The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department...
In their first game in nine days, the Putnam County baseball team came out a bit flat against Kirksville on Monday, falling behind early and eventually losing 13-3. The game set a new season low in runs scored and a new season high in runs allowed for the Midgets, who are now 14-2 on the season.
It is believed that the two-story Italianate mansion at 101 E. Burton Street in Kirksville was completed in 1875. And, it is assumed that the Harris family moved into this home sometime in 1875, so let us look at who they were at that time. Captain Thomas Clark Harris was age 51 and ran what have been described as the Kirksville Woolen Mills, a flouring mill, and a store north of town.
Local livestock producers who demonstrate outstanding achievements in the livestock industry are asked to apply for an award recognizing their accomplishments. The Missouri Livestock Symposium is currently accepting applications for the Missouri Livestock Achievement Award.
The Truman State softball team played through what was likely its toughest pair of doubleheaders of the season, and also its final four home games of the season, this weekend. The Bulldogs hosted the top two teams in the GLVC, starting with second-place Lewis and then Indianapolis, the third-ranked team in the nation. Truman was blown out twice by Lewis and then suffered a pair of close losses to Indianapolis.
The Truman State baseball team played its final home series of the season over the weekend, hosting William Jewell for a four-game set. The Bulldogs’ bats exploded for a high-scoring Friday win to open the series, but they then dropped both games of a Saturday doubleheader and the series finale on Sunday.
Ran into Doc down at The Mule Barn the other day, so naturally we had to rid the world of about a gallon of coffee and solve the world’s problems for an hour. It is the duty of all true Americans of our age, you know.
A stream cleanup was held this past weekend, coordinated by the Kirksville Watershed Management Commission. In conjunction with Earth Day, multiple organizations from the community, ATSU, and Truman State University, picked up litter in streams inside the Kirksville city limits on Saturday, April 20. The event began at ATSU's Thompson Campus Center parking lot and after a briefing, groups dispersed to clear litter from waterways. This cleanup is intended to raise awareness of the city'...
The Kirksville girls soccer team had an active evening against Fulton on Tuesday evening, setting a new season high in goals in an 8-0 win. The Tigers went up 5-0 in the first half and came out hot to start the second, ending the game early via the mercy rule a few minutes after halftime ended.
Springtime renders me temporarily insane. Year after year, I wake on a warm morning in April and imagine I’m young and energetic and full of tireless vigor. The beautiful weather puts impossible possibilities in my brain and sends me rushing into chaos.