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Saturday, June 23, 2012  Missouri lawmakers cut funding for Early Head Start almost in half.

Sunday, November 06, 2011  The Kirksville K-Life Ministries held their annual 6th annual Dodgeball Tournament.

Monday, April 18, 2011  The 2011 street improvement program is about to get underway in Kirksville. The city with have about $720,000 to use that will help to update certain roads around the city. $150,000 will go to curb, drainage and storm gutters and $570,000 will go to asphalt and concrete pavement. The city usually has about $1.2 million dollars a year to make improvements to roads, but due to extra money given to the Jamison Street project the city will have less money to work with this year. 8 total streets in Kirksville will undergo a makeover in a 4 to 5 month span. The crews are only able to work on the roads during the summer and early fall due to the winter weather that barrels down on Kirksville. Head engineer for the city of Kirksville Carl Brooks said there is a certain process that is used every year to find out which roads need it the most. "There is a software program that we call PAVER and we try to do an inventory of our streets, 25 percent of our streets every year. We have over 100 miles of streets, so we are looking at 25 percent which is about 25 to 30 miles of streets. We are looking to get out there and visually try to see what condition they are in," said Carl Brooks. To view the streets that will undergo the makeover process in 2011, click here.

Friday, October 15, 2010  The final phase of construction on Jamison Street from Hamilton to Hwy 11 will begin on Monday, October 18.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010  Jamison Street will be closed just north of the entrance to Preferred Family Healthcare to allow for installation of storm drainage from 8 am to noon on Thursday, September 30, 2010.

Monday, August 16, 2010  An update on street improvements.

Thursday, July 29, 2010  Voters will now be checked in electronically at the polls.

Friday, July 23, 2010  Phase II of the Jamison Street Improvements is scheduled for the week of July 26 through July 30, 2010.

Tuesday, July 06, 2010  The Kirksville City Council approved a bid to finish Jamison Street from Hamilton to Highway 11.

Tuesday, December 01, 2009  2010 transportation budget includes $700,000 for Jamison Street imrpovements.