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SLIDE SHOW: 2025 Missouri State Special Olympics Summer Games 3b6kr

A slide show of the 2025 Missouri State Special Olympics Summer Games, held May 30-June 1 in Kirksville.

Tornado Watch issued until 8 p.m., Flood Watch also in effect zb32

The National Weather Service. Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, has issued a Tornado Watch issued June 3 at until 8 p.m., for the following counties: Adair, Macon and Sullivan.

Kirksville Area Calendar of Events 6vm1c

Kirksville Tourism Advisory Board meeting

Kirksville Area News Briefs 3n2k2

Curtain Call Theatre production of Neil Simon’s ‘Rumors’

ADA sidewalk improvements scheduled in Schuyler and Adair counties 4h64k

HANNIBAL – Weather permitting, as early as June 9, contractor crews will start work on a sidewalk (ADA) improvement project in Schuyler and Adair counties. Initially, work will start in Glenwood in Schuyler County at the following locations:

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OBITUARY: Charles R. Giovannini

Charles R. Giovannini, age 88, ed away on May 9 in Kirksville, Missouri, surrounded by family. Born on November 3, 1936, in Novinger, Missouri, Charles was the son of John and Anna (Bartosik) Giovannini.

OBITUARY: Ben Eugene Pitney

Ben Eugene Pitney, 92, was united with his Savior, Jesus Christ, on May 22, 2025. He ed away peacefully at the Baptist Home in Shelbina, Missouri, after spending his final day surrounded by his devoted wife, Martha, and their five children. Ben and Martha were just weeks away from celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary on June 11th .

GRAVESIDE SERVICE: Martin Stephen Moots and Kathryn Elizabeth Lumsden Moots

Kathryn Elizabeth Lumsden Moots, December 15, 1951—October 26, 2024, of Kirksville, MO and Martin Stephen Moots, November 4, 1947—January 4, 2025, of Farmington, N.M., ed away and are together again in Heaven.

OBITUARY: Karen Kaye (Korzenborn) Konarski

Karen Kaye (Korzenborn) Konarski, 73, of Greentop, Missouri, ed away Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at her home under the care of Hospice Comus.

OBITUARY: Jessie Marie (Bowen) Garman

Jessie Marie (Bowen) Garman, 88, of Kirksville, Missouri, ed away Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at The Arbors at Highland Crest in Kirksville.

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Sports

Worley holds introduction, brims with optimism for Truman hoops 93c54

Mike Worley formally introduces himself to the media and community as the 14th head basketball coach of Truman State University. His meet-and-greet was a succinct message about his enthusiasm for the direction of the program, held in the Alumni Room in the Student Union Building.

Truman Athletics hosted an introductory press conference and meet-and-greet with new men's basketball coach Mike Worley on Monday. Worley, alongside his wife and four kids, made himself open to the media and public for an hour as he talked about where the program is headed under his tutelage.

Tiger throwers roar and get big help from middle-distance 5r2in

Kirksville junior Bennett Fraser soaks in Adkins Stadium's applause after setting the 15th best high school discus mark in the nation to claim Class 4 gold. Fraser claimed second in the shot put, giving his team 18 points alone. Two of the United States' top discus throwers were in the same building on Friday and Saturday -- Class 5 Nixa's Jackson Cantwell won his class's discus and was a single centimeter from breaking the all-time, 46-year-old national high school shot put record.

To cap off a season where all-time highs for the school had been set nearly each meet, Kirksville's track & field record boards are further shaken up after Friday and Saturday's Class 4 State Championships at Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City. The Tigers went home with seven events out of 10 qualifiers scoring points as top-eight finishers, with four on the boys' side and three for the girls.

Fraser captures Division II discus title 701066

Owen Fraser won the NCAA Division II national title in the discus the weekend before last in Pueblo, Colo. Fraser is a 2022 graduate of Kirksville High School. He is entering his senior year in Rolla pursuing mechanical engineering.

Owen Fraser's junior season at Missouri S&T was no Cinderella story. He had the best NCAA Division II discus mark from the time he set it at the first meet of the season at the Miners' home invitational. Never did he lose his mantle as number one in the nation going wire-to-wire, and went on to close the book with a national title.

Emberlyn Pinson gets out into space in front of Kirksville head coach Nathaniel Kennard (right, seated) in a 5-1 loss to Moberly on March 31. Aside from an early-to-mid-season stretch where they lost five out of eight games, the Tigers only dropped two other games all year including their season-ender Saturday in Pleasant Hill to finish 18-7.

Historic Kirksville run comes to a close in Pleasant Hill

The Tiger girls didn't play their best soccer on Saturday afternoon in Pleasant Hill, falling in the Class 4 Sectional round 8-0. Kirksville's season ends 18-7 after capturing the school's first District championship and winning the most games in program history.

Jaden O'Haver doubles in the bottom of the third inning with two outs. Tristin Harrison singled to score him to make the game 5-3, and the Gophers would never have another runner cross the plate.

Green City can't catch up, falls in State quarterfinal

Despite scoring the first run of the game and out-hitting Faith Christian Academy (Kansas City), the Gophers never retook the lead as they fell, 8-3, in a Class 1 State quarterfinal in Green City on Wednesday night.

Blane Byers comes around turn three in a meet at Spainhower Field earlier this season. The sophomore advanced to the State meet in the 300-meter hurdles.

Tiger track sends 10 events to State meet

Kirksville's track & field team competed in the Class 4 Sectional 2 meet at Rock Bridge in Columbia on Saturday. Of the 15 qualifying events from the District meet, two-thirds of them will be moving on to the State Track & Field Championships at Jefferson City's Adkins Stadium this weekend. Twenty-one schools were represented by at least one athlete.

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