Cassville
Driver ejected in Hwy. 112 crash
A Cassville man was seriously injured following a single-vehicle wreck on Friday at 8 p.m. on Highway 112, six miles south of Cassville.
Cassville thinclads taking aim at state
The Cassville boys and girls track and field squads will head to Mountain Grove on Saturday, aiming to qualify to the Class 3 MSHSAA State Track and Field Championships on May 17-18 in Jefferson City.
Rose goes to Grizzlies
Cassville senior CJ Rose has been playing baseball most of his life, and he will continue to do so in the fall, as he’s signed on April 24 to pitch for Missouri State University in West Plains. Rose said it has only been the past couple years he’s gotten serious about playing collegiately, and he’s happy to make the move.
Berndt flies to CMU
It was a long time coming. Cassville senior soccer standout Emma Bernt, the new school record-holder for goals in a single season, inked her name to a letter of intent for Central Methodist University on April 26.
Chadwick awarded music scholarship
Stewards of the Dr. Russell Robinson Music Education Scholarship have announced Vincent Chadwick is the 2024 recipient.
Smiles alight on Cassville’s prom night
Olivia Hermansen, left, and Noah Johnson cut a rug together on Saturday at the Cassville High school prom, held at the Barn at Bear Ridge.
Kyle Troutman: Annual dose of Vitamin C ahead
Grab your family, friends and boxes of tissues — graduation season is upon us. Five local schools will send off their seniors between Thursday and May 17, about 300 freshfaced adults, thrusting them into the worlds of college, trade school or the job market after having guided many for over a decade.
Surprise! Gosvener awarded $10K scholarship
On April 24, Cassville High School senior Audrey Gosvener was just going to Taco Bell for a burrito. Instead, Cassville school staff, Gosvener's family, friends and Taco Bell coworkers were gathered to congratulate her on a $10,000 accomplishment.
Jeremiah Buntin: Pioneer of Oak Hill Cemetery
This past week, the headstone for my grandmother’s grave at Oak Hill Cemetery was finally set. Visiting the Cassville cemetery to see the stone brought to mind an obituary I had read a few months ago in a Springfield newspaper from 1845 for Hugh W.
Sales tax income drops in April
April sales tax revenues to Barry County dipped for the third time in four months. With the biggest drop since December 2024 impacting more than half the municipal recipients, the sales tax disbursement reflected a general return to pre-pandemic normalcy instead of steady growth.
