A Kirksville man was killed Tuesday afternoon when the truck he was driving ran off Highway 63 and overturned. Pronounced dead at the scene, one mile north of Kirksville was 80-year-old Gene McVey of Kirksville. The highway patrol report noted he was not using a seat belt. The highway patrol troopers received assistance from Adair […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville man sustained serious injuries when a car collided with his motorcycle Wednesday evening. Twenty-two year old Drew King traveled east on Missouri 11 six miles north of Brashear when a westbound car, driven by 22-year-old Emily Schleffinger of Crystal Lake, Illinois, crossed the center of the road and struck […]
Liam D. Hazen of rural Adair County served during the Second Regular Session of the 99th Missouri General Assembly as an intern in the legislative office of 3rd District State Representative Nate Walker. Liam was part of the Missouri State Intern Program and Truman State University intern team serving at the Missouri State Capitol this […]
The Missouri Department of Transportation plans to close two Adair County routes at for patching work. Adair County Route BB will be closed from Route FF to Highway 149 Monday and Tuesday. Work will be completed from 8 o’clock in the morning to 3:30 in the afternoon each day. Adair County Route B will be […]
The Missouri Department of Transportation Northeast District plans patching work on Routes Y and E in Adair County at the beginning of May. Work on both routes is scheduled from May 1st through 3rd from 8 o’clock in the morning to 3:30 in the afternoon each day. MoDOT reports Route Y will be closed at […]
A Novinger man was injured Sunday night when according to the highway patrol, the pickup he was driving went off Highway 149 and struck several trees three miles north of Novinger. 52-year-old John Sizemore received serious injuries and was flown by medical helicopter (Air E-vac) to University Hospital in Columbia. The highway patrol accused John […]
The Kirksville Women of Today sponsor an arts and crafts show to raise funds to enable the organization to continue its charitable projects. The 24th Annual Spring Arts and Crafts Show will be at the William Matthew Middle School in Kirksville March 17th from 9 o’clock in the morning to 3 o’clock in the afternoon. […]
A resurfacing project on U. S. Highway 63 in Adair and Macon counties will begin Monday, weather permitting. The Missouri Department of Transportation Northeast District reports the project will reduce traffic to one lane on the northbound lanes from LaPlata to Kirksville and the southbound lanes from LaPlata to Atlanta. Signs are already in place […]
A Kirksville teenager is facing a charge of rape following an indictment issued by the Adair County Grand Jury. 18-year-old David Allen Woods is scheduled to appear Tuesday, February 6 at the Adair County Circuit Court in Kirksville on the charge of rape in the first degree or attempted rape. Media reports indicate authorities are […]
State Representative Nate Walker has introduced legislation that would designate a portion of U. S. Highway 63 as the “Bluegrass Queen Rhonda Vincent Highway”. The “Bluegrass Queen Rhonda Vincent Highway” would go from March Road in Adair County north to State Highway Y in Schuyler County. Walker explains he introduced the legislation to honor and […]
A Kirksville woman and her daughter were injured Sunday night when their car went out of control on slick U.S. Highway 63, three miles north of LaPlata ran off the road and overturned. The highway patrol said the driver, 40-year-old Crystal Hamilton, received moderate injuries and a passenger, 14-year-old Julia Haley, received minor injuries. Both […]
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission recently awarded a contract to Chester Bross of Palmyra for a resurfacing project on U. S. Route 63 in Adair and Macon counties. The project will begin on the northbound lanes about two miles north of Missouri Route 156 in Macon County to two point six miles north of […]
The Highway Patrol reports five individuals from Novinger sustained injuries in a two-vehicle accident in Novinger Tuesday morning. A sports utility vehicle driven by 37-year-old Anika Downing was stopped at a crosswalk to unload passengers at the intersection of Missouri 149 and Missouri Avenue when 72-year-old Gary Millhouse’s SUV hit Downing’s in the rear. The […]
Adair County Coroner Brian Noe confirmed the names of the three individuals who died in a two-vehicle accident on the Highway 63 bypass, about a quarter of a mile north of the Illinois Street intersection in Kirksville Monday afternoon. The victims were 19-year-old Rachel Morris of Queen City and 84-year-old Wayne and 78-year-old Gwen Laudwig […]
The Kirksville Women of Today sponsor the 30th Annual Fall Arts and Crafts Show in Kirksville later this month. The show will be held at the William Matthew Middle School October 28th from 9 o’clock in the morning to 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Booths will display woodcrafts, fabric items, candles, floral, crochet, needlework, handmade […]
The highway patrol listed addresses of Trenton and Unionville for two people injured Monday afternoon in an accident on private property west of Novinger. Taken by ambulance to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville was the driver: 67-year-old Robert H. Lewis of Trenton and a passenger: 66-year-old Joyce A. Smith of Unionville. The state patrol reported injuries as […]
The Adair County Rural Fire Department responded to a hay fire south of Highway 61 and east of Highway 149 in Adair County Tuesday. Adair County Rural Fire Department Chief Chris Drennan says about 80 acres and about 200 large bales of hay were on fire. Firefighters contained the fire but left the scene with the […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation reports it has received final results from the more than 19,200 tissue samples tested for chronic wasting disease following the Department’s mandatory sampling of deer harvested on Nov. 12 and 13 in 29 counties in the northeast, central, and east-central Missouri in and around where the disease has been found. […]
In western Adair County Monday afternoon, the highway patrol reports a pickup traveled off a road and struck a parked truck, then hit a fence. 47-year-old Denise Simonis of Greencastle received moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. This accident happened on Highway 149, about one mile […]
According to Garry L. Mathes, chair of the 2016 Missouri Livestock Symposium, producers, and landowners coming to the Missouri Livestock Symposium to participate in the farm management section can expect the speaker lineup to address some of the toughest questions facing agriculture today. Mathes continues to say that the Missouri Livestock Symposium continually strives to […]
