News Staff Gas prices continue to skyrocket, taking a big bite out of family budgets. The national average for unleaded regular now above $4 per gallon. In the week since Russia invaded Ukraine, gas has jumped at least 41-cents a gallon. The all-time high for average gasoline prices was set in July 17, 2008 at $4.10 per gallon.
Triple-A says we’re averaging 3.55 a gallon in adair county
A Kirksville man had to be flown to the hospital after a wreck involving two pick-up trucks Thursday afternoon on Missouri route 11 near New Boston.
The Patrol says 71 year old Robert Long plowed into the side of a truck that was making a right turn. He was not wearing a seat belt, and he was taken by Life Flight to University hospital in Columbia.
The driver of the other truck was not injured.
Pain at the pump. AAA says the average price of gas in Missouri is $3.40 a gallon.
In Adair county, it’s $3.27.
There is talk in Washington about the U.S. no longer taking Russian oil — which is a small percentage of our supply. But with prices rising, the White House is hesitant to do anything that would cut supplies and raise prices even more.
A new pandemic policy. No more heavy-handed vistori restrictions in hospitals and nursing homes. At the peak of the outbreak, health care facilities and nursing homes did not allow visitors.
So the state house gave first approval to a bill to keep that from happening again. Republican House members said visitor restrictions meant some patients died without friends or family by their side.
So under the bill, a patient’s spouse, parent or guardian — plus anther person — could visit at anytime during a disease outbreak.
Covid count in Macon county. There were 11 cases of the virus in the past 7 days, and that is down from 17 the previous week — and 38 the week before that.
So the case counts continue to drop. Of the 11 new cases, about half had been vaccinated. And one person caught it for the second time.
Missouri Senate candidate Vicky Hartzler got the boot from Twitter because the social media company does not like a Tweet she posted about transgender atheletes.
Hartzler said “Women’s sports are for women, not men pretending to be women.” Twitter says her account will be restored, if she will delete her post — but she says she’s not doing that.
Tragedy on a farm in Scotland county. The state patrol says that 66 year old Jerald Snyder was on a utility vehicle when he had some kind of medical emergency and backed into his wife — killing her. 68 year old Diane K. Snyder died at the scene. Jerald Snyder was taken to the hospital, no word on what kind of medical problem he had.
A wreck Sunday morning on Missouri 11 in Linn county. The State Patrol says an SUV went off the left side…down and embankement …then it hit a tree and turned over. The driver, 65 year old Norman Duncan, escaped with minor injuries.
As we head into Spring, it means we need to be ready for severe weather.
So, Severe Weather Preparedness week starts next Monday. The yearly statewide Tornado Drill is set for a week from today at 10am. The state says that participants should practice taking cover in their designated shelter. Schools, businesses and families are all encouraged to participate.
More information can be found on Missouri’s website: ‘Stormaware.mo.gov.’
Fatal wreck Friday night on Highway 11 near Kirksville. A 72 year old man died when he ran off the road and his truck flipped over in a pond. The state patrol identified him as Gerald Craig of Carrollton. The wreck report says he was not wearing a seat-belt.
And two people were hurt Thursday evening on Highway 36, near Macon. The patrol says an SUV driven by 63 year old Thomas L. Jenkins slid on an icy road, hit an embankement, and turned over. Jenkins and passenger had moderate injuries.