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Celebrate Recovery resets for new year
Barton: ‘People will be coming to start their new year off right’ Mark Barton, of Cassville, has shared his story of recovery for many years, including on Dec. 29, 2021, as part of a 12-part series published in the Cassville Democrat, one step of the 12-step program for each month of the year.
Arvest adding live teller ATMs
Arvest Bank has announced construction began Tuesday to replace the Main Street branch’s traditional drive thru lanes with ATM with Live Teller machines. Located at 503 Main St.

Exeter woman killed in car crash
An Exeter woman died on Dec. 15 in a wreck at 6 p.m.

Through the Years
Dec. 26, 1973 — INDUSTRY SURVEY COMING JANUARY 17? The possibility exists that a major industrial survey will be conducted in Cassville on Thursday, January 17.


A Purdy merry parade
A marching parader paused to offer two-year-old Tripp Johnston, of Pioneer, a piece of candy to add to his rapidly-filling basket.
News briefs, Dec. 20
The Cassville Rotary Rodeo has earned a distinction among International Professional Rodeo Association Members. Cassville’s rodeo was voted in the Top 5 New Rodeos of the Year.

Christmas shared!
Kim Healey, left, supervisor of the Barry County Neighborhood Center, and Amber Reeder, center, help Anna Antonio, of Cassville, with her bag of Share Your Christmas toys, delivered to families on Dec. 20. The program, which has been helping low-income families with Christmas gifts for more than 40 years, served 13 families this year.

Chiefs superfan Goggle Girl has Cassville connection
When 13-year-old Madison (Maddie) Fuller, daughter of retired Command Sgt. Maj. Mike and Katrin Fuller, asked for ski goggles after the bitterly cold 2022 Christmastime Kansas City Chiefs game, she didn’t realize she’d be an internationally recognized superfan known as KC Chiefs Goggle Girl a year later.