News Staff Alot of shots in alot of arms. The Adair county drive-through flu-shot was held clinic yesterday and 725 people got the shot at the NEMO Fairgrounds.
The Health Department will also administer flu shots next Thursday, the 13th, in Brashear. It will be a drive through event from 2-6 in front of City Hall.
Child porn charges. The State Patrol made arrests in two separate porn cases. On Monday, officers arrested 20 year old Scott O’Brien in Moberly. They seized child porn and computer equipment. He was locked up on $20,000 bond.
Then on Tuesday, 38 year old Gabriel Cloutier of Hannibal was arrested. Again, pictures and computers seized. Cloutier was locked up on a hundred thousand dollar bond.
Seventeen Kirksville firefighters have finished a 40-hour course on how to rescue people trapped in trenches or in other excavation situations. Trench work is common around Kirksville and it can be dangerous.
22 workers have died in the first half of the year, in trenching and excavation accidents around the U.S.
Kirksville will be getting more health care options, as Hannibal Regional Healthcare gets a green light from the city council to rezone about 170 acres for a new facility.
Council likes the idea of more medical care — even though Northeast Regional opposed the rezoning because they’re worried about losing patients to the new facility.
An increase in a food allowance for those in the WIC nutrition program. They will see a temporary cash increase for buying fruits and vegetables.
The benefit goes to $25 for children; $44 for pregnant and postpartum women; and $49 for women who are breastfeeding.
WIC is a federally funded program to provide healthy food for low income women and children.
Hy-Vee is recalling cheese products that may be contaminated with listeria.
They are:
Cranberry Brie Torte (Brie Hostess) / 02-47309-00000
Apricot Brie Torte (Brie Hostess) / 02-47310-00000
La Bonne Vie Domestic Double Crème Brie (cut & wrapped) / 02-46794-00000
La Bonne Vie French Double Crème Brie (cut & wrapped) / 02-46795-00000
Bon Appetite Gift Basket / 75450-12681
Deluxe Delights Gift Basket / 75450-12588
Triple Crème Brie, Montamore Cheddar, and Aged Gouda Cheese Board / 02-47260-00000
Sparkling Fruit and Cheese Board / 02-45920-00000
If you have recently purchased these — throw them out — or return to the store for a refund.
Three new bridges getting new names to honor soldiers who died serving their country.
The bridge over Business Route 63 will honor Sgt. Brandon Maggart. The bridge over Patterson Street will be named for Matthew Lewellen. And the bridge over the railroad in La Plata will be named for PFC Adam Thomas.
Sign-up begins today (Monday, October 3rd) for the annual Adopt-A-Child Christmas Program, for kids in Adair county who may not otherwise get anything for Christmas.
Parents or guardians of children who need a helping hand, can sign-up at the Salvation Army through December 2nd. To learn more you can contact the Fire Department at 665-3734
New name for highway in Macon.
A stretch of Highway 63 is now Army Sergeant Hugh Dunn highway. Dunn earned two Purple Hearts and a Silver Star during a battle in Germany where he lost his left hand and part of his arm. He died two years ago at the age of 98.
Road were signs unveiled yesterday. Hugh Dunn is also in the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame and the Missouri Coaches Hall of Fame.
A Putnam county school bus collided with a trash truck yesterday morning. Happened on Highway 136 near Unionville. The Patrol says the two vehicles were too close in a curve and hit each others side mirrors. No kids were on the bus. Neither driver had any significant injuries.
A 12 year old boy suffered moderate injuries in an ATV wreck. Happened on private property in Hannibal. The Patrol says the boy lost control and the vehicle rolld on top of him. Name not given.