The top graduates from several schools were announced Friday night during commencement ceremonies. The Valedictorian for Pleasant View R-6’s eighth-grade class was Teya Cooksey. Jillian Simpson was named the Salutatorian and also received the Eckert Citizenship Award. Jamesport Tri-County High School announced its Valedictorian as Lilly Simons and its Salutatorian as Macey Ward. Hayley Michael […]
North Central Missouri College has earned the 2018-19 Military Friendly® School designation by Victory Media. Each year, the list of Military Friendly® Schools is provided to veterans and their families, helping them select the best college, university, or trade school to receive the education and training needed to pursue a civilian career. “We are very […]
The Trustees of the GEC Community Foundation, Inc. met April 13, 2018, and awarded 14 grants totaling $6,461. All grants are funded by member donations called Operation Round Up where members voluntarily round up their utility bills each month to fund grants to eligible entities. Education grants were awarded to Grundy County R-V School District, Humphreys; Trenton […]
Nearly 150 third through fifth-grade students from six schools in Linn and Livingston counties attended the Second Farm Safety Day at the Forage Systems Research Center in Linneus this week. Students went on a 10-stop tour that provided them information about farm, ATV, electrical, tractor, and water and boat safety as well as first aid […]
A former high school teacher and swim team coach has been indicted by a federal grand jury for sexually exploiting seven minor victims. James Russell Green, Jr., 53, of Blue Springs, Mo., was charged in a nine-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. […]
The Missouri College Advising Corps, headquartered at the University of Missouri, has helped more than 20,000 students enroll in college since 2008. As it begins its second decade, MCAC is poised to help even more students. MCAC’s trained advisers, themselves recent college graduates, commit to two years of full-time, on-site service at one of 43 […]
The GEC Community Foundation, Incorporated is accepting grant applications to assist schools and organizations with education, health, and rural development. Grants are available to eligible entities in the Grundy Electric Cooperative’s 12-county service area which include Harrison, Mercer, and Grundy counties as well as portions of Linn, Livingston, Daviess, Gentry, Putnam, and Sullivan counties in […]
The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees approved purchasing a tractor and fitness equipment as well as renovation costs at its meeting Tuesday evening. Agriculture Instructor Rustin Jumps recommended the purchase of the new John Deere tractor to be added to the fleet at the Barton Farm Campus. It was purchased from Sydenstricker Implement […]
North Central Missouri College will be opening a site in Country Club, Missouri on the North Belt Highway beginning March 1, 2018. The NCMC-North Belt Center will be an extension of North Central Missouri College and will offer the same level of professional attention, quality instruction, and affordability as Main and Barton campus and other […]
Students from seven high schools were at North Central Missouri College to participate in the Science Olympiad. The top three teams were first place King City, second place Maysville, and third place Northeast Nodaway. The top three teams advance to Science Olympiad state competition at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. Individuals who placed first in […]
The board governing Missouri’s MOST 529 plan recently passed a resolution acknowledging the expansion of the program to include tuition for public, private and religious K-12 schools. “The expansion of the MOST 529 program to include K-12 tuition is one of the most important improvements to Missouri education policy in the past decade,” said State […]
School districts across Missouri are closed today because of excessively cold weather. After much of the state received one-to-three inches of snow on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, temperatures began to dive and continued to drop overnight Tuesday morning. Wind chill values reached minus-10, and in some cases, minus-25. The only part […]
Many of our area schools have announced assemblies, programs, or receptions today to honor Veterans and active-duty military personnel. Since Veteran’s Day falls on a Saturday, the schools have scheduled their observances for Friday when school is in session. The former commander of the Major Dale Stepp Post 31 of the American Legion at Trenton, […]
With Veteran’s Day falling on Saturday this year, many of our area schools have notified KTTN of holding Veteran’s programs on Friday during school hours. With that in mind, we have compiled a listing of those holding programs to honor Veterans. Veterans are invited to attend a program this morning at 8 o’clock at Rissler elementary […]
Several area school districts received first-quarter GEC Community Foundation, Incorporated grants. Those schools include Pleasant View R-6 of Trenton, Trenton R-9, Laredo R-7, North Mercer R-3 of Mercer, North Harrison R-3 of Eagleville, Ridgeway R-5, Cainsville R-1, Newtown-Harris R-3 of Newtown, Grundy County R-5 of Humphreys, and South Harrison R-2 Elementary School of Bethany. The […]
On October 19, the Great Central U. S. “ShakeOut” earthquake drill will be held. More than 440,000 Missourians have registered to participate. Almost 2.5 million people are registered in the 14 central U.S. states that could be impacted by a New Madrid Seismic Zone earthquake. At exactly 10:19 am Thursday, participants will be expected to: […]
The Green Hills Recreation Association will distribute registration forms for its youth recreation basketball league to area schools this week. The league is open to children from age four to sixth grade and consists of boys and girls teams from the communities in the Green Hills region. Boys and girls residing in Grundy County will […]
The week of activities commemorating Trenton R-9 Homecoming will be held September 24 through September 30. The Kick Off for Homecoming will begin on Sunday, September 24 with a 5K Kaleidoscope Run at 2 pm at C.F. Russell Stadium. B-Boppin-Dave will DJ the start of the even and the Trenton Fire Department will begin the race. […]
Classes started today in several area schools and this is how enrollment numbers are stacking up. First-day enrollment for Spickard R-2 for pre-kindergarten through sixth grade was 25 students which is down five from the first day last year. The largest class is second grade with six students and the smallest is first grade with […]
The Mercer County Ministerial Alliance will present the Community Concert for the Schools next month. Contemporary Christian group 9th Hour from Smithville will perform to support Mercer County schools. The concert will be held at the Smithfield Education Center of Princeton the evening of August 5th at 6 o’clock. Admission for the event is free, […]
