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Share Your Christmas to help 103 families
Every year, the community comes together for a special cause, the annual Share Your Christmas event. Share Your Christmas is a program through the OACAC Barry County Neighborhood Center, with help from the First Baptist Church and the Cassville United Methodist Church, to make sure children throughout the county have gift for Christmas day.
Promised Land primate house destroyed in fire
An electrical fire at the Promised Land Safari Park in Eagle Rock resulted in the loss of the structure last week. Pamela Stillwell, assistant fire chief at the Eagle Rock-Golden-Mano Fire Department, said at 8:24 p.m.
Chicken and waffles joint open in Cassville
A new restaurant has opened its doors in Cassville, offering a fare unique to the area — fried chicken and waffles. Reid Dore, co-owner with Cash Watkins, said the idea for Weezer’s Sweet Chicken & Waffles came while they were passing through the city to Roaring River State Park.
Christmas Parade Sleighs Thorugh Seligman
New Beginnings Ministry took first place in the float category Saturday at the Seligman Christmas parade.
Cassville trooper promoted to corporal
A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper from Cassville has been promoted to the rank of corporal. Captain D.
Santa swings through Wheaton
Santa Claus tossed candy to all naughty and nice gathered at the Wheaton Winter Wonderland Christmas Parade on Saturday.
Barry County Sheriff’s Office calls for service and reports taken, Dec. 4-10
Dec. 4-10 The Barry County Sheriff's Office responded to 215 calls for service for the week of Dec.
News briefs, Dec. 13
New Beginnings Ministries in Seligman is hosting a fundraiser for a new roof. The event on Saturday will feature a bake sale and yard sale at 3 p.m., as well as a spaghetti dinner at 5 p.m.
Santa divulges who is naughty and who is nice at parade
Santa Claus was on the final float at the Cassville Christmas Parade on Saturday, waving to children, offering Christmas greetings and even divulging who was on the nice list and who had some work to do. The Parade is sponsored by the Cassville Area Chamber of Commerce and had more than 100 entries.
Cassville Library hosts ‘Santa and Friends’
With the hep of her mother, Tiffany Schroeder, of Cassville, 3-year-old Dallas Schroeder overcame her shyness to tell Santa what she wanted for Christmas this year. Santa and Mrs. Claus greeted many local children at the “Santa and Friends” event at the Cassville Branch Library on Saturday.
