
BY SHEILA HARRIS sheilaharrisads@gmail.com For 15 years, His House Foundation in Shell Knob has been helping families find their footing. In celebration of the milestone, the public is invited to an open house at His House Foundation, located at 25832 State Hwy.
Thank you to everyone who attended the inaugural Heritage Festival at the Depot and park in Wheaton on Oct. 12.
A house fire in Seligman on Oct. 14 resulted in the total loss of the structure and death of a pet.

Quantana Louise “Tanny” Lehman, 64, of Cassville, Mo., passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Mo. She was born January 31, 1960 in Monett, Mo.

Melvin Lee Haynes, 88, of Wheaton, Mo. passed away Thursday, October 17, 2024, at his home.

Jack Alton Hamblett, Jr., 83, of Washburn, Mo., passed away on Friday, October 11, 2024.

Carma Lee Marie Davis passed away at her home in Eagle Rock, Mo., on October 15, 2024, at the age of 78. Born on September 17, 1946, in Berryville, Arkansas, to Wilfred S.

Christian Thomas Siefert, 71, of Washburn, Mo. passed away Wednesday, October 9, 2024, at his home.

Cassville school district board members and community supporters officially cut the ribbon on the Cassville Performing Arts Center on Oct. 10 during an Open House for the facility. The $9.8 million facility is 28,000 square feet, with seating for over 800 guests, rehearsal space for students, classrooms and dressing rooms. Contributed photo

30 YEARS AGO: CHS PROGRESS REPORT — Construction continues on Cassville’s new $4 million plus high school. According to the last school board reports, the project is two months ahead of schedule. Completion date is still June 1, 1995. The majority of the exterior work on the building has been completed. Interior finishing work has begun, and three of four sections of the metal roof have been installed.