The Laredo R-7 Board of Education approved contracts at its meeting Monday evening. Administrator Misty Foster reports one contract was a five-year term with ProServ for two copy machines at $247 per month with another with Asten Carman as an occupational therapist assistant for $38.00 per hour. The board approved submitting a bid with the […]
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Hegeman endorsed by Missouri Farm Bureau
Missouri Farm Bureau’s Northern Regional Endorsement Committee has endorsed Dan Hegeman for reelection in Missouri’s 12th State Senate District. Trustees interviewed on September 5 in Cameron and voted unanimously to endorse Hegeman’s candidacy. “As a family farmer, Senator Hegeman knows our issues and has a long history of working with Farm Bureau. He supports us […]
Trenton City Council votes “No” on power upgrade to city generators
The Trenton City Council last night voted not to proceed at this time with a power upgrade to allow the “black start option” for running the city’s diesel generators when there’s a prolonged electrical outage. A cost projection was rejected due to the amount of expense involved. The city council also failed to override Mayor […]
Audio: Missouri school transportation budget running on fumes with $200 million funding gap
(Missourinet) – The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has a 200-million dollar transportation funding shortfall. The department is considering a proposed budget that would ask for more money over a nine-year period to fully fund the expenses, which is 75-percent of a district’s transportation costs. During a State Board of Education meeting in […]
Spickard water tower to be shut down today
The water tower at Spickard will be shut down for about four hours today (Tuesday). Mayor Jesse Richmond reports shutting down the water tower will affect all of Spickard, but did not specify a timeframe for the shutdown period. A boil advisory may go into place once the water tower is back up and running.
No timeline for water to be restored to Daviess County customers
Crews are continuing today with efforts on getting water flowing again to customers of Daviess County Public Water Supply District Number One. On Thursday morning, district officials announced an outage, or reduced water pressure, affecting rural water customers south of the Grand River, and south of the old Pattonsburg which includes customers in Weatherby and […]
Audio: Key issues to watch during Missouri primary election day
(Missourinet) – Missouri voters will head to the election polls on Tuesday to decide several key issues and Alisa Nelson with Missourinet files this report. One of the most heavily-publicized efforts on Tuesday’s election ballot is a Right-to-work measure. It will ask Missourians if they want to adopt a bill which prohibits as a […]
Crowded field of candidates seeking Missouri first congressional seat in Tuesday primary
(Missourinet) – A crowded field of candidates is running for a St. Louis area congressional seat. Alisa Nelson with the Missourinet files this report. Eight people are seeking Missouri’s first congressional seat currently held by Democratic Congressman Lacy Clay. He is seeking his tenth term in the U.S. House. Clay’s heavily Democratic district […]
Princeton and Mercer initiate water conservation plans
Princeton has implemented its emergency drought operation plan, and the City of Mercer has implemented its water drought protocol due to wells in Princeton running low. Princeton City Clerk Danette Snapp says the two cities encourage citizens to not water their yards or gardens in order to conserve water. Mercer City Clerk Colleen Hinshaw reports […]
Video: Blunt Pays tribute to Negro Leagues Baseball Museum’s role in preserving African-American baseball history
U.S. Senator Roy Blunt who represents Missouri recently spoke on the Senate floor to highlight the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City and the important role it plays in preserving the history of African-American baseball. Kansas City is the birthplace of the Negro National League which was established in 1920 during a meeting of […]
Trenton sales tax revenues down $20,000 compared to a year ago
Trenton city sales tax revenues received this month are running very steady with the amounts reported for July of last year, with the most recent figures shared with the Trenton City Council and news media at Monday nights’ meeting. Trenton has five city sales taxes. The general fund sales tax for July received over $88,000, […]
Audio: Duck boat lifted from Table Rock Lake; Former NTSB head wants Duck Boats banned
The Ride the Ducks boat that sank last Thursday on Table Rock Lake near Branson, killing 17 people, has been brought above water. Scott Stroermer with the Coast Guard says crews attached a rig sling system to the Duck Boat to hoist it upward. KOLR-TV reports the vehicle was then raised to the […]
North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees tackles full agenda at Thursday meeting
A North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees member has resigned from his position. The board accepted the resignation of trustee Steve Busch at a meeting Thursday evening. Busch said he is now considered a resident of Florida, which excludes him from being on the board. NCMC President Doctor Lenny Klaver and Board President Don Dalrymple […]
Protesters turning out for Vice President Pence’s Missouri visit
Protesters are turning out as Vice President Mike Pence attends a fundraiser in Missouri Thursday. Pence is speaking at an event promoting the Trump administration’s tax cut and to raise money for Republican Josh Hawley, who is challenging U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill in the November election. Jessica Estes, a statewide organizer with NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri, expects […]
Grain Belt Express sent back to State Public Service Commission by Missouri Supreme Court
The Grain Belt Express Clean Line, a proposed energy transmission project through northern Missouri, got new life Tuesday following a ruling by the state’s highest court. The Grain Belt Express Clean Line, if built, would carry energy from Kansas to Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, running through several counties including Clinton, Caldwell, Carroll, and Chariton within […]
Shawn Yuille pleads not guilty to murder charge in Danette Rardon case
A Chillicothe resident, Jeremy Osburn, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in connection with an accident last November that injured a young girl. Prosecuting Attorney Adam Warren filed information in lieu of a complaint with the Associate Division of Livingston County Circuit Court. The new charge is a misdemeanor of endangering the welfare of […]
Truck and tractor pull to be held at Livingston County fairgrounds
Livingston County will host a truck and tractor pull on July 6th with competition to be held at the fairgrounds area of the Litton Ag Science center off Highway 190 northwest of Chillicothe. Organizers report they will be running two tracks and two sleds. Track one features eight categories and is sponsored by Brotherton Truck […]
California woman hurt in crash on Highway 36 near Hamilton
The Highway Patrol reports a Carmel, California woman sustained minor injuries in a one-vehicle accident three miles east of Hamilton Thursday morning. Seventy-two-year-old Judith Wyckoff traveled east on U. S. Highway 36 when her car ran off the road and into the median at Route B. The vehicle returned to the road before running off […]
Surprise homecoming held for deployed 442nd member
Escorted towards the pitcher’s mound, the Laffey family prepares to watch one of their own throw in the honorary first pitch for their favorite Major League Baseball team– the Kansas City Royals. Ty Laffey practiced for this moment for a week but knowing that his father was unable to be there due to being deployed […]
Trenton Aquatics Center reports highest attendance since 2010
The Trenton Park Board approved the purchase of a lifeguard stand for the Trenton Family Aquatic Center at its meeting Wednesday evening. The lifeguard stand will be purchased from Recreonics for $2,470. Aquatic Center Manager Alexis Whitney reported a lifeguard stand bottom had cracked and needed to be replaced. She was told she could not […]