Views: 0The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education on Monday evening approved fully paid insurance next year. The insurance will have a $6,500 health savings account deductible and be at a rate of $555 per person per month. The vote came after a review of insurance options through the Ozarks Schools Benefits Association. A health […]
Views: 2The Trenton R-9 Board of Education approved a proposal by Superintendent Mike Stegman on Tuesday evening for salary schedules for certified and non-certified staff. Seven hundred dollars will be added to the certified salary schedule to set the base salary at $33,000. Stegman commented this would be competitive to other schools in the area. […]
Views: 0The North Mercer R-3 Board of Education Monday evening added $1,000 to the base salary and approved each teacher to receive steps on the salary schedule. Other staff personnel will receive a three-point three percent salary increase. A resignation was accepted from Science Teacher David Fuller for retirement. Other resignations were accepted from Rebecca […]
Views: 0Carroll County Memorial Hospital announces that its Emergency Department is both STEMI and Stroke certified. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) Time Critical Diagnosis Unit recently certified CCMH as Level IV STEMI (ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction) Center. CCMH has held a Level IV Stroke designation for over two years and continues to […]
Views: 0The Gene Kauffman Scholarship Foundation, Incorporated Board of Directors approved 23 female graduates of North Mercer and Princeton high schools to receive $117,639.44 in scholarships for the Spring 2020 semester. Eleven recipients are attending North Central Missouri College in Trenton. Five are attending Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville. Four are attending Missouri Western […]
Views: 0The Missouri USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced March 30th as the cut-off date to apply for Fiscal Year 2020 funds through the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program -Environmental Quality Incentive Program (RCPP-EQIP). EQIP allows farmers, ranchers, forestland managers, and landowners an opportunity to conserve natural resources […]
Views: 0A case has been certified to Division One of Livingston County Circuit Court for a Kansas City man charged following an alleged high-speed pursuit New Year’s Eve. A bond amendment was taken up and denied for Nathaniel Watkins on Wednesday. Bond was previously set at $7,500 cash only and Supervision Services on his original […]
Views: 0A Kansas City man who reportedly escaped from the Mercer County Jail twice in August had several cases certified to Division One of Circuit Court this week. Twenty-eight-year-old Drake Andrew Kately waived his right to a preliminary hearing, and no bond modification was requested or ordered. Misdemeanor charges from two Mercer County cases were […]
Views: 0The Trenton R-9 Board of Education approved the summer school student/parent and staff handbooks on Tuesday evening. The handbooks say that students will be allowed one morning and one-afternoon bus stop. Parents may not call the school office to ask for a student to ride a different bus than what is listed as his […]
Views: 1Halley was fishing with his uncle and family friends on January 24 when he felt something give his line a good tug. “I literally dove into the water and gave the fish a bear hug so it wouldn’t get away,” recalled Halley. “It was freezing! I had to go sit in the truck to […]
Views: 0The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has begun the process of issuing the first round of certifications for medical marijuana seed-to-sale entities. A seed-to-sale tracking system is a software system designed to perform functions necessary to fulfill a licensed or certified facility’s responsibilities in tracking medical marijuana from either the seed or […]
Views: 0Wright Memorial Hospital announces that the hospital’s Senior Life Solutions program has been recognized as a finalist for the National Program of the Year award. To date, there are 90 Senior Life Solutions programs across 26 states nationally. Top-performing programs are recognized annually based on their excellence in demonstrating the program’s values of care, […]
Views: 0A Chillicothe woman accused of shaking a three-month-old girl during a feeding session waived her right to a preliminary hearing in the Associate Division of Livingston County Circuit Court on Monday. The court certified Beatrice Josephine Anderson’s case to Division One for arraignment on February 4th. She has been charged with felony abuse or […]
Views: 0A McFall man facing several charges after an alleged pursuit in Harrison and Daviess counties earlier this month voluntarily waived a preliminary hearing in the Associate Division of Harrison County on Wednesday. Online court information shows William Stanley Perkins’s case was certified to Division One, and arraignment is scheduled for Thursday, January 23rd. He […]
Views: 0The Missouri State Highway Patrol is testing for new troopers. The Patrol is encouraging qualified individuals of all backgrounds to apply and will offer testing at nine different locations in Missouri. Those who successfully complete testing will be eligible to continue in the selection process for the 110th Recruit Class, scheduled to begin training […]
Views: 0The Trenton Administrative Committee recommended Tuesday evening sending changes regarding the sign policy and row crop rental to the city council. City Clerk Cindy Simpson reports the change for the sign policy would involve signs being erected “along the right-of-way adjoining the residence of a minor….” The policy currently says “a minor under the […]
Views: 0A former Bethany Mayor facing charges of stealing and forgery waived a preliminary hearing in the Associate Division of Harrison County Circuit Court on Wednesday. Robert Todd Williams’s case was certified to Division One, and arraignment is scheduled for December 19th. He was charged with four felony counts of stealing–$750 or more and 11 […]
Views: 0The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance is reminding seniors that MEDICARE open enrollment ends on Saturday, Dec. 7. Seniors who have not yet made their plan selections for 2020 are encouraged to contact CLAIM. CLAIM provides seniors and their caregivers free and unbiased help from certified counselors. Seniors can ask questions by phone […]
Views: 0The non-profit group Disabled Athletes with Grundy Support, also known as DAWGS, has a fundraising shop in Trenton to benefit the DAWGS team and pay for travel expenses for Special Olympics athletes. DAWGS Coach Judy Rash says there are a lot of Christmas items at the shop at 404 East Ninth Street, in the […]
Views: 1A certified public accountant in Lebanon, Missouri, was convicted by a federal jury today of a $7 million scheme to defraud his employer and clients. Douglas A. Richardson, 46, was found guilty of all 10 counts contained in an Aug. 16, 2018, federal indictment. Richardson was found guilty of six counts of wire fraud […]
