That was not an ark floating down 7th Street in Joplin.
Tornado sirens sounded a few minutes ago in Joplin, but we're being told it's for high winds and it's not a tornado warning. Fourteen years may have passed, but I still go into near panic mode when they hear those sirens.
June 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tornado sirens sounded a few minutes ago in Joplin, but we're being told it's for high winds and it's not a tornado warning. Fourteen years may have passed, but I still go into near panic mode when they hear those sirens.
Former congressman Billy Long made it through committee and will be voted on by the Senate. I've seen criticism of Trump's choice of Long as IRS commissioner, but I'm not having any of it. As far as I'm concerned, Billy Long will be just as effective heading the IRS as he was in Congress. #sarcasm
June 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Former congressman Billy Long made it through committee and will be voted on by the Senate. I've seen criticism of Trump's choice of Long as IRS commissioner, but I'm not having any of it. As far as I'm concerned, Billy Long will be just as effective heading the IRS as he was in Congress. #sarcasm
Denny Hoskins' idea of advance notice- call people in that morning, tell them they no longer have jobs and send them a letter that day. Whatever happened to treating people with good old-fashioned decency? The Turner Report story- rturner229.blogspot.com/2025/06/miss...
Missouri Secretary of State fires half of State Archives staff without notice
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June 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Denny Hoskins' idea of advance notice- call people in that morning, tell them they no longer have jobs and send them a letter that day. Whatever happened to treating people with good old-fashioned decency? The Turner Report story- rturner229.blogspot.com/2025/06/miss...
Judging from the News Tribune's article and Jess Piper's bluesky post, Secy. of State Denny Hoskins' idea of giving advance notice to the two dozen State Archives employees who were fired Friday was to tell everyone a couple of months ago there were budget cuts and they might lose their jobs.
June 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Judging from the News Tribune's article and Jess Piper's bluesky post, Secy. of State Denny Hoskins' idea of giving advance notice to the two dozen State Archives employees who were fired Friday was to tell everyone a couple of months ago there were budget cuts and they might lose their jobs.