5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (150+ words) Kirksville High School seniors Solomia K. Beregovska and Alexis M. Gardner have been named semifinalists in the 72nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program, officials from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced Wednesday. The two local students are among more than 16,000 nationwide Semifinalists competing…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (39+ words) Free Halloween Flashlight EGGstravaganza returns Oct. 24 Local roundup - Sept. 8, 2026 Kirksville Area Calendar of Events Kirksville Area News Briefs Truman State University opens Lyceum Series with Second City Comedy...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (353+ words) My first experience as an announcer did not involve helmets, pads, bats, horses, or engines. It involved pigs. Between my junior and senior year of high school, our FFA chapter held pig races, and I served as the track announcer....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (364+ words) For the first time in more than a decade, the Kirksville Aquadogs will begin a new swim season under new leadership. When the fall season opens Tuesday, Sept. 8, Thomas Fitzler will take over as head coach, succeeding Paul Yoder, who…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (180+ words) To stay up to date on everything happening in the area, residents can check out the Kirksville Tourism Calendar online. The Kirksville Young Professionals Committee encourages employees and community members ages 21 to 40 to get involved. The committee focuses on retaining…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (63+ words) Brashear High School Class of 1960 holds reunion Kirksville Area Calendar of Events Kirksville Area News Briefs Hospice of Northeast Missouri to offer six-week grief support group Reconstruction of section of East Pierce Street to begin Driver examination stations to close…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (325+ words) At Boonville’s season-opening three-game Saturday, Kirksville’s softball team went 2-1. Across those three games, the Lady Tigers posted a total of 30 runs. Kirksville overcame considerable first-inning deficits against Fulton and host Boonville, winning those games 17-5 and 11-5, respectively. Kirksville rallied from down…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (149+ words) The Truman women’s soccer team held Davenport (Mich.) to a 1-1 draw on Thursday evening at Stokes Stadium in the front of a men’s/women’s double-header. They fell on Saturday at home to Purdue University Northwest, 4-0. The Bulldogs are at home versus…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (173+ words) Kirksville volleyball fell to 1-5 on Monday night at Southern Boone in a three-set defeat. The Tigers traveled to Father Tolton’s tournament this past weekend, where they finished 1-3, including a two-set victory versus Christian Fellowship (Columbia). Hallsville, Montgomery County, and Tipton…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (318+ words) Kirksville opened its cross country seasons in Albia, Iowa, on Thursday afternoon in the Albia Blue Demon/Lady Dee Cross Country Invitational. Second-year head coach Austin Sykes said that he is excited about the roster for the 2026 season. “Our goal…...