Numerous candidates will be elected to office during balloting today. KTTN listed many of the issues on ballots across our listening area on Monday, and today, we’ll focus on offices that have races involving city positions, school boards, and county health boards. Voters within Trenton will select four individuals for Trenton City Council, one per […]
A discussion of slow pitch softball is the only topic listed as new business when the Trenton Park Board holds a regular meeting Wednesday. The 5:15 pm meeting will be held at Trenton City Hall and is open to the public. The agenda also includes reports from committees, the park superintendent, and an executive session […]
The new Missouri National Guard Hall of Fame was formed by a group of Missouri Veterans in 2020 and is currently located at the Adair County Historical Society in Kirksville. Hall of Fame Chairman John Sastry announces that the portal has opened for 2022 nominations. The nomination period runs from now until June 30th. Nominations […]
The Chillicothe School District has two questions for voters to decide. One question asks whether the district should borrow $9,000,000 and issue general obligation bonds to construct, equip and expand the elementary school. Promoters say authorization of the bonds is expected to result in no increase in the debt service tax levy which is .966 […]
The former city clerk of Greenville, Pam Birmingham, was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in prison and ordered to repay $168,957 to the city after being convicted on a charge of receiving stolen property. A 2018 audit by State Auditor Nicole Galloway found improperly cashed checks, missing cash, and improper payroll and other payments during […]
Springfield, Missouri-based nonprofit Preferred Family Healthcare will pay more than $8 million in forfeiture and restitution to the federal government and the state of Arkansas under the terms of a non-prosecution agreement announced, which acknowledges the criminal conduct of its former officers and employees. “Preferred Family Healthcare must relinquish the illegal profits it garnered from […]
Art’s Alive will take over the operation of the fine arts area at the North Central Missouri Fair in Trenton this summer. The fine arts area can be accessed from the courtyard of the fairgrounds. Art’s Alive President Dan Maxey says the fair board approached Art’s Alive to see if the organization had an interest […]
Foundation Board Member and Distinguished Alumna Phyllis Jackson of Trenton, MO, and Dr. Amy Patel, Medical Director of The Breast Care Center at Liberty Hospital and Assistant Professor of Radiology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, will give the commencement addresses at North Central Missouri College in Trenton, Missouri, on May 7, […]
Three candidates for the Trenton R-9 Board of Education participated in a forum in the Rissler Elementary School Library on March 30th. Incumbent Dorothy Taul, Toby Havens, and Jeff Spencer are running for two three-year terms. The forum was relocated after the evacuation of Trenton High School, where the event was originally to be held. […]
Governor Mike Parson announced an end to the COVID-19 crisis in Missouri and that the state will be shifting to an endemic phase of the pandemic on Friday, April 1, 2022. A whole-of-government COVID-19 emergency response was taken for more than two years, an effort that responded to the needs of all Missourians during the […]
The Trenton R-9 School District announced on Wednesday afternoon that, due to an incident at the Trenton High School/Middle School campus, students were evacuated to the Rock Barn out of caution. High school and middle school car riders could be picked up at the Rock Barn by a parent, guardian, or documented emergency contact. Bus […]
The Jamesport Tri-County R-7 Board of Education next week will discuss joining the Missouri Association of Rural Education. The board will meet in the school library on April 7, 2022, at 6 pm. Other items on the agenda include certifying election results, swearing in new board members, and electing officers for the board. There is also […]
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen on March 28th approved a bid for ordering six electric transformers. The bid from T and R Electric was for $6,060 and the vote came after Public Works Director Mark Morey requested to order the transformers to have on hand as backups. The delivery time will extend into the 2023 […]
(Missouri Independent) – A bill that would make it a felony to donate fetal tissue from abortions for research or therapies won first-round approval in the Missouri House Tuesday, but lawmakers blocked an effort to make it illegal to help women obtain an abortion outside the state. The bill sponsored by Rep. Hannah Kelly, R-Mountain Grove, […]
Grundy County’s assets were discussed at the North Central Missouri Development Alliance’s annual meeting on March 29th. The Grundy County Industrial Development Corporation, Grundy County Commission, Trenton City Council, and other community members attended and shared ideas. NCMDA Executive Director Scott Sharp and Secretary Jackie Soptic talked about a Missouri Partnership representative being in Trenton […]
Trenton’s Building and Nuisance Board on Monday evening took action on several properties of concern while deciding to table others. Because progress was made by Jon Phillips on requested repairs and cleanup, the board voted to remove 1514 Mable Street from the nuisance list. 1429 Chestnut and 1013 Tindall Avenue were advanced to public hearings […]
A variety of topics came to the Trenton City Council Monday night for a meeting that had to be moved due to lack of electricity at city hall while TMU spent much of Monday replacing a power pole at the parking lot and getting electricity back on. The council, as the Building and Nuisance Board […]
The Trenton R-9 School Board candidate forum will be held in the Trenton High School Commons on March 30th at 6:30 pm. The moderator is to be Mindy Walker, who is the Member Service Coordinator for the Northwest Region of the Missouri State Teachers Association. Four candidates filed for two three-year terms on the Trenton Board […]
Power will be off at City Hall and Green Hills Regional Planning beginning about 8:30 am and will be off most of the day. The Building Board and City Council meeting scheduled tonight will still be held at the regular times. The outage is required to replace a burned pole in the parking lot. Customers […]
Multiple properties will be discussed during the Trenton Building and Nuisance Board meeting next week. The board will meet at the Trenton City Hall on March 28th at 6 p.m. The meeting will also be available on Zoom at us02web.zoom.us/j/81554710378. The agenda includes eight properties listed under the declaration of a nuisance, one under public […]
