Stories from Thursday, April 10, 2014

A pair of Cassville residents received minor injuries when the vehicle they were traveling in left the roadway. According to the Highway Patrol report, Terri Coolidge, 59, was headed south on Highway 39 two miles south of Shell Knob when the 1999 Jeep Cherokee she was driving traveled off one side of the road, struck a tree, then struck a ditch on the opposite side...

Stephen Carl Bias, 67, of Cassville, passed away on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. He was born Oct. 10, 1946, in South Charleston, W.V. to Sydney Carl and Elaine Pauley Bias. He moved to Missouri in 1997. He was an award-winning Dutch oven cook, who taught classes at every trout hatchery in the state of Missouri. ...

Laurence Albert Jester, 78, of Washburn, passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2014, at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield. He was born Nov. 8, 1935, in Bentonville, Ark., the son of Charles Albert and Adeamae (McNelly) Jester. On Feb. 18, 1966, in Bentonville, he was united in marriage to Linda Townsend, who survives...