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by Trevor Harris • Oct 10, 2017 Discover Nature (Missouri Department of Conservation) As autumn begins in Missouri, one of the state’s most fragile and unique species is active beneath the surface of some streams. Hellbenders are large aquatic salamanders, reaching lengths of more than a foot. Ozark and Eastern Hellbenders have a wide, flat

by Head Coach Brian Goatley On Saturday, Oct. 28, the El Dorado Springs cross country team traveled to the Pomme De Terre Dam Outlet Park just outside of Hermitage for the Class 2, District 7 Cross Country meet. The dam is one of the featured obstacles in this race, as the athletes race up the

Once again the speech and debate team did an outstanding job in Diamond. Parker Smith took 3rd in POI, 6th in poetry, and 4th in prose. Taryn Dipman took 3rd in informative, 3rd in prose, and Hailey Macgatha took home 3rd in HI, and 2nd in poetry. Overall we took 2nd in sweeps out of

LAS VEGAS – Just days ago, Trey Holston was sitting inside Fort Scott High School in Kansas trying to answer painful, trigonometry questions that are no way as enjoyable as riding a bull for 8 seconds. Holston’s childhood dream may indeed become a reality after beginning the Real Time Pain Relief Velocity Tour Finals Saturday

American Bass Anglers will hold a qualifying tournament Saturday, Nov. 4,  on Stockton Lake. Launch site is Old State Park with registration beginning at 5:30 a.m. the morning of the tournament. This tournament will use a draw format with partner draw accomplished just before launch. Anglers are fishing for cash, prizes and points which can

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is stocking more than 75,000 rainbow trout plus 193 lunkers in 32 urban-area lakes around the state for winter trout fishing beginning in early November. Many of these areas allow anglers to harvest trout as soon as they are stocked, while other areas are catch-and-release until Feb. 1. Find

The first rule of hunting: safety first. A hunter in Saline County got a personal lesson in tree-stand safety after he found himself stuck in a tree. Saline County Conservation Agent Chase Wright got a call on Thursday from a bow hunter stuck in a climbing tree stand on a local conservation area. The bottom

With finances tight, everyone seems to be looking to save money this coming winter according to Bob Schultheis, natural resource engineering specialist with University of Missouri Extension. “No one thing will magically cut energy expenses a lot, but attention to many little things can all help add up to greatly-reduced costs,” said Schultheis. The place

TOPS Chapter 9319 El Dorado Springs met in the Church of Christ Meeting Room on Thursday, Oct. 26. Leader Sheryl Walker opened the meeting and Kay S. led us in singing “Twinkle, Twinkle Little TOPS”. Twenty-seven weighed in today and the chapter had a 15 lb. net loss. Sandi was the week’s best loser with

By Dora Jean McKinley Marilyn Entrikin has been sick. She couldn’t keep anything down except hot tea until 6 p.m. She couldn’t get to church. About 6 p.m. soup went down good. Marilyn Entrikin’s son is getting rain in Arizona. July, August and except September, is the months they get rain there. It’s still 100