Thursday August 8, 2019 PLACE OF MEETING: Scotland County Courthouse Commission Chambers The meeting was called to order at 8:30 a.m. PRESENT WERE:  Presiding Commissioner: Duane Ebeling; Eastern District Commissioner, Danette Clatt; Western District Commissioner, David Wiggins; and Deputy County Clerk, Nancy McClamroch. Commissioner Wiggins moved to approve the consent agenda; seconded by Presiding Commissioner […]

The Scotland County Library is combining  a pair of local favorites into one fun-filled competition that will make winners of area readers. Adult patrons of the library will now be eligible to play book bingo. Sign up at the circulation desk to receive a bingo card. Instead of numbers under the lettered columns, the entries […]

submitted by Reva Triplett The sky was a hazy hue of summer blue, a slightly warm breeze came in from the southeast, and the temperature of approximately 76 degrees made for a perfect setting Saturday evening, August 10, 2019, at 5 o’clock,  for the first ever ice cream social on the lawn of the Rutledge […]

What if your house was turned into an asylum? No, I’m not talking about my humble abode that can sometimes be confused for a mental institution. Instead, I’m pondering the question of immigration, which seems to have captured the minds of so many of our readers despite the fact that we live so far away […]

I’m sure other places have some impressive offerings, but what if I was to tell you there is no better place to live than Memphis, MO? Granted, it isn’t perfect, but let’s face it folks, the sooner we all learn that nobody is perfect, the better off we will all be. If it were left […]