Scrip, Soups, Spooks, Goodies & Goblins A Coming!

Thursday night, October 27th, the city of Malta kicks off the holiday season by hosting the fifth annual Oktoberfest. Malta’s banks and participating businesses will be open that evening till 8 p.m.

The Christmas scrip program is available at all three local banks; The First State Bank of Malta, Bank of Malta, and Independence Bank. The scrip program offers up to $1,000 in loans that are paid back in 10 monthly installments. This year, individuals can get scrip from October 27 through December 24. Phillips County residents invested $208,170 in scrip that was spent at local participating busine...