News Staff

Most employees of the University of Missouri System will have to be fully vaccinated against covid by Jan 4th. The system is obeying President Biden’s order that says all federal contractors have to be vaccinated. The university system has about 76 million dollars worth of federal contracts. Students are not affect by the order — unless they also work for the university.

Stealing from Walmart in Kirksville.

20 year old Nathaniel Evans is accused of stealing more than $700 in merchandise from Walmart. Police got a description of the car he left in and recognized it from a prior encounter. Evans was arrested at a home on West Elizabeth where police recovered the stolen items. Evans a criminal background with prior theft and shoplifting charges.

The license office in Kirksville may open again. The state says four bidders have filed to run the business. The state will look over all of the proposals though it’s not clear how long that will take. Meantime…you’ll have to go to other towns to do business with the DMV

Covid count: The Adair County Health Department reorts 13 new cases of covid since Tuesday. So, that means f7 active cases at the moment. The new cases include a five year old girl and a 94 year old woman. A 13 year old boy also with the virus. As you plan your holiday travel, the health department recommends not going to areas that have high infection rates.

Kids ages 5-to-11 can get the covid vaccine today from 3 to 5:30 at the Adair county health department. Call to reserve a spot. All participants will get a $50 gift card for both the first dose and second dose

An uptick in covid-cases in Adair county. 43 active cases reported last Friday and about 63% of new cases in the past week are people 30 and younger. Yesterday, another 16 cases added — the youngest, a 17 year old girl. Five of the 16 cases — or 30% — are in people who have taken the vaccine.

St. Louis County has also seen an increase in covid cases — with a jump of more than 40% in a week. So the county is back above the federal government’s “high” threshold for cases of the virus. The county administrator says the increase in cases there may have come from Halloween parties.

Boil the water. That’s the word for some residents in Novinger who live west of Highway 149 and who use city water. The order in effect until 6 o’clock Wednesday evening.

And Moberly also has a boil advisory in effect until 6 o’clock Wednesday evening. The area impacted is Riley Trailer Park – Highway JJ. Before using water…it should be boiled 3 minutes.

If you want to play poker for charity, the United Way of Northeast Missouri will be dealing the cards.

They’re having a Texas Hold’em tournament at the Dukum Inn on December 9th. They tried it back in May and it was a success, so they’re doing it again. First place prize 500 bucks. 250 for 2nd and 100 bucks for third. The United Way provides funding for 11 local charities.

A teenage driver is charged with drunk driving after a wreck Friday morning about 2:30. The patrol says 18 year old Floyd Miller crossed the center line, ran off the side of the road and flipped his Ford pick-up on Missouri 6 near Hurdland. He was check out at the hospital, but not seriously hurt.

And a 33 year old woman was flown to the hospital with serious injuries after a mid-morning wreck Saturday on route M near Tiplett. Dougie Bruce ran of the road…hit a guard rail…then drove down an embankment. She was not buckled in and was thrown out of the vehicle. Bruce was taken by chopper to University hospital in Columbia.

Kirksville’s planning and zoning board heard this week that a developer is interested in the strip mall where Penny’s and Gordman’s used to be. But the developer wants to turn the buildings into self-storage units. City council would have to change zoning to allow the storage business. And the planning commission may vote on that next month

Two drivers suffered moderate injuries in a rear-end crash yesterday morning on route JJ near Huntsville. The patrol says a 92 year old woman, Mary Galegor, rear ended a Nissan truck that was driven by 47 yr old Cory Weathers of Moberly.