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CEDAR COUNTY 4-H PLANTS LIBERTY TREE – Cedar County 4-H’ers met at 10 am on Saturday, April 27th to plant Cedar County’s very own Liberty Tree in the Stockton City Park.  The tree was planted where a panel of the former traveling Vietnam Veteran’s wall and other tributes to veterans will be located in the

CELEBRATING 90 YEARS – On Sunday, May 5, 2019, family gathered with Lee Corbin to celebrate her 90th birthday (May 7, 1929). Numerous family members enjoyed good food, old photos and fond memories. Pictured are Lee and her children (from left) seated – Randy Corbin and Lee Corbin, standing behind – Rhonda (Corbin) Wallen and

The Community Foundation of the Ozarks, in partnership with Commerce Trust Company, awarded a $20,000 grant to West Central Missouri Community Action Agency to support the El Dorado Works! Program, a neighborhood-based job readiness program housed in the renovated Liston Elementary School building. The grant was presented as part of the 2019 Coover Regional Grant

West Central Missouri Community Action Agency (West Central) was recently awarded $20,000 from the Louis L. and Julia Dorothy Coover Charitable Foundation, and is one of 20 projects funded by the foundation, out of 100 applications from across central and southern Missouri. The Louis and Dorothy Coover Regional Grantmaking Program is a partnership between Community

Cody D. Singleton, 16, Osceola, was pronounced dead at the scene of a two-vehicle crash on Hwy. 13 at Hwy V four miles south of Osceola that occurred at 10:15 p.m. on Saturday,  April 27. According to the report by Trooper T. C. Baker and a team of investigators, the victim as westbound in a

On April 4, Cedar County Sheriff McCrary responded to The Shack Restaurant in Stockton to take a report of a theft of cash. It was reported that a grocery delivery driver had possibly taken the cash. Cedar County Deputy Josh Coots located and detained the delivery driver west of Stockton. Deputy Ruth Belcher and Lt.

At a special meeting on Wednesday, April 17, the Cedar County Ambulance District voted to buy a Hy Flow pressure washer for $1,725. Present were Rusty Norval – chair, Nadine Sinclair – vice chair, Keith Kasco – sec/treas, Diane Johnson and Evelyn Boyle – by proxy.

The Cedar County Ambulance District met Monday, April 15, with all present: Ruesy Norval – chair, Nadine Sinclair – vice chair, Keith Kasco – sec/treas., Diane Johnaon and Evelyn Boyle. No one applied for the vacant position in District 5. There was nothing out of order in the financial report. In the manager’s report, Tom

On April 21, 2019 a burglary and theft of tools and other items was reported stolen from a shop building near Virgil City.  Follow up investigation by Sgt. Clay Jeffries led to a possible suspect and location of the stolen items.  On April 22, 2019 Sgt. Jeffries, Sheriff McCrary and Vernon County Deputies served a

RESURRECTION SUNDAY – Our Pape Christian Church family enjoyed a full Holy Week. Our weekly prayer meeting was held on Wednesday evening. Then we enjoyed our first Good Friday Service on Friday evening. On Sunday morning we began our Easter celebration with a delicious breakfast. Then the Easter Program began with a couple of songs