2006 News 2005 News 2004 News 2003 News 2002 News 2001 News December 27 Six Teachers Announce Retirement Plans at December SCR-I Board Meeting Report Shows Senior Citizen Numbers Growing at State, National Level - Not in Scotland County Highway Patrol Urges Safety During New Year’s Holiday Poll Shows Missourians Favor More Funding for Roads December 20 Local Charity Groups Working to Insure Merry Christmas For All Battery Thieves Fail to Keep Going, and Going, and Going… Christmas Time Capital Credits Come Courtesy of Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company MACC Honors Winners in Christmas Decorating Contest Randy Tobler, MD, Named One of the ‘Best Doctors In America’ Iowa Man Arrested For Purse Theft in Memphis December 13 Theatre to Host EOB Christmas Music Concerts Former Resident Entertaining Guests at Wanda’s Winter Wonderland Gorin Woman Hurt in Crash on Snowy Road Memphis Man Fixing Military Vehicles 6,600 Miles From Home Airport Upgrade Complete, Future Improvements ‘On The Radar’ New Ice Causes More Electric Co-Op Outages December 6 Local Hunters ‘Sharing the Harvest’ with Food Pantry American Cancer Society to Host Patient Information Day at J’s Foods Deadline Next Week for Letters to Santa Claus December Arrives Across Region in Slippery Fashion Red Cross Recruiting Local Disaster Team Volunteers Downing City Board Discusses Upcoming Municipal Election November 29 Memphis Man Killed in Crash Near Clarence November Firearms Deer Harvest Tops 214,000 Munzlinger to Host Meeting Between Farmers, MoDOT Two Local Winners Take Part of $9.2 Million Lottery Payout Bethel Cemetery to Host Christmas Tour of Homes Holiday Crash Claims Life of Kahoka Woman November 22 Chamber to Kickoff Holiday Season With Debut of New Christmas Lights County Clerk to Perform Voter Canvass Epsilon Iota to Host 26th Annual Christmas Bazaar Angel Tree Delivers Christmas for Care Center Residents Northeast Missouri Benefits From Removal of 16,545 Waste Tires Cost of Thanksgiving Feast Higher in 2007 November 15 Gorin Teenager Killed In Crash on Highway 136 Gorin R-III Named Recipient of 21st Century Learning Center Grant Stolen Van Recovered Minus Contents Valued at $3,800 Conduct of Parents, Spectators Focus of New SCR-I Athletic Policy Deer Hunters Ticketed After Rural Arbela House Shot Back to Hauling Hay for Scotland County Farmer After Two Successful Knee Replacement Surgeries November 8 Food Drive Underway For Scotland County Food Pantry Hospital Approaches City Regarding Possible Land Deal For New Helipad Liquor License Approved For New Restaurant Speedway Seeking New Promoter For 2008 Local Internet Video May Help Hospital Win New MRI Homeland Security Grant Providing Emergency Radios For Schools November 1 Pheasants Forever Banquet to Give Away More Than a Dozen Guns Stolen Vehicle Recovered After Armed Robbery Arrest Elvis Wade To Perform in Memphis on November 8th MU Boosters Pack Keith’s Cafe To Greet Chancellor Vet Diagnoses Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Local Canine Residential Terrace Helps Susan Ammons Regain Independence October 25 Judge Webber Returns to Roots to Honor Courthouse Centennial Trick or Treat or Eyeglasses… FCCLA Collecting Used Eyewear This Halloween Daylight Savings Time Staying for Extra Week Gorin R-III School Earns MDC Grant Minnesota Man’s 15-Year Genealogy Trek Ends at Pleasant Hill Cemetery October 18 Scotland County Courthouse Centennial Celebration to be Held October 22nd Raytown Woman Hurt in Car Crash Near Memphis Bill Lupkin to Perform in Memphis U.S. Senator Bond Highlights Regional Issues During Meeting in Memphis Chancellor Headlines Guest List For Local Mizzou Rally School Board Forms Parking Lot Committee October 11 Memphis Couple Arrested in Van Buren County Unionville Men Facing Drug Charges After Traffic Stop Local Couple Announces Plans to Donate New City Hall to Memphis Memphis Teen Seriously Hurt In Car Crash NRCS Adds Three Counties to Northeast Missouri RC&D Area Prospects of $100,000 Price Tag For New Truck Has Fire Department Mulling Options October 4 Mobile Home Fire Claims Life of Gorin Man Highway Patrol Works Overtime on Local Roads Homecoming Guests Will Travel ‘Through the Generations’ Border Crossers Welcome for Reenactment of Civil War Davis County Guerrilla Raid Need for New Truck Forces Fire Corporation to Raise Dues Severe Weather Hits Lake Show-Me, Scotland County Fairgrounds September 27 Newspaper to Sponsor ‘Big Buck’ Contest Local Dairy Farmer Delivers Farm Bill Message To Capitol Hill Artwork Silent Auction to Benefit FFA Alumni Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage to Celebrate 10th Anniversary With Special Open House Local Family Delivers Three Generations of Mail Carriers September 20 Baseball, Ball Field Discussed at September School Board Meeting Memphis Man Seriously Hurt In Crash Bible Grove to Host 7th Annual Rodeo Nate Walker Named New Director of NEMORPC SCR-I District to Display Upgrades at Open House on October 9th Rutledge Teen Hurt In ATV Accident September 13 Local Soldier Injured In Combat in Afghanistan Rutledge to Host 11th Annual Fall Celebration Hospital Makes Cleaning Hands at School a Snap MFH Grant Will Help Upgrade Local Senior Nutrition Center City Not Just Blowing Smoke About Sewer Improvements Downing City Board Discusses Unlicensed ATVs, Golf Carts on City Streets September 6 Ann Luther ‘Keeping Tabs’ On Ronald McDonald House of Mid-Missouri Local Chapter To Host NWTF Sporting Clays Tournament Milton To Host Fall Festival September 7th – 9th 2007 Scotland County Antique Fair Sets Numerous Attendance Records Memphis Man Facing Lawsuit Alleging He Diverted $370,000 From Mother’s Estate August 30 Senior Tradition Lives On, Slowly and Safely Memphis Man Seriously Hurt in Fatal Crash in Knox County Thunderstorms Cause Flooding Problems Across Region Elementary School Opens With New Faces, New Safety Rules Inaugural Fun Walk, Run Draws Over 125 Participants Courthouse Clock Restoration Project Comes With Estimated $46,000 Price Tag August 23 Looking Back and Moving Forward at 2007 Scotland County Antique Fair Paraders to Pack Eight City Blocks Prior to March Gorin R-III Open House To Be Held August 28th Airport Upgrades to Begin After Antique Fair Fly-In Motorists ‘Lucky’ to Escape Car Accident Unharmed Local Mission Group Returns From Mexico August 16 New Company To Purchase Memphis Cable TV Franchise Bible Grove Preservation Day Set For August 18th Rotary Derby to Pay One Lucky Duck $500 Use Tax Ballot Issue Fails in Scotland County Board of Education Prepares For Start of School Year at August Meeting Market Street Resurfacing May Be On Hold Until 2008 August 9 Statewide Democratic Candidates Attend Event at Lake Show-Me Queen City Man Sentenced To 13-Years in DOC SCR-I Drug Testing To Be Performed August 15th City Implements Second Phase of Water, Sewer Rate Increases Jessica Erwin Wins Heartland Idol Title Theatre To Host Jazz Jam Session August 2 Youth Center to Host Summer Band Jam To Aid Wish List Probation Home Visit Results In Drug Arrests MoDOT Engineer Outlines Local Projects During Meeting in Memphis County Seeking To Level Playing Field With Use Tax Ballot Initiative Heart Disease is Leading Cause of Death According to Health Department’s Community Assessment USDA To Host Field Day Tour In Memphis July 26 Memphis Police Investigating Series of Thefts New Dog Pound Taking Bite Out Of Canine Crime Iowa Woman Hurt In Crash On Highway 15 SCR-I School Board Fills Two Vacancies During Special Meeting 5K and 1.5 Mile Walk, Run to be Held In Memphis Carnahan Awards Grant To SCR-I To Preserve Community History July 19 Back to School Fair Set for August 3rd Crew Hurt When Ambulance Collides Head-On With Horse Scotland County to be Part of $1 Billion AmerenUE ‘Project Power On’ Upgrade Plans Underway for 100th Anniversary of Scotland County Courthouse German Travelers Stop in Scotland County on Walk Across America Hulshof To Hold Listening Post In Memphis July 12 Memphis Man Injured in Fall From Truck Bed Farm Service Agency County Committee to Hold Election Gorin R-III School Board Considering Roof Repairs City Gives Go Ahead For $600,000 Upgrade at Briggs-Smith Airport High-Speed Chase Lands Teens In Jail SCR-I District Wins Picturing America Grant July 5 Concrete Truck Accident Caps Off Busy 10 Days For Highway Patrol Blood Donors to Receive Free Cardinals T-Shirt Seventh Annual Scotland County Relay For Life Raises More Than $23,000 Kansas Teen Recaptured After Escape From Law Officers Stolen Car Recovered in Keokuk School Board Approves Deficit Budget For 2007-08 Fiscal Year June 28 Search Warrant Ends Alleged Burglary Ring USDA Rural Development Loan Program Helps Memphis Mom Buy First Home Pilot Walks Away From Fiery Plane Crash on County Line Lost and Found - Historic Fountain Returns to Rightful Home Memphis Theatre Show To Feature Christian Artist Gary Timbs June 21 Planning Committee Ranks Parking Lot, New Lockers Atop Proposed Improvements List Hard Work to Pay Off For Fair Exhibitors at Junior Livestock Sale Tina Gerber Named Missouri LPN of the Year Board of Education Approves $400 Base Pay Hike For Faculty Local Mail Carrier Wins Cardinals Season Tickets June 14 Baptist Church Missionaries Travel to Guatemala Relay For Life Getting Local Volunteers Moving Toward a Cure for Cancer Nashville Artist to Appear at Memphis Theatre Water, Sewer Rate Hikes Pass, Trash Price Increase Refused Autopsy Reveals Train Rider Died of Natural Causes James Parker Appointed East Ward Alderman June 7 Amtrak Train Makes Emergency Stop in Gorin City Reduces Benefit Package For Employees in Cost Saving Measure Memphis Man Arrested On Drug Charge Council Approves Rezoning Paving Way for New Bank Ashley Tague Qualifies To Compete At Wrangler Junior High Rodeo Two Local Men Among April Lottery Winners May 31 Daisy Murphy Named New Care Center Administrator New Ethanol Plant in West Quincy Has Local Ties Mark Twain Chorale Warming Up for 6th International Tour with Local Concerts Local Girl Looking To Fulfill Birthday Dreams With ‘The Wish List’ Two Teens Hurt In Crash Near Gorin Last Of Seven Men Charged With Federal Firearms Violations at Rutledge Flea Market Pleads Guilty May 24 Local Artist Creating Lasting Memorials with ‘Remembrance Jewelry’ 61st Annual Memorial Day Service Set For May 28th Ex Naval Pilot Honoring Shipmates for 61st Consecutive Memorial Day Service Plans Being Finalized For Relay For Life May 17 Retiring SCR-I Teachers To Be Honored Hulshof’s Staff To Hold Listening Post in Memphis USPS Postage Stamp Prices Raised to $0.41 on May 14th Golf Course Planning More Improvements Emergency Medical Services Workers to be Honored May 20th-26th May 10 City Considering Price Hikes For Water, Sewer Progress Continuing at ‘The Place’ All-States Planning Additional Expansion SCMH Marks 37 Years of Service During National Hospital Week Alderman Brian Brush Announces Resignation Baccalaureate Service Set For May 13th May 3 Search Continues For New Care Center Administrator Vandals Hit Vending Machines With Out-Dated Scheme Wyaconda Woman Arrested For Drug Theft at Care Center Students’ Visits Rekindle Love of Basketball for Care Center Resident Prom Royalty Crowned Rutledge Woman Hurt in Crash in Lewis County April 26 Minnesota Woman Killed In Plane Crash Near Knox City Do You Know Your State Government? Fire Destroys Machine Shed Near Downing Rhonda McBee Hired As New Elementary School Principal Library No Longer Just About Books SCR-I to Host Prom, Senior Citizens Dance April 19 Fair Board Elects New Officers Local Groups Bringing Abe Lincoln Back to Memphis SCR-I District Completes $1.9 Million Lease Financing to Fund Campus Improvements New Board of Education Members Sworn In Hunt Hired as New Swimming Pool Manager National Wild Turkey Federation Chapter Hosting Local Fund Raising Banquet April 12 Briggs-Smith Airport Project Delayed, But Enhanced by Added Grant Funding Mary Bennett Named Volunteer of Year by OATS Committee Former Scotland County Resident Facing Child Molestation Charges City Looking to Dog Pound to Solve Animal Control Problem Gorin R-III School Carnival Set For Friday April 5 Incumbents Ousted In City, School Board Election Races County Health Department to Provide HPV Vaccine ‘Taco Master’ To Make Stop at Care Center on April 11th Senate Bill 364 Could Remove Local Control of CAFO Decisions Corn Planting Expected To Increase Across State March 29 Mitch Jayne Named Interim Administrator at Care Center School Board Makes Staff Decisions For 2007-08 Year Police Putting a Stop to Those Who Do Not Stop For School Buses SCR-I School Campus To Undergo $1.8 Million Overhaul This Summer Racing on City Square Results in Hit-and-Run Accident March 22 Sheriffs’ Vehicles Involved In Crash in Kirksville Extension Nutritionist Asks Dieters to Be Fad Free Warm Weather Ushers In Season’s First Grass Fires Candidates Forum Gives Voters Insight on Upcoming SCR-I School Board Election Warrant Service Uncovers Meth Lab at Memphis Home Local Health Care Providers Preparing for Possibility of Pandemic Influenza Outbreak March 15 Large Crowd Attends Soil, Water Event Tri-County Adding Wind Farm as Electricity Supplier Parent/Teacher Conference Set For March 16 Area Republicans Rally at Lincoln Day Dinner in Memphis CTA to Host Public Forum for Board of Education Candidates City To Lease Former Garment Factory To Pallet Manufacturer March 8 Two Longtime SCR-I Educators Set To Retire Daylight Saving Time Arriving Early, Staying Later in 2007 Republicans to Host Lincoln Day at VFW Memphis to Host Storm Spotter Class as Part of Severe Weather Awareness Week Chamber Joining Forces With City, County For Banner Project March 1 Benefit Auction Raises $6,576 for Scotland County Cancer Fund Soil and Water Meeting Set For March 8th Sick Days Racking Up at SCR-I Mizzou Jazz Group to Perform in Memphis Pom Pon Variety Show to Be Held March 10th Wet Winter Puts End to Drought In Missouri February 22 Memphis Man Hurt In Crash North of Town Fair Board Planning Quilt Raffle Three Local Men Cash In With Lottery Wins DNR Permit Requirements Mean Sewer Upgrades Likely for City Memphis Family Injured In Crash On Highway 61 Basketball Squads To Travel To Moberly For District Play February 15 Larry McCray Band to Perform in Memphis Principals Receive Contract Extensions at Board Meeting Judge Webber Swears In Albert Pujols as U.S. Citizen Arbela Man Seriously Hurt In Accident School Board Moving Forward With Facility Improvements Quick Response Helps Avoid Fire Disaster at Memphis Business February 8 Saturday Morning Fire Claims Home of Gorin Family Kick-Off Meeting for Relay For Life Set for February 20th Juvenile in Custody For Bomb Threat to Scotland County R-I High School NEMO Rural Telephone Company Seeking Local Cable Franchise False Bomb Threats Can Carry Serious Consequences Bomb Threat Debate Nearly Causes City Council To Explode February 1 How Low Can They Go? County Makes Cuts In Sheriff’s Office, Extension Budgets Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation of School Farm Bureau Marking February 6th as Food Check-Out Day Cancer Fund To Host Benefit Supper, Auction January 25 April Ballots Take Form as Filing Period Closes Former Gorin Resident Killed In Crash Near Wayland Tami Seppelt Joins 300 Club at Scotland County Lanes Ice, High Winds Cause Brief Power Outage Across Region Exchange Student Feels at Home 2,700 Miles From Her Native Ecuador Tiger Trail Walk-A-Thon to be Held in February January 18 Funding Cuts, Declining Numbers Taking Toll On Senior Center Boosters Urge School Board To Add Baseball Program Tri-County Cooperative Customers Being Prepared For Sticker Shock of Price Hike Memphis Cinema To Host Matinee Antique Fair Group Gearing Up For 2007 January 11 Grant Will Fund Project Illumination For MPD Patrol To Perform Local Special Traffic Enforcement Programs Filing For April Election Closes January 16th Taylor Egenberger is First Baby of 2007 at SCMH Ed’s Used Machinery Shop Damaged By Fire City Leaders Agree To ‘Ride Out Wave’ On Electric Rates January 4 Red Cross Blood Drive Set For January 9th Deberry Retiring After Nearly 40 Years In Soil and Water Conservation Field Local OATS Committee Holds Annual Election of Officers Highway Patrol Reports Eight Fatalities During New Year’s Counting Period
