Traffic Accident

Three from Green Castle hurt in crash near Green City

The Highway Patrol reports three Green Castle residents sustained minor injuries when one pickup truck hit another in Green City Tuesday morning. Forty-nine-year-old Glendetta Sizemore and 48-year-old Kelli Straley traveled west on Missouri 6 when Sizemore stopped to make a left turn. Straley’s truck struck Sizemore’s in the rear, causing extensive damage to Straley’s truck […]

Roy Blunt Reservoir

Land acquisition complete for East Locust Creek Reservoir

After nearly five years of work the North Central Missouri Region Water Commission has acquired acres on which the 2,352-acre reservoir will reside.  The 4,550 acres was contained in eighty-one privately owned parcels requiring separate and distinct negotiations with each landowner. All 81 parcels were secured without invoking eminent domain. Chairman Rick Gardner said, “We […]

Pedestrian sign and police lights

Pedestrian hurt in Sunday incident in Milan

A pedestrian was hurt early Sunday at Milan when a car backed into a parked sports utility vehicle causing the SUV to hit the pedestrian. 24-year old Savana Dampier of Milan was taken by a private vehicle to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. The accident happened on a Milan motel parking lot when […]

Missouri State Highway Patrol

Highway patrol reports arrest of two area men

The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of two area men on felony warrants in Sullivan County Friday night. Thirty-two-year-old Nicholas Wendt of Galt was arrested for a Mercer County warrant for possession of methamphetamine. Thirty-seven-year-old Christopher Owen of Princeton was arrested on a probation warrant for non-support. Both were transported to the Sullivan County Jail.

Pedestrian sign and police lights

6-year-old boy hit by car in Harris

An accident yesterday afternoon in Harris has injured a young boy when he was struck by a car backing up. The incident happened at 4 o’clock Wednesday on private property in Harris. The highway patrol reports six-year-old Collin Pendergraft of Allerton, Iowa was first taken to Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan and later flown […]

Drug busted

Milan couple arrested on drug charges

The highway patrol reports the arrests yesterday afternoon of a Milan couple for alleged conspiracies involving drugs. One of the defendants is an attorney in Milan, 47-year-old Jerry Hollon. He and 52-year-old Susan Elizabeth Foster, both listing in court records as addresses of 245 West 1st Street in Milan, face two felony counts: conspiracy to […]

Life Flight Eagle Helicopter

2 life-flighted to Columbia after crash in Green City

The highway patrol reports two people were flown to a Columbia hospital after a single vehicle, rollover, accident Sunday afternoon in Green City. The highway patrol reports an eastbound vehicle traveled off Highway 6 and overturned. Taken to University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia were the driver 29-year-old Omar Morales Almestica of Milan and a passenger, […]

Boil Water Advisory

Portions of Sullivan County under boil advisory

The Sullivan County Public Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a precautionary boil advisory due to a water main break. It affects all Sullivan Rural Water customers on Highway T from Highway C south to Tiger Road, Tiger Road from Highway T to Texas Road, Sumter Road, Shell Road, Rolling Road, East Third Street […]