News Staff

Who owns the trailer? That’s what Kirksville police need to know. They found an abandoned pink and orange utility trailer parked along Washington Street on Friday. It you own it, you can get it. But if an owner doesn’t show up in 90 days, the trailer will be disposed of.

Covid count: 30 new cases in Adair county on Friday. Just over half of the 30 new cases are in people who had been vaccinated.

An adult COVID-19 vaccination clinic is set for Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the health department. Call and make an appointment, if you want a shot

Goveror Parson appoints four new juges. One of them in Putnam county. Anthony Horvath, of Linn, will be the Associate Circuit Judge for Putnam County in the 3rd Judicial Circuit.

Horvath is currently the Deputy Judge Advocate General for the Missouri National Guard. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Truman State University and his law degree rom Saint Louis University School of Law. Horvath will replace Judge Samuel D. Frank who passed away.

Covid count: 24 new cases reported Thursday in Adair county.

That is a good number, considering that the daily count has been in the 50’s or 60’s in recent weeks. Ten of yesterday’s 24 cases were people who’ve been vaccinated. So, the rate of vaxed people getting the virus remains fairly hight.

In Macon county in the past week, there have been 105 new cases reported. That’s down from 210 the prior week. Nearly half of the 105 new cases were people who had received the vaccine. And for 12 people — it was their second go-round with the virus.

A standoff in Kirksville Thursday afternoon, as Kirksville police tried to arrest 25 year old Austin Triplet at a house on West Cottonwood.

Triplet has been wanted since he and a woman showed up in the ER back in November with gunshot wounds.
He’s charged with dealing drugs, unlawful possession of a gun, plus he had other outstanding warrants. Police learned he was living at a home with a woman identified as Tasha McKim. When officers showed up at her house, she was arrested for hindering arrest, but Triplet barricaded himself inside.

After talking with officers, he finally gave up.

Covid count in Adair County: 28 new cases of the virus on Wednesday. Nearly half of the new cases are in people who are fully vaccinated — including a 71 year man, who had the shots — but he’s in the hospital in Columbia with Covid. So the number of those who’ve been vaccinated — yet get the virus — continues to climb.

Today, (Thursday), a pediatric vaccination clinic is schedule from 3 to 5:30…at the health department.

Covid-count: 49 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Adair county on Tuesday.

And 16 of them…or 32%…were people who were vaxxed.

Since last Friday, there have been 87 new cases reported in the county.

On Thursday, the Adair county health department will give shots to kids…ages 5-11. Meantime, Pfizer is asking the Feds to allow the vaccine for kids under five. A decision on that could come this week. Pfizer is proposing three doses of the vaccine for kids 6 months through age 4

New jobs coming to Kirksville. A company that dispatches power crews for more than 450 companies around the country is opening a facility in Kirksville.

Cooperative Response Center will invest more than $1 million and create at least 87 jobs. Governor Parson said they would be good paying jobs though a specific number not given.

Cooperative Response receives more than 6 million calls a year from members and customers of electric cooperatives and municipal utilities. The company is currently training staff at the Kirksville campus of Moberly Community College

Helping military veterans.

The Adair County Public Library now has an online program called Brainfuse VetNow. It provides all kinds of support to veterans including help navigating the VA for benefits. The system also provides employment assistance and tutoring. It’s available from any computer or mobile device. Learn more at the library’s website

Another snow emergency for the city of Kirksville…starting at 11 Tuesday night.

It means that all vehicles parked on Snow Emergency Routes, including City streets in the Downtown, have to be moved within two hours, or by 1:00 am. This is necessary so city crews can remove the snow. The City encourages all residents to be off the roads until snow is cleared. The National Weather Service is predicting anywhere from 5 to 12 inches of snow as part of this storm.