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Heritage Tours Continue With Scotland County Fair Grounds

Voices and votes Museum curators of the Downing House Museum Complex, Julie Clapp and Rhonda McBee, will be hosting the “Evening at the Museum” event on Friday, October 10, and Saturday, October 11, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. The grounds will be illuminated by lantern light, and guests will move to different locations on the Complex…

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Heritage Tours Continue With Scotland County Fair Grounds

Submitted by Shelia Berkowitz The “Heritage Tours” continue  as part of the “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America” exhibition. The Scotland County Fairgrounds is added to the list of sites scheduled for September 26 and 27, 2025. The Scotland County Fair Board will be hosting Fall Races & Walkin’ in Memphis BBQ Contest on Friday,…

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Scotland County School Foundation Awards Scholarships

Submitted by Shelia Berkowitz The Scotland County School Foundation awarded twenty-three dual credit scholarships totaling $5589.00 for Scotland County R-1 juniors and seniors and seven mini-grants totaling $1522.86 for SCR-1 elementary and secondary teachers for the fall 2025 semester. SCR-1 junior and senior students can  take dual credit courses which are college-level classes taken in…

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NEMOnews Media Group Wins Five First-Place Awards at State Newspaper Contest

WILDWOOD, Mo. — NEMOnews Media Group newspapers earned five first-place honors and numerous other awards in the 2025 Missouri Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. The award luncheon was held Sept. 12 during the 159th Annual Convention and Trade Show. Among the top winners, the Shelby County Herald’s Marlana Smith received first place in Best Sports…

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Knox County Hosts Northeast District Commissioners and Clerks Fall Meeting

By Echo Menges EDINA, Mo. — Local leaders and community members gathered Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, at the Knox County Community Center in Edina for the Northeast District Commissioners and Clerks Fall Meeting. The biannual event serves as an opportunity for county commissions and clerks to come together, network and share experiences. Meeting locations rotate…

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Voices and Votes: Democracy In Action Smithsonian Exhibit Opens, Invites Public To Heritage Tours

Submitted by Shelia Berkowitz “Heritage Tours: Where Every Stop Tells a Story” will be the Smithsonian Democracy in Action local event in conjunction with the “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America” exhibition for Saturday, September 20, 2025, from 1:00-4:00 p.m, and September 27, 2025 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Visitors will be able to “Step into Scotland…

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Ribbon Cutting Set for “Voices and Votes” Exhibit Sept. 14

The Grand Opening and ribbon cutting for the national traveling exhibition “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America” in Memphis is scheduled for Sunday, September 14, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. at the Masonic Hall site on the square (110 S Market St, Memphis, MO 63555). Local dignitaries have been invited to join Northeast Missouri Regional Planning…

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Smithsonian’s “Voices and Votes” Exhibit Comes to Memphis

Memphis, MO — The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street, in cooperation with Missouri Humanities, is bringing the national traveling exhibition “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America” to Memphis. The exhibition will be on display at the Memphis Masonic Hall from September 14 through October 26, 2025. “Voices and Votes” examines the nearly 250-year-old American experiment…

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