Kirksville Daily Express

5 days ago | kirksvilledailyexpress.com | Henry Janssen

Truman Athletics hosted an introductory press conference and meet-and-greet with new men's basketball coach Mike Worley on Monday. Worley, alongside his wife and four kids, made himself open to the media and public for an hour as he talked about where the program is headed under his tutelage. He becomes the 14th head coach of the program, and spent the past 12 seasons as an assistant coach in Alabama at Troy (NCAA Division I, Sun Belt Conference).

5 days ago | kirksvilledailyexpress.com | Marty Bachman

Posted 6/3/25A slide show of the 2025 Missouri State Special Olympics Summer Games, held May 30-June 1 in Kirksville. This item is available in full to subscribers. Print and web subscribers If you're a print and web subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one.

6 days ago | kirksvilledailyexpress.com | Marty Bachman

Local Kirksville Rotary Clubs held their District 6040 Conference this past weekend, May 30-June 1, in Kirksville. The conference kicked off with a Lunch and Kickoff, with ATSU Interim President Gaylah Sublette sharing “The ATSU Story” with conference participants on Friday, May 30. Erik McGuire, District Governor, offered remarks in the opening session and eight breakout sessions that included:• Patriotism in Action: The Rotary Flag Fundraiser. • Sustainable Fundraising for Your Club.

6 days ago | kirksvilledailyexpress.com | Henry Janssen

To cap off a season where all-time highs for the school had been set nearly each meet, Kirksville's track & field record boards are further shaken up after Friday and Saturday's Class 4 State Championships at Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City. The Tigers went home with seven events out of 10 qualifiers scoring points as top-eight finishers, with four on the boys' side and three for the girls.

6 days ago | kirksvilledailyexpress.com | Henry Janssen

Owen Fraser's junior season at Missouri S&T was no Cinderella story. He had the best NCAA Division II discus mark from the time he set it at the first meet of the season at the Miners' home invitational. Never did he lose his mantle as number one in the nation going wire-to-wire, and went on to close the book with a national title. “In that position, you just prepare as well as you can to do what you always do, just on a little bigger stage,” Fraser said.