Stories from Friday, September 15, 2017

ST. JAMES — A three-hour drive and undefeated opponent meant nothing to Cassville Friday, as the Wildcats topped St. James 33-6.  The game started with swapping punts, and on Cassville's second possession, quarterback Shannon Haney found Bowen Preddy on a screen pass for a 53-yard touchdown strike and 7-0 lead. ...

A Cassville man was seriously injured in a wreck at 12:45 a.m. Friday on Route W, two miles east of Wheaton. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Dakota Lowe, 23, of Cassville, was driving a 1996 GMC Suburban eastbound when his vehicle crossed the center of the roadway and struck a 2015 Freightliner tractor trailer, being driven by Kevin Kimberling, 62, of Aurora, causing the big rig to run off the roadway and overturn...

A Cassville man was seriously injured in a wreck at 10 a.m. on Thursday on Farm Road 2200, 2.5 miles southeast of Cassville. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Paul Bailey, 49, of Cassville, was driving a 1997 Dodge Ram westbound when his vehicle lost control, struck a fence and tree, spun around and ejected the driver out the driver's side window...