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June 2023

Trojans look back on turnaround

After the first 10 games for the Southwest baseball team, the season looked dire with only a single win. However, persistency and the ability to handle adversity allowed the Trojans to turn things around with a 13-11 finish and a Miller Invitational title in the midst of an 8-game win strek.
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Essay award-winners announced

The Elks Lodge 1042 in Holiday Island, Arkansas has announced that Cassville Intermediate students, Cara Leach (first place), Kobhe Ware (second place) and Liliana Burgess (fourth place) are this year’s winners of the annual Elks Lodge essay contest. Students were asked to complete an essay answering the question “What is your American Dream?” All three winning essays advanced to the state competition. From left: Alex Markovich with the Holiday Island Elks Lodge, Leach, Ware and Burgess.
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Kyle Troutman: The heart of Cassville

The heart of Cassville has been exposed in the last two weeks, as we have faced tragedy after tragedy with little signs of slowing. The first break in the barrage came Sunday at the courthouse square, where more than 100 people gathered on just seven hours’ notice to grieve, love, support and uplift one another through whichever loss was affecting them most.
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Playing for Fare

At the Arkansas/Missouri Shootout over the weekend, the Cassville Baseball Club 14U team honored Keaton Fare, a member of the team who died in a motorcycle wreck last week.
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Rylan Luke Wilson

Rylan Luke Wilson, age 19, of Cassville, Mo. left this Earth doing what he loved and walked into the open arms of Jesus and the family and friends that have gone before him, on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.
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Keaton Fare

Keaton Fare, age 14, of Cassville, Mo., passed away on May 31, 2023. Keaton, son of Tristan Fare and Alicia Alldridge Parsons, was born on May 9, 2009, in Berryville, Ark. Keaton attended Cassville Middle School and graduated from the 8th grade on May 11, 2023. Keaton lived his young life to the fullest, from his horse “Blueberry” to wrestling, baseball, and riding his dirt bike. He loved babies and helping the elderly; he spent time every day with his great-grandmother. He was an advocate for the less fortunate. Keaton loved and adored his brothers and little sister. He also loved working on the farm. Every day was a new adventure for Keaton; he never missed a beat, and never met a stranger.
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