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Missouri Senate backs limits on property tax increases

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Missouri Senate backs limits on property tax increases By Raymore Journal staff Some Missouri homeowners could be spared from paying higher property taxes under a pair of proposed constitutional amendments approved Wednesday by the state Senate. One proposal would authorize laws limiting the amount by which property values could be increased when being reassessed. Another proposal would allow counties to adopt ordinances exempting people age 65 and older from increases in assessments used to figure their residential property taxes, beginning in 2023. That measure also would allow counties...

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Fewest Americans collecting jobless aid since 1970

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Fewest Americans collecting jobless aid since 1970 By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Applications for unemployment benefits inched down last week as the total number of Americans collecting aid fell to its lowest level in more than 50 years. Jobless claims fell by 2,000 to 184,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average of claims, which levels out week-to-week volatility, rose by 4,500 to 177,250. About 1.42 million Americans were collecting traditional unemployment benefits in the week of April 9, the fewest since February 21, 1970. Two years after the coronavirus...

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Powell reinforces expectations of sharp rate hike next month

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Powell reinforces expectations of sharp rate hike next month By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer The Federal Reserve must move faster than it has in the past to rein in high inflation, Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday, signaling that sharp interest rate increases are likely in the coming months, beginning at the Fed’s next policy meeting in May. In a panel discussion held by the International Monetary Fund during its spring meetings, Powell also suggested that “there’s something in the idea of front-loading” aggressive rate hikes as the Fed grapples with inflation...

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Callery pears: An invader ‘worse than murder hornets!’

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Callery pears: An invader ‘worse than murder hornets!’ By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press Stinky but handsome and widely popular landscape trees have spawned aggressive invaders, creating thickets that overwhelm native plants and sport nasty four-inch spikes. Bradford pears and 24 other ornamental trees were developed from Callery pears — a species brought to America a century ago to save ravaged pear orchards. Now, their invasive descendants have been reported in more than 30 states. “Worse than murder hornets!” was the tongue-in-cheek title of a U.S. Department...

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Shaniece Wise named Ray-Pec Teacher of the Year; Sam Myers is Support Staff Employee of the Year

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210421-teacher-of-the-year-1 210421-teacher-of-the-year-2 210421-teacher-of-the-year-3 210421-teacher-of-the-year-4 Shaniece Wise named Ray-Pec Teacher of the Year; Sam Myers is Support Staff Employee of the Year By Raymore Journal staff Shaniece Wise and Sam Myers are this year’s Raymore-Peculiar School District Teacher and Support Staff Employee of the Year, respectively. Wise and Myers will each receive a $500 cash award sponsored by JE Dunn, a desk award, and banners for their school. Their photos will be displayed at the Administrative Services...

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Raymore-Peculiar High School students of the month

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FEEBACK JERMAIN PHILLIPS ZANER Raymore-Peculiar High School students of the month By Raymore Journal staff The Raymore-Peculiar High School students of the month for April 2022 representing the Optimist Club are Ryan Phillips and Lauren Jermain; and representing the Rotary Club are Carson Zaner and Alexandra Feeback. Congratulations! Latest News

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Ray-Pec School District News April 20 2020

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210421-school-news-hamburger-1 210421-school-news-hamburger-2 210421-school-news-hamburger-3 210421-school-news-hamburger-4 210421-school-news-slagle 210421-school-news-tech-student-association Ray-Pec School District News – April 20, 2020 By Raymore Journal staff Success Academy Hamburger Cook Off Middle school students at the Success Academy have been participating in real-world learning activities. On April 6, they had a hamburger cook-off. Student Dayne Ducharme won for best Tasting Burger. Student Mark Foxworthy won the...

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Defense wins championships but baseball still needs offense

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Defense wins championships, but baseball still needs offense By Christian D. Orr, Raymore Journal editor I will go to my dying grave believing that defense wins championships. In baseball you can add another word to that phrase: defense and PITCHING wins championships. While I believe defense and pitching win championships, what the 2022 Kansas City Royals are showing us is that while pitching and defense is crucial, you still need to have some offense. In football and wrestling, defense alone can win. In football, if you have a good defense, your defense can score points and keep the other...

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Peculiar distinguished as a Community for All Ages

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Peculiar distinguished as a Community for All Ages By Raymore Journal staff The City of Peculiar is now a member of a select group of cities in the Kansas City metro area recognized for their efforts to be accommodating to all ages. During a First Suburbs Coalition meeting held on April 15, Peculiar was accepted as a Silver Level status Community for All Ages. Earlier this year, Excelsior Springs, Grain Valley and Merriam were also recognized as Communities for All Ages. The Communities for All Ages program was developed by the First Suburbs Coalition and KC Communities for All Ages — two...

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