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Barry County Emergency Services E9-1-1 has been recognized by The International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED) as an Accredited Center of Excellence (ACE) for Emergency Police Dispatching (EPD). Barry County Emergency Services E9-1-1 is the 27th EPD ACE in the world.

With various school improvement projects scheduled for work throughout the coming school year, Purdy has amended its car pick-up and drop-off routes. This year, parents and others picking kids up from school are being asked to enter onto Gabby Gibbons Drive on the east side of the campus.

The Barry County Genealogical and Historical Society will host its inaugural Holiday Season Craft Fair on Nov. 12 from 9 a.m.

A Purdy woman was injured on Sunday in a wreck at 3:55 p.m. on Business 37, south of Crittenden Street in Purdy.

The Exeter chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace will join fellow chapters nationwide on Sept. 10 in the largest single-day bed-building event in the U.S.

In response to May surveys of staff, students and parents, the Cassville school district has taken multiple actions aimed at improving the effectiveness of discipline. Merlyn Johnson, Cassville superintendent, said actions taken by the district include no longer allowing students cell phone use during the school day, offering corporal punishment on an opt-in only basis, and starting the Success Academy to help struggling students graduate.

Colleagues and friends of former Barry County sheriff Gary Davis remember the 30-year law enforcement professional as a knowledgeable and dedicated individual eager to help. Davis, 74, died at his home on Thursday.