A Princeton resident had the Grand Champion Market Pen of Chickens at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia. Hannah Bruse’s prize-winning pen of chickens weighed 6.8 pounds. She is a member of the Moss Rangers 4-H Club and the daughter of Brad and Pam Bruse. Bruse will sell her pens of chickens in two of […]
Three individuals have been arrested in connection with the alleged theft of a motor vehicle Saturday in Grundy County. Charges of tampering in the first degree of a motor vehicle have been filed against 19-year-old William Gentile of Hamilton as well as two Trenton women: 21-year-old Mikayla White and 20-year-old Jazmine McCallum. Chillicothe Police say […]
A circus is coming to Princeton for two performances later this month. The Culpepper and Merriweather Circus will be at the Mercer County Fairgrounds on Saturday, August 26 with performances listed for 2 o’clock and 4:30. The Princeton chamber of commerce is sponsoring the event. Advance tickets are available for sale at Princeton locations including GRM […]
GRM Networks announced its Second Quarter Community Improvement Grant Program Recipients. The Princeton Ball Association received $500 to help purchase a chest freezer for the concession stand at the ball field. The Mercer County Council on Aging, Incorporated of Princeton received $250 to help purchase a printer and fax machine for the Mercer County Senior […]
The Princeton High School Alumni Association presented its Outstanding Alumni awards at its annual meeting and all school reunion in July. Pearl Scurlock received the award for Community Service and Business. Matt Krohn with the Alumni Association says Scurlock received the award based on her support of the school and regularly attending school related events. […]
GRM Networks will hold the annual meeting of shareholders of the common stock of the Grand River Mutual Telephone Corporation this month. The meeting will be held at the GRM Networks Corporate Office at 1001 Kentucky Street in Princeton the morning of August 16 at 10 o’clock. The agenda for the meeting includes electing three […]
The Highway Patrol reports three area accidents Tuesday morning in North Missouri. In an accident on Route E west of Harris, a Trenton resident sustained moderate injuries when his pickup truck overturned. Thirty-year-old Jacob Anderson traveled west when the pickup ran off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree before overturning, totaling […]
Winners have been announced for the beef show held Saturday at the Mercer County Fair in Princeton Allena Allen of Trenton showed the Grand Champion bull and the Grand Champion heifer then went on to win Senior Showmanship honors. Gracie Rogers of Princeton exhibited the Reserve Champion bull and was the county performance winner. Chase […]
Two area high school students participated in the Missouri Electric Cooperative Youth Conference and Leadership Experience Program. Grundy Electric Cooperative of Trenton sponsored Ella Leininger of Laredo and Lauren Cox of Princeton attending the conference in Jefferson City last week. The conference gives high school students an opportunity to learn first-hand what it is like […]
Plans continue to get finalized for Calamity Jane Days in Princeton for this year’s celebration which runs Friday through Sunday, September 15th to 17th. Festivities kick off that Friday morning with the Tractor Cruise which will leave Princeton at 9 am; and return that afternoon around 4 pm to the Princeton Square where the tractors […]
A Princeton R-5 School bus mechanic won a state inspection competition. Lonny Lovett received first place at the Missouri Association for Pupil Transportation’s America’s Best School Bus Inspector state competition Tuesday. He will represent the state of Missouri at the National America’s Best Competition, which will be in Columbus, Ohio in November. The competition allows […]
The Mercer County Health Department in Princeton sponsors a Back to School Event at the Princeton swimming pool August 4th. Health department administrator Gina Finney explains that the swim will be an open free swim for any school age child accompanied by an adult. She says that there will be prizes and giveaways, including school […]
The Princeton City Council approved multiple service contracts at its meeting Tuesday evening. The council approved the band, Crouse, to play at Calamity Jane Days for $400, the band Hired Gun for $800, the marching band for Battle of the Bands for $500, and mic-o-say for $100. It also approved a service contract for Donna […]
The Princeton R-5 Board of Education approved an increase in substitute pay at its meeting Monday evening. Substitute pay for the 2017-2018 school year will increase by $5 per day to $80 per day and long-term substitute pay will be $90 per day. Long-term is considered more than 10 consecutive days. Substitute bus drivers will […]
The Princeton High School Alumni Association holds its annual All-School Reunion Tuesday afternoon July 4, at 5 o’clock at the Smithfield Education Center north of Princeton. Princeton R-5 Superintendent Jerry Girdner is to provide an update about school campus improvements. Outstanding alumni are to be presented awards, there will be a traditional roll call, and […]
The Princeton R-5 Board of Education approved the preliminary budget for the 2017-2018 school year at a special meeting held Thursday evening. Total revenue is projected at $11,156,289 with total expenditures projected at 10,942,506 leaving a surplus of $213,783. The 2017-2018 budget will be amended when the tax rate is set in August. The board […]
The state license fee office in Princeton is making an advance announcement on a few days in July that it will be closed. The Princeton License Office will be closed July 4th for the holiday and July 5th, 6th, and 7th – plus the weekend as usual, as well as being closed July 11th. The […]
Mercer County Extension will host a class on Fescue Toxicosis next month. Understanding Kentucky-31 Tall Fescue Toxicosis will be held at the Mercer County Extension Office in Princeton the night of July 10th at 7 o’clock. Topics to be covered include what causes it, impacts on livestock, strategies to reduce the effects on animal performance, […]
Princeton R-5 Board of Education will hold an end of the fiscal year meeting Thursday at 5:30. The agenda involves action to zero out the activity balances, amend the current budget to reflect actual revenues and expenditures for the year, a projected end of the fiscal year balance as of Friday and approval of the […]
The Princeton chamber of commerce reports it has 11 new flower boxes for around the Square. They need 6 more at a cost of $100 each and if anyone would like to purchase a flower box, contact Kelly Bertrand or Donna Herdrich. Among coming events, the Pep Band will be playing concerts on the Bandstand […]
