SULLIVAN – The family of a young man who recently died of an apparent drug overdose during a drunken float trip on the Meramec River hopes their tragedy serves as a wake-up call for others. Michael O. Surrisi, 22, of O’Fallon, Mo. died Friday, July 30 at the Arapaho campgrounds in Miramiguoa Park after a day of drinking and swimming with a group of friends during a party hosted by St. Louis-based radio station 105.7 The Point. Although the details of his death are still under investigation, Surrisi apparently ingested a pain patch he had been wearing earlier that day, according to an incident report from the Franklin County Sheriff’s.......
SULLIVAN – The end of the legal battle over the City of Sullivan’s controversial sewer-tap fee will be heard Sept. 8, 2010 in the Missouri Supreme Court. The state’s highest court will determine if a state appellate court got it right when (that court) ruled against the city’s $3,750 - $4,250 tap fee. The Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District on March 31 reversed a Crawford County judgment that allowed the City of Sullivan to charge some residents up to $4,250 for a sewer connection fee while charging others as little as $60. The case has been working its way through the court system since......
SULLIVAN – Fake pot, which goes by K2, Orange Crush and other slick names, is now just as illegal as the real stuff. A new law that took effect Aug. 28 carries penalties that are identical to those for possession of marijuana. Beginning Saturday, possession of K2 – a substance similar to marijuana – will be a misdemeanor. Possession of more than 35 grams of it will be a felony, just as it would for marijuana. Missouri is the fifth state to ban the mixture of dried herbs laced with chemicals that are said to mirror the affects of marijuana.......
The Washington Federated Republican Women (WFRW) will be hosting speaker Diane Jones on Wednesday, September 1st at Cowan's Restaurant in Washington, Missouri. Jones is a talk show host at KLPW in...
Missouri Department of Transportation and its contractor, Fred Weber Inc., will make a traffic switch on westbound Interstate 44 between the Pacific and Route 100 (Washington, MO) exits starting...
Thomas D. Matthews, MD, Patients First orthopedic surgeon, recently passed the 2010 Maintenance of Certification Examination and has fulfilled all of the requirements of the American Board of...
SULLVAN - The Sullivan Lady Eagles varsity volleyball team opened their season Tuesday night with a close, hard-fought victory over the Festus…
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