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by Helen Ellerman Madalyn’s Kitchen, south of Schell City, will be closed Saturday, Oct. 14 and Sunday, Oct. 15. She is giving her workers a couple of days off. She will reopen on Monday, Oct. 16, at her regular time. Bob and Cheryl Ellerman, of Edwards, visited in the home of Jewell and Helen Ellerma

Dottie Lee Hart Farmer, 90, passed away Sept. 24, 2017, in Springfield where she had made her home for most of her adult life. She was born Aug. 17, 1927, to Chester and Ruby Hart of El Dorado Springs and was graduated from El Dorado Springs High School in 1947. Dottie’s primary place of employment

When I came into town Tuesday, as I passed the Police Chief Barn, as Davis used to call it, (Kimball said someone at City Council called it the Cop Shop) anyway, the red, white and blue was at half staff.  I just nodded my head and said somberly, “I agree.” When I went by the

  At its regular meeting, Monday, Oct. 2, the El Dorado Springs City Council voted to allow Jeana Oschner to start a Community Garden on West Fields Street.   Oschner said she would write grants and apply for 501C3 status. She said she would also have an email address. She plans to put info in

The El Dorado Springs Chamber of Commerce will present three holiday events on one big day, Saturday, Nov. 18. Events will include the “Thankful for the Holidays” Christmas Parade which will start at 3 p.m. Following the parade the Park Lighting Celebration will take place. Lighting Celebration festivities will include entertainment, food and fun for

“Start them high and hope they don’t die,” is how an employee at Insys, a major U.S. opioid manufacturer, described one of his company’s unofficial slogans according to legal documents. That’s horrifying. At a time when drug addictions and overdoses are skyrocketing and Missouri families in communities across our state are being ripped apart, I’m

Editor: I am in favor of the NFL protests. As much as I dislike them, it is one of the freedoms we are guaranteed under our Constitution. A number of players (over 200) from the teams have taken a knee or have decided not to come out of the locker rooms for the National Anthem.

Editor: As of July of 2017, Chronic Wasting Disease is known to exist in 21 states in the USA in the wild deer population. Mad Cow disease has an official name of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and was reported in Great Britain in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s after they ate beef from infected cows. Indeed

PALPITATIONS Q: I have heart palpitations, a lot. Is this something I need to worry about? A: Palpitations are uncomfortable sensations that your heart is beating fast or irregular. You can feel pounding or fluttering in your chest. It may feel that your heart is skipping a beat. Although palpitations may be caused by heart