News Staff
Sales tax sees slight drop in September
Barry County cities and county governments saw an overall dip in September sales tax figures compared to 2021, although five of the seven cities saw increases. It was the third comparative overall drop in the past five months.
Hovland: ‘She would always say, ‘Thats my tank!’
The old American Legion building has been through many changes over the years, but the Army tank and monument on the grounds have always been a signal of the history it preserves. The new American Legion building rests behind the old building now, and in all the moving, the Army tank and monument were moved, too.
Seeing state in the rangefinder
Scores for the Cassville girls golf team have been dropping in recent years, and the Lady Wildcats are loading a bus for Mountain Grove today to play in tomorrow’s district tournament, dialing in their rangefinder on qualifying the team to state. Cassville was brimming with confidence going into this week, not far removed from a firstplace team finish at the Cassville Tournament on Sept.
Scoreboard, Oct. 5
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, two Southwest schools are sponsoring events in October. The middle school boys and girls basketball teams host Wheaton on Oct.
Local teams compete at Southwest Volleyfest
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Season football stats Week 6
Passing Bodee Rose, sophomore 34 C, 67 A, 729 Y, 7 TD, 4 INT Rushing Trey Wilson, senior 59 A, 416 Y, 8 TD Bodee Rose, sophomore 50 A, 272 Y, 1 TD Bryson Jacobson, junior 36 A, 195 Y, 3 TD Receiving Garrett Ewing, junior 17 C, 448 Y, 5 TD Trey Wilson, senior 10 C, 208 Y, 2 TD Riley Ruark, senior 2 C, 82 Y, 1 TD Defense Keaton Shellenberger, senior 16 S, 18 A, 0 TFL Garrett Ewing, junior 19 S, 14 A, 1.5 TFL Bryson Jacobson, junior 15 S, 12 A, 4.5 TFL Riley Ruark, senior 17 S, 6 A, 2 TFL .
Bob Mitchell: Repeat of paper’s proud family history
To be truthful, this column is somewhat of a repeat, due to the instance of history connected to the Ray family. Bear with me! About this time of the year, 150 years ago, my great grandfather started the Cassville Democrat.
Chad Johnson: Cassville continues progressing together
I’ve noticed our community handles adversity well. We rally around our own, and you don’t see that everywhere.
Door prize awarded at First Friday Coffee
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Through the Years, Oct. 5
The Cassville Masonic Lodge observed its 100th anniversary the first week of October 1972 with a program that recognized its oldest member. Pictured above are William T Priest of Cassville, congratulated by Grand Master of Missouri W. Hugh McLaughlin. Also pictured are, from left, Orville Abernathy, Dick Kerr, Boone Royer, and Tom Baxley.
