Laredo R-7 School

Laredo Board of Education accepts health insurance bid, approves field trips and renews teaching contracts

The Laredo R-7 Board of Education accepted health insurance through the Ozark Schools Benefits Association on March 8th. The district will pay $530 for 2021-2022 plus vision and life insurance. The board approved field trips. They included the eighth grade to Kansas City, kindergarten through second grade to Shatto Dairy, and third through eighth grades […]

Underage Drinking and Driving DWI

Bethany man injured in crash near Maryville; accused of DWI and careless and imprudent driving

A Bethany man was injured in a single-vehicle rollover accident Tuesday evening two miles southwest of Maryville. Twenty-eight-year-old Christopher McCourt refused medical care for minor injuries. McCourt was driving eastbound when his vehicle allegedly failed to make a curve, traveled off the north side of Route V, and overturned on its passenger side. The vehicle […]

Trenton R-9 School District

Trenton Board of Education tackles huge agenda including approval of salary schedule for next school year

The Trenton R-9 Board of Education March 9th approved salary schedules for the 2021-2022 school year. One thousand dollars will be added to the base for the certified salary schedule, making the base salary $34,000. This was estimated to cost the district $119,591. Superintendent Mike Stegman noted the base salary for certified staff was “pretty […]

Missouri State Highway Patrol Website New 2021 (MSHP)

Patrol arrests one individual on several allegations

The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Bethany man in Harrison County on March 9th on several allegations. Forty-nine-year-old Lynn Trammell was accused of the felonies of driving while revoked and possession of a controlled substance as well as misdemeanor controlled substance—10 grams and no insurance. Trammell was transported to the Harrison County Jail […]

Rollover Crash news graphic

New Hampton man injured in crash on Route DD

A resident of New Hampton was injured early Tuesday in a single-vehicle rollover accident in western Daviess County. Thirty-four-year-old Shaun Hurt received moderate injuries and was taken by EMS to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph. A sports utility vehicle was southbound (at 2:10 am) when it went off the east side of Route DD […]

Missouri FFA 2021 State Website

New date and location named for Missouri FFA Convention

In the effort to hold an in-person event celebrating accomplishments of FFA members across the state while being responsible for current COVID-19-related health concerns, Missouri FFA plans to hold its 93rd Annual State FFA Convention on April 30 and May 1 at the Mathewson Exhibition Center on the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia, Missouri. The […]