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Kaid Williams, right, implores his sophomore classmates, Tyler Rattigan, right middle, Will Brooks, left middle, and Trevor Brookes to pull harder to beat the seniors in a tug-of-war game at the first-day assembly at Cassville High School last week.

Jessica Jackson, of Crane, helps her sons, Brayden Walker, 11, and Thompson Jackson, 5, with their lines at Kids’ Fishing Day at Roaring River State Park Saturday.

Ed Lassley, of Purdy, his grandson, Titus Lassley, in the foreground, and granddaughter, Charlie Brown, at rear, visit with Butch Patrick, right, who portrayed Eddie Munster in the long-running television show, The Munsters.

The Wheaton Fire Protection District hosted its annual Fourth of July celebration on Tuesday, offering food, music and fireworks to more than 200 people at the Wheaton city Park.

Fans were on their feet for Josh Davison and the One Night Stand, the first of three bands at Shell Knob’s Independence Fest on Saturday, which drew hundreds to the park at Needles Eye Road.

Logan Bauer, of Brighton, rolled smoke as he finished his pull with a John Deere 4010 in the hot farm tractor competition at the Barry County Truck and Tractor Pull on Saturday.

Knox Wecker holds on with one hand and braces himself with the other en route to an 83-point ride and first-place finish in the mutton bustin’ competition at the Cassville Rotary Rodeo on June 2.

The Isaacs, a bluegrass southern gospel band out of Branson, performed a concert at Cassville South Park on Thursday to kick of the inaugural Outdoor Days festival.

Xavier Shepard, 7, Trinity Shepard, 2, and Ezmaee Flick, 5, of Bella Vista, Ark., enjoy Roaring River with their families during Kids' Fishing Day Saturday.