Schell City Easter Egg hunt

GIRLS DIVISION – Winner of the Easter Basket in the girls division was Weslyn Pursley BOYS DIVISION – Winner of the Easter Basket in the boys division was Kohl Maus CHILLIN WITH THE BUNNY – Schell City Easter Egg hunter – Just one of our hunters enjoying the Easter Egg hunt in Schell City on

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Favored by the Easter Bunny

Three children out of each age group at the Cedar County Memorial  Hospital Easter Egg Hunt on Thursday, March 29, were  lucky enough to find the right eggs which entitled them to big Easter Baskets filled with surprises. AGES 0-3 – (from left) Mykele Owens, Brocklyn Wilson and Kenzi Swager. AGES 4-6 – (from left)

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New 2018 Missouri poverty report available now

The Missourians to End Poverty coalition announces the release of its new 2018 Missouri Poverty Report. This 20-page report is a comprehensive snapshot of poverty statistics in Missouri, updated and expanded from the recent 2016 edition of this biennial publication. While Missouri has seen a decline in poverty since a 10-year high of 16.2% in

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Make sure to check your Facebook privacy settings

As you scroll through your Facebook feed, you see a quiz that might be fun to take. After all, who doesn’t want to know what which Pokemon they might be or what character in that popular TV show with which they most identify. Answer a few questions and all of the sudden, you know that

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AWARD WINNER

AWARD WINNER – Local Sonic Manager Dustin Decker holds two award plaques won by the El Dorado Springs  drive-in at a Sonic Awards Banquet on March 17. One plaque is for the highest dollar amount and the other was for the highest percentage.  The local franchise competed against 19 other stores in Missouri and Kansas.

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FOUR BULLDOGS NAMED ACADEMIC ALL STATE

FOUR BULLDOGS NAMED ACADEMIC ALL STATE – The recipients are (from left) are softball players Junior Jace Cundiff, Senior Paige Easy, Junior Makenzie Melton, Senior Payton Babcock. They are coached by Alyssa Sargent, who took the photo.

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MCKINNEY AND STEUCK COMPETE AT WARRENSBURG RELAYS

MCKINNEY AND STEUCK COMPETE AT WARRENSBURG RELAYS – ECS Seniors, Drew Steuck and Seth McKinney kicked off the 2018 ECHS track season at UCM Mule Relays in Warrensburg on Tuesday, March 20.  Seth placed sixth in the 300 meter hurdles, missing finals by hundredths of a second. Drew placed 4th in the 1600m and 4th

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MDC encourages turkey hunters to think safety while hunting this spring

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) encourages hunters to think safety while in the woods turkey hunting. Youth spring turkey hunting season is April 7-8 and regular spring turkey hunting season begins April 16 and runs through May 6. Shooting hours for regular turkey season are from a half hour before sunrise to 1 p.m.

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Sheep and Goat workshop to focus on parasite management

University of Missouri Extension and Lincoln University are hosting a “Sheep and Goat Workshop” focused on internal parasite management starting at 4 p.m.Thursday, April 19, at the Osceola First Baptist Church, 555 Walnut Street. This workshop will include lecture, discussion and a hands-on activity related to body condition scoring, FAMACHA© Scoring, Fecal Egg Count in

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Let’s Go Armadillo Hunting

If you live a rural life, you spend enough time outdoors to know how many turkeys there are in your area. It is pretty simple to figure, because wild turkey group together in January to feed and roost – hens, poults and mature gobblers. They all come together and are easy to observe because as

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