A Princeton man was killed and a Unionville resident hurt in the collision of a car and a Mack truck on Highway 136 at Ravanna early Wednesday morning. Fatally injured was the driver of the car, 37-year-old Thomas Gavigan of Princeton. The driver of the truck, 44-year-old John Campbell of Unionville was transported to Northeast Regional […]
The Calamity Jane Day car show at Princeton 87 entries with Edwin Smith of Brookfield receiving the Judges Choice award for his 1956 Chevy Belair. Best of show awards were bestowed in the categories of GM, Ford, Mopar, and what was called “some other brand”. Awards went to Edwin Smith of Brookfield for a 1956 […]
The Gene Kauffman Scholarship Foundation has awarded more than $96,000 in scholarships for this semester at colleges and universities in Missouri. The awards went to 29 female graduates of North Mercer and Princeton high schools with six of the recipients attending The University of Missouri at Columbia; five at North Central Missouri College in Trenton; four […]
As the Trenton High School homecoming parade rolls through the streets on Friday afternoon, THS Principal Ron Franklin would like to point out the work students have done with class projects in putting together their class floats: The homecoming parade begins at 2 o’clock as entries leave the THS parking lot. The route travels north […]
A tractor cruise left the Mercer County Fairgrounds in Trenton at 9 o’clock this (Friday) morning in connection with this weekend’s Calamity Jane Days Festival in Princeton. The participants will be traveling to Cainsville, where a lunch will be served at the Cainsville Community Center by the ladies of the Bethel Church. The tractors will […]
One of the regular performing groups during Calamity Jane weekend in Princeton, the Ambassadors Band, has other appearances scheduled in Mercer County. The Ambassadors old time band hold their annual practice concert on the homecoming stage in Mercer tonight, 6:30 to 7:30, weather permitting. The Ambassadors band performs tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock at Newtown-Harris School and […]
At the Trenton high school Homecoming pep rally last night, royalty was crowned. The Queen is Mason Hooyman and the King is Jeff White. Both are seniors at Trenton High School. At the Princeton high school Homecoming pep rally, crowned Queen was Cameron Allnut. Crowned King was Christian Morgans.
The Princeton Board of Education has approved a plan to request qualifications for architectural services. The action was recommended by a facilities committee for a potential upcoming bond issue. The architectural route is to be pursued rather than a design-build process. Once the request for qualifications is advertised two weeks, a facility meeting is planned […]
One of the first activities for the Calamity Jane Festival weekend at Princeton involves the Friday parade of tractors on the rural roads of Mercer County. The tractor cruise ends with a supper and homemade ice cream event open to the public. Princeton Chamber of Commerce President Kelly Bertrand and Vice President Donna Herdrich spoke […]
Water customers in a portion of Princeton have a precautionary boil advisory following repairs to a water main break. Affected by the advisory are customers west of Broadway and south of Markie Street (in Princeton). The advisory to boil water for cooking and drinking will be in effect until Tuesday night for that area of […]
The Princeton City Council has approved a bid to demolish a building on the Princeton square which was damaged by an April fire. HF Excavating LLC. of Cainsville is to be paid $6,000, which was the lowest of three bids received. The demolition work is to be done as soon as possible. City Clerk Danette […]
A Princeton resident was injured on Friday afternoon when the car she was driving was struck from behind by another car on Highway 136 in Princeton. One of the drivers, 67-year old Corazon Gripp of Princeton, was taken to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton, with what the Highway Patrol described as minor injuries. The other […]
The Princeton, Pleasant View R-6, and Laredo School Districts all began classes this (Wednesday) morning, with more students than their first day enrollments one year ago. The Princeton School District opened the 2016-2017 school year with 399 students. That is an increase of 15 from the 2015 total. Princeton’s largest class consists of 43 eighth […]
A Princeton resident, 32-year old Cailin Dixon, has been charged in Grundy County with failure to appear in court on an animal abuse charge. Ms. Dixon has posted bond and is to appear Tuesday, August 23, in Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court.
(SEDALIA, Mo.) –Hannah Viets, daughter of Mike and Brenda Viets, is the exhibitor of the 2016 Grand Champion Meat Goat at the Missouri State Fair. Hannah is from Sweet Springs and is a member of the Kennedy 4-H Club. Hannah’s prize-winning Boer goat weighed 76 pounds. The Reserve Grand Champion Meat Goat honor went to Brylee […]
The Princeton City Council has approved a property tax levy of nearly 91 cents on the 100 dollars of assessed valuation which is down nearly three cents compared to last year. Nearly 82 cents of the levy goes to general revenue and nearly nine cents on the 100 dollars goes to the band fund, which is […]
The Princeton Board of Education has approved a property tax levy of nearly five dollars eleven cents on the 100 dollars of assessed valuation. That’s nearly 20 cents lower than last year, nearly 30 cents lower than two years ago, and nearly 50 cents lower than three years ago. This year’s property tax levy in […]
The City of Princeton and Mercer County in conjunction with the North Missouri Solid Waste Management District Region B is sponsoring a solid waste collection event. This event is funded with grants funds from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. This an opportunity for all residents of Mercer County to dispose of special waste items […]
Calamity Jane Days at Princeton starts September 16th and ends on the 18th with a theme, this year being ‘Old Time Calamity Jane.’ Organizers hope to bring back the good old days by encouraging folks to wear clothing worn in those days more than 150 years ago. Friday includes a tractor cruise involving more than 50 tractors traveling in […]
Crowned Miss Calamity Jane Saturday night at Princeton was Princeton High School Senior Haley Johnson. Another Princeton High School Senior, Shambree Hagan, was the first runner-up. Princeton High School Junior Kasen Purdun was the second runner-up. Haley Johnson will participate in Calamity Jane Days Festival events, plus other Princeton Chamber of Commerce activities.
