40 YEARS AGO: CHECKING WATER METERS — Two members of Cassville city council and a pair of private citizens aren’t looking for creatures in the hole in front of them, they’re observing water meter conditions on Fair Street in Saturday’s cold.
Tim Frye passed away on December 29, 2024. He was surrounded by his loving family when he quietly left.
The changing over to a new year always reminds me of the book title “Seeds of Time” by H. Harold Shamel that we have in the Barry County Museum bookstore.
Dear Editor: I am much in favor of all of the waste reduction and fraud exposure that Trump, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy seem to be going after (I have researched and, depending on who you believe we have over $320 million per day of fraud and waste in the Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security systems). But, I do not understand attacking daylight saving time.
Maurice Robert “Bob” Goodrich, Jr. of Lenexa, Kan. passed away Sunday, December 29th at 3:40pm at Advent Health Hospital.
A total of 15 teams participated in the Southwest hoops tournaments from Dec. 27-30, 2024, with one local team winning a title and another taking third.
At the Barry County Judicial Center on Dec. 31, 2024, Barry County Sheriff’s Office deputies, officers with the Ozarks Drug Enforcement Team and police officers from Monett, Cassville, Purdy and Wheaton recited their oaths for the coming year, led by Barry County Circuit Clerk Craig Williams. Contributed photo
Jaime Alonso Cota, Jr., 28, of Mt. Vernon, Mo. passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at his home.
The City of Cassville, with assistance from the Southwest Missouri Council of Governments, will hold three consecutive public hearings on Tuesday to discuss the city’s submission of applications for the Fiscal Year 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Mitigation (MIT) Program to assist the community in implementation of three potential projects to improve infrastructure and enhance critical facility operations during and after disasters. The meetings will be held at 5 p.m., 5:15 p.m.
Southwest senior Kasen Holder reached a milestone with this off-balance layup, tallying his 1,000th and 1,001st career points with the 2-point play in the opening minutes against Gentry at the Southwest Holiday Tournament on Dec. 30, 2024.
