Cassville Student Body President Jonathan Stults, right, took on Teresa Stewart, Family and Consumer Science teacher, in a bubble wrestling match at Cassville High School on the first day of school Tuesday.
Publisher’s note: Throughout the summer, the Cassville Democrat will feature the best unprinted photos from each team photographed during the 2023-2024 athletics seasons. — KT Cassville’s Ethan Bohmke rounds the track in a relay event at the Cassville Relays last season.
Donald Ray Harrell, 90, passed away on August 6, 2024. He was born January 5, 1934, the tenth of eleven children born to Charles Aud and Daisy Jane (Creason) Harrell, who preceded him in death.
50 YEARS AGO: ANOTHER BANK PROJECT PHASE — When this picture was taken, construction of the Community Bank of Shell Knob turned to the interior as the openings were closed in with window and door installation and virtually all exterior work completed. Marking the phase, from the left are: Howard Mclirath, president; Lester Prewitt, general contractor; and Dan Short, executive vice-president. Prewitt began construction on the project March 25. Actual construction time was about 105 days for the structure containing 2,800 square feet in its 40x70 foot outside dimensions.
Craft show added to music supporting community center The annual Kings Prairie music festival, the fundraiser for the rural community east of Monett, will expand this year for activities on Saturday, Sept. 7.
Charles Taylor Ward, 71, of Cassville, Mo., passed away Sunday, July 7, 2024, at his home. He was born in Cushing, Okla., on May 10, 1953, the son of Slyvia Gough, who preceded him in death.
The Second Annual Pullin’ for the People truck and tractor pull was held on Saturday at the Stumpff Family Event Center in Cassville. The approximately $7,500 in funds raised at the event were donated to Kooper Tuten, a local child in remission from a Leukemia diagnosis when he was a year old.
Eldon Frank DePew, 84, passed away peacefully on August 16, 2024, at his home in Shell Knob, Mo. He was born in Granite City, Ill., on September 7, 1939, to Eldon J.
About 100 area residents — the majority of them farmers — attended a fundraiser and informational event at H&H Pool Hall in Cassville Saturday night, where the prospective contamination of soil and groundwater from the land-application of industrial meat-processing and human sludge was the central theme. Two waste-hauling companies, Synagro Central and HydroAg Environmental, have more than 150 proposed permits pending with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to land-apply processing waste to almost 10,000 acres in Barry County.
The Cassville school district welcomes the following new certified staff to the district for the 2024-25 school year.
