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Moberly hopes to keep the current sales tax rate for their Transportation Trust to maintain their streets and sidewalks.

Property tax freeze for residents 62-plus likely to hit local education funding.

Childcare can be difficult to find and difficult to afford - especially on a teacher’s salary. KBIA’s Rebecca Smith has more on one new program in Moberly that aims to keep teachers in their classrooms.

Moberly officials broke ground Monday on one of the few parks in the state designed especially for patrons with disabilities.

The Little Dixie Regional libraries, which cover Randolph and Monroe county, serve the health of their communities in lots of ways. Like a collection of small health equipment, such as thermometers and blood pressure cuffs, that can be checked out and a "Healing Library," a collection of interactive kits that allow families to tackle hard topics together.

The Moberly School District recently opened the Little Spartans Clubhouse," an embedded, in-school daycare option for district teachers. Vicky Snodgrass is the director of the Little Spartan Clubhouse and spoke about how this new resource benefits students, teachers – and the community as a whole.

Moberly and Randolph County have a pretty high rate of families being involved in the foster system. Amy Martel and her husband Daniel are trying to change that with Rooted 242 – a café and community space in downtown Moberly where kids aging out of the foster system are given opportunity to learn job and life skills – in a safe and supportive space.

Ashley Swon is a counselor who lives in Moberly and works at Crossroads Counseling LLC based in Fayette. She spoke about the benefits of this home-based care and of giving families skills that help them stay together.

James Williams and Keeyon Howard help run the “Focus on Fatherhood” program in Moberly, which is through Randolph County Caring Community Partners and works to improve the well-being of the entire community by investing in fathers.

The Air Race Classic, an annual race for women pilots and their planes, made a stop this year in Moberly, Mo at Omar N. Bradley Regional Airport.