Summer “Camp Osage” for kids begins July 8

The Osage Prairie YMCA will offer a summer camp this year for kids age 5-12, beginning July 8, 2019, at the El Do Youth Center/Liston building at 508 North Main. The program will offer fun and unique experiences that give youth the opportunity to have their best summer ever by meeting new friends, discovering new

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Three Ts cuts ribbon

CHAMBER HOSTS RIBBON CUTTING FOR TOPS, TIPS AND TANS – Tara Miller, owner- operator at Tops, Tips and Tans, 107 West Hwy. 54, was welcomed by the El Dorado Springs Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, June 27, with a ribbon cutting. Miller is a licensed and an experienced cosmetologist specializing in men’s, women’s and children’s

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The Rock Wall

Kimball reminded me to tell you it is our 40th anniversary of being owned by the Sun. – Last Tuesday, I interviewed the new doctor in town, Dr. Andrew Wyant MD. Kimball and I met him and his wife, Krystal, and their three kids at the hospital cake and ice cream social but didn’t get

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Watch MDC meeting

Watch the Missouri Conservation Commission meeting live now at https://t.co/js2sKEhZBJ. https://t.co/4WP2sXui61.

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Not a yard sale

Editor: To emulate Jeff Foxworthy, It might not be a yard sale event though the clothes on the clothes line are hanging on hangers. It might not be a yard sale even though there are things on the back porch you might find inside the house. It isn’t a yard sale if there is no

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Don’t shoot the messenger

Editor: I was surprised when this newspaper published a letter to the Editor titled, “Write On,” published June 26. The writer called a huge faction of America a “Republican Taliban” and described Republicans, our President and our Supreme Court as intolerant to the LGBTQ crowd and promoting rape and assault against this segment of the

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Sucker Punched?

Editor: Cedar County Elected Leaders have been lied to, lead to believe what they were told. Ha. Well, don’t feel bad it happens to all of us at some point in time. SB 391 passed with the signature of Governor Mike Parsons. Our Leaders in Cedar County thought Parsons was a good ole boy, could

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UCM announces Dean’s List

The following local student(s) have earned a spot on the University of Central Missouri Dean’s List. Each semester, the Dean’s List is divided into two parts. The first list includes the names of students who have achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average, and the second list includes the names of students who attained a

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MU Extension offers free parenting class

The University of Missouri Extension in Vernon County is offering a six session “Building Strong and Stable Families” beginning July 11 at 209 W Walnut St, Nevada, MO 64772 at 6:30 p.m. Parenting is tough. Come learn some tips of the trade from this FREE class. We’ll be using both the Strong Parents, Stable Children:

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Love note from Jeff City

Greetings, My Fellow Missourians It’s fescue Seed Harvest time throughout Southwest Missouri and our family like many others are busy combining fescue seed. Our cattle ranch’s objective is to turn forage to cash. We do that by grazing cattle on predominantly fescue grass inter seeded with legumes. One of the fringe benefits of growing Fescue

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