News
Purdy Council approves tax levy
Getting a break from citizen complaints during the monthly meeting, the Purdy City Council set its property tax levy for the upcoming tax cycle and heard reports from police and public works on Aug. 13.
We stopped, we dropped, we’re going!
Leevi Godfrey, of Cassville, plays on the train set in the pre-kindergarten room at Stop, Drop and Go at Cassville Primary School on Thursday.
3 injured in Big M area boat explosion
Three North Carolina Residents were injured at about 3:36 p.m. on Aug. 12 in a boat explosion on Table Rock Lake.
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign underway
The Cassville Police Department is working alongside the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over high-visibility enforcement campaign.
DNR seeking comments on new rules
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has filed proposed amendments to the rules listed below.
Quilt show in Shell Knob Sept. 20-21
The Discovery Quilters of Shell Knob will host a Quilt Show from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 20 at Shell Knob Elementary School, located on Highway 39, north of Shell Knob. A silent auction will be ongoing all day, and there will be demonstrations in the morning, a presentation by Rochelle Rice of Inappropriate Quilters at noon and a quilt turning at 1 p.m. On Sept. 21, the Quilt Show will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a presentation by Rochelle Rice of Inappropriate Quilters at noon, a quilt turning at 1 p.m., a miniature quilt auction at 2 p.m. and drawings for an opportunity quilt (pictured), rocking chair and sewing machine at 3 p.m.
Charges filed for Washburn bomb threat caller
A criminal summons has been issued for a Springfield man who allegedly made terroristic threats to Washburn City Hall and the Southwest school district.
News Briefs, Aug. 20
The American Red Cross and Arvest Bank, located at 503 Main St. in Cassville, will host a blood drive on Aug. 25 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Backpacks packed, ears lowered at Extravaganza
Finley Stensrud, 9, of Washburn, may have grimaced at the clippers but left the chair school-ready after receiving a haircut from Richard Reed, with Awesome Barbershop in Butterfield, at the Barry County Neighborhood Center’s Back to School Extravaganza at the Family Life Center in Cassville on Thursday.
3 injured in Big M area boat explosion
Three North Carolina Residents were injured at about 3:36 p.m. on Aug. 12 in a boat explosion on Table Rock Lake.
