The Newtown-Harris R-3 Board of Education approved an amended salary schedule for the upcoming school year on June 24. The approval includes participation in the Teacher Baseline Salary Grant, raising the minimum teacher salary to $40,000. Superintendent Dr. Matt Copeland reported that the new grant funds ensure teachers earning less than $40,000 receive a $2,000 […]
The Northeast Missouri Fair is set to return to Kirksville next month, featuring a week-long lineup of activities from July 13 through July 20. The campgrounds will open on July 13, kicking off with a horse show. The following day, Sunday, will host a baby show, a public speaking contest, and the Northeast Missouri Fair […]
Nineteen-year-old Logan Zachariah Layne Allen of Cameron, 19-year-old Kayden Allen Brown of Cameron, and 19-year-old Zayden Briant Hacking of Gallatin have each been charged with three counts of stealing a motor vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft. A personal recognizance bond is allowed for each individual, with supervision by Supervision Services and no contact with the co-defendants. […]
Delegates from Trenton attended the Missouri State Chapter of the PEO Sisterhood’s 130th Annual Convention earlier this month. The delegates included Chapter MN President Barbara Cox and Chapter AD President Marjorie Keuhn. Others attending from Trenton included Chapter AD Member and State Chapter PEO Educational Loan Fund Chairperson Terry Cobb and Chapter AD Treasurer and […]
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance on June 24 to authorize a contract for prosecution and legal services with Annie Gibson. City Clerk Crystal Dorrel reported that the contract would cover any municipal tickets issued, including nuisance violations and traffic tickets within city limits. Gibson will serve as the prosecuting attorney for all […]
Governor Mike Parson signed Executive Order 24-08 extending the current State of Emergency declaration in preparation for potential flooding along the Missouri River over the coming days. Governor Parson first declared a State of Emergency on May 2, 2024, through Executive Order 24-06 in response to severe weather. “We have seen the tremendous, destructive force of flooding this […]
(Missouri Independent) – President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will get a crucial opportunity to reach undecided voters and set the terms for the 2024 presidential campaign at Thursday night’s debate in Atlanta. Partisans on either side have already made up their minds about which candidate they’ll support. And with this year’s race […]
(Missouri Independent) – Republican Will Scharf and Democrat Elad Gross disagreed on almost every issue Monday night during a forum of attorney general candidates in St. Louis. They aren’t on the same page on dealing with violent crime or protecting speech on campus. They crossed swords over abortion rights and access to contraception. And they […]
Severe thunderstorms swept across several counties in Missouri early Wednesday morning, causing widespread damage and power outages. The National Weather Service in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO, has released preliminary local storm reports detailing the impact of these storms. The storms were characterized by high wind gusts, reaching up to 70 mph in some areas, and […]
(Missouri News Service – Chrystal Blair) – Several Missouri nonprofit groups are collaborating to assist rural southeastern communities struggling to pay their electric bills. Poverty rates in these areas are 10% higher than the state average, and the local electric utility provider has faced criticism for not doing more to alleviate the financial burden. In […]
U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White sentenced a former St. Louis middle school principal to two consecutive life terms in prison for hiring a friend to kill his pregnant schoolteacher girlfriend. Cornelius M. Green, 42, pleaded guilty in February to one count of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and one count of murder-for-hire in the deaths […]
In a significant legal development, Mark Ethan Jermain, a 41-year-old man from the Slovak Republic, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to obtaining nearly three-quarters of a million dollars through pandemic relief fraud. The fraud occurred between April 26, 2020, and July 16, 2021. Jermain admitted to three counts of wire fraud, […]
Jackie M. Hill, 39, from Kansas City, Mo., has been sentenced in federal court for using a 9-year-old victim to produce child pornography. U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs sentenced Hill to 16 years and eight months in federal prison without parole. Following his incarceration, Hill will be on supervised release for the rest of […]
A 21-year-old man from Clubb, Missouri, was killed in a traffic accident late Tuesday night on Highway 34, east of County Road 215A in Wayne County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that the crash occurred at approximately 11:43 p.m. Kenneth G. Hunden was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban eastbound when he lost control of […]
A 67-year-old man from Taylor, Missouri, was injured in a single-vehicle accident on Highway 24 near West Quincy on Tuesday night. The crash occurred around 10:00 p.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The driver, identified as Robert W. Fry, was traveling eastbound in his 1998 Buick Park Avenue when he lost control of […]
A teenage boy was injured late Monday night in a vehicle accident on private property near Macon, Missouri. The incident occurred approximately four miles southwest of Macon off Highway BB around 10:00 p.m. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 1989 Ford truck was traveling up a hill when it suffered a mechanical failure […]
A fatal accident occurred on June 24, 2024, at approximately 12:15 p.m. on Missouri 82, east of NE 775 Road, two miles east of Osceola, Missouri. The crash involved a 1999 Oldsmobile Alero driven by a 16-year-old male juvenile from Osceola, Missouri. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the vehicle was traveling eastbound when […]
A two-vehicle accident occurred on June 25, 2024, at approximately 11:40 a.m. on Highway 5, four miles south of Milan, Missouri. The collision involved a 2016 Chevrolet Trax and a 2012 Ford F150 truck. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Tyler J. Hudlow, a 31-year-old man from Harrisburg, Missouri, was driving the Chevrolet Trax […]
The University of Missouri (MU) Extension is set to host two feedlot schools and a cattle feeder tour this summer. These events aim to educate producers on feeding their cattle locally instead of shipping them out of state. “We will cover health, nutrition, and economics; tour multiple local feedlots; give producers opportunities to interact with […]
The Gallatin R-5 Board of Education is scheduled to consider adopting the 2024-2025 budget at their upcoming meeting. The board will convene in the high school library on June 27 at 6 p.m. Agenda items for the meeting include discipline reports, changes to the student handbook, zeroing the teachers’ fund transfer and student activity accounts, […]
