James William (Hop) Hopkins

Hop was born Feb. 9, 1928, in St. Clair County east of Taberville. He passed away at the Cedar County Hospital Nov. 8, 2019. His parents were Amp and Annis (Barnett) Hopkins. Jis parents moved to El Dorado Springs from their farm in 1947, and Hop attended El Dorado Springs High School. He graduated in

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Rosemary Freeman

Rosemary Freeman, 33, died Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at her home in Overton, Nevada after a long battle with cancer.  She was surrounded by loved ones.  She was born Jan. 6, 1986, in Washington, UT, to Daniel Lynn and Trudy Kirkland Stockdale.  On Nov. 27, 2004, she married Aaron Lloyd Freeman in the St. George

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Outlook for boys basketball good

by Head Coach Joel Braden The El Dorado Springs boys basketball team started practice last week with a new look. The team graduated five seniors from last year’s team (Trey Babcock, Donovan Collins, Orlando Guerrero, Shelby McKinney, and Tanner Witt). The graduates took leadership, size, strength and 30 points per game with them. The new-look

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Osage County angler ties state record for skipjack herring

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) congratulates Bryant Rackers of Bonnots Mill for tying the current state record for skipjack herring. Rackers was fishing on the Osage River Oct. 27 when he caught the 3-pound fish using the pole-and-line method. The catch ties with the previous record fish, which was caught on the Missouri River

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Young deer hunters harvest 18,158 during early youth portion

Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that young hunters ages 6 through 15 harvested 18,158 deer during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2019 deer hunting season, Nov. 2 and 3. Top counties were Osage with young hunters harvesting 381 deer, Howell with 355, and Franklin with 351. Cedar County youth

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Girls basketball low on numbers but long on height

On Friday, the Sun interviewed Girls Basketball Head Coach Beau Swopes. Q. How’s your team this year? We are kind of low on numbers this year. We’ve got one senior. We don’t have any juniors. We will have three sophomores when Morgan Mitchell gets back from cross country. We will have six freshmen when Hannah

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Daelen Ackley wins state, girls win team trophy

by Brian Goatley Friday the cross country teams were treated by a wonderful sendoff from the high school. It was pretty cool and the band did an awesome job leading them through the building. Thank you to all that were involved in planning it. The team greatly appreciated the honor. We were then escorted out

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Farmers urged to enroll early for MU Crop Management Conference

Farmers ending an erratic crop year have help ahead. To get it, they should enroll for the MU Crop Management Conference in Columbia. Organizer Kevin Bradley, University of Missouri plant scientist, says the annual event fills quickly. He opened enrollment early for the Dec. 17-18 event. There’s plenty to talk about. Bradley and coworkers lined

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Care Connection focuses on dementia caregiving

Care Connection for Aging Services is focusing on dementia caregivers’ training during National Family Caregivers Month in November. The agency’s Family Caregiver Program is seeking participants for a caregiver education program that provides practical advice and support for caregivers of people with dementia. Topics include: daily care, everyday activities, anxiety, injury prevention, safety, anger issues,

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