County issues burn ban amid severe drought
The Barry County Commission has enacted a countywide burn ban, citing severe drought conditions and state statute authorizing the action.
The Barry County Commission has enacted a countywide burn ban, citing severe drought conditions and state statute authorizing the action.

Junior Lane Hendrix, left, and senior Olivia Clanton, smile after fixing a falling tiara after the pair were named Southwest Homecoming King and Queen on Friday.
In Missouri, every hospital is required, by law, to enter into an agreement or affiliation with an organ procurement organization (OPO) in order to coordinate and facilitate organ donations and transplants.
A building formerly owned by the city of Cassville will once again be part of its property portfolio.
Two Cassville police officers have been presented commendations for actions taken within the line of duty considered above and beyond the call.
An Eagle Rock woman is one of two defendants in a federal case involving the alleged attempt to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine.

A tractor trailer hauling chickens was involved in a rollover accident at the intersection of Highway 37 and Old Exeter Road on Thursday. According to the Cassville Police Department, the wreck involved a vehicle and a semi, which rolled over in the middle of Highway 37.
A Monett woman was injured in a wreck at 3:40 p.m. on Feb. 7 at the intersection of Highway 37 and Highway W in Butterfield.

Every now and again, when leafing through our bound editions for the weekly Through the Years page, my wife, Jordan, or I come across things from those days of old that make us ask: Why did the Democrat ever stop doing this?

In “It’s a Wonderful Life,” George Bailey is shown a world in which he never existed.