Most Kirksville residents had heeded Porter ’ s warning to depart, but Cutts was shot when two Confederate soldiers attempted to enter the cellar where she was hiding, and she was hit by a Union bullet meant for them as she ran out.

The city of Kirksville partners with other agencies to operate Kirk-Tran, an area bus service, and a county-wide E-911 Center.

In the United States WATCH Communications ( based in Lima, OH ), Eagle Vision ( based in Kirksville, MO ), and several other companies offer MMDS based wireless cable television, internet access, and IP based telephone services.

The other districts in the network were to be at Kirksville ( Northeast-now Truman State ), Cape Girardeau ( Southeast ), Springfield ( Southwest-now Missouri State ), and Warrensburg ( Central-now Central Missouri ).

At the time the railroad was busy with the planning and construction of a line north from Macon with the destination being Kirksville.

" However, a small block-house is distinctly cited as being built in 1832, confirmed by the plat and land entries which show no settlements on the actual site until after its selection as the county seat " on the ridge at Long Point, just outside the city limits of Kirksville.

Kirksville, by way of La Plata, is serviced by Amtrak's Southwest Chief which runs along the BNSF Railway.

The depot which serviced along the Burlington Northern in Kirksville still stands along Elson Street just north of Cottonwood Street and plans are that it will be renovated.

Three days later, another Union force arrived and finished the work begun at Kirksville, virtually destroying Porter's command.

Confederate sympathies in the Kirksville area were high ( though Union sentiment was stronger than in surrounding counties ), due to the Southern heritage of most of the residents.

Detweiler graduated from Kirksville Senior High School in 1972, and in 1982 he graduated from Truman State University ( formerly Northeast Missouri State University ) with a B. S.

* On May 12, 2005 a Midwest Airlines Boeing 717 made an emergency landing at Kirksville Regional Airport after experiencing severe turbulence while en route from Kansas City, Missouri to Washington, D. C. A safe landing was made, with all 76 passengers and 4 crew unharmed.

* Mark W. Konnert, Civic Agendas and Religious Passion: Châlons-sur-Marne during the French wars of religion, 1560-1594 ( Kirksville, MO, Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, 1997 ) ( Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies, 35 ).

He & his family have been Kirksville residents since 1979 when he was hired by Hollister, Incorporated as a quality engineer.

" For a period of time in the late 1990s and early 2000s Rhonda & Herb owned, and Herb managed, a popular restaurant in Kirksville, Missouri called " Bogies ".

The city of Kirksville provides residents with full-time fire and police departments, along with water, sewer, and street maintenance service.

Paired with Ottumwa, Iowa, Kirksville is a media market region, ranked 199 by Nielsen, and home to an ABC affiliate, KTVO-TV 3.

In recent years US Highway 63 has been expanded to four lanes between Kirksville and Macon, Missouri with Millard being selected by MoDOT as the southern terminus of the Kirksville bypass.

Porter had been urged to come to Kirksville by Confederate Captain Tice Cain, an Adair County farmer who claimed to be holding Kirksville with 500 fresh recruits.

Through Jefferson City up until Kirksville ( excepting downtown Macon, where it returns to two-lane pavement ), this highway remains on four-lane divided highway with some freeway sections in Jefferson City and Columbia.

Strongholds and Colleges are similar to Shires but located in areas with high military and student populations, respectively ; Calontir has one Stronghold ( Lost Forest in Warrensburg, Missouri ) and two Colleges ( Bellewode in Kirksville, Missouri and No Mountain in Grinnell, Iowa ).

** Order 2008-2-2 ( February 6, 2008 ): prohibiting Air Midwest from terminating its subsidized service at nine communities ( Grand Island, NE ; McCook, NE ; El Dorado / Camden, AR ; Harrison, AR ; Hot Springs, AR ; Jonesboro, AR ; Columbia / Jefferson City, MS ; Joplin, MS ; Kirksville, MS ) for 30 days beyond the end of its 90-day notice period, and requesting long term proposals from carriers interested in providing essential air service at any or all of the communities, with or without sibsidy, by February 29.

Three flights per day are offered to Lambert-St. Louis airport, with three return flights to Kirksville daily as well.

The Ozark route began in Kansas City, Missouri with intermediate stops in Kirksville, Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Moline, Illinois, and terminated in Chicago.

Despite the nearly one million dollars in facility upgrades and a steady flow of passengers in and out of Kirksville, Ozark Airlines found the route to be financially untenable by the mid-1970s, with their final departure coming on April 23, 1976.

** Order 2008-5-2: selecting Multi-Aero, Inc. d / b / a Air Choice One to provide essential air service at Kirksville, Missouri with 11 nonstop stop round trips each week to St. Louis on 6 or 9-seat Twin Engine aircraft.

Route 157 comes to its northern terminus at an intersection with Route 6 west of Kirksville.

Kirksville once had two operational railroads that ran through town.

The portion of the line that ran west of Kirksville towards Green City was abandoned and eventually torn down in the early 1950s.

In 1952, the United States Air Force opened a radar base that was home to the 790th Radar Squadron, an Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, in Sublette, Missouri | Sublette, about north of Kirksville.

Novinger can be found on the north side of Missouri Highway 6, approximately seven miles west of Kirksville, Missouri.

Kirksville Regional Airport, six miles north of La Plata, provides commuter airline connector flights to larger cities and airlines.

Commercial service is available 33 miles to the south in Columbia at the Columbia Regional Airport or the MO-X ( an airport shuttle to and from STL and MCI ), 60 miles to the south in Jefferson City via the Amtrak station, 45 miles to the north in La Plata via the Amtrak station, or 55 miles to the North in Kirksville at the Kirksville Regional Airport.

" Cap " Dodson started the first airport in the area, located on the north edge of Kirksville.

The City of Kirksville operates the Kirksville Regional Airport ( formerly Clarence Cannon Airport ), four miles ( 6 km ) south of the city, by the village of Millard.

# On May 6, 1935, a plane carrying Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico crashed south of Kirksville, killing him.

# On October 20, 2004, Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 ( now RegionsAir ) crashed just south of Kirksville Regional Airport, killing 13 of 15 passengers and crew.

Confederate Col. Joseph C. Porter had been recruiting in the Macon area, to the south of Kirksville.

Just south of Kirksville, the highway splits into U. S. 63 and Business 63.

Its northern terminus is at Route 11 south of Kirksville ; its southern terminus is at Route 5 / Route 240 northwest of Fayette.

* On October 3, 1906, the Des Moines Daily News reported " probably the first use " of the " long forward pass " in the University of Missouri's 23 – 4 win over Kirksville Normal School.

* June 22 – Andrew Taylor Still starts the Osteopathic Medicine movement in the United States at Kirksville, MO.

Still University of the Health Sciences ) in Kirksville, Missouri, for the teaching of osteopathy on 10 May 1892.

Schuyler County is part of the Kirksville Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its county seat is Kirksville.

Adair County is part of the Kirksville Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The original settlement was called " Cabins of White Folks ," or simply, " The Cabins ," and was located six miles ( 10 km ) west of present-day Kirksville along the Chariton River.

It is part of the Kirksville Micropolitan Statistical Area.

A few business concerns remain today, but most residents travel west to Kirksville or east to Edina for their shopping and employment.

Kirksville is the county seat of Adair County, Missouri, United States.

Kirksville also anchors a micropolitan area that comprises Adair and Schuyler counties.

Kirksville is located at ( 40. 19368958 ,-92. 58285181 ).

The Village ( now City ) of Kirksville was established on December 1, 1848.

Though selected in 1841 for the site of the Seat of Justice for Adair County, the Village of Kirksville dates from an Act, approved January 30, 1857 incorporating the Town.

The Battle of Kirksville was fought August 6 – 9, 1862 during the American Civil War.

On May 13, 2009 Kirksville was again the victim of a large tornado.

A tornado estimated as an EF2 on the Fujita scale struck the northern edge of Kirksville destroying or severely damaging many homes, several businesses, a car dealership, and at least one factory.

Still University, home of the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, the founding osteopathic medical school.

* Moberly Area Community College ( MACC ) operates a Kirksville campus.

Kirksville is served by two watersheds.

Kirksville trash pick-up is currently conducted through the Veolia Environmental Services of Macon, MO.

Atmos Energy is the natural gas supplier for the Kirksville area.