At Monday night’s meeting of the Trenton City Council, Fire Chief Rick Morris and Training Officer Doug Franklin offered appreciation for the passage of a city sales tax for training and equipment. Morris spoke on how “Trenton citizens spoke on their feelings for firefighters”, and added that “his department will not let those […]
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North Missouri Election results by the numbers
Trenton voters approve a city sales tax and elect three new councilmen. There will be two new members for the Trenton R-9 board of education. School issues were approved by patrons of the Princeton and Chillicothe school districts. With majority support in each of Trenton’s four ward and among absentees, Trenton voters give 60 percent […]
Princeton fire destroys at least two buildings, moves polling site
Area firefighters, this (Tuesday) afternoon, have been battling a blaze on the east side of the Princeton Square. Smoke from that fire is blowing towards the Hal England Center, causing the polling place at that location to be moved to the Mercer County Courthouse. The polling location will be in the hallway on the first […]
Live election day coverage begins at 7 pm on KTTN-FM
It’s election day as voters decide the outcome of races for local offices as well as a host of issues. Polling sites are open until 7 o’clock tonight. On our news yesterday, we highlighted many of the ballot issues proposed by local and area cities, school districts, and counties. There are ten names printed on […]
Area voters face a multitude of issues on Tuesday, April 5th ballots
Numerous ballot issues, in several jurisdictions await voters Tuesday, April 5th, on election day. Involved are cities of Trenton, Princeton, Jamesport, Winston, Lock Springs, Ridgeway, Lucerne, Laclede, and Marceline. School districts with issues to decide include Princeton, Unionville, Chillicothe, Winston, Pattonsburg, and Hamilton. There also are issues for Sullivan and Harrison Counties. City of Trenton […]
Grundy County Clerk’s office open until noon for absentee ballots
The Grundy County Clerk’s office will be open special hours, until 12 noon today (Saturday), for people voting absentee for Tuesday’s elections. The voting is being done at the courthouse in Trenton. As of late Friday afternoon, there had been 93 requests for absentee ballots in Grundy County, with 76 of them returned. The Livingston […]
Candidates locked in for county, district and statewide offices
The candidate filing period has ended for county, district, and statewide offices subject to the August primary election. Information on the Secretary of States’ website shows there are nine candidates for Sixth District Congressman. The list includes five Democrats, three of whom filed yesterday. The most recent filings were by David Blackwell of Smithville, Kyle Yarber […]
Learn all about the tax issue: Trenton Fire Tax “Sparks” interest
A Trenton committee promoting the city sales tax issue for the fire department points out home and business owners could see lower insurance premiums once a proposed fire training facility is established at Trenton. Part of the revenue generated by a one-quarter of a cent sales tax is earmarked for firefighter training locally and from […]
No elections required to fill various positions
Several political entities which have elections in Grundy County when they have races, do not have elections April 5th, because the number of candidates equal the number of positions to be filled in April. In those cases, the candidates assume the responsibilities of the positions they sought. They include: Diane Lowery and Chris Hoffman for […]