May 25, 2026
The St. Clair County Sheriff’s office will join with other law enforcement agencies Sept. 18-24 for an aggressive Child Passenger Safety Week law enforcement campaign to crack down on Missouri’s child safety seat law violators and to reduce highway fatalities and injuries to children. Missouri law requires all children under the age of eight to
At it’s Sept. 8 meeting, the El Dorado Springs R-II School Board picked an option to offer to voters on the Nov. 8 ballot. The architect gave the board two options that basically had to do with the gym placement. The board chose the one with the new Middle School gym closer to the High
IT WAS GRAND – Lucille and John R. Hoagland, long time residents of Schell City, were recognized for their community involvement as festivities got under way at the Schell City Fall Festival on Friday, Sept. 9. They were named the Grand Marshals of the Schell City Fall Festival Parade. More Fall Festival pictures next week.
Sheriff Dwerlkotte received information from the Polk County Sheriff Office in reference to a possible large marijuana grow operation off Hwy. N near the Hwy. J intersection. Sheriff Dwerlkotte and deputies from Cedar County Sheriff Office, in conjunction with the Missouri National Guard Counter Drug Helicopter, Community Narcotic Enforcement Team from Bates, and Vernon County
Celebrate native grasslands with tours and exhibits at Wah’Kon-Tah Prairie Early autumn adds new color to Missouri’s tallgrass prairie remnants and restorations. The goldenrod and ashy sunflowers bloom, letting yellow flowers wave over green grassland. Native warm season grasses stand tall, waiting to turn golden red as winter approaches. Visitors can enjoy guided tours and
This year’s Schell City Fall Festival Parade Grand Marshalls can trace their family history in the town to just after the founding of the community in 1871. Although he was born in Kansas City, John R. Hoagland has spent most of his life in Schell City except for his service in the U.S. Navy during
Phillip Ray Robison Jr., El Dorado Springs, is scheduled for trial on Oct. 24, which will be held at the federal courthouse in Springfield. He has been appointed a public defender because he cannot afford to hire an attorney. On Feb. 23, a federal grand jury inidicted Robison on two counts of making a telephone
The date for the El Dorado Springs residential bulky trash will be the week of Sept. 26-29. Place the bulky items out the night before or by 4 a.m. the same day as your regular trash pickup. Yard waste (including brush and tree limbs), hazardous waste, tires, paint and appliances will not be picked up
ELDO COUPLE CLAIMS $25,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE PRIZE – An El Dorado Springs couple is now “lucky for life” after claiming a $25,000 a year for life second-tier prize in the Missouri Lottery Draw Game. Robert, 53, and Kathryn, 60, Foley claimed their prize at the Lottery’s Springfield regional office on Aug. 26 after
A wanted fugitive has been taken into custody after a four-day manhunt and a fight that sent one Vernon County deputy to the hospital. According to Vernon County Sheriff’s office officials, deputies pursued a vehicle Tuesday afternoon that ended with the vehicle crashing in a ditch on 2350 Rd. in rural Vernon County. The driver
