Cassville
OACAC receives $80K for disaster relief in Barry County
Following a major disaster declaration, Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation (OACAC) has received $80,000 in disaster relief funding from Missouri Housing Development Commission. These funds are to assist low-income Barry County residents who sustained damage to their homes from severe weather systems that generated tornadoes, high winds, and flooding between May 19 May 27.
Cassville man injured, arrested after crash
A Cassville man was injured and subsequently arrested following a wreck at 3:46 p.m. on Friday on Highway 76, four miles northeast of Shell Knob.
Jeff Fugitt: The spectrum of seasons
We read in Ecclesiastes 3:1, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” I love spring with all the excitement of new things. As temperatures rise, flowers bloom.
Learning the ropes in Fire Education Week
Cassville students in pre-K through second grade learned about fire trucks and their capabilities during a Fire Education Week program at the FEMA Event Center on Oct. 9.
News briefs, Oct. 23
His House Foundation, located at 25832 State Hwy. YY in Shell Knob, will host an Open House on Saturday from 10 a.m.
FOOTBALL LIVE UPDATES: Cassville vs Monett, 10-18-24
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Parade brings joy to all
Cassville senior Homecoming King and Queen candidates Bodee Rose and Lorelei Vanderhoef wave to spectators of the Homecoming parade Friday.
S.L.U.D.G.E., CRAP plan to sue to stop land-application statewide
Craig Family Farms, LLC, and the environmental groups Stop Land Use Damaging our Ground and Environment (S.L.U.D.G.E.), LLC, and Citizens of Randolph County Against Pollution (CRAP), LLC, served formal notice to six organizations last week of their intent to file a lawsuit in federal court to stop the land-application of meat and food-processing waste and biosolids to Missouri farmland. Targeted as prospective defendants are the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and waste-management companies, Bubs, Inc.; Denali Water Solutions, LLC (Denali); HydroAg Environmental, LLC; Reed Environmental, LLC; and Synagro Technologies, Inc., (Synagro).
More time needed
Tktroutman@cassville-democrat.com he Cassville football team wanted just a couple more minutes on the clock Friday, but time ran out in the middle of a comeback effort against Nevada, resulting in a 27-22 loss. Clay Weldy, Cassville football coach, said an inability to finish and Nevada’s ability to melt the clock were the biggest contributors to the result.
TroutMom Says: ‘I don’t know what choice I would have made – when I had a choice’
One of the major platforms in this 2024 election is a long-time sensitive and hot-button issue with extremely emotional arguments on both sides of the fence — reproductive rights. Since the overturning of Roe v.
