November 11, 2025
On Jan. 26, at about 3:30 p.m. Cedar County Sheriff’s Corporal Mike Bullinger took a report of a stolen Allis Chalmers tractor. The tractor was reported stolen from a farm northwest of Jerico Springs. On Jan. 27, at about 8:45 a.m. Sgt. Clay Jeffries was conducting follow up investigation and he found the stolen tractor
HAPPENS EVERY FEBRUARY – El Dorado Springs Mayor Cory Gayman signed a proclamation at the Monday, Feb 3, 2020, City Council meeting recognizing the first Thursday of every February as Optimist Day. The proclamation mentioned the Optimist’s 70,000 members throughout the world that carry out more than 6,500 service projects that service six million
GENERAL DIRT WORK – On Monday, two bulldozers were doing general digging on the property west of First Street that will soon be the home of a new and bigger Dollar General Store in El Dorado Springs. City Manager Bruce Rogers said the object of the dirt work started Monday is to “find out what
The Grain Belt Express, a planned transmission line that will deliver wind energy cross the northern part of Missouri, is endanger of being blocked by the State Legislature. The main objections to the line are from the agricultural community. Their lobbyists state that thousands of agricultural acres will be lost to easements and that the
The El Dorado Springs Chamber of Commerce is participating in the HGTV’s Home Town Takeover and Makeover Sweepstakes hoping to win a makeover of El Dorado Springs. Several community members met last Tuesday at the Chamber office to discuss the issue and video submission ideas. The show’s hosts, Erin and Ben Napier, have accepted the
DON’T WANT TO WAIT ANOTHER 50 YEARS – Employees at Evans Drug came to work Monday wearing their Patrick Mahomes headbands. (Standing, left to right) Kourtni Russel, Nancy Hamilton, Diana Smith, Jamee Barnes, Brandi McCullough, Courtney Moore, Lorie Miles, Courtney Spencer and Sheena Esparza: (on floor, from left) Patty Salazar and Liz Swopes. The 54th
Friends of Travis Bryson are raising $15,000 to purchase score boards for the ECS Gymnasium in memory of Travis. Contributions can be made at Community Bank, where the Travis Bryson Score Board account has been established. Thank you.
El Dorado Springs Fire Department responded to a mutual aid call request from the Walker Fire Department requesting a tanker to aid them on a vehicle fire located 1/2 mile south of EE on AA highway, Vernon County at 09:23 on Jan. 24. Tanker 1 and truck 7 responded. Fire was out on arrival. Eight
Wednesday,, Jan. 15, Governor Mike Parson delivered the 2020 State of the State Address to the Missouri General Assembly. Governor Parson highlighted several of the state’s major successes in workforce development and infrastructure last year, including a $1.5 billion investment from General Motors and an $81.2 million Infrastructure for Rebuilding American grant to build a
During the monthly Cedar County Memorial Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, Jan 20. Hospital CEO Jana Witt read a statement concerning Cedar County’s vulnerability to an HIV outbreak. “Cedar County is one for four countries in the Ozarks determined by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to vulnerable to an HIV outbreak. The
