November 21, 2009
Steve Booher - City Editor
Steve Booher has worked for the St. Joseph News-Press for 25 years. He began his career as a sportswriter and has served as business editor, city editor and his current position of multimedia news editor.
Steve is from Clarksville, Iowa, and attended the University of Iowa. He began his newspaper career covering high school football games as a correspondent for various newspapers in Iowa. His first real job in journalism was as sports editor of the Branson (Mo.) Beacon.
Over the years, Steve’s news teams and individual reporters have won several state and national press association awards, especially for covering breaking news. He has also won a couple of column writing awards. Steve attended two sessions at the American Press Institute and the Diversity Institute.
Four years ago, Steve was appointed by the Missouri Supreme Court to serve as media coordinator for Missouri’s 5th Judicial Circuit and currently holds that position.
Steve and his wife, Chris, have five children (Tim, Jill, Andrew, Aaron and Sarah) and two grandchildren, Syrus and Noah.
Recent Stories
When the snow flies, it's time to winterize
Monday, Nov. 16, 2009
Last week, I had a couple of guys ask me how to winterize their bikes. Since we’ve had our first snow, it seems appropriate to tackle this topic.
Fort Hood shooting begs for some answersMonday, Nov. 9, 2009
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was despondent. He told fellow officers at Fort Hood, Texas, that he didn’t agree with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he was on the verge of being deployed. You know what happened next. The major stands accused of arming himself, entering a room full of soldiers and killing.
Ignore the campaign rumblings; vote your conscienceMonday, Nov. 2, 2009
On Tuesday, some of us will vote on whether to raise the St. Joseph School District tax levy by 63 cents. Most us will cast our votes because either we believe our schools need more money or we think they should make do with what they have.
Dad, you’re excused from practiceWednesday, Oct. 28, 2009
You see them standing along the sidelines at a Bantam League football practice, pacing behind a Little League backstop or sitting on the edge of a gymnasium bleacher. They are intense, focused and verbal. They are dads who are living vicariously through their sons.
Monday, Oct. 26, 2009
For a while this morning, let’s pretend that you’re a Missouri Children’s Division caseworker. One of the many cases that crosses your desk involves a newborn. A relative has called in to report that the baby is being abused in the home. You’re dispatched to investigate.
Balloon saga captivates viewers willing to be fooledMonday, Oct. 19, 2009
Bless the Heene family.
The 'final frontier' isn't as exciting as it used to beMonday, Oct. 12, 2009
OK, let’s take a quick survey: How many of you got up early last Friday morning to watch NASA shoot an SUV-sized rocket booster into the moon? Raise your hands. Yeah, me too.
Hey, buddy, can you spare a putter?Monday, Oct. 5, 2009
If you think a 10 percent unemployment rate is bad, consider 66.7 percent. That would be the jobless rate for PGA golf professionals in St. Joseph if Mike Habermehl can’t renew his contract with the city of St. Joseph.
Video killed the classroom starFriday, Sept. 25, 2009
During the ‘70s and ‘80s, psychologists warned society about the dangers of television. Watch too much, they said, and our brains would turn to mush.
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan called television “a vast wasteland.”
Monday, Sept. 21, 2009
Most football coaches are tough, demanding and loud. Almost none are murderers.
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