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MDC Closures
MDC to close nature centers and visitor centers starting Thursday Closures done to help protect public amid coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announces it will close its nature centers, visitor centers, and education centers around the state to visitors effective Thursday, March 19, to help protect the…
Read MoreScotland County Commission Meeting Minutes
Submitted by Clerk Batina Dodge Thursday, March 5, 2020 PLACE OF MEETING: Scotland County Courthouse Commission Chambers The meeting was called to order at 8:30 A.M. PRESENT WERE: Presiding Commissioner, Duane Ebelin, Eastern District Commissioner, Danette Clatt, …
Read MoreGovernor Parson Announces April 7 Municipal Elections Postponed Until June 2 in Response to COVID-19
(JEFFERSON CITY, MO) – Pursuant to Governor Mike Parson’s Executive Order 20-02 declaring a state of emergency in response to COVID-19 and a request from Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, Governor Parson today signed Executive Order 20-03 ordering all Missouri municipal elections previously scheduled for April 7, 2020, to be postponed to June 2, 2020. The Executive…
Read MoreCourthouse Limits Those Who May Come In
As of March 17, St. Patrick’s Day 2020 until April 3, 2020, the courthouse of Scotland County, located in Memphis, Missouri has been declared off limits to the following: Persons who have traveled to any foreign country in the last 14 days Persons who reside with or had contact with someone who has traveled to…
Read MoreScotland County Library Closing for Two Weeks
Since Scotland County R-1 has cancelled classes through March 27th and the fact that books cannot be fully disinfected, Scotland County Memorial will close on March 17th at 5:30. The library will remain closed through March 30th. This date is subject to change, depending on the situation. Due dates for DVDs have been extended to…
Read MoreScotland County Voters Support Trump, Back Biden Over Sanders in Presidential Preference Primary
Super Tuesday, as March 10th was tabbed due to the Presidential Preference Primary election being held in Missouri and several other states wasn’t so superb as far as Scotland County residents were concerned. Only one out of every five local voters took the time to head to the polls in Scotland County, and despite a…
Read MorePotential Local COVID-19 Case Spurs SCR-I to Cancel School for Two Weeks
The announcement on Sunday evening that Scotland County R-I would be closing for two weeks as part of the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic may have caught the community a bit off guard, but in less than 48 hours the district was joined by the vast majority of public education providers in the state. Superintendent Ryan Bergeson…
Read MoreGovernor Parson Announces April 7 Municipal Elections Postponed Until June 2 in Response to COVID-19
(JEFFERSON CITY, MO) – Pursuant to Governor Mike Parson’s Executive Order 20-02 declaring a state of emergency in response to COVID-19 and a request from Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, Governor Parson today signed Executive Order 20-03 ordering all Missouri municipal elections previously scheduled for April 7, 2020, to be postponed to June 2, 2020. The Executive…
Read MoreMissouri Supreme Court Suspends All In-Person Court Proceedings for Lower Courts Statewide
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – March 16, 2020 – In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Supreme Court of Missouri suspended – subject to certain listed exceptions – all in-person proceedings in all appellate and circuit courts, including all associate, family, juvenile, municipal and probate divisions, through Friday, April 3. The Court may extend…
Read MoreMSHP Suspends Driver Road Testing Statewide
Colonel Eric T. Olson, Superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol announces beginning immediately today, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, the Missouri State Highway Patrol is suspending driver road testing at all locations. All road tests through March 31 are canceled. The Patrol is monitoring the status of the COVID-19 pandemic and will update the public…
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