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SUMMER FINALLY ARRIVES – Despite the cry of “water, water everywhere,” plenty of people have enjoyed a splash in the cool, refreshing aqua blue waters of the Virginia Ryan Strain Municipal Pool. The pool opened on May 30 and the El Dorado Springs Municipal Band began their summer concert series on June 1.

With reports on the news of black bear sightings in Southwest Missouri, the Sun decided to check with the local office of the Missouri Department of Conservation. Our normal go-to person at MDC, Lana Wilson, said she hasn’t received any bear sighting reports in probably five years. Back then, one was sighted south of Walker

Tired of sitting inside watching it rain or sitting outside in the heat at a sporting event?  ElDo Youth Center will present “Summer in El Do” Trivia Night, at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 22.  Cost is $40 for a team of 4 or fewer.  Additional team members up to a total of 7 per team

Band Concert to Honor Lillian Sunderwirth The Municipal Band is honored to play a special concert dedicated to the memory of Lillian Sunderwirth on Saturday, June 8 at 8 p.m. We will take a walk down memory lane as we play songs that were favorites of Miss Lillian’s throughout this hour-long concert. Please come help

If you didn’t know, the License Bureau in Stockton has been open since January of this year in a new location. The new office is located at 304 RB Road, Suite 2 (next to the Shack). The bureau is owned by Lisa Gardner, who, along with her husband, also owns the Shack. Taihlor Baldwin Mears

CHARGED – Alicia Greathouse has been charged with assault 1st degree or attempt – serious physical injury or special victim and is being held in the Cedar County Jail on a $200,000 cash surety bond.

Sunday night about 10:30, Keven Costello, manager of the nursing home in Stockton, was on his way home north of Stockton and was talking on his cell phone with a male friend, according to Cedar County Sheriff James McCrary. Costello told his friend that a car was following him closely, then Costello said the car

MEMORIAL DAY TRADITION CONTINUES – The El Dorado Springs Veterans of Foreign Wars, Spicer – Grimsley Post 257, honored the brave men and women of the United States military at their annual service in the City Cemetery on Monday, May 27. The weather had a dampening effect on the crowd, but the feeling was the

Last Monday night was rare – everything that could have gone right, did. During a violent electrical storm and torrential downpour in El Dorado Springs, a tremendous bolt of lightning struck the school about 11 p.m. First good break – Tammy Berning and Dennis Berning, custodians at the El Dorado Springs R-II School, decided to

The El Dorado Springs Municipal Band is the oldest continuously performing municipal band in the state of Missouri (and one of the oldest west of the Mississippi River). The 2019 season will be the band’s 133rd year. This Saturday (June 1) will be the first concert of 2019. The Municipal Band schedule is each Friday