Kaiden Shellenberger tells Megan Cox’s kindergarten class about Ramses, whom he was portraying in the Cassville Middle School’s living wax museum on Thursday. Kyle Troutman/[email protected]

By Kyle Troutman [email protected] March 1 blaze the third major fire on square April 18, 1893. June 10, 1987. March 1, 2022. These are the dates of the biggest commercial…

That was the prognosis of Chuck Miner, Cassville Fire Protection District administrator, the day after a morning fire gutted the property at the northwest corner of the Cassville square. The call came in at about 7:30 a.m., and within about 10 minutes, the District’s ladder truck was on the scene.