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Local Bankers Oppose Biden Administration Proposal
Proposal Requires Banks To Report Transactions Over $600 to IRS By Mike Scott, NEMOnews Media Group If a Biden administration proposal is adopted by Congress as part of the budget reconciliation package, financial institutions would be required to report more information on the accounts of everyday Americans to the Internal Revenue Service. The goal of…
Read MoreNew Assessor Develops Assessment Plan
Michelle VanGorkom, Scotland County’s new assessor, has taken office and is busy working on the assessment plan for the next assessment cycle. Although elected to the office in November of 2020, the county assessor, unlike other county office holders, did not take office until September 1, 2021. This allows the outgoing assessor to complete the…
Read MoreLady Tigers Suffer Conference Loss at Salisbury
By: Corey Stott SALISBURY, Mo.- 9/30/21- Committing six errors and allowing 12 hits is never a great recipe for success in high school softball, and that witch’s brew doomed Scotland County (5-10 Overall, 3-5 Conference) to a 10-2 loss to conference foe Salisbury (12- 7 Overall, 5-2 Conference). The Lady Tigers got on top in…
Read MoreEvening at the Museum
The Downing House Museum Complex will be hosting a modified version of the “Evening at the Museum” event on Friday, October 15, at 7:00 p.m. This event will be held outside with two large groups and “characters” will rotate between the groups. The grounds will be illuminated by lantern light, and guests will need to…
Read MoreNew Arrivals at Scotland County Memorial Library
Adult Fiction Stop by or give us a call if you’d like to reserve any of these books. Curbside service is available. When Ghosts Come Home, by Wiley Cash An Impossible Promise (Providence Falls #2), by Jude Deveraux The Last House on Needless Street, by Catriona Ward Never Saw Me Coming, by Vera Kurian The…
Read MoreCommission Minutes
Thursday, September 23, 2021 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, Brent Rockhold, Western District Commissioner, David Wiggins, and County Clerk, Batina Dodge.…
Read MoreNEMOnews Media Group Papers Win Awards At Missouri Press Convention
NEMOnews Media Group publications won a total of eight awards in the 2021 Better Newspaper Contest, sponsored by the Missouri Press Association. At their annual convention, The Clark County Media, The Edina Sentinel, and the Shelby County Herald each received honors. The awards were given for stories published in 2020. The Media received two awards.…
Read MoreLiving Life Over
10 Years Ago The Rev. June M. Cooper, due to health reasons, announced to her her congregation on Sunday, August 28, 2011 her retirement as pastor of the Pentecostal Church, 106 S. Adams, Memphis, Missouri. Rev. June Cooper and her late husband, Donald, came to Memphis to open the church in September of 1967 in…
Read MoreRain Couldn’t Dampen Tiger Homecoming
By: Corey Stott MEMPHIS, Mo.- 9/24/21- A blustery but sunny day for a Homecoming parade turned into a cool, breezy and wet evening by the time kickoff rolled around. But even the rain that lasted most of the first half couldn’t dampen the Tigers’ Homecoming spirit. Looking for a rebound after a tough road trip…
Read MoreMemphis City Council Sets Tax Levies
The Board of Alderman of the City of Memphis met in regular session on Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 6:30 in the Memphis City Hall at 125 West Jefferson Street in Memphis. Mayer Aaron Dale called the meeting to order. Aldermen present were: Lane Campbell, Jobe Justice, Katie Harris, and Jenny Aldridge. Others present were…
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