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On Sunday, Feb. 6, at 8:29 p.m. the fire chief was dispatched to a residence on E. Fields for a reported natural gas lead. No problem was found. On Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 2:55 p.m. the department was dispatched to a motor vehicle accident at 97 Hwy. and BB Hwy. to provide traffic control. Three

From the St. Clair County Courier A fire of unknown origin destroyed several historic buildings Thursday, Jan. 20, on the Osceola square, according to the St. Clair County Courier. As of Monday, Feb. 14, an employee of the Courier told the Sun the cause has still not been determined. The lady said a possible source

Phillip Ehlers was a son, brother, nephew, uncle and friend to several people. We are truly blessed to have been a part of his life. And we thank everyone who shared in his life. Thank you to all that sent food, card, flowers or just stopped by to say a kind word. It was very

TOPS Chapter 9319 El Dorado Springs met in the Bethel Free Will Baptist Church, 1300 S. Summer St, El Dorado Springs on Thursday Feb. 10, for their weekly weigh-in and meeting. Linda Hall, Leader, called the meeting to order. Carol led us in singing “Take Off Pounds” We said our TOPS and KOPS pledges. Linda

Cedar County Memorial Hospital has recently welcomed Dr. Scott Kaul, CRNA to their Pain Management Specialty Clinic team. Dr. Kaul completed his Residency Program in Nurse Anesthesiology at Stormont Vail Health in Topeka then subsequently went on to complete both a Master of Science then Doctorate of Nurse Anesthesiology at Texas Wesleyan University. He joins

On Sunday, Jan. 30, at 3:51 p.m. the Fire Department was dispatched to a grass fire south of town on S. 400 Rd. The department was cancelled en route. Three trucks and nine firefighters responded. On Monday, Jan. 31, at 8:39 a.m. the department was sent to a grass/brush fire east of Filley. Turned out

by Connie Maupin The Society met at the museum in Stockton on Monday, Jan. 31 The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. Bob Phillips gave a short report on the third Brooks Blevins’ book, “A Story of the Ozarks.” Blevins relates, among others, a story of one of the most infamous women from

The Garden Club met at Angie’s Cakes for lunch with meeting following. Eight members were in attendance. The meeting was called to order by President Ursula Fuller. The club collect was recited. The minutes of the January meeting were read and approved. The treasures report was given. Ursula received a response from Poplar Heights in

Amber Clark recently joined Cedar County Memorial Hospital in the capacity of Social Service Designee. She is taking over that position from Ashli Garrett as she moves on to a new adventure in her life. — Amber was born in the Kansas City area and graduated from Oak Grove High School where she played softball

By John C. Beydler John C. Beydler obviously spent a lot of time in the files of every newspaper in Southwest Missouri recording every mention of Jerico Springs and neighboring towns. Beydler recorded the intense, but futile efforts of a group or citizens to turn Jerico into a boom town but they lacked two things