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BOOTBLOCK BRINGS IN MONEY FOR MDA – According to Fire Chief Bob Floyd, the El Dorado Springs Fire Department filled their boots with somewhere around $8,000, by being out on Hwy. 54 on from 8 a.m. – noon on Saturday, Aug. 31, and from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 2. Last year

LONESOME LOSER NO MORE – I’m the guy who was in Friday morning about the pulling tractor picture in the most recent Sun. I just thought I’d send you a picture of the “Lonesome Loser” 1466 IH’s 1st place run at El Dorado Springs. I was the #6 puller in the class of 6 and

I spent a couple of days by myself and didn’t get in much trouble. Davis accompanied Kimball to Shreveport to attend her brother’s funeral. Davis got a hero’s welcome home Saturday evening from his daughter, Reese, who adores her daddy. OK, he got a big welcome home, too, from Erica, but she can put it

“I don’t want to see our pretty, pristine state turned into a hog waller.” Q. Tell me about your lawsuit. We just won a temporary restraining order from Cole County Presiding Judge Patricia Joyce that temporarily stops the state from enforcement of Senate Bill 391. This bill strips county commissions and county health boards of

WINNER IN HOT STOCK  – Blain Griggs, Nevada, took his option for a second pull as the opening act of the 2019 FFA Tractor and Truck Pull at the Land O Lakes Fairgrounds Saturday, Aug. 24, and the pull with his International Lonesome Loser proved to be the winning distance of 299.01 feet. He only

Unlike the full house at the Aug. 15 El Dorado Springs School Board meeting, no parents attended the Thursday, Aug. 22, special meeting which had “any further re-consideration of the Dual Sport issue” on the agenda in addition to the tax levy hearing. Supt. Mark Koca told the board, “I did a bunch of research

The El Dorado Springs School Board held a special meeting on Thursday, Aug. 22, with all present: Chad Whitesell, Benny Broer, Mark Burley, Terri Shepard, Josh Floyd, Nathan Nury and Darrell Eason – presiding. Items on the agenda included setting the tax levy and revisiting the dual sports question. The board set the new tax

The 23rd Annual Stockton Lake Cleanup Event is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 14.  The event will be held in conjunction with National Public Lands Day and is sponsored by the Missouri Stream Team and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Volunteers are asked to meet at 8 a.m. at the Cedar Gap Shelter located adjacent

With school starting, now is a great time to consider what tutoring needs your child might have during the year ahead, whether it’s catching up in a subject area or preparing for a standardized test. “Your child’s academic needs are paramount, but many different options can meet those needs,” says Stephanie Garland, Better Business Bureau

Editor: Having read the press release from Farm Bureau concerning our lawsuit against the state over SB 391, I am compelled to remind everyone how we came to the point of enacting a health ordinance on contained animal feeding operations (CAFO’s) and why we have moved forward with the suit. In 2015, my first year