On December 7th, Sullivan Fire Protection District Firefighter/EMT basic Cody Taylor received his certification for Basic Operations Firefighter (BOF). This accomplishment took 300 hours to achieve. “This is a great milestone moving forward in my career.” In the future, he plans to pursue his Paramedic certification. L-R: Cody Taylor and SFPD Captain Kenny Graven.

Tamar Davis Walker

•January 14, 2026•

by Janet Roney

Once upon a time, about two hundred years ago, a little girl named Tamar Davis was traveling north in a wagon train on the Natchez Trace with her parents and little brother, heading back to their former home in Ohio. Her parents had succumbed to the siren song of Aaron Burr, who was forming a new country in the Mississippi Territory, where they could all have a fresh new start. (Remember? Aaron Burr was Vice-President during Jefferson’s first term as President in 1800-1804, and killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel.)

But shortly after Tamar’s folks arrived in Burr’s brave new world, federal agents showed up, arrested Burr, hauled him off, and charged him with treason. Their dream was over.

Then, one dark night on the trail back home, Tamar and her little brother disappeared. A party of Shawnees seized them when they wandered away from camp. The folks in the wagon train searched for them, but fearing an attack, they soon packed up and left Tamar and her little brother behind.

2016

The days of trying to decipher a police officer’s handwriting on a traffic citation are over in Moultrie County. The Moultrie County Circuit Clerk’s Office became the first office in the sixth judicial circuit to implement e-Citations.

The building and grounds committee of the Moultrie County Board met and voted to recommend the removal of a dilapidated courthouse chimney. Maintenance director Rick Matthews explained that the recent rain had indicated the unused courthouse chimney was the site of water infiltration inside the building.

2006

The Sullivan school board signed off on a confidential agreement providing for the resignation of Coach Derik Eaton. The settlement signed at Monday’s meeting did not reveal the reason for Eaton’s resignation, but merely noted that “a dispute has arisen among the parties regarding Eaton’s employment as a teacher and as a high school boys’ track coach.”

Realizing that Sullivan city residents are being hit this month with high utility bills, the city council voted to dispense with late fees for the next three months. To avoid late fees, however, customers must call in to make arrangements to pay their bills.