Stories from Tuesday, August 4, 2020

A Fairview man was injured Monday in a wreck at 6:22 a.m. on Highway 37, one mile north of Butterfield. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Samual Brown, 42, of Fairview, was driving a 2006 Pontiac Vibe southbound and while approaching a prior crash on Highway 37, Brown’s vehicle drove off the left side of the roadway and overturned...

In the race for Southern Commissioner of Barry County, Gene Robbins eked out a 210-vote win over Wade Hermansen on Tuesday in the Republican Primary Election, earning him a spot on the General Election ballot. With 1,949 votes (53 percent) Robbins moves forward with his campaign to face three-term incumbent Wayne Hendrix in November. Hermansen garnered 1,739 (48 percent)...

Cassville Police Detective Danny Boyd will be the next sheriff of Barry County after defeating one-term incumbent Gary Davis and challenger Travis Hilburn in the Missouri Primary Election on Tuesday.

Voters in the State Senate’s 29th District have elected outgoing State Rep. Mike Moon, R-Ash Grove, to the open Senate seat by a 52-48 margin. In the vote to replace State Sen. David Sater, R-Cassville, who has termed out of the office, Moon, who has termed out of his House office, had 17,761 votes (52 percent), and first-time candidate for state office David Cole, R-Cassville, had 16,077 votes (48 percent)...