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As the hunting season comes to a close, the Kirksville Police Department would like to remind residents and visitors of some important safety practices as they conclude their activities and store firearms. The Kirksville Police Department has a supply of gun locks that are available for free to the public. These gun locks come courtesy of Project Childsafe, a national foundation that promotes firearms safety and education. Anyone can stop by the station during business hours to receive one while supplies last. Individuals can receive a maximum of three. Roughly 1.4 million homes have firearms stored in a way that makes them accessible to almost 2.6 million children, according to SafeFirearmsStorage.org. Help keep your firearms safely secured. The majority of firearms thefts occur when the firearm is left in a vehicle. Make sure to secure your firearms in your home or hotel room and not in an unattended vehicle. Keep a record of all of your firearms including make, model, and serial number.

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announces changes to turkey hunting regulations for the spring season and has proposed regulation changes for the fall seasons. The Missouri Conservation Commission approved the changes for the spring season at its Dec. 8 open meeting in Jefferson City and also gave initial approval on proposed regulation changes to fall turkey hunting. Spring shooting hours for private land only will be extended from a half-hour before sunrise to sunset. Shooting hours on public land will remain a half-hour before sunrise to 1 p.m. These changes will be effective for the Spring 2024 turkey season.

At 11:00 a.m. on December 16, 2023, volunteers will lay wreaths on more than 20,000 graves in Veteran Cemeteries across Missouri to honor our nation’s heroes as part of Wreaths Across America. Five Missouri Veteran Cemeteries will be participating in this event. The Missouri Veterans Commission will host Wreaths Across America, a holiday wreath-laying event, to honor and remember our nation’s Veterans. The Missouri Veterans Commission has collaborated with Wreaths Across America since 2009. Wreaths Across America started in 1992 when the Worcester Wreath Company began donating wreaths to be placed at the headstones in Arlington National Cemetery. Building on that tradition, in 2006, the company began donating seven ceremonial wreaths to each state and national Veterans cemetery in the country. Today, many individuals and organizations hold campaigns to purchase additional wreaths to be placed at headstones in these cemeteries. To learn more about the Wreaths Across America, visit wreathsacrossamerica.org/.

Minor injuries in a crash in Randolph County on Saturday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 71-year-old Mary Mills of Moberly was driving a BMW X3 on Highway M, three miles east of Moberly, when the vehicle went off the left side of the road, hit a culvert, and a utility pole. Mills was taken by private vehicle to Boone Hospital. She was wearing a seat belt.

the City of Kirksville would like to remind residents that City Hall will be closed this Thursday and Friday, December 7 and 8.

This is for the relocation of multiple departments within City Hall. The Community and Economic Development Department, which includes Codes and Planning, is moving to the first floor, right across the hall from the Finance Department. The Administration Department and Human Resources Department are moving to the second floor.

Codes, Planning and Finance are the most visited departments at City Hall, so having them right next to each other on the first floor provides greater ease of use for residents and improved efficiency between the departments.

An overnight fire in Kirksville caused Truman State University sorority members to evacuate their house. The fire impacted four students who were members of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. Although no injuries were reported, the students lost clothing, school supplies, and furniture. A GoFundMe page was set up to assist the students in recovering from their losses.

Several northern Missouri cities have been approved for Transportation Alternative Program grants through the Missouri Department of Transportation. MoDOT reports that the projects focus on non-motorized transportation, emphasizing bicycle and pedestrian facilities.

Kirksville was awarded grants for two projects: $340,000 for crosswalk safety improvements and $160,000 for a Rail to Trail project.

Filing for City Council candidates begins Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at 8:00 am and continues through Tuesday, December 26, 2023, at 5:00 pm. You may file in the City Clerk’s office at City Hall, 201 S. Franklin St., during regular business hours.

The Adair County Commission and the Adair County Clerk’s Office will host a public hearing on December 4, 2023. The hearing will discuss the realignment of the county’s commission district boundaries. This is due to the 2020 census data showing that the current boundaries don’t equally represent the county’s population. The hearing will be at the Adair County Annex in Kirksville.

Moberly has a new integrated equipment company. A grand opening ceremony was held yesterday for EquipmentShare, an integrated equipment rental and equipment asset management company.

Leaders with the Columbia based company say this 46-million-dollar investment will create 151 new jobs over the next four years.