RSVP sponsors Coffee & Donuts with the Cops

The Retired & Senior Program (RSVP) will sponsor Coffee & Donuts with the Cops sessions in seven West Central Missouri senior centers in October to emphasize the importance of safe handling and use of prescription medications. The sessions will all take place at 9 a.m. in these Care Connection for Aging Services Senior Centers: •

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Scammers steal billions from older Americans each year

While it’s hard to put an exact figure on how much elder financial abuse costs older Americans — in part because much of it goes unreported — estimates range widely from $2.9 billion to $36.5 billion annually. What’s more, large numbers of older people are unaware of some of the common scams that swindlers use

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CEDAR COUNTY COURT

The following misdemeanors have been disposed in Cedar County. Falen M. Andrews, El Dorado Springs, fish without a permit-mo resident, 7/1/19. Fine: $4.50, 9/25/19. Jesse James Coleman, El Dorado Springs, operated mtr veh with brakes not in good working order, 10/1/18. Fine: $125, 9/24/19. Kerri Lyn Cuff, Willard, exceeded posted speed limit, 8/6/19. Fine: $196,

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CEDAR COUNTY SHERIFF

09/22 • Received call from 500 Rd Humansville that the neighbor’s dog attacked and killed some of the caller’s goats.  Owner agreed to pay for one goat.  Handled by officer. • Received call of 2 golden retrievers with tags in caller’s yard on Walnut Stockton.  Transferred to city of Stockton. • Received a call of

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ST. CLAIR COUNTY SHERIFF

Sheriff Scott Keeler reported deputies made 10 arrests and took multiple reports during the week of Sept. 16-23, 2019. Warrant Arrests Joedy Hill- On Sept. 23, Joedy Hill, 42, Osceola, was arrested on a St. Clair County warrant for failure to appear in court on an original class B misdemeanor trespass on real property. Bond

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VERNON COUNTY SHERIFF

Sept. 23, burglary-2nd degree at 200 block W. Third St., Schell City. Sept. 25, burglary-2nd degree at 30900 block E. 54 Hwy., El Dorado Springs. Sept. 25, driving while revoked/suspended-2nd offense at 900 block W. Walnut, Nevada. Sept. 26, property damage-2nd degree at N. H Hwy., Richards. Sept. 26, domestice dispute at 13900 block E.

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Eulah M. Wisehart Payne

Eulah M. (Wisehart) Payne, 96, formerly of El Dorado Springs, daughter of W.H. and Ora (Harbison) Wisehart, was born in Myrtle, on May 10, 1923. God called her Home to Himself on Sept. 29, 2019, while she was residing in West Vue Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in West Plains. Eulah made the most important decision

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Jeanne Ellen Anderson

Jeanne Ellen (Cole) Anderson, 66, of El Dorado Springs, passed away on Sept. 24, 2019, after a long illness.  Jeanne was born on Dec. 27, 1952, to Roy Cole and Pearl Cole (Schlotz) in Pittsburg, KS. She grew up on a farm near Liberal until her father passed away when she was 12.  She then

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W. L. Studer

W. L. Studer, 80, El Dorado Springs, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, at his home in El Dorado Springs. W. L. was born Dec. 5, 1938, in Seymour, TX.  He graduated from Dimmitt High School in 1957 and married his high school sweetheart, Shirley Ann Stalcup, in 1958. Following their marriage, they moved

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Rod Bledsoe

Services for Jon Rod Bledsoe, 59, will begin at 2 pm. Saturday, Oct. 5, in Sheldon-Goodrich Funeral Home, Osceola.  The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. on Saturday just prior to the funeral.  Burial will be in the Landaker Cemetery near Lowry City. Rod was born May 23, 1960, in Kansas City 

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