News Staff
Crowder enjoys Cookies with Santa
Santa entertained guests at the Cookies with Santa event at Crowder College in Cassville Thursday evening.
Jon Horner: It’s just around the corner
As we are in the midst of the Christmas season, many thoughts and memories of prior holidays come rushing to mind this time of year. I’ve always loved this time of year.
Trout Tales, Dec. 20
You’ve heard of Elf on the Shelf — now get ready for.........Trout on the route! We picked our spot on Route C on Saturday for the final Christmas parade of the year in Purdy. This year’s parades have been phenomenal, and we only have a few suggestions for next year.
Through the Years, Dec. 20
50 YEARS AGO: A BLIZZARD VIEW — The photo was taken Wednesday afternoon during blizzard conditions in Cassville. A one-block view is nearly obscured by the hard blowing snow that followed heavy sleet. Temperature at the time on the First National Bank display was 20 degrees, adding to the uncomfortable situation of the By this hour, schools had been dismissed to permit bus routes running in advance of conditions becoming more serious. Many motorists ignored the energy crisis and started motors early to warm the vehicles or remove ice from the windows.
Clayton Eugene Pearson
Clayton Eugene Pearson, 61, of Cassville, Mo. passed away Friday, December 15, 2023, at Mercy Hospital Cassville in Cassville, Mo.
Christmas shared!
Kim Healey, left, supervisor of the Barry County Neighborhood Center, and Amber Reeder, center, help Anna Antonio, of Cassville, with her bag of Share Your Christmas toys, delivered to families on Dec. 20. The program, which has been helping low-income families with Christmas gifts for more than 40 years, served 13 families this year.
7th grade girls win Big 8 West
The seventh and eighth grade middle school girls basketball teams have completed their season, with both teams finishing strong in the Big 8 West Division Tournaments. Cassville Middle School was host to the seventh grade conference tournament. After a very close game against Seneca, the Lady Wildcats finished with a win, 21-18, making the Wildcats the Big 8 West Division Champions. The seventh-grade team, from left: Estrella Garcia, Raegan Doucet, Briley Artherton, Molly Cox, Haeven Stewart , Addy Ramaeker, Kynzleigh Scott, Riley Doucet, Kamille Tucker and Lexie Meltabarger. Coach Matt Holtzman is pictured in the back row.
November sales taxes show variation
Sales tax revenues to Barry County cities and the county government dipped slightly in November, ending Cassville’s 16-month streak of gains. Overall, however, income rose because of higher collections from the county’s newer law enforcement sales tax.
Chiefs superfan Goggle Girl has Cassville connection
When 13-year-old Madison (Maddie) Fuller, daughter of retired Command Sgt. Maj. Mike and Katrin Fuller, asked for ski goggles after the bitterly cold 2022 Christmastime Kansas City Chiefs game, she didn’t realize she’d be an internationally recognized superfan known as KC Chiefs Goggle Girl a year later.
Land-applications may continue
A Nov. 29 order from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) requiring Denali Water Solutions to immediately stop all land applications and empty its two storage basins in southwest Missouri may be followed, but it may not stop land applications entirely.
