April 2024
From super to admin
After 29 years in education, mostly at the Cassville school district, Richard Asbill is excited to return home. The current superintendent of the Bolivar school district, Asbill is set to retire on June 30 and assume an entirely new role — but with a similar skillset — replacing City Administrator Steve Walensky on July 1.
Carol “Annette” (Bowen) Cozort
Carol “Annette” (Bowen) Cozort of Nixa, Mo., passed unexpectedly, but peacefully, on March 27, 2024. She was born September 2, 1961, in Cassville, Mo.
Burnis Lee “Barney Google” Myers
Burnis Lee “Barney Google” Myers, 84, of Purdy, Mo. passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at Aurora Nursing Center in Aurora, Mo.
Barbara Eloi Jones
Barbara Eloi Jones, age 84, of Seligman, Missouri passed away Saturday, March 30, 2024, at her daughter’s home. She was born July 22, 1939, in Seligman, Missouri the daughter of Woodrow William and Virginia Opal (Roller) Skelton.
Ozark Festival Orchestra to hold Pops in the Park concert April 14
The Ozark Festival Orchestra, based in Monett, will conclude its 2023-24 season with its annual Marty Beckwith Memorial Pops in the Park concert, slated for Sunday, April 14, at the Monett City Park Casino, located east of the park entrance at Highways 37 and 60 in Monett. The concert is a benefit for the orchestra to help raise funds to cover annual expenses.
Southern Missouri set for prime viewing of solar eclipse
On April 8, citizens across southern and southeast Missouri will have the chance to see a rare celestial event — a total solar eclipse. The moon will block the sun’s light and cause a total solar eclipse to be visible across nearly 115 miles of Missouri.
Walensky lauded for work at city
Steve Walensky, right, outgoing Cassville city administrator, speaks with his incoming replacement, Richard Asbill, during a retirement reception at the Barry County Museum on Thursday. Walensky became public works director in 2011 and city administrator in 2016.
Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week, April 2
Thelma is a brown and white mixed breed/hound dog. Her date of birth is July 15m 2022. Thelma tends to be on the shy, cautious side so far at the shelter but warms up to people quickly.
4th Annual Blues and BBQ on Friday
Wildcat Jazz to perform The Cassville Jazz Bands are tuning up for Blues and BBQ, inviting the community to bring their lawn chairs and blankets to the high school for this open-air concert and barbecue on Friday at 6:30 pm. Last year, Kelly Tolbert and some of his friends rode their motorcycles to the fundraiser.
Semi overturns on Hwy. 76
An Exeter man was injured on Monday in a wreck at 10:30 a.m. on Highway 76, eight miles east of Cassville.
