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More details have been released about the officer-involved shooting in Livingston County – including the name of the person who was fatally shot. The Livingston County Coroner identified the person who was shot on Friday as 34-year-old Timothy David Frandson, of Marceline.
Livingston County Sheriff, Steve Cox, said the deputy responded to a one-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 36 east of Chillicothe and became concerned that the driver had possible mental health problems based on some of the things he was saying.

Cox says Frandson handed the deputy some type of suspected drug and personal items. While trying to help Frandon, who was seated in the front passenger seat of the patrol vehicle, the man become violent and began to assault the deputy. Cox says as the assault continued, the deputy pulled his duty weapon, and fired, with at least one round striking the suspect who was later pronounced dead at the scene.

The Livingston County Deputy was released from an area hospital that evening with moderate injuries.

The Adair County Health Department has received multiple calls about the two vaccine clinics scheduled for this week. If you received your first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Jan. 27, you should return for your second dose today at The Crossing, in Kirksville.

Tomorrow’s clinic is a regional mass vaccine distribution of the Moderna vaccine only. The clinic was rescheduled due to weather postponements and is sponsored by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and coordinated by the Missouri National Guard, in cooperation with the Adair County Health Department and area healthcare partners. This clinic is for those who registered for the February. 10 and/or Feb. 18 events and they should keep the same scheduled appointment time. All those registered for Thursday’s regional event should bring their signed consent form with them.

The Salisbury man whose vehicle was struck by a train last week, died from his injuries. The accident occurred on the morning of Febrary 17th in Chariton County about three-and-a-half miles west of Salisbury. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a vehicle driven by 60-year-old Leland Linneman attempted to stop at a train crossing but ended up sliding into the path of a westbound Norfolk Southern train. Linneman was transported to Columbia for treatment but died from his injuries Friday afternoon.

A former Memphis woman is sentenced to 16 months in prison on wire fraud charges. According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, 27-year-old Kala Childress worked for Bloomsdale Excavating Co. as an administrative clerk. She was responsible for overseeing the company’s credit card accounts. Beginning in July 2017 and continuing through December 2018, Childress began directing payments from the company’s Commerce Bank Visa credit cards to personal accounts. In total, she redirected over $246,000. In addition to her prison sentence, Childress is responsible for repayment of restitution to both her former employer, and the insurance company that covered most of the company’s loss. The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The brutal February weather has resulted in an early pothole season. The Missouri Department of Transportation says crews are focusing on pothole repair through April. MoDOT will have about 300 pothole patching crews statewide working to make roadways safer. In 2020, MoDOT patched approximately 760,000 potholes spending $18 million on pothole patching. Natalie Roark, MoDOT state maintenance director says brutally cold temperatures coupled with ice and snow throughout February have led to a high number of potholes blossoming on Missouri highways already. Motorists are asked to be patient as the repairs are being done.

Tractor Supply Company, the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Orscheln Farm and Home. Orscheln is based in Moberly and has 167 stores in 11 states. Store locations in Missouri include Trenton, Chillicothe, Bethany, Brookfield, Cameron, Carrollton, and Kirksville. Barry Orscheln, Chairman and CEO of Orscheln Farm and Home, says he’s confident Tractor Supply will continue Orscheln’s tradition of taking care of customers and communities in this next phase of growth.

A third attempt for the regionial COVID-19 vaccine event is set. The Adair County Health Department has been notified that the regional COVID-19 vaccine event postponed twice due to weather, has been rescheduled again for Thursday, February 25th, from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. at The Crossing, in Kirksville.

The Adair County Health Department, local and regional healthcare and community partners, and the Missouri National Guard will be coordinating the mass vaccination
.
Those who registered for the February 10th and/or February 18th event should keep the same
scheduled appointment time. This regional event is for adults age 65 and older, and those 18 and older who are high risk individuals. Also, any remaining long-term and residential care workers, hospital and healthcare workers, and emergency workers / first responders.

The Moderna vaccine will be administered on Feb. 25. All participants should bring their signed consent form with them. Those forms are available on the Adair County Health Department’s website under the “Forms” tab or may be picked up at the Adair County Health Department’s clinic entrance.

The Adair County Health Department confirmed seven new cases of COVID-19 yesterday. New cases include females ages 21, 26 and 59, and males ages 2, 19, 22 and 51. Two cases are in the higher education sector and three reside at addresses with at least one other confirmed case. Total case count is now 2,286 with 37 active cases and 2,229 people who have left
isolation.

The Adair County Health Department has revised its quarantine guidelines for people who have had close contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19. The health department’s Board of Trustees approved a resolution to reduce the quarantine period from 14 days to 10 days, following revised guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

The health department will continue contact tracing of individuals who test positive for the virus and their household contacts, advising them to isolate or quarantine as needed. Health department staff will no longer contact close contacts of positive cases who do not live in the same household.

People who test positive are now instructed to notify everyone with whom they have had close contact to ask them to quarantine for 10 days. See more details about the revised quarantine guidlines on the Adair County Health Department’s Facebook page.

The clinic for the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Adair County has been rescheduled. The Adair County Health Department’s administration of the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine will happen on Wednesday, February 24th, at The Crossing in Kirksville. The second dose is only for those who received their first dose on January 27, not for the general public. The clinic is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Vaccine recipients should arrive at The
Crossing at the same time as their first dose was scheduled on January 27th. T

here is no charge for the vaccine; however, Medicare beneficiaries are asked to bring their Medicare card with them to the clinic.

Frigid winter weather forced the postponement of the second dose administration
originally scheduled for this week. While the CDC recommends the second dose of
the Pfizer vaccine be administered at least 21 days after the first dose, Jim LeBaron, the Adair County Health Department administrator says there is no issue with getting the second dose more than 21 days after the first.