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Read MoreThe Best Thing We Can Do to Combat the China Virus is to Go Back to Work
By Missouri Senator Cindy O’Laughlin The mainstream media has failed us on COVID19, but that isn’t a surprise. MSNBC and others have worked hard to fuel the flames with their fake news and sensationalism. They’ve shut down businesses, created chaos in the economy, and they have turned us against each other. Even, as a rural…
Read MoreMissouri District 18 Sen. O’Laughlin to Visit Schuyler
The Schuyler County Times invited Sen. O’Laughlin to visit Schuyler and talk with our area residents on Thursday, June 4, 2020, at 6 p.m. at the Schuyler R-1 High School Commons. O’Laughlin will address the results of the recent 2020 legislative session, which adjourned on May 15, 2020. Many bills passed or not passed were…
Read MoreSchool Board Candidates – Bios
The Schuyler County Times in conjunction with the Schuyler R-1 MSTA (Missouri State Teachers Association) chapter, was to sponsor a live candidates forum for those running for the School Board this election cycle. Because of the Covid-19 restrictions, we are running it in the paper and on the website. This first part is a brief…
Read MoreSchuyler County Times & MSTA To Host School Board Forum
The coronavirus pandemic, which had the government shuttering work places, state agencies, and other public facilities, prompted Jay Ashcroft, Missouri Secretary of State, to change the voting date for the General Municipal Elections in the state from April 7, 2020 to June 2, 2020. Due to the required social distancing protocols, which would limit the…
Read MoreSchuyler County Grads in Spotlight
Parents, family, and friends wanted to make this year special for the class of 2020, after they had their twelfth and final year of school cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. School stopped, classes stopped, sports stopped, events stopped. But the excitement of graduating high school shouldn’t stop. That is where Schuyler residents and businesses…
Read MoreFirst Positive Covid-19 in Schuyler County
First Case of COVID-19 in Schuyler County On May 14, 2020, the Schuyler County Health Department has confirmed the first positive case of COVID-19 in Schuyler County. The case is community-related, and the patient is being asked to self-isolate to decrease the risk of exposing others. Community-Based means that the person probably contracted the…
Read MoreMissouri Medicaid Expansion: Now More Important Than Ever
By Heidi B. Miller, M.D. As a primary care doctor, I cringe when I am paged on-call at 2 a.m. by a patient with chest pain, who won’t go to the emergency department because of lack of insurance. With sadness and frustration, I must persuade the patient that this is an emergency, and he could…
Read MoreSCH COVID Update and Opening Schedule
Isolation beds available: 8 Non-isolation bed available: 6 COVID tests done: 73 Positive: 5 No deaths in Schuyler, Scotland, Clark, or Knox Counties Temporary ER: The ER tent has been taken down that was located outside of the hospital to screen all ER patients. The tent came down due to the lack of surge in…
Read MoreSchuyler County Receives CARES Act Payments
Missouri State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick today announced the first CARES Act payments to local governments have been processed. The money should be available to local governments by Wednesday. Schuyler County was among the first local governments to complete their certification form in order to have their CARES payment processed quickly. According to the report, the…
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