ANEITA LOUISE CARMACK
Aneita Louise Carmack passed away peacefully on Monday, September 15th, 2025, at the Life Care Center of Brookfield, MO. She was born on February 23rd, 1939, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Velma and Glen James. She married the love of her life, Melvin James Carmack, on November 1st,1954, in Raton, New Mexico. Aneita was a…
Read MoreOaks Named National FFA Finalist
Submitted by Stephanie Oake Grant Oaks of the Newtown- Harris FFA chapter in Newtown, MO, has been named a national finalist this year for the Swine Production Entrepreneurship Agricultural Proficiency Award. Only four FFA members nationwide are selected as national finalists in each agricultural proficiency award area. Agricultural Proficiency Awards honor FFA members who, through…
Read MoreMcCully Family Selected as Sullivan County’s Missouri Farm Family
Submitted by Tracie Moore Milan, Mo. – Steven and Nancy McCully and family of Harris were among the Missouri families honored at the 68th annual Missouri Farm Family Day on August 11 during the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia. The McCully family was chosen as the Sullivan County Missouri Farm Family by University of Missouri…
Read MoreJULIA ANN HALEY HARGUS
Julia Ann Haley Hargus, age 74, passed away on Thursday, September 4, 2025. Julia was born on February 26, 1951, in Princeton, Missouri to Jack and Wilda (Browning) Haley. She grew up in Harris, Missouri, and was the oldest of three daughters. She graduated from Newtown-Harris High School in 1969 and went on to earn…
Read MoreMADONNA C. PEARSON NOLAND
Madonna Carol Noland, 82, passed away Friday, September 19, 2025 at her home in Green City, Missouri. Madonna was born July 10, 1943, in Unionville, Missouri, the daughter of Bernard W. Pearson and Hollace I. Hawkins Pearson. On January 28, 1961, in Putnam County, Missouri, she married Larry E. Guffey and to that union four…
Read MoreMissouri Press Awards Inaugural A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism
By Matthew Barba, Missouri Press Association Missouri Press Association partnered this year with the A-Mark Foundation to award a total of $15,000 to Missouri journalists and news organizations. The A-Mark Foundation is a nonpartisan nonprofit founded in 1997 and dedicated to supporting and encouraging journalism and investigative reporting. Investigative journalists give their audience insight into…
Read MoreMO American Legion District Two Holds Meeting in Milan
Submitted by American Legion Post The Missouri American Legion District Two held its quarterly meeting on Saturday, September 20, 2025 at the Milan Sullivan County Post 228 Legion Hall. District Two Commander Phyllis Cambell briefed the legionnaires on the July State Convention. Guest speaker, Russell Riggins, a Desert Storm veteran, briefed the group on “Guardian…
Read MoreRAYMOND ARTHUR HEALY
August 4, 1951 – September 4, 2025 Raymond Arthur Healy was born August 4, 1951 in Carroll, Iowa with his twin brother Roger. The twins were the first children for William and Sara Patricia Healy of Vail, Iowa. The Healy family grew to seven sons and 2 daughters. Ray and his siblings grew up working…
Read MoreWILLIAM THOMAS (“TOM”) SLOAN
William Thomas Sloan, known to friends and loved ones as Tom, Tommy or even Mr. Smiley Face, passed away peacefully surrounded by his two sons on Monday, June 30, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri, at the age of 79. Tom was born on January 23, 1946, in Kirksville, Missouri and grew up in Milan, Missouri.…
Read MoreHands of Friendship Quilt Guild Exhibit Opens at the Sue Ross Arts Center
Submitted by Madisyn Thornton The Hands of Friendship Quilt Guild Exhibit opened at the Sue Ross Arts Center on September 10, 2025. The exhibit includes forty-two quilts by eighteen area quilters. There is no cost to visit the exhibit. The arts center is open on weekdays from 11 am to 4 pm and Saturdays 10…
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