Love Cemetery workday scheduled

On Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. until completed, there will be a work day at Love Cemetery. We welcome any and all volunteers that are interested in the upkeep of Love Cemetery Please bring your work gloves as most of the work will be picking up limbs and debris blown from the trees. If

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Pinwheels for Prevention

EL DORADO SPRINGS R-2 SCHOOL DISTRICT STANDS UP FOR CHILDREN – Every April is an opportunity to stand up and raise awareness for National Child Abuse Prevention Month. El Dorado Springs R-2 School Staff and Administration gathered in front of the Early Childhood Center at the P.A.T. Pinwheel Garden on Wednesday morning, April 10, to

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The Rock Wall

Last week I heard on the news that there had been lots of rain and some tornados in southeast Louisiana. I called Adrian to learn that she, two little boys and a screaming baby had spent 15 minutes in a bathtub as the storm rolled through. My Slidell friends didn’t have any damage but did

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EHS STUDENT AWARDED NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP

El Dorado Springs – The National Honor Society (NHS) announced that Macy Stauffer, a high school senior at El Dorado Springs High School and member of the Laudeldo Chapter of NHS, has been selected as an NHS Scholarship semifinalist, receiving a $3,200 scholarship. Staffer is one of only 10 high school seniors from Missouri to

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NEW BOARD MEMBERS

Dave Leonard and Josh Floyd were sworn in as newly elected El Dorado Springs R-II School Board members at the regular scheduled school board meeting on Thursday, April 11. Leonard was elected to a 3 year term as was Floyd. Floyd has been a school board member for nine years, four of them as President.

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Former Police Department slip-up costs city vital grant money

During the El Dorado Springs City Council meeting on April 15, the council learned that the city would not be eligible for two grants totaling approximately $460,000 because needed paperwork from the former police department had not been filed in Sept, Oct. and Nov. of 2023.  (These filings are supposed to done electronically every month.)

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Board hears update on new bus barn

At their April 11, meeting, the R-2 school board learned that the new bus barn was almost complete. The new electric buses will have charging stations at the new barn which will be fenced and well-lit at night. The busses are provided by First Student who has the transportation contract with the school. Along with

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NEVC Board Members Sworn-in

by Johannes Brann As regular as springtime flowers comes the swearing-in of school board members following the April Municipal Election. For the Northeast Vernon County (NEVC) R-1 School Board, this meeting took place Monday afternoon, April 8. On hand were board members David Bruce, Heather Brown, Connie Gerster, Heath Brown as well as re-elected board

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Deadline for Missourians to weigh in on broadband coverage looms

by Grant Green Missouri News Network The Department of Economic Development’s office has set a deadline of April 23 for Missourians to submit challenges to the state’s broadband coverage map. The challenge process will assist in the allocation of $1.7 billion in federal funding provided by the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. Missourians

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