Kirksville

UFO Over St. Charles County? Probably Not, KTVI Fox 2 Investigation Finds

Did Google Street View capture an unidentified flying object over St. Charles County? KTVI Fox 2 says that "many are still debating" the content of an image that could maybe, possibly be a mysterious UFO. And who exactly is debating this? Not John Lakey of the St. Louis Science Center -- the only pe ... More >>

[VIDEO] Balloon Totally Destabilizes TV Newscast in Kirksville

Seriously, Kirksville: What's up with you folks? Is everyone okay?Last weekend, some guy up there murdered a person, cut off the victim's arms and threw them at witnesses. We can all agree that that is crazy. Yesterday, Kirksville's CBS affiliate, KTVO-TV Channel 3, posted online a video of a newsca ... More >>

Kirksville Man Murders Victim, Cuts off Arms and Throws Them at Witnesses

Having lived in Kirksville for five years as a college student, I witnessed some dark behavior, but this was NOT how the townspeople normally behaved. According to the Kirksville Daily Express, the cops came to Valley Forge Drive at 11 pm on Sunday night to respond to a vehicle fire. They showed up ... More >>

Did the Dybbuk Box, the Haunted Relic Behind The Possession, Try to Kill One Last Time?

We here at the Riverfront Times are big fans of locally-sourced ghost stories (if you missed it, check out our cover from last week: Five St. Louis Ghost Stories That Just Won't Die). So we figured Halloween was a pretty good day to check back in with the Kirksville owner of the "dybbuk box," one o ... More >>

This Week's Feature: Did the Dybbuk Box Cause a Fire After the Filming of The Possession?

In this week's feature, Riverfront Times did what the cast and crew of the new Sam Raimi horror flick The Possession were too scared to do: We trucked out to Kirksville and visited the real dybbuk box. Read "The Devil's Wine Box" here. The film, which opened over the long weekend (to the second-h ... More >>

Devil's Wine Box: Missouri's tie to The Possession

Rep. Zachary Wyatt Comes Out at Press Conference Denouncing "Don't Say Gay" Bill

Republican legislator Representative Zachary Wyatt held a press conference today in Jefferson City at which he and several of his colleagues officially denounced the much-ridiculed "Don't Say Gay" bill proposed by fellow Republican Rep. Steve Cookson. Wyatt then announced to the world that he is gay ... More >>

Woman Gets Herself Arrested In Order to Find a Ride to St. Louis

​If you've got a court date in St. Charles, but you're 3.5 hours away without a ride, one option is public transportation. Another is hitchhiking. Yesterday, 22-year-old Emily Troncoso of Kirksville hatched the ingenious plan of getting herself arrested - on purpose - in order to be transferred th ... More >>

4,858 Pigs Die in Blaze at Premium Standard Farms in Northern Missouri

​This tragedy both sounds awful and probably smelled that way. Neighbors of Premium Standard Farms have complained for years about horrible odors wafting off their giant hog operation up in northern Missouri, but Daily RFT can't imagine what this was like.According to The Kirksville Daily Express, ... More >>

Meth Cook Had Mentally Challenged Man Buy Him Pseudoephedrine in Exchange for Sodas

Stephen Munn: Finally, someone defines the term.​This is why Missouri, a.k.a. the "Meth Capital of America" needs to make pseudoephedrine a prescription-only drug, according to Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster. Last month a judge in Adair County sentenced Stephen Munn to 12 years in state pr ... More >>

Ass Clown of the Week: Meth Cooks, Unsatisfied Johns, Politicians and The System

​Sharpen your pencils! It's time to vote for this week's Ass Clown. You know the rules: Vote for the local yokel and/or organization who you believe brought the most shame to their name this week. And the candidates...1. Ryan McNames: The Columbia, Missouri, teen was arrested for soliciting prosti ... More >>

Ass Clown of the Week: Rachel Oetting, Twittering Anti-Semite

Rachel Oetting -- the Truman State student who caused an uproar on campus in Kirksville with her tweets about Jews -- is your Ass Clown of the Week.Perhaps it's no surprise that the Twitterverse campaigned to get Oetting the dubious distinction, since her ass clownery was conducted fully within the ... More >>

In Recession, the Promise of Free Stuff Gives Us Another Reason to Vote

Bud Smith, a No-Hitter and a Dive Bar in Kirksville, Missouri

Hearing for Missouri Bail Bond Bill Canceled

The strange and violent world of St. Louis' bail bondsmen

Some Missouri Campaign Contribution Numbers to Crunch on Super Tuesday

In It to Win It

Unreal talks ponies with a true racing expert, learns some things about mowing (severed toes are bad) and receives a particularly biting Commontary.

Unreal News Challenge 2005!

Time again to take the year-end quiz

Timed Out

When the downtown safari corps demanded back pay, the Downtown Partnership told them to turn in their helmets

Pretender to the Throne

Steve Davis carries on the King's legacy

Letters to the Editor

Published the week of July 19-25, 2000