Claudette Riley
Education Reporter at Springfield News-Leader
Education reporter in Missouri for @SpringfieldNL | PreK-college | Kansas native | Word person | Chief steward @SGFNewsGuild
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2 weeks ago |
news-leader.com | Claudette Riley |Marta Mieze
Springfield area voters have cast their ballots, electing leaders and deciding local issues. When results were counted Tuesday, the tally from the Greene County Clerk's Office showed Springfield will have a new mayor and one new City Council member along with two new members of the Springfield school board. Springfield mayorBusinessman Jeff Schrag won the election with 61.5% of the vote. His opponent, Commercial Street advocate Mary Collette, garnered 38.5% of the vote.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Claudette Riley |Marta Mieze
In the Tuesday election, Springfield voters will elect a new major, fill four seats on the City Council and choose two members of the school board. Similar elections will take place in area cities. Several communities and districts surrounding Springfield will also pose questions regarding sales taxes and bonds. In surrounding communities, including Republic and Willard, the fate of school funding issues will also be decided. AdvertisementAbsentee voting started weeks ago.
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1 month ago |
news-leader.com | Claudette Riley
A former Springfield police officer died in an accident Monday morning at the Springfield Noble Sanitary Landfill. Flett was a Springfield police officer for nine years and had worked at the landfill for nearly two years. The landfill was closed after the accident and is expected to remain closed Tuesday. A former Springfield police officer who worked at the Springfield Noble Sanitary Landfill was killed in an accident Monday morning.
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1 month ago |
news-leader.com | Claudette Riley
Springfield school board candidates Sarah Hough and Gail Smart have purchased ad time on KYTV. Smart purchased 158 30-second spots for $47,163, while Hough purchased 132 spots for $40,097. The ads will run through Election Day on April 8. Campaign advertisement for two Springfield school board candidates, Sarah Hough and Gail Smart, will start running on a local television station Monday. Hough and Smart are two of the four candidates on the April 8 ballot.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Claudette Riley
Campaign advertisement for two Springfield school board candidates, Sarah Hough and Gail Smart, will start running on a local television station Monday. Hough and Smart are two of the four candidates on the April 8 ballot. Kelly Byrne and David Myers are also vying for the two open seats on the seven-member governing body. The campaign committees for Hough and Smart requested the purchase of ad time on KYTV, commonly referred to as KY3, this week. The agreement forms were signed March 18.
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UPDATED with comments from all SPS board candidates. Voters side with Hough, Smart in Springfield school board race over Myers, incumbent Byrne https://t.co/bK2le6UAYs via @springfieldNL
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