2009 News 2008 News 2007 News 2006 News 2005 News 2004 News 2003 News 2002 News 2001 News December 30 Memphis Man Hurt in Crash on Christmas Eve Dairy Farmers Face Cost-Price Squeeze, Says MU FAPRI 2010 Ends with OATS Laying Foundation for More Stable Tomorrow City to Review Options After Cleanup Bid Exceeds $160,000 Deberry Honored With Agriculture Educators Lifetime Achievement Award Higher Fuel Costs Responsible for Trash Collection Surcharge December 23 School District Makes Land Purchase for Building Trades Program Milton Creamery Wins Gold in International Cheese Competition Third Time Not The Charm For Jail Escapee Emergency Room, New Patient Rooms Under Construction at SCH Missouri Grower Meets International Customers During Grain Mission Chamber Names Christmas Decoration Winners December 16 NEMR Phone Co-op Pumping $830,000 Into Local Economy With Capital Credit Refund Checks Rose Do it Best Hardware Names Winner in $1,000 Shopping Giveaway Area Residents to Have Unique Opportunity to Make Journey to Bethlehem Troop B Crash Numbers Down in November Despite Big Spike in Scotland County Scotland County 4-H Program Recognizes Partners, Volunteers Chamber to Host Special Christmas Events This Weekend December 9 Opening of Region's Newest Power Plants Expected to Stabilize Municipal Electric Rates Fitness Center to Offer Health Programs to Kick Off New Year U.S. Cellular Gives SCR-I a Boost in the Classroom through 'Calling All Teachers' Campaign City Seeking Bids for Debris Removal Community Players to Perform Christmas Musical this Weekend Transportation Assistance Available for Cancer Patients December 2 Sign-up for Disaster Assistance for Soybean Producers Closes December 9 Dial Honored as Finalist for AHA's Shirley Ann Munroe Leadership Award When Only One Buck Will Do Suspect Being Sought In Theft Case Hunters Check 188,205 Deer During November Firearms Season November 25 Alleged Pot Producer In Trouble Again 25 Years After Big Bust in Memphis Truck Overturns After Hitting Deer Near Wyaconda Chamber to Kickoff Christmas Season With Lighting of the Square Emergency Conservation Program Implemented by FSA Memphis Community Players to Perform Christmas Play Tiger Greats to be in Memphis November 29th for MU Luncheon November 18 Kirksville Boy Hurt in Crash Near Airport Church Group to Dedicate New Food Pantry Munzlinger to Hold 6th Annual Medicare Part D Sign-Up Assistance Seminar Deer Season Opening Weekend Harvest Nearly Surpasses 100,000 Statewide Board of Education Approves Audit Report at November Meeting Kirksville Man Arrested on Assault Charges November 11 Dollar General Relocates To New Store In Memphis MPD Joins Area DWI Task Force Tri-County Building Project Behind Schedule, But On Budget NSDAR Hosts Reception to Honor Local Veterans Farmers Produce High Yields for Communities With Monsanto Grant Program Missouri's Firearms Deer Season Opens Saturday Morning November 4 Fire Destroys Memphis Property Tuesday Morning Strong Voter Turnout Backs, Harris, Kiddoo in Two Local Races Dirt Bike Crash Claims Life of Rutledge Boy Volunteers Join Forces With City, County to Start Building Cleanup Pheasants Forever to Host Banquet New Food Pantry Open For November Distribution October 28 Rutledge Man Hurt in Lewis County Crash Senate, House Hopefuls Square Off at Schuyler County Candidate Forum Driver Hurt After Blacking Out Behind Wheel Federal Wildlife Violation Sentences Handed Down in Two More Local Cases Recreational Land Market Drives Expansion of Dedicated Real Estate Network to Memphis Outdoor Truths Author to Speak at Christian Church October 21 Local 4-H Club Honored for Fan Mail to Troops First District Representative Candidates Face Off at Canton Forum Two Scotland County Men Sentenced for Federal Wildlife Violations Transportation, Formula Funding for SCR-I Down More than $130,000 in 2010 Is Prop B Barking Up the Wrong Tree? Blessing Cardiology Services Celebrates One Year Anniversary at SCH October 14 Mayor Appoints New Prosecutor, City Attorney for Memphis WIC Program Set to Help 108 Monthly Judge DeMarce Receives Missouri Bar President’s Award Fall Blood Drive Generates Best Results of 2010 Little Paws to Host Fall Fest Pom Clinic McNamar Named Missouri Corn Growers Association President October 7 Memphis Cinema to Reopen This Weekend Arrests Made in Shelly B’s Burglary Memphis City Square on The Rise Despite Recent Set Back Hospital Hosts Special Groundbreaking Ceremony For $10 Million Expansion Memphis FFA Trapshooting Team Claims District Title, Headed to State Norton Helps Lead Team to Warfighter 2010 Victory in Grueling Four-Day Challenge September 30 Counterfeit $20 Bills Popping Up in Memphis Lady Tigers #4 Seed in Next Week’s District Softball Tourney Scotland County Speedway to Host 6th Annual Pepsi Nationals Downing House Museum Receives $500 Grant from NMCAA’s Step Up Shelly B’s Burglarized On Sunday Local Man Arrested for Trailer Theft in Kirksville September 23 2010 SCR-1 Homecoming Next Week Law Officers to be Honored by US Justice Department Record High Humidity Makes 2010 Summer Uncomfortable Firemen Receive ‘Trial by Smoke’ at Rescue Training No Injuries Reported After Buildings Collapse on Memphis City Square Downing Appreciation Days Winners Announced September 16 Stolen Ring Recovered after Being Ingested by Suspect Stanley Hatfield Inducted into 4-H Hall of Fame at Missouri State Fair Cantata Choir Practices Start This Week DNR Investigates Local Dairy Farm Wastewater Discharge Scotland County Fans to Celebrate 40 Years of Football on Saturday Board Approved Transportation Plan Reducing Bus Miles, Rider Time September 9 Recent Bust Resolves Two Dozen Area Burglaries Health Survey Identifies Need For Sidewalk Upgrades Bridge Repairs Underway on Route A Memphis Family Hurt in Crash on County Road City Park System Gets Boost in New Budget Zander Speer Named March of Dimes Honoree 2010 Antique Fair Special Section September 2 Plans Underway for 40th Anniversary of SC Football USDA Designates Scotland County, 54 Others as Primary Natural Disaster Areas MoDOT to Reopen Route D Bridge Driver Arrested Following Vehicular Assault in Downing State Anti-Crime Grants Helping Fund Local Drug Task Force Hospital Gets New Address, New Logo, New Name August 26 Site Preparations Underway for Scotland County Hospital Expansion USPS Changing Addresses for Memphis Rural Routes President Grants Governor’s Request for Major Disaster Declaration for Counties AYP Places Gorin R-III on School Improvement 1 Status FEMA Grant Funds New Air Packs for Gorin Firemen Chamber to Unveil New Look for Memphis Bucks August 19 Organ Donation Forever Links ‘Two Sisters in Christ’ Giving the Gift of Life Thieves Targeting Scrap Metal in Memphis Megan Westhoff Crowned 2010 Missouri State Fair Queen State Funding Cuts Lead to Higher School Tax Levy Days Before Classes Start SCR-I Athletic Department Takes on New Look August 12 Leaning Wall of Cemetery Remains of Stolen Vehicle Found Near Edina Motorist Arrested After Nearly Running Over Partygoers County Line Crash Injures Two Men Public Support Revives Ridge Street Project Chip Sealing Scheduled on Highway 136 Next Week August 5 Three-Year-Old Hurt in ATV Accident Governor Requests Major Disaster Declaration for Scotland County Old Lake Bash to Feature Eight Bands This Weekend Voters Say Yes to Proposition C, County Road Rock Tax Increase Health Department to Host Immunization Clinic Scotland County Hospital Employee Committee Recognizes Years of Service July 29 Four Local Men Plead Guilty in Wildlife Violations Case in U.S. District Court Terry Rush to Release New Book Entitled MVP County Clerk’s Office to be Open Saturday Voters Will Head to Polls Tuesday for Primary Election Speedway to Reopen Under New Boss County Seeking More Tax Money for Road Rock July 22 Latest Rounds of Storms Pushes Estimated Damage Toll in Scotland County to $1 Million Second Shoplifting Arrest Made at Dollar General Softball Field Project Moving Forward With Private Funding Thirty Inches of Rain Taking Toll on Area Farmers Dr. Davis Joins Memphis Medical Services High School Registration to Open August 3rd July 15 Castoff Stadium Enclosure Turning Into New Press Boxes for Ballfields MDC Grant Helps Fund Equipment for Firemen Promoter Calls it Quits at Speedway EPA Mandate Could Prove Costly For City Power Plant Budget Year Closes $250,000 Ahead of SCR-I’s Projections SCR-I Back to School Fair Set for July 27th July 8 Local Donors Supporting Police Child Safety Program Hospital Acquires Ground For New Landing Site Dial Represents Rural Health at Forum With FCC Chairman Genachowski Relay for Life Tops Quarter Million Dollar Mark at 10th Annual Event Fire Damages Home Near ‘Four-Corners’ Tickets to Go On Sale Saturday for 2010 Old Lake Bash July 1 Fireworks Fans to Get Their Fill Over 4th Holiday Absentee Ballots Available for Primary Election Chamber Seeking Feedback on Proposed Beautification Community Refuses to Let Rains Spoil 2010 Scotland County Fair Hauk Qualifies for National High School Finals Rodeo Gorin R-III Board Votes to Offer Preschool Services June 24 Fire Department Completes Extensive Training Program Federal Drug Charge Earns Thompson 7-Year Prison Term Motorist Escapes Injury in Crash With Horse Roy Blunt ‘Jobs for Missouri’s Future’ Campaign Tour Stops in Memphis ATV, Golf Cart Drivers Reminded of Regulations Junior Livestock Sale Will Cap Off 2010 Fair for Exhibitors June 17 Prank Could Prove Costly For Group of Local Ladies Budget, Tuition Rates Approved at June SCR-I Board Meeting Local Singers to Compete for Colgate Country Showdown Title at Fair 132nd Annual Scotland County Fair Set to Kick Off Sunday Route D to Close for Bridge Replacement KIDS CAN Make a Difference June 10 Chamber Unveils Community’s New Welcome to Memphis Sign MoDOT Asking City to Takeover Business 136 Following Bridge Replacement Letters Set to Mail for Public Nuisance Grass Issues Tickets on Sale for Rotary Duck Derby Democrats to Host BBQ at Lake Show-Me Seat Belt Enforcement Efforts Result in Tickets June 3 Relay for Life to Hit City Square for 10th Annual Fundraiser Public Hearings Set For Atmos Gas Rate Increase Electronics Recycling Service to be Available June 11th Corn Farmers Deliver Modern Family Farm Message to D.C. Genealogy DNA Project Helps Family Tree Builders Trace Roots Back to Northeast Missouri Symbols of Flag’s 13 Folds is Subject of Memorial Day Speech May 27 Community Players Making Plans for Summer Production Memphis Man Injured in Motorcycle Crash VFW to Host 64th Annual Memorial Day Service Swimming Pool Set to Kick Off 6th Season at Saturday Opener Farm & Home True Value Spruces Up SCR-I With Paint Donation Concentration Camp Liberator Travels to Holocaust Memorial May 20 Flash Flooding Claims Life of Rutledge Man Memphis to Host Town Hall Meeting on Healthcare Initial Budget for 2010-11 School Year at SCR-I Projects $481,766 Deficit Immunization Regs Change for Missouri School Kids Gorin Farmer Wins $2,500 for Scotland County Historical Society’s Depot Fund Spring Storms Swamp Soggy Scotland County May 13 SCR-I Class of 2010 Set to Graduate Sunday City Trying to Collar Nuisance Dog Barking Sheriff’s Department Steps Up Traffic Control Efforts Slow Speed Chase - Stolen Bulldozer Stopped in Scotland County FFA to Host Hired Hand Auction Arbor Day Foundation Names Memphis Tree City USA Community May 6 Fiery Crash Seriously Injures Two Scotland County Hospital to Celebrate 40th Anniversary Recession Pushes Need for Letter Carrier Food Drive Hunter Becomes Shooting Casualty, Traffic Crash Victim All in One Day Driver Ticketed For Crash Involving Ambulance Underage Drinking Can Make Close of School Year Memorable for Wrong Reasons April 29 Speedway to Open 2010 Season Saturday Night Firemen Douse Blaze in Mobile Home Near Crawford Jury Finds Springfield Man Guilty of Child Molestation Fair To Kick Off Advance Ticket Sales on Saturday Rotarians Helping to Provide Shoes for Orphaned Souls Police Plan More Patrol Presence for Prom April 22 Hospital to Celebrate 40th Year With $10 Million Expansion Project Covered Wagon Commuters Cross Scotland County USDA Grant Will Help County Purchase Motor Grader McDaniel Memorabilia to be Displayed at Museum of Missouri Military History Red Cross Community Drive Collects 88 Units of Blood McNamar Crowned Queen of Missouri Nursing Home Pageant April 15 Local Couple Killed In Crash in Kirksville Council Finalizes Sale of Real Estate on South Side of Square Chamber to Host Pancake Day April 17th Memphis Woman Dies in Head-On Collision New Members Sworn in at April SCR-I School Board Meeting MFH Awards $300,000 to Area Healthcare Organizations April 8 Fatal Crash in Illinois Claims Lives of Two Local Residents Scotland County Stream Team Forming Emergency Responders Can’t Help if They Can’t Find You Voters Elect New City Marshal, School Board Representatives Governor Appoints Jo Ann Peters as County Treasurer Donors Asked to ‘Race’ to Tuesday’s Red Cross Blood Drive April 1 Contested Races Expected to Generate Good Voter Turnout Parker Files For Presiding Commissioner After Prom Parents Committee Making Plans For May 1st Event State Funding Cuts Posing Threat to SCR-I’s Parents as Teachers Program Churches, Community Groups Join Together For Easter Celebrations Local NWTF Fundraising Banquet Set For April 9th March 25 Gorin Man Dies in Phelps County Jail Armstrong Sentenced to 25 Years on Federal Charges Mallett, Peters Join Races for County Offices Proposed Legislation Cutting Summer School Funding Could Impact SCR-I’s 2010 Program MoDOT Schedules Local Culvert Replacements Rural Trauma Course Instructed for 1st Time at Scotland County Hospital March 18 Food Pantry Building Fund Surpasses $15,000 Mark On Road to New Facility New Storm Siren Fails During Drill Countywide Sales Being Planned For 2010 Senator Shoemyer Tours Scotland County Hospital Federal Court Hands Down Sentences in Area Meth Case Alleyway Vacated by City to Make Way for Development March 11 Officials Announce Memphis No Longer in Running for Cargill Plant Council Approves Sale of Former City Hall Building Library Offering Free Books for Big Read Project Campbell Withdraws From County Treasurer Race Census Workers Begin Field Enumeration Work Locally Keith’s Cafe Ready to Grill Off Road Tire For Donkey Basketball Title March 4 Opening Day of Filing Generates at Least Two Races for County Offices PSC Okays Infrastructure Surcharge for Atmos Gas Keri Cottrell Announces State Rep Candidacy Kathy Campbell Appointed Interim County Treasurer Cancer Fund to Host 6th Annual Benefit Missouri’s 36th Annual State Tornado Drill Set for March 9th February 25 Supplemental CDBG Disaster Funding Will Pay for Bridges in Scotland County, Across State PSC Sets Hearing Schedule In Atmos Energy Rate Case Troop B Traffic Crash Numbers Down 50% in January Soil & Water Conservation District to Host Customer Appreciation Day, Election Downing Man Arrested on Burglary/ Theft Charges Antique Fair Committee to Offer Scholarships February 18 Filing Opens Tuesday for County, State Offices 2010 National FFA Week to be Celebrated February 20-27 Flu Season Not Over Yet McKee Enters First District State Rep Race Timber Ridge Golf Course to Host Benefit Dinner/Auction $140,000 State Funding Shortfall Looming for SCR-I District February 11 MDC Grant to Fund New Gear for Firemen Scotland County to Celebrate 10th Anniversary of Relay For Life Rotary Club to Award Five $500 College Scholarships Shooting USA’s Impossible Shots to Air Ted Gundy Program February 17th City Weathering Winter, Preparing for Spring Projects NMCAA Gets Weatherization Subgrant February 4 Coffrin’s Closing Leaves Big Shoes to Fill on Memphis Square Community to Host Valentine’s Day Dances Extension to Host Farm and Small Business Estate Planning Class Texas Airport Serves as Backdrop for Soldier’s Surprise Reunion Burglars Target Vendors at Rutledge Flea Market State Representative Candidate Visits Scotland County January 28 Declining Revenue Forces County to Make Cuts in Road Rock Program Icy Conditions Add to Make Dates Piling Up For SCR-I School Cancellations $200,000 MFH Grant Will Create Northeast Missouri Diabetes & Obesity Center in Memphis Filings Close For Municipal School, Public Board Elections Rotary Club Seeking Host Families for International Youth Exchange Program January 21 PSC Considering Pair of Gas Rate Hike Proposals From Atmos Energy Grazing Specialist to Speak in Memphis Memphis Man Hurt in Crash Near Downing Co-Op Members Voice Support For New Facility, Concerns About Price Tag at Memphis Meeting Downing House Museum – a Scotland County Treasure 2010 Courtwarming Royalty January 14 Scotland County Being Considered For Cargill Feed Manufacturing Plant Scotland County/Memphis Fire Department Elects Officers for 2010 H1N1 Vaccine to Be Offered at Ball Game Council Cites Budget Issues for Motion to Reduce Police Force Theatre to Host Beauty and the Beast Marionette Firemen Douse Blaze at Memphis Home January 7 Wyaconda Woman Life Flighted From Accident Scene USDA Grant Helping Hospital Expand Telehealth Services First Baby of New Year Born at SCMH Tri-County to Discuss New Building at Public Meetings SCR-I Teacher Hurt in Crash Near Glenwood Just 10 Days Left to Make Top 10 in U.S. Cellular’s Calling All Communities