BBB tips to avoid getting spooked this Halloween

Halloween is a time for tricks and treats, but shopping for decorations and costumes shouldn’t be a scary experience. Shoppers should rely on trusted merchants and research unfamiliar stores or websites before buying. BBB received 88 complaints last year, and received 49 complaints so far in 2019, about masquerade costume businesses, which include Halloween stores

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Take a walk in the woods and discover nature as you hunt fall mushrooms

Most of Missouri’s edible mushrooms are distinctive in some obvious way. Once you learn their distinguishing features you won’t confuse them with any dangerous poisonous species. It’s very important to know the visual cues to look for, but knowing when and where a mushroom grows is very important in proper identification. Though most hunted mushroom

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DECA students attend annual Fall Leadership Conference

Students from the El Dorado Spring High School DECA chapter traveled with their Advisor, Kristal Swopes to the Missouri DECA Fall Leadership and State Officer Election Conference held Oct. 13-14 in Branson. Students participated in leadership and educational workshops, competitive event practice programs, and learned skills to develop their own leadership potential.  In addition, these

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Love note from Jeff City

Greetings, My Fellow Missourians Last Thursday, I attended the Hickory County Cattleman’s monthly meeting. Katie Stewart, with Farmers Care MO Beef Program, presented the MO Beef MO Kids MO Fit (MoBKF) program. This program connects schools with farmers and ranchers to “beef” up the lunches served in schools. Beef has lots of essential nutrients, including

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District Update

Dear Friends, Last week I returned from a bipartisan Armed Services Committee trip to Poland, Estonia, and Ukraine. I was the lead Republican on the trip, among six members of Congress and spoke and asked questions at every meeting we had with foreign leaders.  We met with the defense ministers and minsters of foreign affairs

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MARRIAGES

CEDAR COUNTY Marriage Applications: Recorder of Deeds Office Cedar County Carole Wilkerson Recorder Kelly Wayne Keltner, 46, Jerico Springs, and Kimberly Ann Phillips, 49, Jerico Springs.

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CEDAR COUNTY SHERIFF

10/13 • Stolen vehicle reported on E Hwy 54 El Dorado.  Suspects were to test drive a vehicle and did not return.  Surrounding counties notified. • Received call of missing males on Spring El Dorado.  Handled by dispatch. • Disturbance reported on College Stockton.  Handled by officer. • Cattle on roadway on E Hwy Dade

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ST. CLAIR COUNTY SHERIFF

Sheriff Scott Keeler reported deputies made three arrests and took a burglary report during the weeks of Oct. 7 through 14, 2019. Warrant Arrests Kimberly Morgan- On Oct. 12, Kimberly Morgan, 52, unknown, was arrested by a St. Clair County deputy on a class D felony burglary in the second degree, a class E felony

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EL DORADO SPRINGS POLICE REPORT

In the case of all arrests, it must be remembered that the charge is merely an accusation and all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. NOTE: Anyone having information concerning any alleged crimes are encouraged to contact the police department at 876-TIPS (8477) On October 14, 2019, officers responded to 710 East

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