Pencils sharpened and backpacks on, students filed into the Cassville building and classrooms on Aug. 23 for the first day of school.

The city of Wheaton has been working toward a sewer project and has secured funding to move forward.

The Missouri Department of Conservation and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Division of State Parks invite veterans and those currently in active military service to fish for free on Sept. 17 at Roaring River State Park’s Veterans’ Fishing Day.

For more than 50 years – and through three major editor changes – Darlene Wierman has been the face of the Cassville Democrat.
All that will change Wednesday, as Wierman has decided to retire.
Hired under Owner/Editor Bob Mitchell, Wierman’s career has been marked by her tireless work ethic and her friend-to-all personality.

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.

Earlier this year, Jarrod Henbest and JD Hunter found themselves with nothing to do. After traveling to a casino and believing they wasted their money, the duo decided to take action.