Cassville senior honored in 2024 Missouri Scholars 100 Program
Cassville senior Emerson Grossman has been selected for ''Honorable Mention'' in the prestigious 2024 Missouri Scholars 100 program. This statewide initiative recognizes outstanding academic achievement, honoring Missouri's top 100 graduating students.
Stumpff a finalist in auctioneer contest

Donnie Stumpff, owner of Stumpff’s Realty and Auction Service, of Cassville, was a finalist at the Oklahoma State Auctioneers Association Pro Bid Calling Competition, placing him in the top five finishers.
Dakoda Pettigrew: American Insights — Lincoln in Peoria

With the flourish of his signature, President Franklin Pierce set America down the path toward civil war. On May 30, 1854, the fourteenth president signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, repealing the Missouri Compromise and opening the territories to slavery through popular sovereignty.
Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week, March 27

Please come meet this good boy who just needs a loving home with a fenced in yard. This senior guy has been at the shelter for over 288 days and deserves a home.
DNR: PFAS may be present in sludge
There is still time for public comments to be submitted in response to the DNR’s proposed permits for the application of human biosolids from Arkansas and slaughterhouse-sludge from inside and outside of Missouri to Barry County farmland. If approved, permits proposed by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will initially allow the application of the waste materials to some 9,800 acres in the county.
Barry County Sheriff’s Office calls for service and reports taken
March 11-17 The Barry County Sheriff's Office responded to 232 calls for service for the week of March 11-17. The CAD events created by central dispatch are the Calls for Service Barry County Officers respond to every day, included in those calls are alarms, assaults, burglaries, domestic disturbances, DWI's, stealing, harassment, medical issues, paper service, prisoner transports, suspicious persons, traffic stops and warrant service. Reports are not generated on all the calls for service. The following reports were generated from the above 232 calls:
Kegan John Robinson

Kegan John Robinson, age 21, of Cassville, Missouri passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at his home. He was born September 14, 2002, in Monett, Missouri the son of Anthony and Calista (Skelton) Robinson.
Sheila (Sharin) Khan

Sheila (Sharin) Khan, 89, died following multiple medical challenges at The Blossoms at Eureka Springs at 6 a.m. Sunday, March 24 in Eureka Springs Ark.
Vernon Dale Underwood

Vernon Dale Underwood, 82, of Shell Knob, Mo., passed away Friday, March 22, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Cassville in Cassville, Mo. He was born March 19, 1942, in Cypress, Calif.
Unpaid lunch balances spike
The Cassville school district is determining how to handle a dramatic increase in unpaid food service bills, up 300 percent since April 2022 and 50 percent since the start of this school year. Merlyn Johnson, Cassville superintendent, said balances have been on the rise since the COVID-19 pandemic, during which federal funding provided free meals at the district.