The Sullivan Independent News

Sullivan Police are investigating a reported burglary at Orscheln Farm and Home, 124 South Service Rd. E., late Saturday night or early Sunday morning.
Store employees reported to Sullivan Police that they arrived at the business at 9:04 a.m. on Sunday and found that the business had been hit in a burglary.
Sullivan Police did not disclose the items taken or details into the burglary.
Sullivan Police are asking that anyone with information on the burglary or who [...]

On January 26, at approximately 8:30 PM, Franklin County Deputies responded to a report of an accidental shooting at River Round Access near Old Cove Road. Members of the Missouri Department of Conservation, St. Clair Ambulance, and St. Clair Fire also responded.

Upon arrival, it was determined that three male subjects were coon hunting in the area. During the hunt, one of the subjects wounded a raccoon. A second subject was holding the raccoon down with [...]

On Wednesday, January 25th, at approximately 10:20 p.m. officers of the Sullivan Police Department along with the Sullivan Fire Department responded to the 100 block of Virginia Street for a report of a residence on fire.
Upon arrival, the residence was fully engulfed in flames. An 18 year old male and a 15 year old female, both Sullivan residents, later arrived at Missouri Baptist Hospital. The 18 year old had sustained non-life threatening burns during the [...]

The Missouri Department of Transportation announced Tuesday morning , that the scheduled work to relocate the Interstate 44/North Service Rd. at Highway AF in Sullivan has been canceled. Necessary funding for this cost-share project is currently not available. Construction was scheduled to begin this summer. The estimated cost for this project was $5.7 million.
According to city officials, the City of Sullivan was unable to gain the desired right-of-way originally proposed in the project. One of [...]

On January 18, 2012, at approximately 1:40 AM, Franklin County Deputies responded to a residence in the 1000 block of Opeechee Beach Road outside Pacific in reference to a gunshot wound. Upon arrival, deputies learned that there were several people at the residence visiting. Witnesses reported that the victim and a female friend were teasing each other in another room. The female friend of the victim stated that he retrieved a handgun when it accidentally [...]

Three black males are being sought in a Sullivan home invasion in which a Sullivan woman was held at gunpoint.
According to Sullivan Police they were called to 200 block of Virginia St., early Friday morning at 3:59 a.m., for a reported home invasion in which a woman, with a three-year-old child  inside the residence, was held at gunpoint by three black males.
Authorities reported that the suspects were looking for another individual and did not appropriate [...]

On Jan. 7, Franklin County Deputies responded to the area of Friendship Park near Highway PP and Plum Ford Road in St. Clair in reference to a suspicious vehicle. Upon arrival, three suspects fled the scene, two on foot and one in a vehicle.
A female suspect that fled on foot was taken into custody near the scene. The male subject fleeing in the vehicle drove through several fences and fields eventually driving out on to [...]

A 43-year-old Pacific man was fatally injured early Saturday morning after he was struck by a vehicle on the North Outer Rd., one mile west of Sullivan, near Unique PowerSports.
According to the Missouri Highway Patrol the accident occurred at 3:15 a.m. when Michael Heigl, 21, Sullivan, operating an eastbound 1999 Jeep Cherokee, struck a pedestrian walking in the roadway, identified as Scott I. Lamar, 43, Pacific.
Lamar was transported by Missouri Baptist Ambulance to Missouri Baptist [...]

Crawford County Treasurer Jessica Easler resigned from her position effective January 17.
She turned in her letter of resignation to the county commission on Tuesday afternoon.
Easler has been in office since 2007 and just completed the first year of her second term. Jenny Farr was appointed as Deputy Treasurer, pursuant to RSMO 54.033. By making an interim appointment, Easler said she can help train Farr before leaving her position.
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon can appoint a replacement for [...]

According to MFC Industrial Ltd., a global commodity supply chain company,  they have acquired, along with a partner the former Pea Ridge Iron Ore Mine.
MFC issued an official press release on the mine purchase Wednesday, Jan. 4, which states, “MFC Industrial LTD. (”MFC” or the (”Company”), announced that it has acquired, together with its partner in the project, the troubled Pea Ridge Iron Ore Mine, located in Sullivan, Missouri. There were numerous contractual disputes and [...]