News Staff
Senior night victory!
Cassville senior Josie Keevan serves a ball For the Lady Wildcats in a 3-0, Senior Night win over McDonald County on Oct. 10.
Lynn Hilburn: Many names, one house
What is in a name? Throughout the 180-year life of Cassville and the 200-plus year life of Barry County, there have been many names, many people, many families that have contributed to the growth and history of this city and county. Although Lewis Cass, a former United States Senator and Secretary of War and William Barry, a U.S.
Kyle Troutman: Nailed it
My wife is a trooper. To say Jordan is injury-prone is a slight understatement. Where she provides an overabundance of beauty, brains and entertainment, she has an equal excess of clumsiness, bad luck and low pain tolerance.
Wildcats going polar
There are few back-to-back weeks in high school football with opponents as opposite as Cassville’s Week 7 and Week 8 foes. The Wildcats got the job done at Homecoming on Friday, earning a 42-0 win over a winless Springfield Catholic team with only one touchdown on the year.
Unexpected sources of support
Purdy woman uses grandmother’s, husband’s experiences in cancer fight According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation one in eight women will in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Misty Lane, 50 of Purdy, was one.
Gold in pink!
Williams wins first in Cassville Pinkout XC Invitational in 22:10 For the first time in six years, a Cassville runner has crossed the finish line first at the Cassville Pinkout Cross Country Invitational at the Aquatic Center park. Junior Jadyn Williams recorded her first win of the season on Oct.
Frank Logan Kerr
Frank Logan Kerr, age 86, son of Dr. Frank T. and Elizabeth Logan Kerr, from Monett, MO was born April 27, 1937.
Ozark Festival Orchestra to open season
The Ozark Festival Orchestra will open its 44th season at 3 p.m. on Oct. 15, at the Monett High School Performing Arts Center.
Pink Out raises $350 for breast cancer
Exeter volleyball players post cards on the gym doors during Pink Out night on Oct. 3, where $350 was raised to be donated to the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks in the name of the late Lisa Nicole “Nikki” Henderson, mother of Lady Tigers senior Malyea Henderson, who died of breast cancer in 2019.
Merlyn Johnson: The positive effects of playing sports in school
Last Friday night, our football team enjoyed a big homecoming victory over the Springfield Catholic Fighting Irish on a beautiful fall evening in the Ozarks. The crisp, cool air carried the earthy scent of the freshly mowed grass and the beginning of fallen leaves throughout Wildcat Stadium.
