Students enjoy spring weather, baseball season in Blue Springs
Blue Springs’ Rep. Sheila Solon has introduced a bill in the Missouri House of Representatives that could put a wrench in the city’s solid waste plan.
The bus full of mayors, local representatives in the Missouri House and Senate and county officials made its first stop Friday morning at the edge of a field just off Adams Dairy Parkway.
It was a busy night for the Blue Springs School District Board of Education Monday as they held their monthly meeting taking care of usual district business. But they took a few minutes out of the meeting for story time.
Before heading outside to garden or do other yard work, remember accidents can occur at home. More than 173,000 injuries were associated with yard and garden equipment in 2005, according to the National Safety Council.
An alleged roofer who said he hadn’t seen much business lately went neighborhood by neighborhood, offering to do free roof inspections. He offered a story about how the original builder used inadequate roofing materials and that he has personally come across three houses in the neighborhood that would have had serious damage if not for his free inspection.
Jeff Quibell, a former District 1 council member has regained his seat, albeit three years after he last held the post. With 1,081 votes, Quibell defeated incumbent James May, who had 676 votes.
What happens with a fiscally conservative mayor backs a public safety tax increase?
With 19 of 26 precincts reporting the Blue Springs Public Safety Sales Tax is passing with 58 percent of the vote – 2,150 residents have cast a yes vote to 1,496 “no’s”
With the first results coming in from the Jackson County Election Board, the public safety sales tax is passing with 57.2 percent of the vote. Four of 26 precincts have reported so far.
- Remaking Main Street
Business owners raising funds for downtown revitalization grant
Donna Hainen has had enough. As a long-time Blue Springs resident and owner of the downtown Blue Springs business, Special Events, Hainen is tired of the way downtown Blue Springs looks.
“The last few days, my belly has been a bowl of Jell-O. Always moving,” said Elaina Michalski. “It’s crazy.”
The Blue Springs School District has received a professional development grant worth nearly $500,000 for science teachers.
Journal employee Miranda Wycoff was named assistant editor this week.
The successful Blue Springs Police Department’s Crime-Free Multi-Housing and Hotel-Motel initiatives are now joined by the Crime-Free Business initiative, with the first meeting to be held at 11 a.m., April 20, at the Blue Springs Chamber of Commerce offices, 1000 Main St. in downtown Blue Springs.
