The following candidate are running for Republic City Council seats which will be determined on the April 2 ballot.
Ward 2:
Meagen Duran, incumbent
Family: Husband Joe, four sons, three dogs, a cat and two chickens
Occupation: Mortgage lender
The Ash Grove PTA will hold their annual Pirate Carnival on Saturday, March 30 from 4-8 p.m. at the Ash Grove schools. The event will feature a food court and carnival games.
Roundabout construction work began last week on a new roundabout on Greene County Route M at the north entrance to Republic High School, the Missouri Department of Transportation said.
Missouri residents who are about to renew their driver’s licenses or non-driver identification cards may apply for a REAL ID compliant driver’s license or identification card beginning on Monday, March 25.
When Terry and Judi Frost, owners of Bumble Bee Blooms, decided to move their business off Highway 160 and into an historic building at the corner of Main and Calhoun in Ash Grove, they were slightly nervous. Turns out, they had nothing to worry about.
When Republic voters go to the polls on Tuesday, April 2, they will be asked to approve a one-penny sales tax initiative. The tax, if it passes, is expected to generate $2.7 million in revenue for the city. In 10 years, the sales tax is estimated to generate $29,602,474.
A new Dollar General store could come to Halltown sometime in the not too distant future. The national retail chain is considering putting a location in the town at the southeast corner of Highway 266 and North Dogwood Drive (Highway Z).
On April 5, 2018, MoDOT held a meeting at the Republic Community Center to let the public see their five proposals to make the railway corridor in the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway’s Cherokee Subdivision between Republic and Marionville safer for vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
