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FFA Girls A Team Takes State

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 The Memphis FFA Girls A Team celebrates their victory as State Champions in the ladies division at the MYSSA State Trapshoot in Linn Creek, competing against 17 squads. The Memphis FFA Boys A Team also earned recognition, placing third out of 83 squads in the FFA division. Top individual performances came from Zada Ketchum, who…

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Local Long Distance Canoeist Teams Up With Canadian

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 Bill Cottrell, who uses the name “Missouri Bill” when on the river system, traveled to New Haven to meet with a fellow paddler coming down the Missouri River.  This paddler was Thorin Loeks, a native of the Yukon Territory in Canada, who had started his journey a couple of years ago at the mouth of…

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Scotland County Marching Tigers Sweep Awards

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 On October 2, the Scotland County Marching Tigers accomplished a sweep of awards in Class 1 at their first competition at Highland High School.  Indoor Color guard–1st place with a score of 96/100.  Indoor Drumline–2nd place  Field Show–1st place  Outstanding Field Auxiliary (Color guard)–highest score of all classes  Outstanding Field Commander Payton Miller  People’s Choice…

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 EDNA MAE GUNDY 

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Edna Mae Gundy, 86, of Rural Memphis, Missouri passed away Sunday, October 6, 2024 at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri.  She was born September 30, 1938 in rural Missouri, the daughter of Harry Franklin and Sadie Ann Henry Miller.  Edna attended several rural schools, including Miller School before graduating from the Memphis High…

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Seat Belt and Car Seat Credited for Saving Lives in Rollover Crash

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 By Echo Menges  Scotland County, Mo. – “A seat belt and car seat saved lives today,” Scotland County Deputy Jason Moss told the Memphis Democrat after responding to a rollover crash on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024.  Rebekah Lorcey, 23, and a 4-year-old child were pulled from the mangled wreckage of a vehicle after a rollover…

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Scotland County R-1 Schools Awarded A Total Of $238,120 In Grant Funding

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 Scotland County R-1 Schools was recently awarded a $238,120 grant through a joint funding effort on behalf of the Safe Routes to School Program ($70,926.00) and the Transportation Alternative Program ($167,194.00).  The grant funding will allow the Scotland County R-I School District to improve public access to the school campus with the creation of ADA…

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My Turn: National Newspaper Week

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                            Did you notice something different about your newspaper today? The space above is intentionally blank to ask our readers to think about this question:  What if your local newspaper suddenly disappeared?  This isn’t a hypothetical scenario. Since 2005, nearly 3,000 local…

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Scotland County Falls to Salisbury

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 By: Weston Smith  September 27th, 2024 | Salisbury, MO Following their road loss to South Harrison last week, the Tigers were once again on the road this week as they traveled to Salisbury, MO for week five of football. Salisbury jumped out to an early 16-0 lead at the end of the first quarter, and…

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Hospital Argues Board Had No Knowledge of Sunshine Law Requirements, Board Chair Admits Money Was Not Taken from Hospital

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By Echo Menges SCOTLAND COUNTY, Mo. – Big-city attorneys Lowell Pearson and Eric Packel went to work in Scotland County Circuit Court on Monday morning, Sept. 23, 2024. Pearson represented the interests of ousted former Scotland County Hospital CEO Dr. Randall Tobler and Packel represented the Scotland County Memorial Hospital District at the high-profile Sunshine…

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