October 11, 2026
Karen Ann (Banks) Sibley, 53, was born March 23, 1964, in El Dorado Springs to Steve and Donis Banks. She passed peacefully at Community Springs Nursing Home surrounded by family and friends Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, after battling disease for nearly twenty-one years. Karen was born and raised in El Dorado Springs. From a young
Ruth Koca, 85, formerly of El Dorado Springs, passed away Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, in Augusta, KS. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, in Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home. Services will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, in the First Christian Church in El Dorado Springs. Burial will follow
Charles Loren Budd, 67, El Dorado Springs, passed away Sept. 1, 2017. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, Sept. 5, in the Stockton Christian Church. Burial followed in Mound Cemetery under the direction of Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home.
You probably go to great lengths during the school year to ensure your child has the right equipment — pens, notebooks, clothing — to make it through the day. “Proper nutrition is a key ingredient for school success because it fuels brain cells and gives your child the energy and nutrients he or she needs
Growing supplies of meat and dairy products apply pressure on farm prices through 2017 into 2019. With big supplies, strong consumer demand brings good news for producers. The offsetting result can be prices near or above last year’s prices. The outlook comes from a “Baseline Update for Livestock and Dairy Markets” from University of Missouri
The 134th annual St. Clair County Baptist Association will be held at Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church Sept. 8 and 9. Both days begin at 10 a.m. and the annual sermon will be Bro. Bobby Budd. Other ministers will preach and there will be some business. The church is located nine miles east of Lowry
Words can not adequately express my love and appreciation to friends, students and church family during my extended period of ‘down time’ and more recently. Thank you for celebrating my birthday with me. Thank everyone that sent a hundred cards for the ’90’ Celebration. There are no words to express my love to Lana and
by Eric Bohl Living in Missouri, it’s not often that the leader of the free world comes to town. There’s nothing quite like the buzz that surrounds a Presidential visit. When President Trump landed in Springfield on Wednesday to kick off his tax reform pitch, fast food restaurant marquees welcomed him and encouraged him to
HEY, ROYALS FANS – Come on over to the Schell City Fall Festival, this Friday, Sept. 8, and take a chance on winning Royals memorabilia at the silent auction scheduled from 8 a.m. to 8 P.m. in the Schell City Community Building. Items include a baseball bat signed by Eric Hosmer, a signed Alex Gordon
FILL’N THE BOOT – Blake Cluck, volunteer fireman for the El Dorado Springs Fire Department, took his turn at the corner of 54 and 82 at the annual Labor Day Fill the Boot fundraiser for Muscular Dystrophy. According to Fire Chief Owen Elliot, the department collected $2,275, just a little less than last year.
