Jobs Report

Missouri unemployment rate drops to 3.6% in March

Missouri non-farm payroll employment decreased slightly from February 2022 to March 2022, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point. Employment, seasonally adjusted, decreased by 200 jobs over the month. Private industry employment increased by 600 jobs, while government employment declined by 800 jobs. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate […]

Easter Egg Hunt

Jamesport Lions Club to host Easter Egg Hunt

The Jamesport Lions Club sponsors an Easter Egg Hunt at the Jamesport City Park on April 16th. Participants will search for eggs donated by local businesses starting at 1 p.m. There will be four age groups including three years old and younger, preschool through first grade, second and third grade, and fourth through sixth grade. […]

Accident-Crash graphic

Two Kirksville teenagers injured in crash on Patterson Way

The Highway Patrol reports two Kirksville residents sustained moderate injuries as the result of a car running off the road two miles east of Kirksville Tuesday evening, April 12th. An ambulance took the passenger, 18-year-old August Lewis, to the Northeast Regional Medical Center. The driver, 18-year-old Gabriel Barber, refused treatment at the scene. The car […]