Correction 4/18/07

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

A Southeast Missourian online story posted Monday afternoon reported that Scott County Presiding Commissioner Jamie Burger, former Presiding Commissioner Martin Priggel, former First District Commissioner Walter Bizzel and County Clerk Rita Milam testified in grand jury proceedings to indict former sheriff Bill Ferrell. Those officials did not testify in the grand jury proceedings but were named as witnesses for the state after the indictment was handed down by the grand jury.

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