Area News
Memphis Swim Team Competes In Back to Back Meets
On July 19, the Memphis Swim Team competed against Adair Swim Association (Kirksville) and Can-Oka (Canton/Kahoka) swim teams at Canton. Results of the meet are listed below as relay finishers, top 10 individual finishers, and participants: 100-yard Freestyle Relay: Girls 7-8: 1st–Kenzleigh Moore, Adelyn Brown, Kaedee Shelley, Brooke Jackson Mixed 7-8: 3rd–Rucker Ward, Hayden Hamner,…
Read MoreSchool Board Approves Handbooks, Raises Lunch Rates
The Board of Education met in regular session on Thursday, July 18, 2022. President Jamie Triplett called the regular meeting to order at 6:00 p.m., with seven members present. II. Consent Agenda The board voted 7-0 to approve the following items on the consent agenda: •Approve June 9th Minutes •Set Tax Rate Hearing Date –…
Read MoreMU Extension Resources for Farmers Amid Deepening Drought
COLUMBIA, Mo. – “It’s not a good situation” for agriculture in the southern two-thirds of Missouri, where scant rainfall and high temperatures have led to worsening drought, said Pat Guinan, associate extension professor of climatology with University of Missouri Extension. The ample moisture in northern Missouri ends abruptly where drought conditions begin in central through…
Read MoreMDC Seeking Public Feedback on Updates to Its CWD Plan
Comment on MDC’s draft CWD Surveillance and Management Plan July 25 through Aug. 8 at mdc.mo.gov/cwdplan. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is revising its surveillance and management plan for chronic wasting disease (CWD) and is seeking public feedback on the plan’s goals and objectives, and potential changes to deer hunting…
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. Shattered, by James Patterson The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Inventions of the Heart (The Lumber Baron’s Daughters # 2), by Mary Connealy Edge of Dusk (Annie Pederson # 1), by Colleen Coble The Edge…
Read MoreFugitive Arrested In Scotland County
The Scotland County Sheriff’s Office and the Missouri State Highway Patrol have apprehended an individual wanted on drug-related charges in Illinois. According to SCSO Sgt Jason Moss, Donald Delacour, 23, from Payson, IL was taken into custody after numerous tips from concerned citizens of a suspicious individual in the Memphis area. Delacour is being housed…
Read MoreScotland County Sheriff Vows To Keep CCW Records From FBI
Scotland County Sheriff Bryan Whitney has released a statement following reports that FBI agents may be seeking to “audit” Concealed Carry Permits (CCW) in Sheriff’s Offices. In his statement, Whitney said: “Over the past several days, the Missouri Sheriff’s Association along with myself have received information that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is wanting…
Read MoreScotland County Fair Royalty
The 2022 Scotland County Fair Royalty were crowned last week. Pictured are Little Miss Ailea Hayes; Scotland County Fair Queen Elsie Kigar; Miss Memphis FFA Carlee Smith; and Junior Miss Scotland County Kenna Campbell. More photos and results will be in next week’s newspaper.
Read MoreARPA Injecting More than $2.7 Billion into State Budget
BY NEMO RPC While cities and counties are busy allocating American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds allocated directly to them, they will want to keep an eye on the significant funding that has been made available by the state. House Bill No. 3020 outlines the state’s plans for the $2.787 billion in American Rescue Plan…
Read MoreMU Extension: Silage-making Reminders
Published: Wednesday, July 13, 2022 SEDALIA, Mo. – While it is still too soon to sound the alarm on “drought,” parts of the state are becoming severely dry, said University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist Gene Schmitz. How this may affect the corn crop is still to be determined. “It’s not out of the question,…
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