Management agreement with Baxter Health to provide longevity and sustainability to Fulton County Hospital By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor "What you all have to understand is we are borrowing money to make payroll. A half a million dollars just to make it a month and that will still have to be paid back. We owe physicians, we owe therapists and services. We have unpaid debt. That is where we stand. We don’t…
Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor It served as an early home and burial area for Osage Indians and later a community refrigerator, but the iconic one of a kind rock structure above Cave City’s namesake cave has evolved over the years and today is on the National Historic Registry, but remains privately owned. Last week for the first time in nearly 20 years, the owners, Dan and Irma Carrington, of what most simply…
Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor Photo/Salem Chamber of Commerce World War II veteran and Battle of the Bulge Survivor, Bill Strauss at the May, 2023 Fulton County Homecoming festivities where he was awarded the oldest attendee at 103 years old. Mr. Strauss passed away July 21 and left behind a legacy in Fulton County among friends, students and memers of the VFW. Fulton County, the City of Salem and Salem VFW Post 9777…
The Commissioner of State Lands Office will begin auctions this year with a major change. Effective July 1, owners of delinquent parcels will not be able to redeem parcels sold at a tax-delinquent auction. In past years, the owner had 10 business days to redeem a parcel sold at auction. That is no longer the case: Act 241 eliminates the post-auction redemption period. Owners wishing to redeem parcels must do so no…
By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor Changes and increased revenue at the Sharp County Detention Center were the main topic of the June 12 Sharp County Quorum Court meeting. New method for inmates to see doctor Sheriff Shane Russell explained the jail received nearly $33,000 in revenue for the month of May. This included revenue from inmates use of the county’s NCIC inmate communication system which include phone, video and messaging systems. Other…
