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Winner announced!

April 17, 2024

The Cassville High School Wildcat Jazz put on the 4th Annual Bikes, Blues, & BBQ fundraiser on April 5 out in front of the high school. This was just the second year the event featured the “bikes” element added in. The band held a vote to award a People’s Choice Award for the crowd’s favorite motorcycle, and the winner was Derek Cornelius, of Cassville, with his 2009 Harley Heritage Classic. Cornelius, right, won a free table at the 2025 Jazz Night in February 2025 ($100 value) and a small cash prize, presented by Band Booster President Kim Garner.

THROUGH THE YEARS: THE MAGAZINE — “Calling Back the Spirits”

December 28, 2023

After European immigrants settled into the new world, which later became the United States, they cast their eyes upon the land where the indigenous natives hunted and gathered — they saw that it was fair.

THROUGH THE YEARS: THE MAGAZINE — Scouting Out The Trail

December 28, 2023

Between 1837 and 1861, depending on its usage, a trail running from the northeast to the southwest corners of Barry County was known, consecutively, as The Cherokee Trail of Tears, The Butterfield Overland Mail Route and The Wire Road.

BEST OF CASSVILLE: A barn for all occasions

December 20, 2023

A few years ago, Trisha and Brett Raipen were working jobs in Shell Knob and Monett, pining to follow their passions and seeing a need. Now completing its third season, the couple have taken on event planning and hosting, as well as catering, full-time at the reader-voted Best Event Venue in the Cassville area — the Barn at Bear Ridge.

WORKING WOMEN: His House: A place for families to heal

October 24, 2023

When Trina Colwell talks about His House Foundation — the non-profit, residential, life-transformation program she played a part in establishing in Shell Knob — her face lights up, her voice becomes passionate and her tongue takes on a will of its own. When Colwell, the broker/owner of ReMAX Lakeside Realty, moved to the Shell Knob area in 2009, she brought with her donated funds earmarked for use in the start-up of a new non-profit organization in the lakeside community where she would be making her home.

FARM AND RANCH: Jamcin Ranch — Raising Myotonics as more than just novelties

September 5, 2023

Cindy Lynn and James Huggins, of Washburn, are making their Myotonic goat herd – bred, born and raised on their farm, Jamcin Ranch – easily recognizable and prized among breeders.

September 5, 2023

The consensus among local lenders is that the interest rate on ag loans is up from what they were six months ago — no surprise to those who hope to invest in real estate for agricultural purposes.

FARM AND RANCH: Moore in the Hall

September 5, 2023

An area stockyard co-owner has been inducted into the Cattle Marketing Hall of Fame, recognized for his years of dedication and hard work to turn the Joplin Regional Stockyards (JRS) into the largest in the nation.

SENIOR LIVING: Standing champs practicing for Golden Age Games

August 17, 2023

Fun and games are scheduled to get underway in October for the team of residents from Cassville’s Roaring River Health & Rehab (RRHR) scheduled to participate in the annual marathon of events for seniors known as the “Golden Age Games.”

SENIOR LIVING: Life’s short — take a trip!

August 17, 2023

Jerry Varner, of Washurn, said it was kind of a fluke how he and his wife, Angie, got into the group tour business. “I’d been a dairy farmer for 20 years when my mother-in-law, who guided group tours, scheduled me to go on a group motor coach bus tour to Colorado and Utah with a bunch of senior adults,” he said. “Turns out, I had so much fun that I thought Angie and I might be able to make a business out of it.”

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