Highway Patrol Troop B will conduct special enforcement operations this month. Troopers will conduct a driving while intoxicated saturation across Troop B in February as well as a Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement operation in Linn and Sullivan counties. Commanding Officer Captain James Wilt says the enforcement operations enable the Patrol to enhance […]
The Sullivan County Health Department in Milan will hold an influenza shot clinic next week. Vaccines will be available for individuals age six months and older Thursday, February 8 from 9 o’clock to noon and from 1 to 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Anyone under the age of 18 needs to be accompanied by a […]
The Missouri Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Milan resident in connection with an alleged kidnapping this month of a minor from Omaha, Nebraska. The 23-year-old suspect was taken into custody Saturday morning in Sullivan County. According to an online report, Eh Tha Ger of 515 East 3rd Street is charged in Sullivan County with […]
The Mercer County Republican Women invite the public to the group’s meeting Monday evening. Sullivan County Commissioner Danny Busick of Newtown will speak at the meeting at the Hal England Center in Princeton at 5 o’clock. In December, Busick announced his decision to run for the Third District of the Missouri House of Representatives.
The highway patrol reports 22-year-old April Wipple of Princeton was taken by ambulance to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan and later was transported by medical helicopter to the University Hospital in Columbia with moderate injuries. She was driving a pickup southbound when she apparently lost control on an icy Route E about four miles […]
The Sullivan County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a precautionary boil advisory. The advisory affects all Sullivan Rural Water customers north of Browning on Highway 5 to Denver Road, including Desert Road, Woodland Road, Estate Road, White Road, and Wizard Road. The advisory will remain in place until further notice.
Sullivan County Commissioner Danny Busick of Newtown recently announced he is running for the Missouri House of Representatives. Busick says his decision to run for Third District State Representative goes back to his former neighbor who used be a Representative of the Third District, which intrigued Busick. He says the thing that has urged him […]
A Milan man appeared last week in Sullivan County Circuit Court after his arrest by officers of the State Highway Patrol. 47-year-old Travis Von Shaw was arrested on a warrant accusing him of burglary in the first degree; assault in the fourth degree; and harassment in the second degree – all from October 29th. The burglary is a […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Linneus man sustained minor injuries when his dump truck overturned four miles south of Reger early Friday afternoon. Seventy-three-year-old Paul Wiese traveled south on Route Z when his truck ran off the left side of the road and overturned, causing extensive damage to the truck. An ambulance transported him to the […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Milan man after a one-vehicle accident in Milan just after midnight (12:20 am Saturday). Thirty-eight-year-old Jamey Lewis drove east on Infirmary Drive when he failed to negotiate a curve near Market Street. His car then struck an embankment and a fence, totaling it. The Patrol reports he […]
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Trenton man Thursday in Sullivan County. Forty-year-old James Robert Anderson is charged with felony possession of a controlled substance. His bond is $15,000 cash only, and he is scheduled for the associate division of circuit court December 12th. Court documents accuse Anderson of possessing methamphetamine […]
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway today released a follow-up report on Sullivan County, which received a rating of “poor” in a December 2016 audit. The report shows the county is making progress in addressing the issues reported in December. “My initial review revealed concerns with accountability and transparency across multiple county offices,” Auditor Galloway said. […]
The Sullivan County Community Center in Milan will hold a Christmas Kick-Off Saturday, December 2. Food will be served from 11 o’clock in the morning to 1 o’clock in the afternoon with a menu that includes soups, hot dogs, chips, cookies, and drinks. Attendees can eat and pay what they want. Santa will arrive at […]
Sullivan County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a precautionary boil advisory due to maintenance on a water main. The advisory affects Sullivan Rural Water customers on Highway C between Highway T and Forest Drive, Elm Drive, Highway CC, Rodeo Road, and Fountain Drive. The precautionary boil advisory will go until further notice.
Sullivan County authorities have filed charges against a Galt man who was arrested Wednesday by the state highway patrol. 58-year-old Richard Lee Tunnell was taken into custody Wednesday night. Online court information shows Tunnell is facing charges of felony driving while intoxicated and blood alcohol content, aggravated offender. He faces misdemeanor counts of driving without […]
Sullivan County Public Water Supply District Number One has issued a precautionary boil advisory due to maintenance on a water main. The advisory affects Sullivan County Rural Water customers in Linn County on Mead Road west of May Drive, Lacey Drive, Landes Road, and Kopple Road. The precautionary boil advisory is in effect until further […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville woman died and three other individuals from Kirksville sustained injuries in a one-vehicle accident one and quarter miles east of Green City Friday afternoon. Twenty-five-year-old Glody Makengele traveled west on Missouri Highway 6 when the sports utility vehicle he drove ran off the right side of the road. He […]
Two Milan residents received minor injuries in an accident Wednesday afternoon at an intersection four miles to the east of Harris. Taken by private vehicle to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan was the driver 35-year-old Lilian Gonzalez Salmeron and her passenger 21 year old Raul Coronado Aguilar. The highway patrol reports a southbound car […]
The Missouri Baptist Convention will hold Pray Across Missouri in several area counties in the next few days. The initiative will be held at the Putnam County Courthouse in Unionville today at 1:30. On Thursday, November 2, an event will be held at the Sullivan County Courthouse in Milan at 10:30 in the morning, the […]
The Highway Patrol reports a Milan man sustained minor injuries due to an accident seven miles northeast of Newtown Friday afternoon. Twenty-eight-year-old Jonathan McDonald traveled south on Route K when he reportedly swerved to avoid a northbound combine. His car then traveled off the road and struck an embankment, causing it moderate damage. An ambulance […]
