December 27 SCR-I School Board Votes To Place Prop C Waiver On April 2nd Ballot Third Time's The Charm For Race Track Christmas Tree Blamed For House Fire In Memphis Downing Woman Hurt In Accident On Route A Five Candidates File For April 2nd Municipal Election MCGA President Brent Rockhold Declares 2001 A Good Year For Missouri Corn Growers Association Father, Son Killed In One-Car Crash East Of Baring December 13 Kahoka Woman Killed In Head-On Crash With Semi County Payroll Stays Put While Neighboring Elected Officials Give Themselves Big Raises City Council Quickly Handles Short Agenda At December Meeting Farm Bureau To Back Added Funding For State's Highways Patrol Gearing Up For Heavy Holiday Highway Traffic Local Man Taken Into Custody On Colorado Warrants December 6 Rep. Berkowitz Named Chairman Of House Agriculture Committee Memphis Rocked By 2nd Suicide In Recent Months NEMO Major Case Squad Holds Meeting In Memphis Salvation Army Christmas Campaign In Full Swing Missouri Rotarians Raise $95,000 To Help 9-11Victims November 29 Driver Escapes Serious Injury After Pepsi Truck Was Forced Off Bridge Area Veterans Receive World War II Medallions At Special Ceremony Clark County Sheriff Ticketed For Spotlighting Deer In Scotland County Committee Suggests School Enhance Outdoor Classroom DWI Suspect Accidentally Shot During His Arrest Two Area Teens Arrested Following High-Speed Chase November 22 Epsilon Iota Chapter Set For 20th Annual Christmas Bazaar Dr. Lohmeyer Bringing Pediatric Services To Memphis Clinic Fire Department Responds To Two Calls Over Weekend Senator Bond To Hold Listening Post In Memphis Congressman Kenny Hulshof Secures Food Bank Funding November 15 Fair Board To Begin Search For New Racetrack Promoter After Negotiations Fail Berkowitz Takes Seat On Transportation Joint Committee Deer Hunters Set Opening Weekend State Record Despite Local Decline SCR-I School Sign Demolished In One Vehicle Accident SCBPA Make Plans For Christmas Opening November 8 Searchers Unable To Locate Hunter Who Made Distress Call Memphis Teenager Injured In Crash On Highway 136 SCR-I School Board Approves Sale Of Building Trades Home Harvest Time Keeping Local Firemen Busy Council Approves Filing Period For 2002 Municipal Election Candidates Three People Hurt In Crash On Scotland County Gravel Road November 1 Pheasants Forever To Hold Fifth Annual Banquet Police Department Investigating Break In At Raytec Plant Rain Bogs Down Harvest Efforts After Near Perfect Week For Work October 25 Local Legacy Lives On As Jim Sears Northeast Technical Center Dedicated Arbela Teenager Killed In Crash East Of Memphis Lightning Strike Blamed For House Fire In Memphis Fair Board Offers Track Promoter Final Chance To Reach Agreement Juvenile Faces Charges Following Conclusion Of Bomb Threat Investigation Sheriff's Department Investigating Local Man's Suicide October 18 House Committee Meets In Memphis To Discuss State's Nursing Home Issues Downing Pedestrian Seriously Injured When Struck By Car Scotland County Raceway Letter to the Editor Local Man Labeled Hero After Saving Motorcyclist's Life Regional Food Bank Faced With Increasing Demand Farm Service Agency To Hold County Committee Election October 11 Criminal Inquiry Continuing In SCR-I Bomb Threat Case Local Kids May Get Head Start On Reading From Imagination Library Memphis City Council Approves 8% Price Hike For Electricity October 4 SCR-I Schools Evacuated Following Discovery Of Written Bomb Threat Granger Couple Facing Numerous Drug Charges Rockhold Begins Term As Missouri Corn Growers President Rep. Berkowitz To Head House Committee Reviewing Nursing Homes Library Receives Grant To Improve Public Internet Access Planning Committee Recommends Prop C Waiver To School Board September 27 Army To Name Medical Center After Local Vietnam War Hero Memphis PD Busts Apparent Meth Lab, Nabs Two Iowa Escapees Scotland County Keeps On Giving Memphis Woman Injured In Crash On Route A Highway 136 East Corridor Group To Meet October 4th September 20 Proposed County Redistricting Would Shift Several Townships Local Residents Responding To Terrorist Attacks On Our Nation Donations Make New Hoops Court Possible At SCR-I Converter Concepts Closing Quincy Plant Rep. Berkowitz Extends Invitation To Sears Technical Center Dedication September 13 Electric Rates In Memphis To Increase By 15 Percent Dedication Set For Jim Sears Technical Center Terrorist Attacks On East Coast Have Ripple Effects Across U.S. Letters to the Editor - Scotland County Raceway</li> City Council Places Water System Grants Ahead Of CREP Wiley Homestead Honored As Missouri Century Farm September 6 Family Farms Pork Cooperative To Hold Meeting In Memphis School Board Will Allow Staff Members To Pool Sick Leave Downing Days Time To Appreciate Some Of That Community's Finest Bible Grove Teen Escapes Injury In Crash On Route T SCR-I District Tax Levy Lowered To $3.0083 August 30 County Commission Targets 10 Bridges For Replacement With Grant Cauthorn Backing SMART Highway 61 Petition Drive MPD Traffic Stop Results In Four MIP Citations Walkers Stop In Memphis On Their Way Across United States Merger Joins State's Aging And Public Health Programs August 23 World War II Airplane Still Buzzing Around Memphis Skies Scotland County Receives $273,800 CDBG For Bridge Replacements Rep. Berkowitz Urging Local Support Of Highway 61 Petition Region Eligible For FSA Disaster Loans After Spring Storms Rep. Berkowitz Announces Special Legislative Session August 16 Thieves Hit Local Residence Twice In One Week's Time Memphis Teenager Ticketed For DWI Following Accident Bed Races Top List Of Events Planned For 2001 Antique Fair Memphis Democrat Enters Internet Era With Debut Of New Web Page SCMH Names New Director, Assistant Director Of Nursing Fire Department Remodeling Station Addition To House Newest Truck August 9 Scotland County Relay For Life Raises More Than $14,000 For Cancer Society Future French Farmer Learns About American Agriculture During Stay In Scotland County Pool Renovation Is Plan Behind LLPP Grant Application Pheasants Forever Joins With MDC, Local Soil & Water Districts To Promote CCRP DNR Restrictions May Force City To Say No To CREP Bible Grove Kicks Off Community Summer Festivals August 17-19 August 2 Relay For Life To Raise Money For American Cancer Society SCR-I Schhol Board Approves Price Increase For School Meals, Student Tuition Local Health Care Officials Travel To Nation's Capitol To Discuss Rural Hospitals Rep. Berkowitz Says Livestock Marketing Law Will Be Fixed Rutledge To Offer Aluminum Can Recycling Program Memphis Man Dies Of Self-Inflicted Gun-Shot Wound July 26 County Continues To Take Advantage Of Waste Tire Collection Program Gorin Teen Escapes Serious Injury In One-Vehicle Crash Missouri Senate Pledges To Help Save State's Livestock Producers Four Knox County Men Arrested In Vandalism Case Rutledge Man Faces Drug Charges After Traffic Stop July 19 Area Producers Flock To Governor’s Agricultural Task Force Meeting Rutledge Woman Cited For DWI Following Wreck Two Area Teenagers Injured In Crash Near Bible Grove July 12 Court Hands Down Sentences In Two Local Felony Cases NEMO Solid Waste Management District Receives DNR Grant Memphis City Council Approves Changes In Rollerblading Rules. ATV Regulations Memphis Man Faces Felony Charges After June 28 Altercation July 5 Three-Year-Old Seriously Injured In Crash On Route A Man Life-Flighted To Quincy After Truck Hits Tractor Highway 136 Corridor East Association Names New Chairperson Two Local Youths Hurt In Crash North Of Granger Biker Concludes Ride To All 114 Missouri Counties With Stop In Memphis June 28 SCR-I District Enters Lease Agreement For New Lifetime Learning Center Memphis Man Busted In Adair County For Meth Possession SCR-I School Board Prepares For Upcoming Year At June Meeting Wet Road Causes One-Car Accident Near Memphis June 21 Governor Names Local Farmers To State Agriculture Task Force Iowa Man Wanted In Connection With Local Truck Theft Dairy Farmers Take Their Legislative Priorities To Capital Hill AmerenUE and Lewis County Rural Electric Cooperative Request Approval For Customer Transfer Pamida Foundation Announces Grant To Lifetime Learning Center & Reaching Reluctant Readers June 30 Is Deadline For Tax Credits For Fitness Center Project June 14 Local Man Listed In Serious Condition Following Shooting Memphis Man Arrested After Lengthy Pursuit Triplett Wins Seat On Rural Water District Board Granger Man Severely Burned In Shed Blaze Texas Trio Face Felony Charges In Scotland County June 7 SCR-I School District Hit With 22% Increase In Employee Insurance Costs For 2001-2002 Rain Totals Nearly Top 10 Inches During May In Scotland County Mark Twain Chorale To Make Third Trip To Europe For International Music Festival Tree Limbs Blamed For Brief Power Outage In Memphis May 31 Representative Sam Berkowitz Calls 2001 Legislative Session A Success Rural Water District Customers Head To Election Polls June 5 May 24 VFW To Host 55th Annual Memorial Day Observance Green Thumb Program Providing Opportunities For Area Seniors Governor Requests Farm Disaster Aid For Local Counties May 17 Mother Nature Unloads Major Rain Fall On Scotland County For Mother's Day USDA Encourages Local Farmers To Consider Continuous CRP Contracts Tractor Accident Leaves Local Farmer With Serious Injuries April 20 Two Area Women Seriously Injured In Accident Near Edina April 12 CCI Closing Its Memphis Plant Spring Fires Bring Fire Department Out March 29 Court Closes County Road As Part Of Lawsuit Settlement Scotland County Rec-Plex Purchases MicroEnergy Building To Serve As Local Recreational Center Fire Department Douses Grass Fire At Gray Residence Promoter Announces $40,000 Two-Day Race To Open Season Campus Bowl Team Continues To Climb Up League Standings County Voters To Decide Fate Of ½ Cent Sales Tax
