Centerstage hosts Spring Showcase

Kai Oliphant, left, Karma Kessinger, center, and Nathaniel Hang, billing themselves Out-sink, perform NSYNC’s “Better Place’ during Friday’s Spring Show Choir Showcase, held at the FEMA Event Center.
Ozark Country Quilters set 2024 Quilt Show

Ozark Country Quilters of Cassville will present its 17th biennial quilt show.
‘Let’s Get Growing’ garden workshop in Cassville
Barry County Master Gardeners are hosting their annual spring garden workshop on March 23 at First Baptist Church Family Life Center in downtown Cassville at 602 West St.
4 advance to Speech and Debate State

Results from Cassville High School's Speech and Debate District tournament in Carthage have been released.
‘Cats stalking district title

With six returning starters and the first district win in eight years, the Cassville baseball team is setting championship goals this season.
‘Hold the rope’

When Seth Lash was hired in 2022, he set a goal for this year’s group to win a district championship.
Lady Tigers exceed expectations

The Exeter girls basketball team set modest goals at the beginning of the season, to win five games and keep from being the lowest-seeded team in districts.
Trout Tales, March 13

The house was packed and some mules were Eeore-ly morose after taking to the court on Saturday for the Exeter FFA Booster Club’s donkey basketball games.
Kyle Troutman: Part I: The new normal

The future of our youth is at stake. No, this is not hyperbole. If you’re reading this, chances are you remember a time in your life when the internet did not exist. Cell phones, if they existed, were either the…
Janet Mills: It’s not easy being green

In the grand feast of life, green veggies often get a bad rap. I remember Kermit the frog used to lament, “It’s not easy being green.” Like Kermit, the humble green vegetable often finds itself ignored, disdained, picked last from the buffet array, and readily pushed to the side of the plate.




