Bird electric scooters are coming to Kirksville
Kirksville will soon get a fleet of electric scooters that residents can ride around town.
The City Council approved Monday an agreement with Bird Rides, allowing them to run their service in Kirksville. It isn’t a joint venture and the city isn’t being paid by the company. Rather, it is approving them to be a business here.
And either party the city or Bird can halt the agreement with 30 days’ notice. The e-scooters will be treated just the same as bicycles and can ride on those same spaces.
Getting to this point and how Bird will operate in Kirksville
City to rename street Steve Farnsworth Drive
Austin Miller
Steve Farnsworth’s lasting Kirksville legacy will soon be honored in a physical form near the Kirksville school district.
The street that runs along the north side of KHS, past the parking lot, water tower, and Spainhower Field before turning to Ray Miller Elementary School, is being renamed Steve Farnsworth Drive. The Kirksville R-III School Board approved the change during its Nov. 11 meeting, though a formal ceremony for the change is still to be determined.
“After Steve’s passing, once the dust settled, we were thinking of ways to immortalize Steve,” said Interim Police Chief Justin Jones. “Not only was he a big part of the city and the police department, but he was a big part of the community. He was really sports-oriented. If he wasn’t working here, he was driving a bus for Weber or he was refereeing a football game or running the clock down at Truman.”