FFA members from across the state will meet in Columbia, April 25-26, at the 91st Missouri FFA Convention to honor fellow members for outstanding achievements, conduct association business, elect new officers and participate in leadership workshops. For the first time, convention sessions will be viewable at https://Livestream.com/MoDESE/MoFFA. “Cultivate Tomorrow, Today” is the theme for this […]
The Trenton Kiwanis Club and Trenton High School Key Club will host the Community Easter Egg Hunt in Trenton. Activities will start in the upper area of Moberly Park near the enclosed shelter house on the morning of April 20th at 9:30. Ambulance, fire, and area law enforcement vehicles and staff will be at the […]
A written statement was sent to parents of the Trenton R-9 School District on Tuesday following an incident at the Trenton High School Tuesday morning in which a student used a classroom kitchen knife to cause a self-inflicted wound. In the statement, Superintendent Dan Wiebers says “classroom staff and students quickly notified emergency personnel who […]
Despite a nationwide increase in the number of kids in foster care, Missouri has made inroads in placing more kids who would otherwise remain in institutional or group settings with families. A nationwide Annie E. Casey Foundation report looked at foster-child placement data over a 10-year period. Missouri reported about 12,000 kids in the child welfare system, […]
The Spickard R-2 School District will hold its preschool and kindergarten round-up next week. Three, four, and five-year-olds residing in the Spickard School District are eligible to be screened at the school on April 12th from 8 to 1 o’clock. Children who will be four years old by August 1st are eligible for the preschool […]
Governor Mike Parson has appointed a new Linn County Assessor. Michele Murrell of Linneus is a current employee at the Assessor’s office and works as the Linn County Field Appraiser. She has been trained in real estate and personal property offices and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business from Missouri Western State University. Murrell’s community […]
The Chillicothe Mudcats will host a free Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit, and Run Competition and Junior Home Run Derby for area youth. Boys and girls from seven to 14 years of age can compete during the Pitch, Hit, and Run at Shaffer Park of Chillicothe the morning of May 11th starting at 9 o’clock. […]
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway released an audit that detailed an ongoing failure by the state to address concerns with providers of the Child Care Subsidy Program that are at high risk of noncompliance. The report also found a continued failure by the state to properly account for federal dollars in several state programs. The […]
Wright Memorial Hospital and the Grundy County Health Department have joined forces to offer free sports physical exams for Trenton R-9 students planning to participate in athletics, cheerleading, color guard, and marching band activities during the 2019-2020 school year. Free sports physical exams will be offered on March 27 and April 3 from 8:30 a.m. […]
A house fire Monday morning sent Chillicothe firefighters to the home of Amiee Simmons at 425 Paul Street. The home is owned by Rich Tieme but rented out. Just after 8 o’clock this morning, Chillicothe police officers confirmed flames were seen at the back of the Paul Street residence. Upon arrival, firefighters reported heavy smoke […]
The Pleasant View R-6 Community Club will hold the annual Basketball Extravaganza to benefit students, faculty, and staff. The event will be held in the school gym on the night of March 23rd. Community Club Treasurer Sara Berry says the event will begin with alumni Kenton Kinney performing the National Anthem at 6 o’clock prior […]
The board approved teaching, administrative, athletic, and activities extra-duty contracts for the next academic year. The board approved the resignation of junior high school football coach Dave McCumber. The board approved the hourly pay rate for The parents as teachers position at $15.00 an hour for the next school year. Contractors will return to the […]
The Laredo Board of Education has approved a three-year contract for Administrator Misty Foster. The contracted period is through the 2021-22 school year. Foster has been working this school year under a one-year agreement. The board accepted the resignation of part-time music teacher Carol Wilford and approved renewing contracts for all other tenured and probationary […]
Crowder State Park west of Trenton has a hike and volunteer day scheduled for this month. Interested individuals can meet park staff for the “Spring into Spring Hike of Tall Oaks Trail” at the Shelter 3 parking lot the morning of March 23rd at 10 o’clock. The guided three-point two-mile hike is considered to be […]
Bacon is popular, but living near a hog farm is not. Bacon isn’t possible without hogs, so if we want bacon, we’re going to have to raise pigs. Missouri Senate Bill 391 is opposed by people who either don’t like bacon or don’t realize how it’s made. The bill would require that county regulation aimed […]
The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold formal evidentiary hearings next month in an acquisition case filed by Invenergy Transmission, LLC as well as Grain Belt Clean Line, LLC. The case was filed on behalf of Invenergy Transmission and its parent company Invenergy Investment Company and Grain Belt Clean Line on behalf of its parent […]
A single vehicle rollover accident in Chariton County Monday morning resulted in minor injuries for three children from Brunswick. A car driven by 37-year-old Socorro Gonzales of Brunswick was southbound when she apparently lost control on the snow-covered Route Y and drove off the left side of the road where the car overturned, coming to […]
Parents of teen drivers are invited to learn about Missouri’s Graduated Drivers License Law during a First Impact program in Brookfield in April. Sergeant Eric Brown with the Highway Patrol and retired Missouri Department of Conservation Agent Marsha Jones will speak at the free 90-minute evidence-based traffic safety program at the Linn County Health Department […]
The Livingston County Library of Chillicothe will begin its spring storytime series for children two to five years old in its Children’s Department next week. Wee Read will be held Tuesday mornings at 10 o’clock March 5th through April 30th. The program will feature age-appropriate stories, finger plays, songs, and rhymes as well as a […]
Discussion on several topics dominated a 90-minute meeting last night of the Trenton City Council. Action was taken on just two items and approval was given by the seven council members present to a resolution for reimbursement to the city of over $54,000 in expenditures made since July on the new asphalt plant project. The […]
