Community

Thank you to all who came to donate blood at the El Dorado Springs Church of Christ on Thursday, December 3rd. The folks at the Blood Drive worked extended hours due to the blood shortage and our goal was to collect 45 units. Our community really turned out to support the blood shortage due to

More toys from Cedar County Memorial Hospital. Cedar County Memorial Hospital Donates to Toys For Tots. Jeanne Hoagland, Marketing Coordinator at Cedar County Memorial Hospital, dropped by Fugate Motors on Monday with the hospital’s donation to the Toys for Tots community project spearheaded by Harold and Robin Fugate at Fugate Motors. “It looks like it’s

Over the past three months, Veterans’ Memorial Park committee members sold raffle tickets to raise funds for the park. The original drawing date, Wednesday, Nov. 11, was postponed, but winners were drawn Tuesday, Nov. 24. The lucky winner is Jerl Leonard who won the wheelbarrow of goodies. The wheelbarrow, which was included in the prize

  Larry and Carol Mays are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married on Dec. 12, 1970, at the First Assembly of God in El Dorado Springs by the Rev. Carl Johnston. They have three children : Jarrod Mays and wife, Tammy, Shannon Esry and husband, Brandon, and Justin Mays and wife, Andrea; 10

TOPS Chapter 9319 El Dorado Springs met in the Bethel Free Will Baptist Church, 1300 S Summer St, El Dorado Springs on Thursday, Dec. 3, for their weekly weigh in and meeting. We are back to holding meetings as we are able to social distance and wear masks. Warren and Linda led us in singing

The family members of Jake and Eula Shaw. There is only Rena Shaw left out of 12 kids. We have only lost one person to COVID-19. There were only 38 family members who got together this year. We had a good time. I hope 2021 will be a better year. Merry Christmas to all. All

MU Extension Community Engagement Specialist in Youth Development, Mikayla Fox and retired Stockton High School Art Teacher, Cheryl Sloan offered a total of four Barn Quilt workshops in both Stockton and El Dorado Springs for the 2020 year. Numerous participants from Cedar and surrounding counties were able to complete Barn Quilts to be hung on

Thank you so much to family and friends for all the prayers, support, visits, flowers, cards, food and many messages and calls. Thanks to Sheldon Funeral Home for their care, understanding and patience. Thanks to Don Barger for being there in our time of sorrow for the inspiring words at the service. Thanks for pallbearers

On Sunday, Nov. 22, at 4:40 a.m. the Cedar County Sheriff’s Office requested a mutual aid water shuttle to assist the Stockton Fire Department at a structure fire across 32 Hwy. at the Amvets Club. Tanker 1 and three firefighters assisted.

According to Officials with the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office, members of the investigations unit and CNET Drug Task Force executed a search warrant early Wednesday morning at a hotel on the 2300 block of E. Marvel Rd in Nevada, MO. Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher said detectives were able to develop information regarding the distribution