kirksville

Kirksville begins Downtown Strategic Plan

Jennifer White — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:44:15 +0000

As Missouri’s Downtown Revitalization and Economic Assistance for Missouri, or DREAM initiative, comes to an end, Kirksville is beginning to create a Downtown Strategic Plan as part of the program’s last effort.

Kirksville is beginning the end processes of their Downtown Revitalization and Economic Assistance for Missouri initiative.

The State Department of Natural Resources designated Kirksville as a DREAM community in 2007.

Community Services Coordinator Sarah Halstead said the program has been beneficial to the city.

Construction begins on busy downtown Kirksville street

Caroline Hecker — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:22:14 +0000

An eight-month construction project begins Monday on one of downtown Kirksville’s busiest streets. The “Franklin Streetscape Project,” in downtown Kirksville is projected to be completed by early next summer.

City Engineer Ed Ieans said the project is a joint effort between Truman State University and the City of Kirksville as a downtown beautification project.

Kirksville moves to replace old water meters

Maddy Glab — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:26:18 +0000

The City of Kirksville will pay a Columbia company $4.7 million to replace old water meters in Kirksville. The high cost is expected to save money in the long run.

Kirksville City Council divided on replacing water meter systems

Maddy Glab — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:05:23 +0000

Kirksville residents may see some changes with water meters in the near future. The Kirksville City Council met on Monday to talk about replacing aging water meter systems.

There are about 7,000 old water meters in Kirksville. A Columbia contractor says replacing all of those meters would cost approximately $3.8 million, but would save the city $2500,000 annually. Council members are split on whether to go through with the project. City Council member Jerry Mills says he wants to see if there are costs that could be cut.

Kirksville R-3 approves budget

Krystal Slusher — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 22:15:08 +0000

The Kirksville R-3 School board has approved its budget for the next school year. The district expects to see a reduction in state and federal funding by almost $800,000.

Despite the cut in federal funding, the district doesn’t expected to make any drastic cuts. Superintendent Pat Williams says the district had actually expected the subsidy reduction and had already started taking steps to provide cushion for the next school year.

Kirksville development org. recognized for school funding

Nicole Krasavage — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:34:26 +0000

Kirksville Regional Economic Development (K-REDI) was recognized by the new Missouri School of Dentistry and Oral Health for helping jump start the school’s funds with their initial donation.

Kirksville discusses storm water issue

Andrew Yost — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:06:29 +0000

The city of Kirksville is holding a public open house Thursday to discuss storm water issues on the city. Kirksville started an initiative two years ago to fix storm water problems like flash flooding and drainage in the city.

Weather warnings by text: Kirksville adopts new alert system

Anderw Yost — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:11:48 +0000

The city of Kirksville is adopting a new Wireless Emergency Alert system, which will send severe weather warnings via text messages.

Mo. lawmaker Wyatt says he is gay, denounces school bill

Kelsey Proud and The Associated Press — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:25:30 +0000

Will be updated.

Updated at 11:59 a.m. with information that Wyatt is the only current openly gay Republican state legislator in the nation.

A Republican Missouri House member has announced publicly that he is gay and called upon GOP leaders to end legislation that would limit discussion of sexual orientation in public schools.

Rep. Zachary Wyatt held a Capitol news conference Wednesday at which he said he was disclosing his sexual orientation for the first time.

Newscast for April 27, 2012

Brian Pepoon — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:00:12 +0000

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

A local Kirksville grocer shuts down for good
Missouri lawmakers considering allowing casinos to loan money to their patrons
Columbia residents unsure of future of neighborhood trees
Kirksville shows highest growth of any NE Missouri city
University of Missouri hosting Rwanda symposium for public