April 26, 2024
Bob Leeper, a graduate of the El Dorado Springs High School and most recently known as the builder of the Leeper Center on North Main in El Dorado Springs passed away at St. Luke’s in Kansas City on Aug. 28, 2020, surrounded by his family and listening to his favorite country and western music. According
Reported cases since beginning of COVID-19 pandemic (75) Active COVID-19 cases (9) Total # of cases requiring hospitalization (9) Current # of hospitalized cases (?) # of deaths (0) Total Cedar County Test Count (total of negative line list + # positive cases) Negative Cedar County Test Count (2092) Positive Cedar County Test Count (75).
TROPHY STAYS AT HOME – Bulldog Athletic Director Jeremy Barger presents the 2020 Cedar County Bowl Trophy to coach Kelley Beckner after the Bulldog’s win against the Stockton Tigers on Friday Aug. 28. This was the Bulldog’s 12th win in the series. The Cedar County Bowl began in 2003 with a 12 – 6 win
Public announcement from Sheriff James McCrary: The Sheriff’s Office recently sent two inmates to the Missouri Dept. of Corrections (DOC) that tested positive for Covid 19 after arriving at DOC. I was notified of this on August 25th. Immediately after being notified I began the process of having our inmates and staff tested. The test
By Heath Oates El Dorado Spring R-2 Superintendent This article is intended to inform district patrons about the first few days of school in the El Dorado Springs R-2 School District. These are also my first few days of observing how school functions. On the first day of school, a group of about 6 high
The Land-O-Lakes Youth Fair Royalty crowned their Queen and Princess on Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Fairgrounds. Queen Brodi McNeece, daughter of Doug and Kristin McNeece, is a freshman at the El Dorado Springs High School. Princess Kylee Walker, daughter of Kensey Esry, is in the eighth grade at the El Dorado Springs Middle School.
The El Dorado Springs Municipal Band just completed it’s 135th consecutive summer of performances. Brent Hillsman has been taking our group picture for many years, and did not disappoint in 2020. Thank you again Brent. We would like to thank everyone who came out to listen to our music this summer. We hope you enjoyed
DR. MIKE RETIRES – Dr. Mike Frier retired from is his Optometry practice on Aug. 20 and was honored with a party at Vision Source on Friday, Aug. 21. Dr. Mike and Cathy Frier have had the pleasure of serving the El Dorado Springs area since 1978 when they opened a practice on Main Street.
The summer vacation is over and it’s time for the annual return to school, on the 26th of August for El Dorado Springs Public School students and the 25th of August for El Dorado Springs Christian School students. All of us must be extra alert for kids coming and going to school, as well as
DAELEN ACKLEY HONORED – The Springfield Sports Commission Awards Banquet, which recognizes great achievements for the area of Southwest Missouri each year, was held on Monday, August 10 for the 2019-2020 schovol year. Each sport had 6-8 representatives to be chosen from and then a winner was announced. This year Daelen Ackley was honored to
