News Staff
Merlyn Johnson: How would open enrollment affect Barry County?
Open enrollment legislation working its way through the state General Assembly would enable K-12 students to attend school in a nonresident district. This may appeal to parents for a variety of reasons including specialized academic offerings, class sizes, friendships, facilities, sports, location, convenience and the overall feeling/atmosphere of a district.
Bill Hodgson: Human seasons and seasons of faith
This devotional and directory is made possible by these businesses who encourage all to attend worship services. In the first chapter of Genesis, during the fourth day, God made the great lights “to separate the day from night; let them serve as signs and for the fixing of seasons, days and years.
Shelter Insurance to award scholarship
This spring, the Shelter Insurance Foundation will award a $1,500 scholarship to a graduate of Cassville and Wheaton High Schools. Shelter Agent Terri Lynn DeGraffenreid Brattin sponsors and partially funds this scholarship.
Plans underway for Barry County Youth Camp
One hundred local at-risk youngsters will have an opportunity to get outdoors and experience Mother Nature this summer at the Barry County Youth Camp thanks to the donations and contributions made by the community. This year’s camp is scheduled for May 30-June 3 at Camp Smokey at Roaring River State Park.
All in the family
Prep athletics coaches commonly call their team a family, but the Cassville wrestling program is taking the mantra a little more literally. A total of eleven boys and girls wrestlers qualified for the 2023 MSHSAA Wrestling Championships, and more than half are related.
Rose Mary “Rosie” Earsley
ROSE MARY “ROSIE” E ARSLEY Rose Mary “Rosie” Earsley, 64, of Monett, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, at her home.
Phyllis Loraine Howe
PHYLLIS LORAINE H OWE Phyllis Loraine Howe, 89, of Exeter, Missouri passed away Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, at Roaring River Health and Rehabilitation in Cassville.
Jimmy Lee Brown
JIMMY LEE B ROWN Jimmy Lee Brown, 59, of Cassville, passed away Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, due to complications after brain surgery.
Tammy Ann (Fielding) Crouch
TAMMY ANN (FIELDING) C ROUCH Tammy Ann (Fielding) Crouch, 50, of Galena, Kansas passed away Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin.
Claudine Riffe
CLAUDINE R IFFE Claudine Riffe, 55, of Monett, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, at Mercy Hospital Joplin in Joplin, Missouri.
