Questions continue about what led to the death of 17 passengers on a Duck Boat that sank last week on Table Rock Lake near Branson. The canopies on the vehicles are being singled out for trapping occupants inside as the vessel sinks. Attorney Andrew Duffy, who has represented families of victims killed on Duck Boats, […]
A North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees member has resigned from his position. The board accepted the resignation of trustee Steve Busch at a meeting Thursday evening. Busch said he is now considered a resident of Florida, which excludes him from being on the board. NCMC President Doctor Lenny Klaver and Board President Don Dalrymple […]
(Missurinet) – Missouri U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill opposes the privatization of the U.S. Postal Service. During a committee hearing this week in Washington on the proposed plan, she says rural America would experience a decline in service. The Postal Service has been asking for flexibility to increase prices and ease some of the […]
Trenton Police Chief Tommy Wright has submitted his letter of resignation from the police department. Wright’s letter of resignation states he has accepted a job in the private sector with his resignation effective at the close of business July 6th. The letter states Wright believes that providing a notice now will allow the necessary time […]
(Missourinet) – Mizzou Chancellor Alex Cartwright says increased funding for scholarships, staff pay increases and an enrollment decline have led to a 49-million dollar budget shortage. He says the school is proposing to cut 155 unfilled positions and 30 current ones, to close the gap in the budget that begins next month. Severance packages […]
Martin Prairie Farms near Humansville treats dairy cows like guests. The family-owned dairy farm north of Humansville in Hickory County dedicates itself to top-of-the-line herd nutrition and care, says University of Missouri Extension dairy specialist Reagan Bluel. Freddie and Mary Martin, son David, and David’s spouse, Alana, own and operate the nearly 3,000-acre farm. Almost […]
The pursuit of affordable health insurance for all in Missouri is expected to get even harder in the coming year. A new report from the Congressional Budget Office estimates premiums will increase by 31 to 54 percent in 2019 largely because of the decision to eliminate federal subsidies for low- and middle-income people to help them pay […]
A Newtown teenager received minor injuries last night in a single-vehicle accident on a rural road in Mercer County. Seventeen-year-old Lauren Fordyce declined treatment at the scene. Fordyce was eastbound on Florence Street when the sports utility vehicle she was driving went off the south side of the road, returned to the road where it […]
The highway patrol reports a Trenton teen received a minor injury in a rollover accident this morning on Northwest 5th Street just outside of the city limits by one and a half miles. The highway patrol said 16-year-old Aaron Farrell declined treatment at the scene. Neither he nor his passenger, 16-year-old Lane Winsor of Trenton, […]
Governor Eric Greitens legal team has received evidence being used against it and has questions about the prosecution’s procedures. Bill Wise from Missourinet reports. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner met defense lawyers for Governor Eric Greitens in court to turn over the first round of evidence Tuesday. KMOV-TV reports the evidence includes […]
Laredo R-7 School District began classes Tuesday with fewer students enrolled than first-day enrollment last year. Laredo’s first-day enrollment for kindergarten through seventh grade was 41 students which is down seven from a year ago. The largest grade is sixth with eight students and Kindergarten is the smallest grade with two students enrolled.
Trenton city sales tax receipts for the first four months of this fiscal year are down 3.2% for General Purposes and Capital Projects and down 2.9% for parks compared to the same period a year ago. In dollar figures, the city sales tax for General Purposes raised nearly $238,000, receipts from the city sales tax for […]
Trenton city sales tax collections are down when compared to the previous fiscal year. They also came in a little lower than the revenue numbers projected in the current city budget. With April being the 12th and last month of the fiscal year for the city of Trenton, the one percent local sales tax generated […]
Trenton city sales tax revenue in the first nine months of this fiscal year is down nearly 3% for general purposes, capital projects, and parks compared to the same period a year ago. Trenton did receive a sizable increase in this month’s distributions compared to January a year ago. Income from the city sales tax […]
Trenton city sales tax revenue for the fiscal year ending this month was down three point three percent (3.3) for general purposes and capital projects. That’s compared to the previous fiscal year that ended in April of last year. Sales tax revenue for parks was down one percent in the same comparison. In dollar figures, […]
