2002 News 2001 News December 25 MACC Ham Giveaway Draws Traffic To Community Website Holden Releases $75 Million That Was Withheld From Schools State Historic Architect Visits Bible Grove, Rutledge Schools Audit Reveals SCR-I In Strong Financial Shape Patrol Stresses Safety During Holidays December 18 Heat Lamp Blamed For Fire That Destroys Garage In Memphis Patrol Reports Local Accident Numbers Up In November Flu Arrives Early, Locally And Statewide Final Christmas Matinee Movie On Saturday Santa To Be At V.F.W. On Saturday Local Churches Hosting Special Christmas Events December 11 Alleged Thief Snared By Stolen Traps Christmas Cantata Planned For Sunday City Will Build Bathhouse In Effort To Get New Pool Project In Under Budget December 4 Deer Harvest Down Statewide Despite Gain In Scotland County Filing Period For SCR-I School Board To Open December 16th USMTS President Named New Race Promoter At SCS Library Awarded Prestigious Federal Grant Police Officers Again Lending Santa A Hand Free Christmas Matinees Begin On Saturday November 27 Raid On Deer Camp Uncovers Meth Lab MACC Plans Christmas Promotions Missouri Foundation For Health Awards $488,000 To Area Ambulance Districts Children’s Division Striving To Create Awareness Of Adoption Process Antique Fair Group Planning For Next Year November 20 Downing Woman Hurt In Wreck Near County Line Ministerial Alliance To Host Community Thanksgiving Prosecutor Seeks Forfeiture Of Farm, Cars, Cash In Drug Case Opening Weekend Deer Harvest Down In Scotland County, Statewide $5,000 Reward Offered To Solve Safe Theft Cotton Crowned Miss Clark County November 13 Deer Season Can Cost Big Bucks If You Don’t Follow the Rules Property Lines Main Point Of Debate At City Council Meeting FSA Emergency Disaster Loans Now Available ‘Permanent’ Court Injunction Halts Conceal and Carry Permits Tigers Crowned District Champs Arbela Veteran Made Return Home From World War II 58 Years Ago This Week November 6 Local Veteran Interviewed For Library Of Congress Project Youth Deer Hunters Set New State Record SCR-I Could Face Additional State Funding Cuts Of $260,000 Next Year Natural Gas Price Hike Hits Home Area Hardest October 30 Pheasants Forever Proceeds Being Put To Work On Local Wildlife Projects Author To Be In Memphis For Book Signing Fair Board Receives Letter Of Resignation Elvis Is Coming To Memphis Edina Man Killed In Crash Near Baring Scotland County Unemployment Rate Among Lowest In Missouri October 23 October Chamber Meeting Focuses On Arts, Upcoming Promotions Harvest Season Keeping Local Firemen Busy Haunted Cattle Barn To Benefit After Prom Bradley Williams Hired As New Ambulance Director Speedway Promoter Announces He Won’t Be Back For 2004 Race Season October 16 Memphis Man’s Death Ruled A Suicide Fitness Center Hosting Open House November 1 Firemen Fight Combine Blaze Near Arbela Homeland Security Awards Scotland County $144,000 For New Fire Truck Tip To DEA Results In Arrest Of Three Local Residents On Drug Charges Jessie Cotton To Compete In 2004 Miss Clark County Pageant October 9 Owner Offers To Donate Former ‘Dollar General’ Building To City MACC Pondering Creation Of Local Arts Council Truck Destroyed By Fire On Route F Near Granger Rotary Club Donates More Than $1,350 To Further Local Causes Alderman Questions City’s Water Intake Repair Plans Galaxy Cable Comes Under Fire At October City Council Meeting October 2 Collection Keeps 310 Tons Of Waste Tires Out Of Dumps School Board Approves Sale Of Buses At September Meeting MACC Sponsoring ‘All About Autumn’ Decorating Contest State Sheriff’s Association Announces Permit Procedure Chamber Looking At Funding Ideas For Tourism Brochures September 25 Terry Rush Kicks Off Premeiere Of New Book At Cardinals Game Boosters Planing Fundraiser For Memphis FFA Movies Begin Next Week At Memphis Theater Fire Destroys Barns At Dennis Howard Home Fair Board Offers New Contract To Track Promoter Sandhill Farm Sorghum Festival Set For Saturday September 18 NEMO Rural Telephone Company Hosts Annual Meeting In Memphis Rockhold Presents Keys For Ethanol Van To State FFA Leader Work Begins At Proposed Site Of New Casey’s General Store Speedway To Host All-Star 100 This Saturday Night Walk-A-Thon To Benefit Bible Grove School Senator’s ‘Missouri Matters’ Coming To Scotland County September 11 Briggs-Smith Memorial Airport Named In $16 Million Federal Aviation Grant For State State Funding Cuts Force School Board To Raise Local Tax Levy Council Finalizes Water Rate Increases At September Meeting Gosney Retires From Highway Patrol After 31 Years Of Service Booster Club Raffling St. Louis Rams Tickets Rodeo In Bible Grove This Weekend September 4 Rain May Dampen Drought Aid Efforts Missouri Electric Rates Among Lowest in Nation Corn Growers To Host Plot Tour Monday SCMH Adding Ophthalmologist To Services Available In Memphis City Balances Near $2 Million At Midway Point of Fiscal Year 2003 Sheriff’s Office Investigating Break In At Bible Grove School August 28 SCR-I Not Only NEMO School Facing Declining Enrollments Leaders Of Tomorrow Photos To Be Taken Next Week Firemen Warn Dry Conditions Ripe For Grassfires Governor Meets With Local School Officials To Address State Aid Highway Patrol Reports Crash Numbers Down In Scotland County August 21 National Blackouts No Worries For City Residents Thanks To Memphis Light Plant Twins Planning To Take Part In Antique Fair Munzlinger To Host Freshmen Legislators On NEMO Tour New IV Therapy Treatment Available at SCMH Health Department Announces Statewide Hot Weather Health Advisory Gorin Fall Festival August 30 and 31 August 14 SCMH Representative Urges Congress To Support Medicare Reforms DNR Awards $20,000 To NEMO Solid Waste Management District Memphis City Council Approves First Price Increase For Water Since 1992 Study Shows Missouri Farm Land Values Up 5.3 Percent August 7 Scotland County Cancer Crusade Raises $6,500 Law Enforcement Officers Bust Scam In Memphis Police Investigating Attempted Burglary At Gun Shop Court Orders Forfeiture Of Nearly $10,000 Seized In Drug Arrest Board Prepares For Start Of School At July Meeting Bible Grove Preservation Days To Get Underway August 16 July 31 Seatbelt Prevents Worse Injuries For Local Driver AeroCare Brings Home Medical Equipment Service Back To Memphis Memphis Man Among June Lottery Winners Show-Me Longbeards To Host First WTF Banquet In Memphis Community Action To Host Back To School Fair August 1 Travel Connection Opens New Business In Scotland County July 24 Scotland County Audit Report Paints Positive Picture Despite Minor Issues Dangerous Section Of Highway 61 Claims Another Life Mobile MRI Machine Arrives At SCMH Memphis Marine Andy Miller Returns Home From Iraq War First Baptist Church To Celebrate Sesquicentennial Scotland County To Host Clover Kids 4-H Camp July 17 Chamber Considering Hosting Arts Festival In Memphis Arbela Man Hurt In Crash On Route H Fire Destroys Truck Stopped At Route T Junction NEMO Family Health Clinic Brings Doctor Back To Birthplace Welder Sparks Blamed For Hay Barn Blaze Sign Up Under Way for New Grassland Reserve Program July 10 Kiss The Pig Contest Leaves LeRoy Huff With Sour Taste In His Mouth City Council Rezones Property To Open Way For New Casey's Store Bible Grove Preservation Committee Having A Successful Start To 2003 Highway Patrol Reports 14 Fatalities During July 4th Holiday Weekend Missouri Corn Acreage Up 5%, Soybeans Down 2% July 3 Frederick Takes Dairy Industry Messages To Capital Hill Rutledge Firemen Receive $5,130 Federal Grant State Budget Woes Force Third Straight Month Of Financial Cutbacks At SCR-I Northeast Missouri Gets $500,000 Federal Boost For Job Growth Bible Grove Fundraisers Have Netted $7,000 of $40,000 Goal Hospital Installing New H-Vac System In Operating Room June 26 Local Personalities Poised To Kiss A Pig To Help Extension Memphis Police Officer Makes Drug Arrest Newton Learning Provides SCR-I Summer School Program USDA Rural Development Helps Local Women Stay In Her Home Berkowitz Blasts House Leadership For Irresponsible Budget Extension Hosting Local Workshop On Grant Writing June 19 Cancer Survivors' Lap Will Kick Off Relay For Life Friday Night Former Clark County Sheriff Headed To Jail Knox County Law Officers Bust Meth Lab In Rutledge Tickets On Sale Now For 'The Butler Did It Again’ PD Investigating Theft Of Vehicle Stereo System Deer Blamed For Crash That Injures Two Memphis Men June 12 Council Learns Labor Day Is Tentative Start Date For Construction Of New Pool McBee Elected To Rural Water District Board Gorin Residence Damaged By Early Morning Blaze Slow, Wet Spring Becoming Norm For Area Farmers Come to the Memphis Square June 14 for Peanuts, Prizes and More Race Fans Get Bonus Action At June 14 Races June 5 New Outpatient Specialist Will Provide ENT Service At SCMH Gorin Man Held On $100,000 Bond Following Attack Rotary Club Gearing Up For Busy Summer With More State Cuts Looming, School Board Approves Spending Reductions May 29 Extension To Host Agriculture Meetings In June Patrol Reports Ten Fatalities Occur Over Memorial Day Weekend County Clerk's Office To Be Open Saturday Library Summer Reading Program Begins June 2nd Horse Owners Urged to Vaccinate Against West Nile Virus Memorial Day 2003 May 22 Ty England To Perform At 2003 Scotland County Fair Motorists Reminded To Lock Cars While At The Races Masden, Fuller To Represent SCR-I At State Track Meet Pepsi's Glass Bottling Line Gets Boost From National Restaurant Chain VFW To Host 57th Annual Memorial Day Services SCMH Ambulance Crews Celebrating National EMS Week May 18-24 May 15 Severe Storms Strike Region Rush To Address Seniors At 2003 SCR-I Graduation Tigers Golf Team Headed To State Memphis Man Injured In Crash Near Fairmont Traffic Stop Nabs Three On Drug, Alcohol Charges May 8 City Council Approves Power Project For Hospital Expansion DNR Awards $112,000 For Fox River Cleanup Patrol Assigns Two New Troopers To Scotland County Execution Of Warrant Nets More Charges NEMO Regional Planning Commission Highlights Projects At Annual Meeting Summer Play Auditions To Be Held May 12 And 13 May 1 Jaws-Of-Life Rescue Memphis Man From Overturned Truck Budget Crunch Means SCR-I Will Not Fill Three Teaching Vacancies Fire Investigation Leads To Two Juvenile Suspects Memphis Teen Suffers Minor Injuries In Crash Hospital Board Temporarily Resolves Ambulance Shortage April 24 Hospital Board Considering Funding Options For New Ambulance Pepsi, USMTS Helping Scotland County Speedway Kick Off 2003 Season Bill Hoskinson Among March Lottery Winners SCMH Celebrating National Laboratory Week April 20-26 Opening Day Numbers Up In Scotland County Iowa Man Gets Five Years In DOC After Probation Revoked April 17 Illinois Woman Seriously Hurt in Crash On 136 Chamber Of Commerce Approaches City About 'Spring Cleaning' Easter Bunny Will Be Popping Up All Across Memphis Memphis Woman Injured In Wreck West Of Downing Suspect Enters Not Guilty Plea In Tim Mendenhall Murder Council Votes To Stick With Waste Corporation For City Trash Service April 10 Financial Picture Continues To Get Darker For Public Schools Nursing Home Levy Increase Approved By 492 - 418 Vote SCR-I Summer School Students To Get Free Meals Memphis Man Arrested On Drug Charges Local Man Headed To Prison After Probation Revoked Congressman To Hold Listening Post In Memphis April 3 School Board Receives Two Resignations At March Meeting Scotland County Probate Records Now Available On Microfilm Organizers Need Help For SCR-I After Prom Party Sheriff's Officers Make DWI Arrests Over Weekend Community Looking For Ways To Support Troops, Nation Still Time To Enter Teams In Relay For Life March 27 Scotland County Sheriff Seriously Injured In Crash Drought Conditions Fueling Grassfires Across Region Cancer Crusade Kick-Off Dinner Set For April 1 Runners Looking For Hosts In Memphis As They Cross USA Downing Fire Department Called To Several Fires March 20 Fire Department Coming To The Rescue With New Rescue Unit You've Got E-Mail Clark County Sheriff Pleads Guilty, Resigns SCBPA To Become Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce Absentee Ballots Available At Clerk's Office March 13 Rotary's Roundball Rendezvous Returning To Memphis March 22 Sheriff's Office Looking Into Possible Scam Scotland County Ambulance Calls Up To 399 In 2002 Lady Tigers Capture First District Basketball Title In Team’s History City Considering Raising Utility Deposits For Renters Soil District Meeting Draws Large Crowd March 6 Adair County Sheriff Investigating Murder Of Former Memphis Man Saturday Night Fire Destroys Mobile Home Near Bible Grove Sirens To Sound Across State March 11 For Severe Weather Drill David Peppard Opens Law Office In Memphis SCBPA Will Vote On Name Change For Organization School Board Approves Sale On Building Trades Home, Begins Plans For Next Year February 27 Twenty-nine Missouri Counties Receive Disaster Designations Oberdahlhoff To Be Featured Speaker At Soil And Water Meeting Gorin R-III Classified Accredited By MSIP Review S.C. Extension Council Elects New Officers SCR-I To Host District 5 Hoops Playoffs Munzlinger's "Right To Carry" Bill Gets Through Committee February 20 SCBPA CONSIDERS CHAMBER CHANGE An Evening Of Food, Fellowship And Fun For The New Corn Growers Coalition Slogan Selected For Antique Fair Latitia Sherman Homecoming Queen Finalist Cancer Support Group To Meet February 27th February 13 Counterfeit $20 Bill Discovered At Memphis Bank Traffic Stops Lead To Pair Of DWI Arrests Runaway Car Tries To Create 'Drive-Thru' At Keith's Cafe Firemen Keeping Busy With Chimneys and Grass Fires Police Officers Make Arrests In Two Cases Demolition Of Vacant Houses In Downing Begins February 6 SCR-I Stands To Lose $200,000 Because Of State Budget Crisis S.C. Rotary Club To Host 1st Annual Trivia Tournament School Board Establishes Salary Committee At January Meeting SCBPA To Learn About Chamber Of Commerce Victim In Fatal Train Accident Identified Death Of Schuyler County Inmate Ruled A Suicide January 30 April 8 Election Ballots Take Shape After Filing Period Officially Closes Officers Seeking Help To ID Man Killed By Train Still No Charges A Week After Big Raid In Edina Soup Supper Helps Fair Board Building Project Rocket Toward Goal Fitness Center To Host Pair Of Competitions In February January 23 SCBPA Will Elect New Officers At February Meeting Local Historical Preservation Committee Planning To Restore Bible Grove School Crash Numbers Up Across Northeast Missouri In 2002 Controlled Burn Gets Away From Property Owner $10,000 Reward Being Offered In Vandalism Case Raffles, Auction and Lots of Chili To Help Raise Money For Fairgrounds January 16 Disaster On City Square Averted As Fire Contained To Law Office Nine-Year-Old Memphis Girl Hurt In One-Car Crash Local EMS Providers Planning Ahead With Emergency Management Meeting Hospital Adds Physician Assistant To Medical Staff Police Officers Investigating Possible Scam Slogan Needed For Antique Fair January 9 Driver Seriously Hurt After Falling Asleep At Wheel County Salary Commission Gives Treasurer $6,000 Raise Eric Farris Is First Baby Of New Year At SCMH City Council Approves Installation Of Turbidity Meters At Water Plant Suspect Being Sought After Chase Results In Death of Davis County Deputy Scotland County, A Community That Keeps On Giving January 2 Early Filings Have Race Shaping Up For City Council Health Council Hires Executive Director
