Area News
A Letter to the Editor From Randy Tobler, CEO Scotland County Hospital & Clinics
Dear Editor: I want to offer my sincere thanks to you for inviting me to your newspaper office, recently, to discuss the innovative way to access healthcare by joining health plans that include Care In America. I enjoyed getting to know you better and meeting your staff; your passion for our region is more…
Read MoreAll Knox County Tax Bills Have Gone Out, Fees Imposed for Unpaid Taxes After December 31
By Echo Menges All Knox County taxpayers should have received their 2020 county tax bills. The Knox County Collector’s Office mailed out all of the tax bills for 2020 on October 3. Bills were mailed to all Knox County property owners, real and personal. “We probably mailed out 4,000 tax bills,” said Knox County Collector…
Read MoreChamber Christmas Celebration Moved to Small Business Saturday
By Echo Menges Refusing to abandon Christmas Celebration plans altogether, the Knox County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has kicked the annual celebration plan into high gear opting to move the event to Small Business Saturday, November 28, bringing activities outside and changing the times to daylight. This was a bold move by organizers…
Read MoreOn the Brighter Side
Hooray for the Pumpkin Pie! The traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner dessert is that big wedge of pumpkin pie with a lot of whipped cream on top. Few of our festival foods can claim deeper American roots than those orange pumpkins which were first cultivated in Central America around 5500 BC and were one of the…
Read MoreMissouri 2021 Hosts Live Virtual Program Series for Missouri’s Bicentennial
Missouri 2021 Presents: First Tuesdays at 11 a.m. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: COLUMBIA, MO, Nov. 19, 2020 – Missouri 2021 is rolling out a new virtual program series that focuses on the programs and events happening in Missouri to commemorate the state’s 200th anniversary of statehood. Leading up to the Aug. 10, 2021, anniversary day of…
Read MoreReflections and Inspirations
Oh, I’m Thankful Though (To the tune of Old MacDonald Had a Farm) I woke on Monday to alarm clock’s ding, E-I-E-I Oh! The annoying noise caused my ears to ring. E-I-E-I Oh! But, I’m thankful for my hearing, and I’m thankful for each sound, I’m thankful for the noises that get me up and…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Alert to Knox County Business and Organizations
By Lori Moots-Clair, Knox County Health Department Administrator Knox County – November 21, 2020 – Health department officials are alerting Knox County Businesses/Organizations that there is a high risk for Covid-19 transmission currently. Our positivity rates have exceeded 36%, compared to state positivity rates of 23%. Hospital based ER and in-patient testing continue to…
Read MorePondering
Grandpa’s 1954 Kaiser Darrin With Covid-19 still around, all kinds of mask are being made from: favorite sports team, favorite soda pop, favorite restaurants, favorite singers, to many more. One day, I heard a story behind one particular mask, touched my heart. “My grandpa owned a 1954 Kaiser Darrin some years ago,” Joel said, “and…
Read MoreThe Edina I Knew
Run Down to Mrs. Arment’s and Get a Pinch of Starter One thing about the thirties was that we were all poor. Then, let me say that our family was poor only by definition. We had an abundance of food and milk. We were actually rich but did not know. The only thing we had…
Read MoreFamily Welcomes Baby Girl
WHITLEY JEAN MALLETT Brad and Leann Mallett of Baring, Missouri, are the parents of a daughter, born at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri, on November 11, 2020 at 6:50 a.m. The baby girl arrived weighing 6 lbs. 5.6 oz. and measuring 19 inches in length. Siblings of Whitley Jean are Kinze and Tagen. Grandparents…
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