Newly elected road commissioners were sworn in recently. The group enjoyed a meal catered by John Sullivan and sponsored by ESS (Emery Sapp and Sons), Springdale Tractor, ADS (Advanced Drainage Systems) and Viebrock. At the meeting with all road district commissioners, the Barry County commissioners discussed sunshine law, the bid process and the merger of the Shell Knob and Viola Road Districts.
Cassville senior soccer player Jackson Ray drew a line in the sand as he entered his final year of high school last fall — no college without soccer. On April 19, Ray committed to both for this fall, signing to play soccer at Central Christian College of the Bible in Moberly.
As the snow fell at Mount Vernon in March 1785, George Washington was deeply concerned. Two years after the Treaty of Paris ended the War of Independence, America faced imminent ruin.
April sales tax revenues to Barry County dipped for the third time in four months. With the biggest drop since December 2024 impacting more than half the municipal recipients, the sales tax disbursement reflected a general return to pre-pandemic normalcy instead of steady growth.
A Butterfield man was injured on Friday in a wreck at 11:35 p.m. on Highway 37, half a mile west of Butterfield.
As of Monday, Roaring River had risen from 60 CFS on Sunday to 682 CFS. Fly fishing was good all week.
Robert “Bob” Wendall Windes, 90, of Washburn, Mo., passed away on April 21, 2024, in Rogers, Ark. Born on November 11, 1933 in Monett, Mo. to Wendall Alvin and Orlena (Grimes) Windes, who preceded him in death.
Jeffrey Neil “Jeff” Black, of Cassville, Missouri passed away at his home on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at the age of 64. He was born on April 7, 1960, in New Brunswick, Canada, the son of Neil and Wyonna (McDougall) Black.
Larry James Seal of Conway, Ark., known as Boss Hog to his trucker friends, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2024. He was born on September 21, 1944, in Stella, Mo.
Mary Katherine Mitchell, 94, of Fairview, Mo. passed away on April 27, 2024, at the McDonald County Living Center in Anderson, Mo.
