Area News
Building Damaged on Memphis Square
The Memphis Theater awning was destroyed early morning February 3rd, due some brush on a city snowplow which caught on the awning. According to a representative of the City, the incident was turned over to their insurance.
Read MoreUnder The Ice: Highway Patrol Dive Teams Trains in Northeast Missouri
By Echo Menges, NEMOnews Media Group The Missouri State Highway Patrol Dive Team gathered from all over the state to practice above and below the ice at the Baring Country Club Lake in Northeast Missouri, which is located west of the City of Baring in northern Knox County. A thick formation of ice on the…
Read MoreFirst Baptist Church Announces New Senior Pastor
Submitted by Pamela Blaine First Baptist Church of Memphis, Mo., is excited to announce that we now have a new senior pastor. Pastor Josh Black has accepted the call to serve as our senior pastor. Pastor Josh is already well known in our church and community since he has been associate pastor of students for…
Read MoreScotland County Business Receives USDA Loan
By Heather Harper On February 2, 2022, Rural Development State Director Kyle Wilkens announced more than $34 million in funding was awarded to recipients in rural Missouri to support local businesses to create better employment opportunities and strengthen rural Missouri’s economy. One of those businesses was Zimmerman Manufacturing, located on State Route P in Memphis,…
Read MoreScotland County’s Valentine Sweethearts: Bob and Dorothy Hunolt
Bob and Dorothy Hunolt, both Scotland County natives, were married on a warm day in November 1961. Following their wedding, the couple spent several days in St. Louis, staying with Dorothy’s aunt. They returned home to Scotland County and set up their life together, having made 60 years as of November 2021. It was 1958…
Read MoreScotland County Sweeps Marion County
By: Corey Stott PHILADELPHIA, Mo.- 1/31/22- After crashing Brashear’s Homecoming the Friday previous, the Scotland County basketball teams continued their tour of Northeast Missouri with a stop in Philadelphia to take on Marion County. By the time the final buzzer had sounded, both squads had earned hard-fought victories over a tough non-conference opponent. The ladies…
Read MoreScotland County’s Valentine Sweethearts: Loyd and Ethel Gordy
By Echo Menges, NEMOnews Media Group The Gordy’s have been married for 70 years, and their love story continues. Loyd Gordy was born in Scotland County, just three miles north of Grainger, in the summer of 1932 to Tom and Mable (Kinney) Gordy, on the Oakdale Farm. Loyd was one of ten children, born in…
Read MoreNew Arrivals at Scotland County Memorial Library
February Staff Favorites Hours are Monday-Friday 9-5:30. The library staff recommends these books as some of their recent favorite reads. Please call or stop by to reserve any of these books. What do you do when you have been replaced by a robot? That is the dilemma Sonny Dunes, a meteorologist in sunny California, is…
Read MoreCommission Minutes
Thursday, January 27, 2022 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. Commissioner Rockhold…
Read MoreTroop B Seeking Participants For 16th Community Alliance Program
Captain Erik A. Gottman, commanding officer of Troop B, Macon, MO, announces Troop B is seeking individuals interested in attending Troop B’s 16th Community Alliance Program. The Community Alliance Program will begin on Monday, March 7, 2022, and will be hosted at the Troop B Headquarters in Macon. The Community Alliance Program is a unique…
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