The Princeton R-5 Board of Education Tuesday evening approved an increase in administrators pay. The increase for the 2018-2019 school year is for three percent. The board also approved student and staff handbooks for next school year and the lease agreement with the Stacy Board was discussed. The district and the Stacy Board are working […]
The Ketcham Community Center on the campus of North Central Missouri College in Trenton saw a slight increase in its membership prices this year. Ketcham Center Director Nathan Gamet explains the increase comes out to less than $2.00 per month for the annual memberships. The new rate for a single membership costs $240 with a […]
Every four years, Special Olympics North America manages the national summer games in the United States that include athletes from all 52 US programs. The 2018 Special Olympics USA Games, July 1-6, will bring not just 58 athletes, 20 coaches and 16 Unified Partners from Missouri, but more than 3,400 other delegates (athletes, coaches, and […]
The Green City Fourth of July Celebration starts this weekend with Church in the Park to be held Sunday morning, and a Western variety show with lunch be held in the afternoon. Activities next Wednesday, July 4th, include the Lady Lions Breakfast; a pie contest; Lovett Law Office open house; the John T. McCarty Memorial […]
The 2018 Special Olympics USA Games, July 1 through the 6, will bring not just 58 athletes, 20 coaches and 16 Unified Partners from Missouri, but more than 3,400 other delegates including athletes, coaches, and Unified Partners from around the country to the greater Seattle area to compete in a variety of sports. Hosted at […]
The North Mercer R-3 Board of Education adopted the 2018-2019 budget at a meeting Thursday morning. Revenues are projected at $3,029,827, with expenditures projected at $3,056,898. There is a projected net loss of $27,071. The board also approved 2017-2018 budget amendments which included revenues increasing by $55,292 and expenses decreasing by $8,882. The end of […]
The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education approved a fund transfer and budget items at its meeting Tuesday evening. The board approved a fund transfer in order to zero out a fund as well as approved the 2017-2018 budget amended to match the actual revenues and expenditures for the school year. Approved was the 2018-2019 […]
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees approved increases in salaries, salary schedules, and stipends for 2018-2019 at a meeting Tuesday evening. The base will increase by one percent for faculty salary schedules for regular and nursing. A movement of one vertical step will also be allowed. The base will increase by two percent […]
The Trenton Fire Department edged the Trenton Police Department 58 to 56 in a fundraising basketball game Saturday night at Trenton High School. The sixth annual Guns-N-Hoses charity basketball contest benefitted the Lieutenant Eric Lorenz First Responders Scholarship Fund. The amount of money raised has not been announced yet. In addition to the basketball, there […]
The Trenton Police Department announces KC Wolf of the Kansas City Chiefs will be at the Battle of the Badges. The police department will play the Trenton Fire Department in the Sixth Annual Guns ‘N’ Hoses Charity Basketball Game in the Trenton High School gym Saturday night to benefit the Lieutenant Eric Lorenz First Responders […]
The Sixth Annual Guns ‘N’ Hoses Charity Basketball Game will be held later this month to benefit the Lieutenant Eric Lorenz First Responders Scholarship Fund. The Trenton Police Department will play the Trenton Fire Department during the game at the Trenton High School gym May 19th. Doors will be open at 6 o’clock with tip-off […]
The Sixth Annual Mercer County Helping Hands fundraiser will feature a Mercer versus Princeton Alumni Showdown. The basketball games will be held at the Princeton Elementary School gym Saturday night with a concession stand to open at 5 o’clock. The girl’s alumni basketball game will start at 6 o’clock, and the boys will begin at […]
Pleasant View R-6’s Basketball Extravaganza Saturday night will raise funds for educational field trips and school improvement projects. Pleasant View Community Club Treasurer Sara Berry says that the night’s activities will start in the school gym at 6 o’clock with a faculty and staff versus students basketball game. A concession stand will be open throughout […]
The North Central Missouri College Foundation will sponsor and the Trenton High School will host the 13th Annual High School Holiday Hoops. Games will be played Saturday as well as Monday through December 23rd and December 27th through 30th at the Ketcham Community Center in Trenton. Holiday Hoops Director Steve Maxey says a record number […]
The Newtown-Harris R-3 Board of Education approved a cooping agreement, a paraprofessional, 21st Century After School Grant teachers, and an audit at its meeting Monday evening. Newtown-Harris will coop with Grundy County R-5 for the 2018-2020 school years in softball, baseball, and junior high basketball. High school basketball and varsity track will be held at […]
The Green Hills Recreation Association will distribute registration forms for its youth recreation basketball league to area schools this week. The league is open to children from age four to sixth grade and consists of boys and girls teams from the communities in the Green Hills region. Boys and girls residing in Grundy County will […]
The Laredo R-7 Board of Education approved fifth and sixth-grade students’ participation in the seventh and eighth grade basketball season at its meeting Monday evening. The board approved the fifth and sixth-grade boys and sixth-grade girls to play in the seventh and eighth-grade season. The board also approved two field trips. Third through eighth-grade students […]
Alumni from Princeton and North Mercer Schools will compete in two basketball games Saturday night. This year, the game will be played in the North Mercer gymnasium with the girls game to begin at 6 o’clock, the boys game to follow. The game is being promoted as the North versus the South showdown. This is […]
Pleasant View R-6 School will host a faculty and staff versus students basketball game and an alumni basketball game in the school’s gym Saturday, March 25th starting at 6 o’clock. A kindergarten through fourth-grade cheerleading performance will be held during the halftime of the faculty and staff versus students game. A basketball shootout will be […]
As if offering 73 basketball games wasn’t enough, officials of High School Holiday Hoops have announced several special events taking place during the 12- day run of Holiday Hoops which begins on Friday night. Featured half-time entertainment will be presented several times during the 12th annual event including performances by the Carrollton Spirit Dancers, the […]
