Republican State Representative Nate Walker from Kirksville thinks the proposed statewide expansion of charter schools will be an uphill battle. Alisa Nelson reports from Jefferson City. The Missouri House last week passed the charter school measure by one more vote than the necessary minimum. Supporters of the legislation say charter schools, which are […]
A Kirksville man sustained moderate injuries as the result of his vehicle traveling off the road 10 miles southwest of Kirksville last night. The Highway Patrol reports 54-year-old Thomas Ireland traveled north on Gifford Trail near Route N when his pickup truck went off the road and came to a rest in the basement of […]
The Kirksville Women of Today will sponsor the 23rd Annual Spring Arts and Crafts Show at the William Matthew Middle School in Kirksville Saturday, March 25th from 9 o’clock in the morning to 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Booths will display items for sale, including wood crafts, fabric, candles, soaps, floral, crochet, needlework, handmade jewelry, […]
A traffic accident at 5:30 Monday morning in eastern Sullivan County injures a Kirksville resident. The highway patrol listed injuries as minor for 28-year-old Patrick Vangu of Kirksville and the report indicates he was treated by ambulance personnel and released at the scene. The patrol reports the westbound vehicle slid off the south side of […]
“Don’t look in the rearview mirror,” a University of Missouri Extension economist told cattle producers at the Kirksville Livestock Symposium. Scott Brown said record-setting high cattle prices are not likely to occur again soon. “The beef outlook approaches a new near-normal trend.” On the commodity price trend lines, Brown knocked out prices from the last […]
The Kirksville Daily Express reports (http://j.mp/2fXcdBH) that the Kirksville Arts Association building was hit Friday night by a fire that took hours to control and filled the downtown area with smoke. No injuries were immediately reported. The building houses the Kirksville Arts Association gallery, as well as the association’s office space and storage. Fire Department […]
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A soldier killed outside a military base in Jordan this month was remembered as a son and a superhero at his funeral in northern Missouri. Matthew Lewellen was one of three U.S. Army sergeants from the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, killed earlier this month in the […]
Three teenagers were killed, including one from Milan, two others were taken to hospitals, and the driver was arrested in a single vehicle, rollover, accident Sunday afternoon in northeast Missouri. The wreck happened five miles southwest of Downing in Schuyler County about 3:30 Sunday afternoon. The highway patrol reports the victims who were pronounced dead […]
The Kirksville Kiwanis Club holds its fifth annual Christmas Parade December 3rd. The parade starts at 5 o’clock Saturday evening with the route along Franklin Street between Missouri and Jefferson streets in downtown Kirksville. The theme is “Light Up the Town” and in lieu of an entry fee, the Kiwanis Club of Kirksville is asking […]
Entry forms for the 2016 Missouri Livestock Symposium Classic Tractor Contest are due November 14, according to Garry L Mathes, chair of the Symposium planning committee. Entry information may be found on the website or by calling 660-665-9866. The classic tractor contest is co-sponsored by the Missouri Livestock Symposium and KTVO. The tractors will be […]
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 […]
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Two police training courses in northwest Missouri have been canceled because of low enrollment. The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office and Missouri Sheriff’s Association joined forces to offer the Basic Law Enforcement Training academies in Chillicothe and Kirksville. They were set to begin in August. The St. Joseph News-Press reports (http://j.mp/2aEOQPN […]
Allegations of sexual abuse against a Queen City, Missouri pastor have landed a man behind bars. Multiple sources reveal the pastor of the Queen City Christian Church, George Bradburn, 68, was arrested on Tuesday, June 14at his home in Queen City on a charge of first-degree sodomy involving a teen. A lengthy investigation by the […]
Representative Nate Walker, 3rd District State Representative, announced today that the Missouri Division of Tourism has awarded $4,666.00 to Kirksville Area Chamber of Commerce to help fund qualified, performance-driven projects designed to increase visitation to Adair County. The Kirksville Area Chamber of Commerce will match each dollar of state funding with a dollar of local […]
Fifty-year old Joel R. Bremer of Unionville pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark on Friday morning. Bremer has been charged with possession of child pornography. The charge was contained in an April 15, 2015 federal indictment. According to the plea agreement, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department received an initial report, in February 2013, […]
A Kirksville woman was killed when the car she was driving overturned off highway 6 in northeast Missouri Saturday afternoon. Twenty to year-old Robin Helm of Kirksville was pronounced dead at the scene, four miles west of Edina. Helm’s westbound car went off the left side of highway 6 and overturned, demolishing the vehicle. Ms. […]
Two Kirksville residents were hurt on Thursday morning in northeastern Linn County when a car overturned off Highway 11, north of New Boston. A passenger, 30-year old Chantelle Watson, was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia, with what the Highway Patrol described as moderate injuries. The driver, 51-year old Robert Pettibone, was […]
Hospice of Northeast Missouri has a fundraiser in which people eating at Colton’s Steakhouse and Grill in Kirksville on the night of Tuesday, May 31st can have 10 percent of their check given to Hospice of Northeast Missouri. People are asked to inform that waiter they are participating in the fundraiser. Hours for the event […]
(Kirksville, Missouri) – Kirksville Police have identified the individual who died, from an apparent gunshot wound, in the early morning hours of Saturday, May 14, 2016. The victim was identified as Shane’te Glasgow, 27, of Brookfield, MissouriThe initial incomplete/unofficial autopsy suggests that the cause of death was a single gunshot to the head.Although the investigation is still […]
Kirksville police are confirming one person dead after an early morning shooting. Police responded to 710 West Elizabeth street at 2:29 a.m. Saturday morning in reference to a report of a subject shot with a firearm. Police arrived, spoke with several witnesses and gathered information and evidence. It is confirmed that the victim is a 27-year-old […]
