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  • Mar 25, 2025 | ktvo.com | Greg Hughes

    Kirksville, MO — March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: A time to raise awareness about the disease, its prevention and treatment options. Colorectal cancer starts in the colon or the rectum. These cancers can be called colon cancer or rectal cancer depending on where they start, according to the American Cancer Society. Colon and rectal cancer are often grouped together because they have many features in common with both affect the large intestine.

  • Feb 10, 2025 | ktvo.com | Greg Hughes

    GREEN CITY, Mo. — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 75% of districts nationwide don’t have a policy about highly caffeinated drinks being sold at school. There happens to be one school in northeast Missouri that is doing more than not selling them. Too much caffeine can cause issues such as increased anxiety, heart rate and blood pressure, as well as sleep disturbance, according to hopkinsmedicine.org.

  • Dec 3, 2024 | ktvo.com | Greg Hughes

    KIRKSVILLE, Mo. — A detached garage at a Kirksville home went up in flames Wednesday morning. The Kirksville Fire Department was dispatched just before 10 a.m. to a fire at 1216 East Harrison Street. Firefighters arrived at the scene two minutes later. They had the fire put out in less that 15 minutes. Fire Chief Jon Cook told KTVO that the owners of the residence were not harmed. The garage and the two cars that were inside the structure are a total loss.

  • Nov 26, 2024 | ktvo.com | Greg Hughes

    KIRKSVILLE, Mo. — Adair County SB40 has a mission to engage in advocacy, promote inclusion and provide essential resources to assist people with developmental disabilities to live self-determined lives. A main head in leading that charge is the organization's current executive director who will step down December 31. "I want to be remembered as somebody who highly respected and valued people with developmental disabilities," said Crystal Amini-Rad.

  • Nov 21, 2024 | ktvo.com | Greg Hughes

    ADAIR COUNTY, Mo. — Space heaters are designed to warm a small place, like a bedroom or living room. According to the Missouri Department of Public Safety 25,000 fires and over 300 deaths are attributed to space heaters each year in the U.S."We see a lot of times they're plugged into extension cords and they do draw a lot of power so make sure that you’re plugging it in directly," said Jeremy Davis, fire chief of Adair County Fire Department.

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