43rd Annual Spelling Bee Held
Scotland County R-1 School District held its 43rd annual Spelling Bee on Friday, February 28, 2025 at the elementary school gymnasium. There were two competitions; a competition between second and third grade students as well as a competition for fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students. The winner of the second and third grade competition was…
Read MoreFugitive Arrested in Rutledge
By Echo Menges RUTLEDGE, Mo. — The Scotland County Sheriff’s Office received a report on Thursday, March 6, 2025, that a man was living in a tent near the Rutledge Cemetery. When deputies attempted to make contact, the man was not found in the area. On Friday, March 7, the man was reported to be…
Read MoreHospital Auxiliary Donates Money For New Wound Care Center Treatment Chair
The Scotland County Hospital/Sigler Square (formerly known as the Scotland County Care Center) Auxiliary recently made a financial donation to the hospital to go towards the new treatment chair that was purchased for the Wound Care Clinic. The new chair has electronic controls for height adjustment, leg rest and reclining backrest adjustments, which allows the…
Read MoreCanton Eliminates Scotland County En Route to Girls and Boys District Basketball Titles
By: Weston Smith February 24th – March 1st The Class 2, District 6 basketball tournament kicked off on Monday, February 24th at Schuyler County High School. The #4 Scotland County Boys were the first game of the evening in a matchup with the #5 Milan Wildcats. Scotland County ran away from Milan for the third…
Read MoreDr. Davis-Humes Advocates for Rural Health Care in Jefferson City
Dr. Kelsey Davis-Humes, Family Practice Physician at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, participated in the annual Missouri Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) Advocacy Day in Jefferson City on February 25, 2025. She joined approximately 80 family physicians/ residents advocating at the state capitol building. “I had the privilege of meeting with both Rep. Greg Sharpe…
Read MoreScotland County Farm Bureau to Celebrate “Thank a Farmer Week”
The Scotland County Farm Bureau joins with the Missouri Farm Bureau in celebrating the Agriculture community by hosting events throughout the first week of March, known as “Thank a Farmer Week”. The Scotland County Commissioners signed a proclamation on February 19 to honor this occasion. There are over 1.9 million farms in the United States.…
Read MoreDORA CLARABELLE (HUMES) FOGLE
Dora Clarabelle (Humes) Fogle age 87 of Memphis, MO passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at the Schuyler County Nursing Home in. Queen City, Missouri. Dora was born on October 6, 1937, in Wyaconda, Missouri, the daughter of Earnest and Rhea (Stevenson) Humes. She was raised in Wyaconda and graduated from the local…
Read MoreJUDY KAY (SCHUCHMAN) CHILDRESS
November 30, 1944 – February 20, 2025 Judy Kay (Schuchman) Childress, 80 of Downing, Missouri passed away at her home on Thursday, February 20, 2025. The daughter of Harvey Jacob and Lou Evelyn (Erwin) Schuchman, she was born on November 30, 1944 in Downing, Missouri. She grew up in the Memphis, Missouri area and attended…
Read MoreGwendolyn “Gwen” M. Kesselring
Gwendolyn “Gwen” M. Kesselring, 83, of Montrose, IA, passed away on Monday, February 24, 2025 at 5 AM at the Montrose Health Center. She was born on October 6, 1941 in Memphis, MO to Wallace and Nellie Bergthold Matlock. Gwen worked at Dial working various posititions and retired in 2003 after thirty years of service. She was an…
Read MoreROBERT “DYNAMITE” OWINGS
Memphis, Missouri 1939 – 2025 Robert Owings, 86, of Memphis, MO was the son of Lorin and Dixie L. (Bear) Owings. He was born in ReedsVille, MO in Callaway County, Missouri, February 18, 1938, and passed away at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, MO February 12, 2025. In 1954 the whole Owings family moved…
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