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The Biden Administration announced today that the City of Kirksville, amongst other communities will receive $3.2 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. These funds will be added to other funding support previously received by the City to go toward the construction of a replacement terminal. The new 6,500 sq. ft. terminal will meet current design and accessibility standards replacing the current terminal. Airport Director, Jeff Lafountain stated, “The receipt of these funds is significant in allowing the new terminal project to move forward.” Lafountain noted that the new terminal is necessary to meet the needs of the traveling public and those who occupy the building every day, including the Transportation Security Administration, and Contour Airlines. In addition, the current terminal building cannot accommodate the volume of passengers utilizing the airport. “The terminal was constructed at a time when the security and accommodation needs were different, this new terminal will now meet these standards and the public’s expectations of what an airport terminal should be”, noted Lafountain. More information on the construction and terminal completion will be provided as details are finalized with the various funding sources.

Serious injuries reported in a single-vehicle crash in Marion County Tuesday evening. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 20-year-old Austin Brown of Hannibal was driving a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R on Highway 36 one mile west of Shinn Lane in Hannibal, when the vehicle overturned, and Brown was ejected. He was taken by private vehicle to Hannibal Regional Hospital.

The Kirksville Police Department is pleased to announce the hiring of a new police officer. Officer Casey Durham was sworn in and began her duties with the patrol division of KPD on February 12, 2024. Officer Durham is a 2024 graduate of the Law Enforcement Training Institute (University of Missouri). Officer Durham is Kirksville native.

All Kirksville City offices will be closed on Monday, February 19, 2024, in observance of Presidents Day. However, the Kirksville Aquatic Center will be open for regular hours. All City offices will reopen on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, for regular business hours.

Necessary bridge repairs will soon close Clinton County Route BB over Interstate 35 south of Cameron. Feb. 14 -16, crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation will complete bridge maintenance and approach repairs. To safely complete the work, crews will close the Route BB bridge over I-35 and the southbound ramp from I-35 to Route BB, at approximately 7 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14. Both will remain closed around-the-clock through 8 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 16. Motorists will need to seek an alternate route around the closure. All work is weather-permitting, and schedules are subject to change.

Two people suffered serious injuries in a single-vehicle wreck on Cedar Avenue at 100th Road, five miles north of Sheridan, in Worth County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says it happened at 2:20 in the morning on Sunday. 20-year-old Donato Chestnut of Maryville was driving a Polaris Ranger UTV, and failed to negotiate a curve, traveled off the east side of the roadway and overturned. He and an occupant, 21-year-old Dakota McMahon of Maryville, were ejected. The vehicle hit Chestnut, and then the vehicle hit a fence, an embankment, and then came to rest in a ditch. Neither Chestnut or McMahon were wearing safety devices.

A Kansas City woman is charged in connection to the death of her infant child – whom she allegedly put in an oven. Mariah Thomas is facing a Class A felony of Endangering the Welfare of a Child in the 1st degree, Death of a Child. Responders found the child with apparent burns. The probable cause statement said responders were told by a witness that the mother “put the child down for a nap and accidentally placed her in the oven instead of the crib.” There’s no explanation of how it happened.

The City of Kirksville invites you to attend the State of the City Address, to be held Monday, February 26, 2024, at 5:30 pm, at the Rieger Armory and Community Center, located at 500 S. Elson St., in Kirksville. The State of the City Address will be delivered by Kirksville Mayor Zac Burden. Hear about key projects that will happen or begin this year, along with other priorities for the City in 2024.

Weather permitting, February 19, Monroe County Route J is scheduled to close as work begins on the bridge rehabilitation project located over the Middle Fork Salt River, 0.5 miles east of Route OO, near Duncans Bridge. The project is anticipated to be completed by mid-May.

Included in this contract are two additional bridge rehabilitation projects at the following locations:

Route D, located 0.9 mile west of Route E near Santa Fe. (Complete)
Route Z, over Brush Creek, approximately two miles north of Route D, near Strother. (Tentatively scheduled to begin mid-April with completion estimated in early July)

Two teenagers were hurt in a single-vehicle wreck of a Polaris Razor on Tuesday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the 16-year-old female juvenile driving the Polaris failed to negotiate a curve on Shelby County Road 2322, four miles northeast of Shelbyville, when she ran off the roadway and overturned. She is from Bethel, suffered moderate injuries, but refused medical treatment. A 16 year old male passenger suffered serious injuries and was taken to Hannibal Regional Hospital.