August 15, 2026
by Pat Miller, University of Missouri Extension Agronomy Specialist The old elm tree in the front yard may be more like an old friend than a landscaping asset. You may remember when your children played under its branches. Or maybe your grandfather planted it when he first settled here. But time and disease have taken
We have two important messages. We have moved. Starting Thursday, April 5, 2018, we will meet in the Methodist Church at 201 E Broadway, El Dorado Springs. We will continue to start weigh-in at 7:45 a.m. and the meeting will start at 8:45 a.m. We will hold an Open House on Thursday, April 12. The
I got one of those milestone photo/text messages from Adrian about 6 p.m. Monday evening. There was our grandson, Van, smiling at the cell phone camera pleased with himself. He was grasping the toes on his left foot. The message from Adrian said, “Van found his foot.” He made that major accomplishment at 21 weeks
Q. What have you done to prepare schools in St. Clair County for active shooters or violent intruders? We have officers in each one of the schools more than once a year in response to active shooter training. There are things a person can do to take preventive steps to keep these things from ever
ZOO VISITS COMMUNITY SPRINGS – The Dickerson Park in Springfield sent three of their critters to entertain the residents at Community Springs on Tuesday, March 27. With zoo employee Emily’s help, those in attendance got to pet a tortoise name Dewey, a chinchilla named Charlie and look at a Barn Owl name Bart. Pictured –
On Wednesday, March 21, at approximately 10:35 a.m., the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office received a phone call from a fisherman about a body in the water on an upper arm of the Osage River. The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Taberville. The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office launched a
The office of Cedar County Prosecutor Ty Gaither has announced that he filed a First Degree Murder charge on March 26, 2018, against Charles Shane Green of El Dorado Springs for the shooting death of Brandon Keith on October 23, 2017. Mr. Keith was found lying unresponsive in the street and later died in the
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 28, the El Dorado Springs Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your medications for disposal to the El Dorado
KEEPING IT SAFE AND SERENE – The El Dorado Springs Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting for Dave and Martha Kolstedt owners of Serenity Storage on E. Spring, one of ten facilities owned by the Kolstedts in the El Dorado Springs area. Pictured are (from left) Vicki Hillsman, Dr. Neil Linsenmayer, Tashua McCormick, Penny
