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Complete, But Unofficial AREA ELECTION RESULTS

Cedar County President and Vice President Republican ______________5,018 Donald J. Trump Michael R. Pence Democrat ________________1,010 Hillary Rodham Clinton Timothy Michael Kaine Libertarian ________________179 Gary Johnson Bill Weld Constitutional ______________40 Darrell L. Castle Scott N. Bradley Green _____________________30 Jill Stein Ajamu Baraka U. S. Senator Roy Blunt (Rep)__________________4,443 Jason Kander (Dem)__________________1,539 Johnathan Dine (Lib)__________________1732 Fred

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Owners to be ticketed

Drivers ignoring school bus stop arm by Jarrod Schiereck, Chief of Police The El Dorado Springs Police Department has received five reports of School Bus Stop Arm Violation since Oct. 12. This is to remind the motoring public, State Law  304.050  requires the driver of a vehicle upon a highway, upon meeting or overtaking from

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Council learns of well and transformer issues

During the public forum at the El Dorado Springs City Council meeting on Monday, Nov. 7, Julia Shaw addressed the council about recent thefts at her home. She said that a camper had been stolen while she and her husband were out of town working. She also mentioned other items. She said that even though

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On the grow

THREE NEW TREES FOR THE PARK –With the Christmas Lighting only a few weeks away, the El Dorado Springs Chamber of Commerce has planted three Christmas trees to help expand decorations  for the Annual Lighting Ceremony on Monday, Nov. 21. The trees were purchased by Toshua McCormick State Farm Agency.  Ralph Satterlee of Chalet Nursery

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Two accused arsonists in jail, four on the run

A rash of intentionally set fires in Cedar, St. Clair and Vernon counties had local residents talking in September. It also had the Missouri Fire Marshall investigating. Now, according to Cedar County Sheriff Leon Dwerlkotte, two have been arrested and charged and four more individuals are on the run according to court documents obtained by

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The tradition continues

HELPING WITH THE GHOSTS AND GOBLINS- The local VFW Post 257 continued its long-standing tradition of helping children have a safe Halloween. This year, Monday, Oct. 31, they were visited by 728 people, served 560 hotdogs, popped 40 lbs. of popcorn and scooped 120 lbs. of ice for sno cones.  They also tagged children’s costume

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Mark Koca on new Ozark’s Highlands conference

Pretty much the conference includes what we do now. One of the schools, Butler, doesn’t have cross country. A few of the schools have wrestling, a few of them don’t. I thnk most of them do, actually. Q. Will there be academic conference activities? Definitely. We’re not pinned down on those exactly. We got through

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What and why of no tax increase bond issue

On Tuesday, the Sun interviewed Supt. Mark Koca about the no tax increase bond issue which will be on the Nov. 8 ballot. Q. What is a no tax increase bond issue? Basically, it’s a fancy way of saying it would extend the current body issue at its current level. Q. How many years? It

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On the run

TYLER GOATLEY WINS DISTRICT RACE – On Saturday, Bulldog Cross Country runner, Senior Tyler Goatley (left)  dominated the district race winning in 17.11 on a tough course. Joining him on the medal stand were (center) Isaac Ashton – 2nd and Zach Adams – 3rd.

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