Uncategorized

10 Years Ago Miss Loren Smith-Roberts, daughter of Chuck and Audrey Roberts of Memphis has been selected finalist for Missouri’s 32nd Annual Homecoming Queen Selection to be held March 10, 2012 at the Tiffany Greens Golf Club in Kansas City, MO. She is the Scotland County School Homecoming Queen.  Missouri’s 2012 Homecoming Queen will receive…

10 Years Ago Steve Oliver, alumnus of Gorin High School (‘63), and his wife Suzanne Ashbury-Oliver were inductedinto the International Council of Airshow (ICAS) Hall of Fame in December 2011. Every year, ICAS recognizes the industry’s top performers. Recipients are nominated by their peers. To qaulify, nominees must have made a contribution through showmanship, performance…

On March 1, 2022, Missouri Highway Patrol Troop B responded to a private property non-traffic fatality accident at 11:45 am on Route C, seven miles northwest of Memphis, MO. Jerald W. Snyder, 66 of Scotland County was in his vehicle, a 2012 Polaris 800, when he experienced a medical incident that caused him to temporarily…

10 Years Ago On February 15th Judge Karl DeMarce, a judge on the 1st Judicial Circuit (Scotland County) sat by special designation with the Supreme Court of Missouri. DeMarce was sitting in the place of Judge Mary R. Russell who was recused from one case argued today.  In place of Russell, DeMarce heard the first…

10 Years Ago Those Scotland County voters who bothered to go to the polls during Tuesday’s presidential preference primary election, followed the statewide trend for candidate choices. The bulk of those casting votes selected Republican tickets, both in Scotland County and statewide. In Scotland County, Rick Santorum topped the full list of candidates earning 130…

JEFFERSON CITY – Six Missouri Veterans Commission (MVC) Missouri Veterans Homes have received “Best in Class” Customer Experience Awards from the Pinnacle Quality Insight for 2022. The Missouri Veterans Homes in Cameron, Cape Girardeau, Mexico, Mt. Vernon, St. James, and Warrensburg, MO, have won this award for three consecutive years. In all seven Veterans Homes,…

10 Years Ago A Kansas City man entered a plea-agreement on February 2 ending a year-long saga involving a number of thefts from the area vending machines. Oren G. Gamble, Sr. was arrested by the Memphis Police Department on January 16, 2011 in Memphis and charged with the theft on $550 in cash from a…

MACON – Weather permitting, MoDOT crews will be doing the following work in Schuyler County. Please see dates and locations below. Schuyler County Route E – Mar. 29-Apr. 1, road will be closed at North Fork South Fabius River bridge, located approximately 3.5 miles east of U.S. Route 63, for bridge work. Motorists will need…

10 Years Ago Brenda Roberts, recently of Des Moines, IA, now of Memphis is the owner of a coffee shop, R-n-B on the east side of the square in Memphis between the police station and Lighthouse of Faith Church.  Brenda has a host of businesses in her little shop. Besides the coffee shop, Roberts will…

I’m sure by now most people are familiar with what we call the “Purple Paint Law”.  Using purple paint to warn trespassers is becoming more popular with landowners throughout the state. Some landowners prefer using this method over traditional signs, because signs are more prone to be destroyed. In Missouri posting property with purple paint…