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News Briefs, May 15
Lawrence and Barry County Democrats will meet on May 23 at the Angus Branch Steakhouse, located at 114 Chapel Drive in Monett. The meeting will start at 7 p.m.
Cassville delivers 139 diplomas
Cassville graduate Fernando Alonso gives a rake to High School Principal Tyler Willis, one of many gag gifts the principal received at graduation on Sunday. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com
ROV diver faces challenges
The depth of Roaring River Spring Cave remains a mystery. Goodspeed Publishing’s “1888 History of Barry County” records the depth to be “fathomless,” but better-equipped explorers later attached more concrete figures to that fathom.
Revitalizing history
Down winding dirt roads between Jenkins and Cato, near the 150-year-old McKinney Cemetery and a stone’s toss from Rockhouse Creek, a piece of Barry County history is getting new life. At one point, Barry County had at least 115 rural one- or two-room school houses, one of which was the Hailey School House in Mineral Spring.
DNR to host public hearing in Barry Co re land-application of waste
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will host an in-person, public hearing in Barry County regarding proposed permits by the department for the land-application of industrial meat, poultry and other food-processing waste and human biosolids in Barry and McDonald Counties.
62 turn tassels at Southwest
A total of 62 Southwest High School students tossed their hats high after graduating on Thursday.
Bicyclist injured in collision with truck
A Stella man was injured on Friday in a wreck at 9:15 p.m. on Highway 76, half a mile east of Exeter.
Chadwick awarded music scholarship
Stewards of the Dr. Russell Robinson Music Education Scholarship have announced Vincent Chadwick is the 2024 recipient.
Driver ejected in Hwy. 112 crash
A Cassville man was seriously injured following a single-vehicle wreck on Friday at 8 p.m. on Highway 112, six miles south of Cassville.
Barry County Sheriff’s Office calls for service and reports taken
The Barry County Sheriff's Office responded to 220 calls for service for the week of April 29-May 5. The CAD events created by central dispatch are the Calls for Service Barry County Officers respond to every day, included in those calls are alarms, assaults, burglaries, domestic disturbances, DWI's, stealing, harassment, medical issues, paper service, prisoner transports, suspicious persons, traffic stops and warrant service.
