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Parking
complaints persist on Square

Parking around the Liberty Square is one of those irksome issues that may be impossible to resolve. For those who run in to a store to pick up a cup of coffee on the way to work or stop to call on a client and then find a $25 parking citation on their windshield when they return later, it’s enough to ruin their day.

Neil Battrum, who owns Orange Technologies, a computer repair and consulting firm, is fed up with getting those $25 tickets and decided to fight City Hall. Battrum went to municipal court last week and protested one of his tickets.

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Great eight

Liberty’s High’s softball team has had to replace pieces to the puzzle every year during its remarkable district run.

The Blue Jays haven’t lost a district tourney since 2000 — a run of seven titles in a row. Each time, it’s been a slightly different cast of characters that got the job done.

Coach Scott Howard and the Blue Jays have their biggest holes to fill this season compared to any other time during the streak. Liberty has to find six new starters from a team that finished 27-4 last year and advanced to the Class 4 quarterfinals.

State auditors arrive to scrutinize district’s finances, management

The Liberty School Board adopted a $149 million budget that officials described as “challenging,” named the new high school Liberty North and met with state auditors from the office of Missouri Auditor Susan Montee, who began a compliance audit of the district’s finances this week.

PSRS sues Taveau, district

The Public School Retirement System of Missouri has filed a lawsuit in Cole County Circuit Court against former Superintendent Scott Taveau and the Liberty school district in an effort to recoup $245,000 in retirement payments that PSRS contends were improperly received by Taveau.

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