Views: 0The Trenton City Council Monday night approved several ordinances; a bid to develop city-owned land for the fire training tower; agreed to keep electric rates at the current, lower, winter level; but the council had a divided vote on beginning the process toward an electric rate study. Preliminary approval was given to establish a […]
Views: 0The Trenton High School Art Club, Art 9, will hold an art sale and show to benefit the club. The event will be in the high school art classroom on the evening of May 14th from 6 to 7 o’clock. The sale and show will include student and professional work.
Views: 0The newly-organized Utility Committee for the city of Trenton is recommending a reduction in electric revenues this year for TMU. The three-member committee also voted last night to request a professional study of Trenton’s electric rates. All eight city council members attended meetings last evening at Trenton City Hall that also included the election […]
Views: 2Vice Chairman for the Coordinating Board for Higher Education Mike Thomson and Steven M. Schieber, Chief Executive Officer for the Critical Access Region of the St. Luke’s Health System will give the commencement addresses at North Central Missouri College in Trenton, Missouri on May 11, 2019. Chairman Thomson will speak at the 9:00 a.m. […]
Views: 0Animal health tech company Scollar, Inc., has announced plans to relocate its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Kansas City, Missouri, to launch its suite of products and expand the company in the Animal Health Corridor. Scollar will scale its administrative, customer success, sales, and marketing teams in Kansas City. Designed for everything from cats […]
Views: 1Information from an executive session of the Trenton R-9 Board of Education last night shows six resignations were accepted and nine hirings were approved. Resignations were accepted from teachers Jamee Greener at the elementary school and from Amy Franklin and Jeremy Austin at the high school. Brian Upton resigned duties as the girls’ basketball […]
Views: 2The Laredo R-7 Board of Education voted to increase the certified base salary and increase pay for several other positions at a meeting Monday evening. The certified base salary was increased by $500 to $28,900. The office aid and part-time custodian position were increased to $8.60 per hour. The bookkeeper, head cook, head custodian, […]
Views: 0The Princeton R-5 Board of Education approved several bids Monday evening for the construction of a maintenance and storage facility. Ledgerwood Concrete of Blythedale was awarded the concrete building pad bid for $36,897. Trainer Construction of New Hampton was approved for the labor bid package for $38,500. The bid from Girdner Post and Lumber […]
Views: 0State Senators will continue debating sports wagering this week. Since the US Supreme Court made it legal, states and casinos are trying to cash in. Warrensburg Senator Denny Hoskins is the sponsor of the bill that would tax casinos nine percent for sports booking. Professional teams are on board with Hoskins’ bill […]
Views: 0The Princeton R-5 Board of Education will hold a reorganizational meeting prior to its regular meeting Monday. An election for the board president and vice president is planned for the reorganizational meeting at 5:30 that evening. The agenda also includes the appointment of the board secretary and treasurer. The regular board meeting will follow […]
Views: 0Film professionals say Missouri is missing out on millions of dollars in revenue and Senator Denny Hoskins of Warrensburg has a bill to bring back a tax incentive for bringing movie production to Missouri. The incentive is capped at $4.5 million dollars per year
Views: 0The Missouri House has given final approval to an eight-million-dollar retention pay plan aimed at investing in wage increases in the Missouri Department of Corrections staff. House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith praised the plan on the House floor during Thursday’s budget debate. Frankford GOP State Representative Jim Hansen tells colleagues the […]
Views: 0Trenton High School students with special needs will display their skills in various competitions during Job Olympics. The students will compete in job interviews, laundry, housekeeping, sorting, personal hygiene against other school districts at the event at the First Baptist Church of Chillicothe Friday. The students must dress as professionals. Trenton students learn their […]
Views: 0Governor Mike Parson visited three Missouri prisons on Friday to meet with Department of Corrections staff to continue to focus on restructuring state government and discuss proposed changes designed to improve conditions for corrections workers and boost safety for Missourians. Parson said the efforts to restructure state government are driven by the administration’s “dedication” […]
Views: 10The Superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following promotion effective March 20, 2019. Major Malik A. Henderson has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, where he will serve as the assistant superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. In addition to acting in the superintendent’s absence and at his […]
Views: 0Missouri’s unemployment rate remained at 3.2 percent in February, while employment decreased slightly. This marks the 31st consecutive month in which Missouri’s unemployment rate has been lower than the corresponding U.S. rate, which was 3.8 percent in February. Missouri nonfarm payroll employment decreased slightly over the month. The seasonally adjusted jobs estimate was 2,898,600, […]
Views: 0Three agriculture students from North Central Missouri College participated in the National Professional Agriculture Student Organization Conference March 12-16 held in Loveland, Colorado. Over 500 agriculture students competed in Career Program Areas, participated in leadership workshops, and visited Loveland area attractions. NCMC students who attended the conference were Breanna Chambers, Spickard, Alyssa Kosse, Trenton, […]
Views: 0The Missouri Department of Conservation invites the public to discover nature and spend an evening with wildlife from 6 to 8:30 Tuesday evening, March 19th in the Milan C-2 School gym. No registration is required. Conservation staff will display exhibits on forestry, furbearers, deer, turkey, fisheries, quail, habitat management, and hunter education. Visitors can […]
Views: 0The Chillicothe Area Chamber of Commerce has designed a program to enhance the professional and personal skill sets of local individuals in 2019. Leadership Chillicothe will focus on community issues and leadership topics over a structured seven-month course. “The deadline for applying to this year’s class is March 22. We have had several apply […]
Views: 0The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services released its 2018 Senior Food Insecurity Report– calling it the first of its kind in the nation. Ashley Byrd explains. Hunger is a serious threat facing millions of seniors in the United States. In Missouri, as many as one in eight seniors are struggling […]
