The winners have been announced from the Trenton Middle School Spelling Bee. Fifth-grade winner Malachi Kottwitz won with the word career. The runner up was Jackson Lewis, and the alternate is Addison Todd. Henry Lasley won the sixth-grade competition with the word ponytail. The runner up was Colton Ledbetter, and Aubree Wilson is the alternate. […]
The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education approved the 2021-2022 school calendar on Tuesday evening, January 12th. The first day of school will be August 25th, and the last day is scheduled for May 13th, 2022. BlueBird Networks was approved for the school’s internet service. Pleasant View will enter into a five-year contract for $510 […]
Governor Mike Parson announced five appointments to various boards and commissions and filled seven-county office vacancies. Governor Parson also named the new Acting Director of the Division of Professional Registration. Samuel Adams, of Ferguson, was appointed to the State Board of Mediation. Mr. Adams has served as business representative and organizer for the St. Louis – Kansas City […]
More than 70 students are scheduled to compete in the Trenton Middle School Spelling Bee next week. The event will be held on January 14th, starting with the fifth grade at 8:15 that morning. The sixth grade will compete at 9:15, seventh grade at 1 o’clock that afternoon, and eighth grade at 2 o’clock. No […]
The City of Trenton is accepting bids for the demolition and clean up of nine properties. Addresses of proposed demolition work subject to cost figures include houses at all of the properties: 1701 Chestnut Street, 200 West Seventh Street, 911 Kumler Street, 1311 Gillmore, 213 West Sixth Street, 1721 Lulu, 2012 Oak Street, 403 Jefferson, […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol announces the preliminary statistics related to the Christmas holiday weekend. Five people died in traffic crashes during the 78-hour counting period, which began at 6 p.m. Thursday, December 24, 2020, and ended at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, December 27, 2020. 2020 Christmas Holiday Traffic Statistics with troopers investigating the following: Traffic […]
Trenton City Clerk Cindy Simpson reports the first filing for the Trenton City Council. Glen Briggs of 701 East Fifth Street filed for reelection as First Ward Councilman the morning of December 23rd. One candidate from each ward is to be elected to the Trenton City Council in the April 6th Election. The candidate filing […]
WIC, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children will be changing the brand of standard infant formulas available to participating infants effective January 1, 2021. The Missouri WIC program will change its standard infant formulas from Enfamil to Similac. WIC federal regulations require all state […]
A federal grand jury has returned a 147-count superseding indictment against 40 defendants across South Carolina in the largest federal racketeering conspiracy in South Carolina history. The indictment alleges a sprawling criminal enterprise whereby inmates with the South Carolina Department of Corrections, often through the use of contraband cell phones, orchestrated murder, kidnapping, firearms distribution, […]
The Pleasant View R-6 School library will be the location for a Board of Education meeting Tuesday evening, December 8, 2020. The agenda for a 6 o’clock meeting includes public comments from Tiffany Haffner, discussion regarding third through fifth-grade classrooms; the 2019-20 financial audit; a Title 9 policy; and renewal of insurance. There also will […]
State Auditor Nicole Galloway today released her fifth report detailing the state government’s use of federal stimulus dollars intended for the COVID-19 response. In March, Auditor Galloway announced that her office would examine the state’s distribution and spending of funding received under the CARES Act and other federal assistance programs recently passed by Congress. The […]
(Missouri Independent) – Missourians should not hold big family Thanksgiving or Christmas gatherings this year, but they will likely be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine by the spring, the state health director said Thursday. In an interview on KCMO radio, Randall Williams said the rapid spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, especially in outstate […]
