The city of Kirksville has a question for residents.
How should the city spend 3.5 million dollars in federal money?
There are 16 projects being considered, but which ones should get the priority. So the city has created a tournament bracket — sort of like the college basketball brackets — which are big in March.
Projects that score the most points are the ones the city will start on. You can get a bracket online at the website KirksvilleCity.com/capitaltournament.
A 14 year old girl was hurt Sunday when she fell out of four wheeler and was hit by a car. Her name not given but she was flown to St. Louis Children;s Hospital with moderate injuires. The patrol says she was riding with another girl in the UTV on Breckenridge Avenue in Palmyra. The vehicle made a left turn, she fell out — right into the path of the car behind them — driven by a 16 year old boy
Macon county sheriff’s deputies are stepping up patrols looking for drunk drivers. The increased enforcement is going on now through April 19th.
The project paid for by a grant. So, you’ll see an increased presence of deputies on the roads.
Impaired drivers cause nearly one-third traffic deaths in the U.S.
Next month, Macon deputies will run stepped up enforcement looking for young drivers who are not wearing seatbelts. About 30% of Missiouri teens do not buckle-up when driving or riding in a vehicle.
A little bit of relief if you are a natural gas customer with Liberty Utilities — a slight drop in your bill starting next month. A typical residential customer will save just over $9 a month. This is an adjustment made on the basis of variations in the weather
A doctor from Moberly pleads guilty to cheating Medicare and Medicaid for more than a half million dollars. Justin LaMonda had his medical license suspended several years ago — but he billed Medicare for services by using his father’s Medicare account. His father is also a physcian. LaMonda could face up to five years in prison, and a hefty fine.
Trying to navigate Missouri’s new freedom to smoke weed. A bill has been introduced that says if you have pot in a car, it has to be in an odor-proof and child-proof contanier. It’s an effort to prevent driving and smoking pot which is against the law — but — if a cop smells weed during a traffic stop. he can’t use that as an excuse to arrest the driver.
The bill was disccused last week in a committee.
A different company will drive your kids to school. The Kirksville School District has approved a deal with Ecco Ride of Missouri. They will replace Weber bus — the company that’s run the school buses for many years.
New director hired for the Kirksville Area Chamber of Commerce. Marie Murphree gets the job. She’ll move to the Chamber from Truman State where she has been Director of Development and Planned Giving.
Today (Wednesday, March 8th) is the deadline to register to vote in the April 4th municipal elections — if you’re not already a registered voter.
In Kirksville, the election will decide two seats on city council, plus voters decide whether to pay a 3% sales tax on recreational pot sold in Kirksville. And there’s another 3% pot tax on the ballot for Adair county.
Again, Wednesday is the deadline to register.
Local gas prices remain higher than most of the state. AAA says the statewide average in Missouri is $2.99 a gallon — down 14-cents in the last month. But, in Adair county, gas still $3.09 a gallon. In Sullivan county still $3.19 a gallon.