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Kirksville woman hurt in rollover crash on mud-covered highway
NEAR KIRKSVILLE, Mo. — A northeast Missouri woman was injured in a single-vehicle crash on Friday. It happened around 3:20 p.m. on Missouri Highway 6, about four miles east of Kirksville. According to the Missouri Crash Report, a pickup truck driven by Sonia Lopez Palomino, 54, of Kirksville, was...
Write-in candidate Matt Kellison seeks more proactive policing in sheriff bid
ADAIR COUNTY, Mo. — The winner of the Adair County Republican primary for sheriff, Jason Lene, now faces a write-in challenge in the November General Election. Kirksville Police Sergeant Matt Kellison entered the race Wednesday. He filed as a write-in candidate, meaning his name will not appear on the ballot.
Kirksville Police Department to offer free Narcan kits to citizens
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. — The Kirksville Police Department has received a limited supply of Narcan kits from the University of Missouri-St. Louis Addiction Science Team. Some of those kits are being offered to the public for free. They can be picked up between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the...
Contract security officers leave jail in Atlanta after nonpayment of contract
ATLANTA (AP) — Some security officers at a jail in Atlanta that is under federal investigation walked off the job after the Fulton County sheriff’s office failed to pay money owed to the third-party contractor that employs them. The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that it is facing “a significant budget crisis” and owed an outstanding balance of more than $1 million to Strategic Security Corp. The company notified its employees Thursday afternoon that the contract had ended, that they would be clocked out at 2:15 p.m. and that they should not report to work at the jail going forward.
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