KIRX News

The Adair County Health Department confirmed six new cases of COVID-19 yesterday. Total case count is 2,258 with 59 active cases. The new cases include two in the higher education sector and one is related to an area plant. One of yesterday’s cases resides at an address with at least one other confirmed case. A previously identified 55-year-old male admitted to Northeast Regional Medical Center on February 3rd was discharged to his home on February 10th.

A Kirksville High School student who helped to save lives won a Red Cross scholarship. As part of the Red Cross Leaders Save Lives winter program, Audrey Danielson hosted a blood drive at The Crossing on Dec. 30, which collected 34 blood donations and seven first time donors. As a result, Danielson was entered in a drawing to win a $1,000 scholarship and was chosen as a winner.
Students can sign up now to participate in the Leaders Save Lives spring program. Visit RedCrossBlood.org/LeadersSaveLives.

The two people killed in a plane crash near Trenton were a father and son. As of yesterday, the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office had not released the identity of the two people who were on board a small Cessna aircraft that went down east of Trenton. Officials said in a news release that the Cessna departed from Humphreys and was heading to Kirksville when it crashed. The search for the plane began Monday night. The wreckage of the aircraft was found Tuesday afernoon.

Scotland County Hospital and Clinics received an allotment of Moderna vaccines for this week and staff are currently calling individuals on the list to schedule vaccination shots for tomorrow. They are authorized to vaccinate individuals that fall in the Phase 1b category. The Hospital staff want to ensure all that want a vaccine, get a vaccine in the coming days and weeks. If you want to be on the list to get a call to schedule a vaccine shot, call their Covid Hotline at 660-956-6820.

The Adair County Health Department confirmed nine new cases of COVID-19 yesterday. There are now 63 active cases out of the total of 2,252 cases to date. An 86-year-old female previously reported and admitted to Northeast Regional Medical Center on February 1st was discharged to home Tuesday. Two of the new cases are in the K-12 schools sector and four are in the higher education sector. Seven of the nine cases reside at addresses with at least one other confirmed case.

The City of Kirksville’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System draft permit is now available for public review and comment. You can find the permit on the City’s website at www.kirksvillecity.com/ms4permit. There is a 30-day comment period culminating with a Public Hearing during the March 15th City Council Meeting.

A missing Cessna aircraft was found in Grundy County yesterday afternoon, according to an alert by the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office. The plane first originated from St. Louis on Monday, where it stopped in Moberly and headed for Kirksville, but never arrived. The initial search was focused near Humphreys in Sullivan County. The search went late into the night Monday and started up again early yesterday morning. Officials announced yesterday afternoon that the plane was found in eastern Grundy County, about a mile southeast of Galt. There was one pilot and one passenger. Neither survived. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the incident.

The Adair County Health Department postponed the regional COVID-19 vaccine effort scheduled for today. Due to frigid weather, the event had been moved from a drive-through at the NEMO Fairgrounds to a walk-in clinic at Kirksville High School. Organizers then encountered logistical problems with the Kirksville R-III School District. Jim LeBaron, Adair County Health Department administrator, thanked the R-III Schools administration for trying to address the massive logistics of an event like this, but LeBaron says the event will need to move to another venue. The Adair County Health Department will announce a new location, dates and other information soon.

The Adair County Health Department confirmed 11 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, raising the total number of cases to 2,243. There are 77 active cases, 2,146 people who have left isolation and 20 COVID-related deaths. The new cases include three 20-year-old females and other females ages 21, 38 and 50. Males are ages 15, 21, 22, 55 and 58. One of the cases is in the K-12 schools sector and four are in the higher education sector. Six cases reside at addresses with at least one other positive case.

The regional drive-through vaccine clinic scheduled for Wednesday, February 10th at the NEMO Fairgrounds will now be a walk-in event at Kirksville High School’s north gym at 1300 South Cottage Grove in Kirksville. Jim LeBaron, Adair County Health Department administrator, said the location change was prompted by the frigid temperatures. The vaccine can’t stay warm enough to be administered.

Those registered to receive a vaccine tomorrow should arrive at their scheduled time and park in the lot adjacent to the Kirksville Vo-Tech Center and the north end of the high
school. The walk-in entrance will be clearly marked. Vaccines will be administered inside the
heated small gymnasium. Members of the Missouri National Guard and Kirksville High School students will be available to assist those with mobility issues from the parking lot into the building and back to their vehicles.

Registrants who have any questions should call the Adair County Health Department at 660-665-8491.