News Staff

Cutting tires. Kirksville police want help to locate a guy who slashed tires on at least four vehicles. They were parked on East Illinois and North Franklin. On the police Facebook page, you can see video of a man in a dark coat on Franklin, stabbing tires. Police hope someone recognizes him.

A Moberly man refused to come out of a home when officers arrived with a warrant.

59 year old Stephen Thorp had a parole violation, but held offices are bay 22 hours. They sent a drone into the house and Thorp shot at it. Finally, some irritating chemicals were fired into the house on Randolph road, and Thorp came out.

A 62 year old woman driving a motorcycle wrecked yesterday afternoon in Monroe county on Route J. The patrol says that Elizabeth Grimshaw ran off the road on a curve and was thrown from the bike. She was taken to the hospital with moderate injuries.

Temporary courtrooms to be used in Adair County. A building on North Baltimore is being rented so that jury trials can begin. The trials have been on hold because of rennovations at the court house and because of Covid.
The county will pay just over $8,000 a month to rent the building.

Young hunters in Missouri took nearly 2,800 turkeys during the spring youth weekend. And nearly 3,000 young people participated.

In Adair county, 29 gobblers were taken. The regular spring turkey season starts on April 18 and runs through May 8.

A heart attack behind the wheel.

It happened Saturday morning about 7:20 on Missouri 27 near Wayland. The patrol says 62 year old Robert Kase crossed a median into the opposite lane — hittting a tree — then turning over. Troopers say Kase suffered a heart attack and that was the cause of the wreck, he died at the scene.

A new administrator will run day-to-day business in the city of Milan. Crystal Bupp who grew up in Milan is getting the job. Bupp has been the Executive Director of the Missouri Democratic Party and she worked for former Governor Nixon.

Heads-up for road work.

Green Street will close next Tuesday between East Mary and East Burton for water main work. The closing is from 7am to 4pm.

You might want to use another route next Tuesday to avoid delays

Municipal elections in Adair county. Voters said “yes,” they will pay a little extra sales tax to help the ambulence service in the county. 1/8th of a cent more in sales tax on each purchase.

Nearly 12-hundred voted yes, while 836 were opposed.

Kirksville police say that chatter in the community about an increase in crime is not accurate.

And to prove it, the department put out statistics showing that the number of serious crimes are staying about the same level as previous years.

The stats show thefts are up slightly over last year. Aggravated assaults are basically the same as last year and burglaries are down a little. You can see all the numbers on the department’s Facebook page.

This is the second time in recent days that the police have responded to comments in the community. Recently, the chief issued a statement saying that rumors about police going soft on certain crimes is not true.