2007 News 2006 News 2005 News 2004 News 2003 News 2002 News 2001 News October 9 Rotary Grant Could Expand Share the Harvest Program Second Annual Melinda Masden Memorial Walk Being Planned Community Choir to Start Practices Law Enforcement Warning Public of Dangers of Inhalants Four Scotland County Crossings Part of MoDOT’s 800 Better Bridges Project Two Locals Surpass Century Mark October 2 McCaskill Staff to Discuss Transition to DTV with Constituents in Memphis Memphis Area Pregnancy Center Receives State Tax Credit Status Commissioners Defend Decision to Repeal County CAFO Limits Country of Origin Labeling Now in Place in Scotland County, Across USA Alpha Epsilon Sigma to Host Fall Ball FEMA Kickoff Meeting Means County Road Repairs Should Start Soon September 25 County Commission Repeals Local Law Governing Hog Confinements Fire Destroys Wyaconda Residence Health Department Considering Switch to Four-Day Week Rutledge Business Seeking Help to Win $20,000 Prize Sheriff’s Office Investigating Wire Theft Police Investigating Church Vandalism September 18 Scotland County Witnesses Unprecedented Flooding Following Seven Inches of Rain Disaster Declaration Arrives Ahead of Latest Storms Car Strikes Home on Lindell Boulevard City Caps Electric Surcharge at 4 Cents Homecoming Festivities Extended to Saturday MoDOT Seals Route MM, Highway 15 in Scotland County September 11 Iowa Teen Apprehended Following Repeat Escape Performance City Utility Users Shocked By Electric Surcharge Emergency Director Reports County Approved For Storm Disaster Aid City Council Approves $4.6 Million Budget For 2008-09 Racing to Return to Scotland County Speedway This Saturday Memphis Man Arraigned on Murder Charge September 4 Memphis Man Hurt In Crash on US 136 Seamster Secures $500 NMCAA Grant For Extension NWTF to Host 2nd Annual Wheeling Sportsman’s Shoot Beautiful Day Brings Out Region’s Best Vehicles August 28 Memphis Site Will Be 8th License Office Awarded Through Competitive Bid Process Biologist Dr. Grant Woods to Speak at Sportsmen Banquet Cheryl Parsons Authors Book On Long-Term Care Atmos Energy Seeking PSC Approval For Surcharge Burglars Target Church’s Fair Proceeds Racers Help Antique Fair Get Off To Running Start August 21 Community Mourns Loss of High School Principal ‘The Past Will Be Revisited’ During 2008 Antique Fair Masonic Lodge to Host MoCHIP Child ID Program in Memphis Julia McNabb, D.O. Joins Staff at Memphis Medical Services FEMA Joins Emergency Management Director on Tour of Scotland County Storm Damage Fire Destroys Pickup On Goat Road August 14 Mutchler Bound Over to Circuit Court For Murder Arraignment Bible Grove to Host 18th Annual Preservation Day Police Proclaim Plans to Enforce City Curfew Luminaria Ceremony Will Honor Cancer Survivors City to Pursue Funding For Storm Sirens USDA Rural Development Provides $740,000 Loan to Scotland County R-1 School District August 7 Driver Ticketed Following Three-Car Pileup on US136 Gorin Man Hurt in Motorcycle/ Deer Accident Local Political Subdivisions Maintaining Current Tax Rates Denis Clatt, Chipper Harris Secure Ballot Spots For November Election SCMH Earns $180,000 Rural Health Network Grant One Lucky Duck Will Be Rotary’s Winner July 31 Courthouse Roof to Get ‘Band-Aid’ While Commission Works to Fund Needed Overhaul Fall Registration to Begin on Monday at SCR-I Blues Society to Host Benefit Concert For 4-H Severe Storms Pack More Bark Than Bite in Scotland County Senior Center to Host Ice Cream Social/Candidate Forum Candidates Seek to Secure Spots on November Ballot July 24 Law Enforcement Tax Hike Could Save Extension Service SC Farm Bureau to Host Annual Meeting Memphis Man Hurt in Crash in Wyaconda Two Iowa Brothers Charged in Memphis Burglaries School Board Approves Roof Repair Project at July Meeting Unique Business Venture Lands Walker Motors in National Limelight July 17 Newcomers Take Stage This Week In Meet Me In St. Louis FSA to Offer Emergency Loans For Storm Damage Pickup Truck Destroyed in Fire Accident Trail of Stolen Coins Leads Police to Burglary Suspect American Cancer Society Relay For Life Raises $19,750 for the Fight Against Cancer Farm Service Agency Hosting County Committee Election July 10 Memphis Teen Hurt In Crash on Route T City to Enter Lawsuit Seeking Unpaid Cable Franchise Fees Local Farm to Host Devil Dog Blues Fest OATS Committee Planning Parachute Fundraiser Animal Control Ordinance Will Now Include Adoption Option House of Representatives Candidate Visits Memphis July 3 Rockholds Officially Gift New $364,000 City Hall Facility to Memphis Community MDC Grant Helping Firemen Purchase New Equipment More Bang For Your Buck – Region to Host Two Fireworks Shows Budget Surplus Allows SCR-I to Approve Deficit Budget For 2008-09 School Year Meet Me In St. Louis Play Practice in Full Swing Blood Drive Tuesday June 26 Community Players to Perfrom Meet Me In St. Louis Musical Natural Disaster Drives Local Family to Riverside Communities Preliminary Hearing Set in Murder Trial Bid Process to Begin For New Library Roof Republican Congressional Candidates Visit Fair July 9th is Final Day to Register to Vote in Primary June 19 Lightning Blamed For Church Blaze Golf Course to Host Croquet Tournament on Saturday Rising Food Prices Cause School Lunch Cost Hike SCR-I to Begin $240,000 Parking Lot Upgrade Local Hunter Travels 9,000 Miles in Search of Latest Exotic Harvest Local Walkers Begin ‘Arriving’ In Branson June 12 Memphis Man Facing Murder Charge Following Shooting Near Gorin City to Begin Issuing Tickets For Non-Compliance in Junk Car Cases Campaign Signs Hit by Vandals Recent Months Wettest On Record In Missouri Peanut Day to Raise Money For City Sign Memphis FFA to Host Fundraisers at Fairgrounds June 5 Baker Tours Four Counties in Northeast Missouri Fair to Feature BBQ Cook-Off on Saturday Local Blood Drives Helping Meet 38,000 Unit Daily Demand Kids Fishing Clinic Set For Saturday WIC Income Restrictions Reduced to Help More Women, Infants and Children Lightning Strike Results in Hay Fire May 29 ‘True Hero’ Helps Community Commemorate Memorial Day Missouri Gas Prices Still Pumped Up Former Alderman Appointed to Fill City Council Vacancy Foster Parents Providing Safe, Caring Homes For Local Children Library to Host Summer Reading Program Jean Davis to Celebrate 100th Birthday June 17th May 22 Vietnam Vet Leon Buford to Speak at 62nd Annual Memorial Day Service Indoor Marijuana Growing Operation Seized in Gorin Community Players Hold Summer Play Auditions Gorin Woman Hurt In Crash Near Arbela Rotary Cooker Ready For Busy Summer of Grilling Pool Set to Kickoff 2008 Season on Saturday May 15 Two Injured In ATV/Motorcycle Crashes SCR-I Facing 17% Price Hike For Insurance Benefits Car Seat Safety Check to be Held May 22nd Board of Education Fills Staff Positions, Receives Resignations at May Meeting SCMH Celebrating Four Decades of Service During National Hospital Week May 11-17 School Seeking Bids For Parking Lot Upgrade May 8 School To Host Retirement Party For Staff Skate Park Gets ‘Stay of Execution’ Scotland County Added to MDC’s ‘Four-Point-Rule’ Deer Region SCR-I Among 22 Schools to Earn State’s A+ Designation Three Candidates Seek Vacated Alderman Job Postal Carriers Stamping Out Hunger on Saturday May 1 Memphis Woman Facing Felony Charges of Endangering Welfare of a Child National Day of Prayer Service Set For May 1st Rains Continue Slow Spring Season For Local Farmers Tree Pest Has City Preparing For the Worst Wyaconda C-I School District to be Dissolved Fair Board Planning 5K Fun Run/Walk April 24 Community to View Bridge, Airport Projects One-Cent Stamp Price Hike Takes Effect May 12th Business 136 Project Hits Bump in the Road Earthquake More Than 100 Miles Away Awakens Many in Scotland County Women’s Center Marks End of $1.3 Million MFH Grant Antique Fair 5K Run/Walk Planning Begins April 17 Election Results Dominate April City Council Meeting Colliding Fronts Cause Severe Weather Outbreak Across Region Cause of Grass Fire Being Investigated SEMA Grant Will Fund New Radios For Sheriff’s Office NWTF to Host 6th Annual Banquet in Memphis SCR-I Board of Education Fills Two Vacancies April 10 Memphis Gun Shop Opens With a ‘Bange’ Under New Ownership Grants Will Help Wyaconda Connect to New Water Supply William Reckenberg Captures Tight Race For Memphis Mayor Voters Retain Incumbents on SCR-I School Board Suspended Execution of Sentence Granted in Child Molestation Case Fire Destroys Two Buildings in Rutledge April 3 Memphis, MoDOT Working Together to Fix Business 136 Voters to Decide Number of Propositions on April Ballot Driver Ticketed Following ‘Wild Goose Chase’ Community Group Seeking to Restore Fountain Voters to Pick City, School Board Representatives Martin’s Auto Service Moves Into New Facility March 27 Filing Frenzy Generates Busy Ballot For County Election Texas Hold’em Event to Cap Off After-Prom Fundraisers IRS Announces Economic Stimulus Payment Schedules Artistic Acclaim Continues to Shine Upon Moonlight Studio Highway Patrol Investigates Pair of Local Accidents First Baptist Church to Host Parenting Workshop March 20 More NEMO Area Highway Improvements on the Way SCR-I Board Offers Teaching, Coaching Contracts at Meeting Relay For Life Celebrates Survivorship, Hope of Conquering Cancer With Community Kick-Off County Health Department Sponsoring Walk To Branson Winds of Change Transform Scenic Home Into ‘The Willows’ March 13 First Round of Public Hearings Held Regarding ‘Junk’ Vehicles FEMA Awards Nearly $15,000 For Local Storm Cleanup Downing Man Hurt in Crash on U.S. 136 Building Permit Approved for New Pharmacy Site City Council Approves $40,000 for New Fire Truck Busy 48 Hours for Fire Department March 6 Walker Motors Collision Repair Expands to Add Arts Racemart Extension Council Votes to Keep Office Open Despite County Budget Cuts Sheriff Warns of Increased Threat of Cattle, Hay Thefts Sirens Will Sound March 11th For Statewide Severe Weather Drills Chamber of Commerce Welcomes White Oak Counseling to Memphis Health Department To Hold Emergency Exercise February 28 Downing Man Killed In Crash on Highway 63 Fair Board Ready to Run Scotland County Speedway in 2008 Healthy & Active Grant Funds Local Equipment Purchases Mailbox Vandals Strike Again Benefit Auction Aiming to Replenish Cancer Fund Clock Restoration Project Slowed By Grant Denial February 21 Former Resident Authors Book on Life With Diabetes SCR-I Teams Face Stiff Competition at Districts Shoemyer to Host Local Listening Posts Angel Food Ministries Here to Help Needy Snow Removal Discussed At Downing City Meeting February 14 Scotland County Voters Chose Clinton, Huckabee in 2008 Presidential Primary Little League Opens Sign-Up Period, Announces New Leagues Forming Bad Weather Blamed For Series of Local Accidents Vandals Destroy Mailboxes Across Two Counties Fourth Annual Cancer Fund Benefit Seeking Donations Dairy Day Program Set for February 21st February 7 Former Chiefs Great Addresses SCR-I Students Former Pay Day Loan Clerk Facing Felony Charges Alliance of Local Churches Meeting Community Needs Retiring Road Boss Leaves Behind Legacy of Quality Bridge System Inmates Help Foil Attempted Jailbreak Community Making Plans for Eighth Annual Relay for Life January 31 Personnel Feel County’s Deep Budget Cuts Farm Bureau Celebrates 2008 Food Check-Out Week Memphis Pamida NOT Among Sixteen Stores Being Closed Memphis to Host 7th Annual NEMO Dairy Management Conference Races Take Shape for April 8th Election as Filing Period Closes Calling All Farmers January 24 Smoke Alarm Helps Woman Escape Mobile Home Fire ‘The Past Revisted’ Will be Theme of 2008 Antique Fair SCR-I School Board Reviews Options For Parking Lot Upgrade Custom Apparel Manufacturer Considering Expansion in Memphis House Committee Report Could Spell Relief For Senior Center With Campaign Promises Fulfilled, Gov. Blunt Will Not Seek Second Term January 17 SCR-I, Gorin R-III Honored by DESE for Distinction in Performance Federal Grant Helping Make PD Bullet Proof Scotland County Eligible For USDA Emergency Farm Loans Fair Board Still Seeking Promoter for Race Track Chamber Sets Promotional Schedule For New Year SCR-I Schools to be in Session On Jan. 21st January 10 Library Offers Pre-Loaded Playaway Digital Audio Books Edna Helen Sizemore is First Baby of 2008 Born at SCMH Changes Announced on Annual County Tax Assessment Lists City Council Votes to Add Rule of 80 to Employees Retirement Plan El Mezcal Restaurant Open For Business in Memphis DESE Will Hold Public Hearing Next Week on Future of Wyaconda School District January 3 President Declares Missouri, Scotland County Major Disaster After Ice Storms Memphis Blood Drive Set For January 8th State Considering Closing Down Wyaconda C-I School Scotland County OATS Committee Holds Election
