News Staff

A truck hauling grain flipped over Tuesday afternoon near Macon on Route DD. The driver, 47 year old Donnie Corbin had moderate injuries. The patrol says the wheels on the trailer locked, and Corbin ran off the road, then flipped over — spilling the grain.

A state House committee considered several bills this week that would stop businesses from requiring employees to take covid shots. Many Republicans favor the bill.

But the Missouri Chamber of Commerce says it should be up to employers to decide. President Biden’s mandate that businesses force workers to be vaccinated was thrown out by the Supreme Court.

Another victim has now died from a Kirksville shooting last month at an apartment on West Dodson, bringing the total to three dead and one wounded.

Alissa Anders is the latest victim of the shooting to die. She was pregnant at the time, her child delivered by doctors. The other two victims were an 18 month old boy and a 22 year old man. A 4th person who was wounded is recovering.

There is still no word on why the four were shot. The accused killers have been identified as 52 year old Ray Rijos, and 22 year old Anquan Glover.

Covid count: 55 new cases of COVID-19 in Adair county yesterday.

Meantime, the Adair County Health Department will continue having vaccine clinics every Tuesday and Thursday in February. The Tuesday clinics are for adults. While the Thursday clinics are for kids. All of the clinics to be held at the health department, and you need to call for an appointment.

For those who are getting a first or second shot, they may get a $50 gift card to a local retailer.

In St. Louis, a man let out of jail because he had covid, has now been arrested again. 36-year-old Mac Payne was released from the downtown jail last week because of an order regarding covid and the jail issued by the mayor.

Police were upset because they believed Payne to be dangerous.

So, he was arrested again Friday. But a judge allowed him to post a 2,000 bond and get out again. He has pleaded not guilty to the domestic assault charges.

Monday Covid Count: There were 105 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Adair county on Monday. 16 of the cases in local K-12 schools. And 14 of the cases were in people who have been vaccinated.

An adult vaccination clinic is scheduled for today (the 25th) at the health department. Call and schedule an appointment. In Sullivan County, the Health Department says18 new cases of the virus yesterday.

Meantime, in Macon County the Health Department will have two COVID-19 vaccine clinics this week. Pfizer vaccine on Wednesday, then on Thursday a clinic for all three — Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines

Keeping up with covid.

78 new cases Friday in Adair county as the virus continues to spread. Twenty of the new cases…or 25%…were people who were vaccinated.

Among the new cases…kids ranging in age from 2 to 7.

There is an adult vaccination clinic scheduled for Tuesday the 25th in Adair county. Call the health department to reserve a spot for the shot.

A new state office to deal with flooding — that’s what Governor Parson is proposing. He wants to spend just over 10-million dollars to create an agency that would help the state prepare for floods and drought.

It would be called the Missouri Hydrology Information Center. State officials say it is an idea that came up after those floods in 2019 in the Missouri and Mississippi river basins. Those floods resulted in about about $20 billion damage.

In Adair county, an 80 year old man has died with covid. That brings the total number of deaths in the county from the virus to 49. And there were 47 new cases reported on Thursday.

Covid numbers from Macon county: in the week that ended Janurary 18th, the county reports 255 cases of the virus.

That’s about a hundred more than the previous week. Of those 255, only 88 were vaccinated and 32 caught covid for the second time.

Next Thursday the Macon county health department will have a vaccine clinic where you can get any of the brands; Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson and Johnson. Clinic runs from 1-to-6. Call for an appointment.

Kirksville police closing out last year’s statistics. There were 23,562 calls that required an officer to respond last year. 9,000 criminal offenses were reported and 708 arrests were made.