A Randolph County man charged with murder. The weapon: drugs. Kyle Hummel accused of providing the drugs that caused a man to overdose on Sunday. Hummel is charged with second-degree murder and drug distribution and he was locked-up on $100,000 cash-only bond.

Grand opening of a pot shop in Cairo. It’s called Blunts and More. Employees will earn $19 to $30 dollars an hour. And tax revenue for the city. Next Tuesday voters in Kirksville and Adair county will decide whether to approve a pot-tax on marijuana shops locally. School board and city council seats also up … Continue Reading Pot Shops Open As Tax Vote Approaches

In Macon county, deputies arrested 21 year old Logan Fainter of Bevier. Several women said that Fainter asked them to perform a sex act. A park employee spotted Fainter, and the employee was hit by Fainter’s vehicle as he drove off. Deputies later found him, and he’s locked up on $50,000 cash-only bond.

Head-on wreck on Saturday at lunch time on Missouri route six. The patrol say 38 year old Janvier Peterson of Milan was driving drunk, when he passed a line of cars in his pick-up and hit an SUV head-on. The driver of the SUV seriously hurt. He’s identified as 54 year old Timothy Harrelson of … Continue Reading Patrol Blames Week-end Wreck On Drunk Driver

Starting Monday. the Adair county health department will provide doses of Naloxone to residents who ask. The drug will come in nasal doses — it is used to reverse the affects of opoid overdoses. The health department is seen has a move to help save lives. In Missouri, there were 1,609 opioid overdose deaths in … Continue Reading Adair Health To Handout Overdose Antidote

Spring is here. Time for cleaning up your lawn. The City of Kirksville’s Spring Brush and Limb Pick-Up is now set. It runs April 3rd through 7th. City crews will begin picking up tree limbs and large brush on Monday the 3rd. Even though the work is expected to take the entire week, to guarantee … Continue Reading Kirksville Brush & Limb Collection Set

The city of Kirksville has a question for residents. How should the city spend 3.5 million dollars in federal money? There are 16 projects being considered, but which ones should get the priority. So the city has created a tournament bracket — sort of like the college basketball brackets — which are big in March. … Continue Reading Pick A Project. Kirskville Asking Residents How To Spend Federal Money

A 14 year old girl was hurt Sunday when she fell out of four wheeler and was hit by a car. Her name not given but she was flown to St. Louis Children;s Hospital with moderate injuires. The patrol says she was riding with another girl in the UTV on Breckenridge Avenue in Palmyra. The … Continue Reading Teen Badly Hurt In UTV Accident

Macon county sheriff’s deputies are stepping up patrols looking for drunk drivers. The increased enforcement is going on now through April 19th. The project paid for by a grant. So, you’ll see an increased presence of deputies on the roads. Impaired drivers cause nearly one-third traffic deaths in the U.S. Next month, Macon deputies will … Continue Reading Macon County: Stepped-Up DWI Enforcement

A little bit of relief if you are a natural gas customer with Liberty Utilities — a slight drop in your bill starting next month. A typical residential customer will save just over $9 a month. This is an adjustment made on the basis of variations in the weather