The Kirksville RIII school board will get two new members, but voters will not have a say in the matter.
Mikey Bishop and Julie James-Sneddon filed to run for two open seats on the board, but no other candidates filed. So, no need for an election. Bishop and James-Sneddon will be sworn-in.
They will replace Gayla McHenry and John McConnell who were up for re-election this year, but both decided not to run again.
Covid keeps spreading in Adair county. The health department report 32 new cases Thursday…meaning 130 cases in just three days this week. Ten of the Thursday cases were kids in the K-12 schools. And the youngest reported with the virus on Thursday were two five year old girls.
Valentine’s Day is just over a month away. Kirksville Parks and Recreation has something new for kids this year.
It’s called Build a Buddy.
For 15 bucks you get a kit that has everything you need to build a stuffed buddy. It has a character that you stuff with the soft material included. Plus, it has a mini-heart and a birth certificate.
Pick-up for Build A Buddy kits runs February 7th to the 14th at the Kirksville Aquatic Center. You can register online at parks.kirksvillecity.com, or reserve one by going in-person to register at the Kirksville Aquatic Center.
Another 43 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on Wednesday by the Adair County Health Department. That comes after 55 cases on Tuesday — meaning 98 cases confirmed in just two days. The youngest reported on Wednesday — a couple of one-year-olds.
Four cases are in the K-12 schools and 12 of the Wednesday cases — or 28% — had been vaccinated. A vax clinic for kids is being held Thursday afternoon at the health department.
In Macon county in the past week, covid cases also jumped. 111 new cases reported, compared to 35 the previous week
A Muslim woman is suing a Missouri gun shop and firing range. Her lawsuit says that she was not allowed to use the shooting range unless she removed her head covering known as a hijab. \
Rania Barakat says she went to the store last year — Frontier Justice in Lee’s Summit. The store issued a statement saying the dress code is designed to keep the gun range customers safe, and that it not discriminatory.
The Adair County Health Department reports 55 new cases of covid-19 on Tuesday.
Eight of the cases in local schools. And 18 cases in people already vaxed. The youngest person in the latest report, a 2 year old girl.
The health department has adult COVID vaccine clinics at the every Tuesaday this month. And you can get your kids vaccinated each Thursday from 3-5 at the health department.
Two more deaths from covid-19 in Adair county. That brings the total who have died in the pandemic to 48.
The latest deaths, a 66 year old woman and a 48 year old man. Neither had been vaccinated. And, 58 new cases have been reported in the county since last Thursday.
Covid is spreading rapidly, and in St. Louis County they hit a record high. The seven-day average of new cases there is up to nearly 17-hundred. That is the highest it’s been since March of last year.
An arrest in a Kirksville shooting last week that killed two and wounded two. One of those killed was an 18 month old child.
Police say that 52 year old Ray Romero was arrested yesterday at home in Kirksville. But, still on the run, is a second suspect, Anquan Glover, who is said to be armed and dangerous.
The shootings happened at an apartment on Dodson street. Besides the child, a 22 year old man was killed. While an 18 year old woman and another man were wounded.
Police haven’t talked about a motive in the killings. But it was not a random crime.
Kirksville police say two of the four people who were shot last week at an apartment on Dodson have died. And one of the victims is an 18 month old child.
Also killed, 22 year old Braxton Cottrill. Two others wounded, a man and woman, their current conditions not known.
Police still looking for the suspect. He is identified as 22 year old Anquan Glover. They say this was a targeted attack, but no motive given.
Covid update: the Macon county health department says they have not seen the Omicron strain of the virus yet. They’re basing that on an analysis of sewage — that looks for signs of covid-19. So far, they haven’t found Omicron in wastewater.
And, a bit of good news, cases of the virus in Macon county have come down recently.