Kirksville Daily Express

11/18/2025

As I lay there in my super-duper borrowed-from-the-Army mummy bag, I had time to think about things. Mostly, I pondered how stupid I’d been to take a dog team out across the North Slope of Alaska in November.

11/18/2025

HANNIBAL — A conceptual study of U.S. 63 corridor improvements in Adair and Schuyler counties, between Kirksville and the Iowa state line, is underway after being added to the Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MoDOT’s) Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan (STIP).

11/17/2025

11/17/2025

JEFFERSON CITY — Every day on Missouri highways, first responders risk their lives within feet of fast-moving traffic. From law enforcement and tow operators to Missouri Department of Transportation crews and EMS personnel, these men and women face danger so others can make it home safely. This we...

11/17/2025

Kirksville’s Hope’s Kitchen continues strong into its 26th year of operation and the annual Daily Express fundraiser will run until Dec. 18. Since the Daily Express began organizing the fundraiser in 2001, it has raised more than $143,213 for the kitchen. Last year’s fundraiser raised $5,453. ...

11/17/2025

I've figured out the best medicine for a long day at the office isn't found in a bottle — it's found on a lettered two-lane blacktop. There's something about taking the long way home, rolling the windows down and letting the wind blow the day's worries out the window that works better than any oth...

11/17/2025

The Kirksville City Council will hold a meeting, followed by an executive session, at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 201 S. Franklin Street. The tentative agenda and other meeting documents can be viewed at Kirksville.gov/p/meeting-information.

11/17/2025

The Missouri-Southern Iowa (MOSI) Art Guild named Jane Lovstuen and Greg Walter the MOSI Celebrated Artists for the month of October.

11/17/2025

The Kirksville Kiwanis Club welcomed Dr. John Gardner and Paul Yoder to speak at their Nov. 13 meeting. Gardner and Yoder are the president and vice president, respectively, of the Adair Swim Association (ASA) Aquadogs. The ASA is a year-round swim club focused on developing the skills of both compe...

11/17/2025

The following is a list of general highway maintenance work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in the Northern Missouri region for the next few weeks. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the Traveler Information Map at http://traveler.modot.org/map/. Inclement....

11/17/2025

If you’re a regular reader, you know that our dog Charlie has been in a years-long feud with a possum that often sits on top of our back fence. Charlie is our elderly Beagle mix who grows a new lump, bump or raised mole every month or two, as if he’s decorating his 14-year-old body with interest...

11/17/2025

95 Years Ago, November 17, 1930