Month: February 2021

As production of COVID-19 vaccines ramp up, availability to Adair County residents will expand. The Adair County Health Department is prepared and will continue to vaccinate residents as it receives doses. It will also continue to provide information about COVID-19, testing and vaccines, including information about accessing vaccines administered by other local entities.

Jim LeBaron, Adair County Health Department administrator says, “The most important thing that can happen in Adair County is having vaccine doses shipped to and administered by more and more providers.” He added that in addition to the health department’s Curbside Clinics, having other vaccinators, including healthcare providers and local pharmacies, receiving, and administering doses is a game changer.

LeBaron says if you have emailed the Adair County Health Department to be placed on their waiting list, but have another opportunity to register for a vaccine, take advantage of that other opportunity.

There is over $1 billion in unclaimed property in the state – could some of it belong to you? Yesterday was National Unclaimed Property Day and Missouri Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick is encouraging Missourians to check to see if they might be 1 out of 10 residents who have unclaimed assets. Go to showmemoney.com to see.

Another nine cases of COVID-19 were confirmed Friday by the Adair County Health Department. The total case count is now 2,152 with 97 active cases and 2,036 people who have left isolation. Five of the nine cases are in the higher education sector and three are in the K-12 schools’ sector. Three cases reside at addresses with at least one other confirmed case.

Over 900 people received the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Thursday at the Adair County Health Department’s drive through clinic at the NEMO Fairgrounds. Vaccines were administered to more people in the Phase 1 tiers as recommended by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Jim LeBaron, Adair County Health Department administrator, said they are continuing to get the county’s most vulnerable citizens vaccinated as doses become available and will continue making requests for doses and to administer them to residents as quickly as possible in the tiers recommended. LeBaron added that there will be a regional vaccination drive-through in February targeting older adults. He said they’ve not yet been advised by the Department of Health and Senior Services about how to register for this event, but the health department let everyone know more as soon as they receive the details.

Kirksville police are still searching for 1 missing girl. On Saturday, the police department issued an alert that they were searching for 3 missing teenage girls, two from outside the Northeast Missouri area and the third from Macon. Later in the day, KPD announced that a 15-year-old and 16-year-old had been located safe. They were still searching for a 15-year-old, first name Evanna, a biracial, female, 5’2” tall, 120 lbs., brown hair, brown eyes, last seen wearing a puffy black jacket, blue bandana, and green and purple pants. Anyone with information should call KPD.