JEFFERSON CITY The Adair County Library s "The Adventure Begins Here at the Library" program received a $3,844 grant from the Missouri Secretary of State s office. The office has awarded over $390,000 in additional funding for 49 summer library program grants distributed to several Missouri libraries.
Sojourners Club met for their first meeting of 2023-2024. Pictured is Blytha Ellis of the Adair County Historical Society and member of Sojourners, who gave a program on how the Sojourners Club came to existence in 1897. Eventually the club was responsible for the first public library in Kirksville, which now is the Adair County Library. The building that now houses the Adair County Historical Society was originally the Sojourners Library.
The Kirksville City Council held three public hearings at their Aug. 21 regular meeting at City Hall. The first concerned the 2023 proposed tax levy that was presented by Finance Director Lacy King, the second concerned a MoDOT TAP application for improvements to school crosswalks presented by Public Works Director Adam Dorrell. and the third, concerned a MoDOT TAP application for acquisition of a portion of former railroad property and construction of a trail, also presented by Dorrell.