News Staff

Fourth of July Fireworks in Kirksville.

The blasts of color will begin at dusk at the North Park Sports Complex on North Novinger.

Kirksville Police have a plan for parking and traffic flow: Emmett Street, between Novinger and Lincoln will close. There will be no parking or driving on this portion of Emmett Street. This will give emergency responders access to the area.

Also, Emmett Street between Baltimore and Novinger will close once the fireworks are done. So, all traffic leaving the North Park Complex will be sent out to Baltimore Street by way of East Charles. Officers will be there to direct traffic.

Monday is the 4th of July holiday. City offices will be closed. But you can take a swim at the Kirksville Aquatic center…in the morning from 6-9:30 and in the afternoon from 12-5. The city wading pools will be closed.

And again…a reminder from Kirksville police that fireworks are legal thru July 5th — only on your property from 9am to 11pm. But if neighbors complain, officers can give you a citation for distrubing the peace.

Embarrassing arrest for an Adair county commissioner.

Mark Thompson is accused of ripping down a campaign sign for Presiding Commissioner Mark Shahan. The charge is a misdemeanor. If convicted, Thompson could do jail time…or be fined.

A $20-thousand dollar reward is offered in Scotland county, in an effort to catch two guys who stole farm equipment from Ed’s Machinery. One of the men brought in a cashier’s check for the equipment — but it turned out to be a bad check.

Macon county health department has a covid vaccine clinic this Thursday. You have to make an appointment.

In Adair county…the Health Department administers the Pfizer vaccine for youngsters on Thursday from 3-5:30, and starting this Thursday, they will have vaccine for kids as young as six months.

In the past seven days in Adair county — the health department know of 73 new cases. There were 69 cases in the previous seven-days.

Meantime in Sullivan county — three new cases of covid reported

Road work that will affect your drive: Water main work on East mill starts today (Wednesday).

As a result, a section of East Mill Street will be closed from 8p Thursday until 1am Friday. That closure is from the intersection of Eas Mill and North New Street, and runs o the gravel parking lot in Rotary Park.

Use an alternate route during that time.

Deadly Amtrak crash in Chariton county. At least three died…and more than 40 injured…when the train hit a dump truck at a crossing that had no lights or crossing arms. Two of the dead were on the train and one victim was in the truck. Eight cars flipped off the track, landing on their sides. There were 243 passengers on the train that was traveling from the west coast to Chicago.

If you’re stocking-up on fireworks for the 4th, Kirksville police remind you to know the rules.

Lighting fireworks inside the city limits will be legal starting on June 30, and you can continue to use them through July 5th. But they’re only allowed between 9 a.m. and 11 p.m. and only on on your own property.

If neighbors complain and call the cops, you will have to stop, and you could get a ticket for disturbting the peace

AAA says the price in Missouri is averaging $4.65 a gallon. In Adair and surrounding counties, it’s about $4.59 a gallon.

President Biden is proposing that we stop paying the 18-cents/per gallon gas tax for awhile to save a little money. Congress has to approve. But even some democrats are saying, the tax holiday won’t help much. And some industry analysts say it could backfire and drive prices up.

Meantime, on July 1st here in Missouri, the state gas tax will rise from 19-cents to 22-cents a gallon.

A new television ad from disgraced former Governor Eric Greitens is getting plenty of criticism.

Greitens is runnig for Senate. In the ad, he is armed, and appears to be with a swat team. He says that he is hunting liberal Republicans known as RINO’s.

The Missouri Fraternal Order of police is blasting the ad, saying that the suggestion of using violence against political opponents is deplorable, especially after Republican members of Congress were attacked by a gunman in 2017.

Greitens was forced out of office as governor is a sex scandal and his former wife has accused him of abuse.