SCMH Rural Healthcare Hero
The Sullivan County Memorial Hospital recently celebrated National Rural Health Day recognizing Melba Fordyce as the 2024 Rural Healthcare Hero. Fordyce has served the SCMH Board of Trustees since 1997 and is the current Board President. She is shown with SCMH CEO Martha Gragg. Photo submitted
Read MoreChristmas On Main Encouraging Community To Shop Local
By Phyllis Fleshman Christmas on Main cards are available to pick up at any of the participating businesses, Ayerco, Builders Hardware, High Hope, Milan C-2 School, Northern Blooms, Richardson’s Supermarket, Sullivan County Farm Supply, The Mower Shop and USPS. The Milan Chamber Main Street board members will then collect the cards, verify and enter them…
Read MoreNational Rural Health Day Proclamation Signing
Representatives from Sullivan County Memorial Hospital, Sullivan County Health Department, and Sullivan County Ambulance District are shown alongside the Sullivan County Commissioners as they officially sign a proclamation in honor of National Rural Health Day, which was observed on November 21, 2024. National Rural Health Day serves as an opportunity to celebrate the “Power of…
Read MoreConcrete Added to Ayerco Building Site
CONCRETE BEING POURED AT AYERCO – The concrete trucks were in full swing this week pouring concrete for the gas pumps at the Ayerco Convenience Center located on North Pearl Street in Milan. It will double the size of the amount of pumps they have at the old location. Dirt work started on the new…
Read MoreMissouri FFA Foundation Grant Awarded to Grundy High School
Submitted by Heather Dimitt-Fletcher Galt – The Missouri FFA Foundation is awarding a Learning by Doing Classroom grant to the agriculture education program at Grundy Co R-V High School. In 2022, the Missouri FFA Foundation launched the Learning by Doing Classroom grants program to assist agriculture education teachers across the state in improving the curriculum,…
Read MoreDONALD GARY SCOTT
Donald Gary Scott, 80, of Milan, Missouri, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday, November 17, 2024, at Landmark Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. Donnie was born on the farm in Sullivan County on February 25, 1944, to Hubert and Garnett (Carver) Scott. He attended elementary classes at the one room Prairie Dale School and…
Read MoreWildcat All Conference Football Picks
Receiving All Conference Honors in football were (front row, left to right) Keaton Weter, First Team Defense Athlete, First Team Wide Receiver; Ethan Bennett, First Team Defensive Back; Eddie Garcia, First Team Returner, Running Back, and Honorable Mention Defensive Back; Aziel Alcantara, Second Team Defense Kicker; Santiago Sorio, Second Team Offensive Line; Troy Aldridge, First…
Read MoreNow Open: Sullivan County Route N and Y Intersection
Roy Blunt Reservoir Project BUILD grant Missouri Department of Transportation Press Release ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is administering a US DOT Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant for the construction of transportation improvements around the Roy Blunt Reservoir project. Contractors from Capital Paving and Construction, LLC., reopened…
Read MoreGreen City National Honor Society Donation
During September and October, the Green City National Honor Society members pledged to “Get Our Move On” to raise both awareness of the benefits of physical activity and money to donate to a local cause. Students chose the Milan Interfaith Food Pantry as the recipient of the $574 raised through a variety of activities: running,…
Read MoreWildcat All Conference Softball Picks
Receiving All Conference Honors in softball were Amy Pickering, Honorable Mention Catcher, 1st team All District Catcher, 2nd Team All-Region Catcher, and Emerson Pauley, 1st Team Pitcher, 1st Team All District Pitcher and 2nd Team All-Region Pitcher.
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