The Kirksville baseball team battled Moberly in a pitchers’ duel on Thursday with the teams heading into extra innings tied 0-0. But something had to give, and the Spartans pushed across five runs in the top of the eighth to beat the Tigers for the second time this season. Moberly beat Kirksville 1-0 back on March 27. The Tigers are now 6-3 on the season while the Spartans improved to 7-2 ..read more

The Kirksville City Council will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 8, followed immediately by a study session in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 201 S. Franklin Street ..read more

The 46th annual Kirksville Easter Egg Hunt was held on Saturday, March 30, at the Truman State University Quad. Kraft Heinz, the city of Kirksville's Parks and Recreation Department, and Truman State University's Cardinal Key all partnered to host the free of charge event. Children ages 2 to 12 joined the fun to find as many eggs as possible.  ..read more

When the Truman State men’s and women’s basketball teams wrapped up their seasons earlier this month, they proved that preseason polls are not necessarily an exact science. The men’s team outperformed the preseason predictions of the GLVC’s head coaches while the women’s team came up short of expectations ..read more

The Kirksville girls soccer team had a three-game winning streak snapped in its home opener against Hannibal on Thursday night. The Tigers went scoreless while Hannibal spread eight goals throughout the game, scoring the final one with a little over three minutes to go to end the night prematurely. It was the second-straight 8-0 win for the Pirates to start the season ..read more

Jerry E. Easley, AKA "Baba" was born in Kirksville, MO on February 11, 1947. He was raised on a farm in LaPlata, MO and met his wife, Denise Fowler, when her father was in town working on the local service pipeline. They found each other at a baseball game and were married on November 25, 1967. He left for college to pursue an accounting degree - eventually passing his CPA exam. He was drafted by the US Army in November 1969 shortly before their first child, Jennifer Lynn, was born. His father had aspirations of him returning to take over the farm, but Jerry landed in Des Moines, IA with his f ..read more

Kevin Dale Chrisman, 54, of Kirksville, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at Boone Hospital in Columbia, Missouri ..read more

Larry Keith Wood, 82, of Kirksville, MO passed away March 14, 2024, at his daughter’s home in St. Louis after numerous complications from bladder cancer surgery last September ..read more

Tony Orion Prewitt, 59, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Fayetteville, NC. He was born March 27, 1964, in Kirksville, MO, a son of Karen (Treasure) Prewitt the late Roger Prewitt. He was a graduate of Keokuk High School, class of 1982. He went on to join the U.S. Air Force where he served for 8 years as a Heavy Equipment Operator during Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia. He was also stationed at England Airforce Base, Louisiana and Bitburg Airforce Airbase, Germany. Tony was a Certified Surgical Technologist at Keokuk Area Hospital and most currently the VA Hospital in Fayetteville ..read more

Following are short bios of the Kirksville City Council candidates. The election will be held on Tuesday, April 2. Candidate Angie Sullivan will appear on the ballot but will not run due to conflicts she has serving on other boards.  ..read more