The North Mercer R-3 Board of Education Tuesday evening, January 12th approved the school calendar for 2021-2022 and determined the district would continue to follow COVID-19 guidelines. The start date for next school year for North Mercer will be August 19th for teachers and August 24th for students. The last day is scheduled for May 17th, […]
Tag: May 17
Trenton teen attempting to crawl into bed of moving pickup via passenger side window falls to roadway
A Sunday evening accident in Trenton injured a Trenton boy when he climbed out the passenger side window of a moving truck in an attempt to climb into the bed of the pickup. A trooper said the 16-year-old youth lost his footing and fell out of the window and onto the roadway. The name of […]
Grundy R-5 Board of Education raises high school tuition rate
The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education on Thursday evening approved increasing the high school tuition to the state adequacy target of $6,375 for the 2020-2021 school year. Tuition had been $5,750 for high school and has not been increased in more than 20 years. Elementary tuition remains at $4,500. The board approved the district […]
Missouri man sentenced to 24 Years in prison for heroin conspiracy
A Springfield, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court for leading a drug-trafficking organization that distributed as much as 10 kilograms of heroin in Greene County, Mo., over a 15-month time period. Jovan J. Denson, 41, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to 24 years and four months in federal prison without […]
Grundy R-5 Board of Education approves graduation date
The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education approved the formation of an FFA Alumni Chapter Thursday evening. Approval was given following a presentation from the FFA advisor and chapter president. The board approved purchases for a water bottle filling station for the high school and additional varsity basketball uniforms. The funds for the water bottle […]
Grundy R-5 High School holds award assembly; Students of the Quarter named
Grundy R-V High School held their Award Assembly on May 17th with Randy Huffman, high school principal, presenting Perfect Attendance Awards for the year to the following four students Weston Carver, Logan Foster, Aiden Gann, & Nicholas Mann-Smiley The Principal’s Award was presented to Macy Saul. The Kansas City Royals offers a Royals Honors Program, […]
Area schools to hold graduation ceremonies tonight
Area schools will hold graduation ceremonies on Friday night, May 17, 2019. Seven eighth graders will graduate from Livingston County R-3 of Chula at 8 o’clock. Cameron High School will hold a sunset graduation ceremony at 8:26 for about 125 seniors. Seven Cameron students will graduate Summa Cum Laude including Nicole Jackson, Kylynn Mallen, Shannon […]
Grand River Technical School to graduate 51 on Friday, May 17, 2019
Grand River Technical School’s Post High Graduation will be held this Friday evening, May 17, 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center of Chillicothe High School located at 2801 Hornet Road. Fifty-one students will receive certificates from their technical programs, representing 1,080 hours of course work. Dr. Roger Barnes, retiring superintendent, will be the speaker. […]
Funeral services set for Joel McCulley of Trenton
Joel Martin McCulley, loving husband, son, brother and uncle passed away peacefully at his home Tuesday evening, May 14th, 2019. Joel was born on January 14, 1956, in Trenton, Missouri to Lloyd and Roberta (Allen) McCulley. Joel was married to Sonya Marie Griffin on October 13th, 1983. Joel attended Trenton Schools when he was younger […]
Prices of bred heifers rise $100 at second Show-Me-Select sale
Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifers averaged $1,891 at Fruitland on May 3rd during the second of four spring sales. This price topped last year by $100, said Erin Larimore, sale coordinator and University of Missouri Extension regional specialist, Jackson. The 117 heifers came from 16 herd owners in the MU program that improves beef herd replacements. The […]
Main Street Chillicothe to hold Wine Walk and Concert
Main Street Chillicothe will hold its first Wine Walk and Concert of the year in Downtown Chillicothe this month. Four hundred glasses will be for sale for the event the evening of May 17th. Registration in front of the Chillicothe Area Chamber of Commerce Building will take place from 4 o’clock to 7:15. The last […]
Grundy County Health Department to offer Hepatitis C testing
The Grundy County Health Department of Trenton will offer Hepatitis C virus antibody testing to observe Hepatitis Awareness Month in May. Rapid Hepatitis C testing will be done May 17th at a cost of $20.00 The health department reports that Hepatitis C is an infection of the liver, and most individuals infected develop a chronic […]