
God is on the move. No, God is not renting a U-haul for a work relocation. God is on the move in the lives of children and students.

Two local authors, MeLinda Wheeler, right, and Rachel Moore, will host a book signing on Friday to celebrate the publishing of their new books. Wheeler’s book, her first as an author, is a 31-day devotional called “Lessons From the Master Himself” and Moore’s book, called “Angels Watching Over Us,” is her fourth.

Students place in 4 competitions, one receives $1,500 scholarship

Margaret “Elaine” Carter, 76, of Seligman, Mo., passed away Sunday, February 23, 2025.
According to media sources, President Donald Trump recently said on his social media site that, “He who saves his country does not violate any law.”

Barry County, Missouri, is not the first place I think of when you think of “The Arts.”

Shortly into the second period of his 165-pound Class 2 championship match, Cassville junior Colten Roark hooked the leg of Hallsville’s Colt West and scored a reverse, and as his opponent attempted to stand up, Roark launched into a move he knows all too well.

At the end of the 2022-2023 season, the prospect of the Exeter girls basketball team playing for a district championship was not on many’s minds — yet, 45 games removed from snapping a 60-game losing streak, that’s just what the Lady Tigers did on Saturday.

The seventh- and eighth-grade Cassville Middle School boys basketball teams each won first place in the Big 8 Conference.

50 YEARS AGO: LARGEST TRANSFORMERS IN SERVICE — Barry Electric Cooperative crews will soon be installing the largest transformers of their service at the new FASCO Industries plant in Cassville. The second of a service and spare unit arrived this week. Weighing eight tons, the 2,000KVA are about twice the size ever ordered for use in the co-op service area. In the picture, at right, Elger Cagle and Tom Turner are shown supervising the removal from a delivery truck. Showing the size, in the picture above, Turner stands inside a section of the unit, manager looks at a control panel. The units each contain 700 gallons of mineral oil as part of their coolant.