Wildcats welcome Mike Ray as head boys hoops coach

The Cassville High School boys basketball team will have a new coach for the 2025-2026 season, as the district has hired Mike Ray to lead the program beginning July 1.
News Briefs, April 9
The first Cruise-In of the year for the Cassville Cruisers is set for Saturday from 5 p.m. to dusk at the Barry County Museum, located at 15858 State Hwy. 76 in Cassville.
Scoreboard, April 9

The Cassville baseball team (3-3-1) picked up a pair of wins in three tries last week. The Wildcats defeated Purdy, 4-0, at home, then fell to Logan-Rogersville, 6-2, on the road, before ending the week with a 9-4 away win over Marionville.
Janet Mills: Seniors shaken by social insecurity

“What is going to become of me?” This question posed over and over again in conversations with senior adults who have expressed their fears and concerns during recent visits to the food pantry.
Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week

Oregano would love to find his forever home soon. He has been in the shelter for nine months and all of his siblings have found their homes.
Purdy gets $10K grant for teachers

Purdy gets $10K grant for teachers
Shawn Courtney: ‘It is finished’
In John 19:28-30, we find Jesus upon the cross, bloody, exhausted, disconnected from his father, rejected by his friends, and dying.
JAG lends hands at Community Garden

Partnership accelerated planting schedule for greater harvest
Lightning strike triggers alarm at Cassville schools
A lightning strike is believed to be the cause of an errant intruder alarm at the Cassville primary, intermediate and middle school campus Friday morning.
2 charged with murder
Two Barry County residents are facing first-degree murder charges, among other felonies, with each blaming the other for the shooting death of Marvin Lance McCullough, whose body was found in the trunk of a burned vehicle at a towing facility in Shell Knob.