The Milan Standard
EMMA LOUISE (CUNNINGHAM) LALIK
Emma Louise (Cunningham) Lalik 89, a resident of Richmond, Missouri, passed away on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at North Care Hospice House in North Kansas City. Emma was born on August 11, 1936, the daughter of Harvey and Havaleen Florence (Bailey) Cunningham. On March 3, 1957, Emma was united in marriage to E. Thomas Lalik;…
Read MoreSullivan County Public Administrator Pleads Not Guilty to Eight Felonies
Judge Grants Request for Cameras in the Courtroom By Echo Menges MILAN, Mo. — Sullivan County Public Administrator Joan Brummitt has pleaded not guilty to eight felony charges accusing her of financially exploiting a partially disabled person under her conservatorship. Brummitt, 65, entered the plea after waiving formal arraignment in Sullivan County Circuit Court on…
Read MoreSullivan County Sheriff Welcomes Deputy Gonzalez
By Sheriff Scott Frazier Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 – The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office is proud to announce the addition of a full-time deputy bringing the Office to full staff. Eduardo “Eddie” Gonzalez was hired as an Academy Cadet in August of this year. Deputy Gonzalez completed his training at the University of Missouri Law…
Read MoreStudent Safety Guides Winter Closure Decisions in NEMO
By Mike Scott, NEMOnews Media Group NORTHEAST MISSOURI — With winter weather forcing school closures across northeast Missouri, some residents are left wondering why student activities — such as basketball games — sometimes still go on. NEMOnews Media group contacted several area school superintendents who say student safety is always the top priority, even if…
Read MoreOutdoors With Kevin Fox:Alternative Method Season for Whitetail
I sat in a very comfortable folding chair and had moved my electric heater from inside the cabin to the deck, where I would spend the evening deer hunting. It had been a quiet evening without seeing a deer, but that didn’t surprise me, as I fully expected the deer not to appear until the…
Read MoreGreen City Boys Win Novinger Tournament
By David Sharp Green City (3- 0) adjusted to the graduation of several four year starting boys basketball players by transitioning to a lane based power attack, downing Brashear 61-39 in the boys championship game of the 82nd Annual Novinger Tournament. Clancy Ballinger led all scorers with 27 Green City points. Zane Patterson hammered home…
Read MoreGreen City Girls Win Third Straight Novinger Championship
By: David Sharp Green City employed a strong inside-outside game to hand conference rival La Plata a 49- 39 loss in the girls championship game of the 2025 Novinger Tournament. Jaryn Hatcher helped Green City control the boards along with a game high 23 point night. Junior guard Macy Jeffries tossed in 22 points along…
Read MoreWAYNE CLEM
Wayne Clem, age 94, of Lebanon, died at 8:28 a.m. Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at Memorial Hospital East in Shiloh. He was born February 3, 1931 in Milan, Missouri, the son of the late Milford and Margaret (Caldwell) Clem. He married Joyce Norman Aug. 20, 1955 in Milan, Missouri. She survives. Also surviving are three…
Read MoreBUDDY LEE NICKELL
Buddy Lee Nickell, 93 of Milan, MO, passed from this life into Heaven on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at Sullivan County Memorial Hospital. He was surrounded by his wife, Vera, local family and listened to loving goodbyes from his family living in the states of Alaska and Washington. Buddy, was the first of five children…
Read MoreGraves Secures $4M for Sullivan County Hospital Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) has secured $4 million in federal funding for a new hospital facility in Sullivan County. The funds were included in the Fiscal Year 2026 Agriculture appropriations bill signed into law last month. The money will support the construction of a new 16-bed critical access hospital and rural…
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