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3 apprentices aid in IT at Cassville High School
A new program at Cassville High School this semester is putting students to work. Errick Fuchs, Cassville director of technology, has hired three Cassville seniors — Andrew Gray, Kayden Fuchs and Bentley Barber — to wok alongside his department in completing repair tickets for devices across the district.
5 injured in Route W crash
Five people were injured on Wednesday in a wreck at 4:03 p.m. on Route W, two miles west of Butterfield.
Trivia buffs unite!
Cassville’s next Champions of Trivia will be crowned on April 19 at the Cassville Education Fund Trivia Night fundraiser. The informal evening of fun and games begins at 7 p.m.
Semi overturns on Hwy. 76
An Exeter man was injured on Monday in a wreck at 10:30 a.m. on Highway 76, eight miles east of Cassville.
Barry County Sheriff’s Office calls for service and reports taken
The Barry County Sheriff's Office responded to 215 calls for service for the week of March 18-24. The CAD events created by central dispatch are the Calls for Service Barry County Officers respond to every day, included in those calls are alarms, assaults, burglaries, domestic disturbances, DWI's, stealing, harassment, medical issues, paper service, prisoner transports, suspicious persons, traffic stops and warrant service. Reports are not generated on all the calls for service. The following reports were generated from the above 215 calls:
News briefs, April 3
Barry County Clerk Joyce Ennis will conduct an election certification with the verification team for the April 2 General Municipal Election. It will be held at 1 p.m.
Fine arts students perform at annual assembly
Cassville’s Diego Haros plays trombone with the marching band during a performance at the fine arts assembly on March 20.
Carnival delights on Title I Night
Claire Ryman, 8, tosses a frisbee into a laundry basket while at the Title I Night Carnival at Cassville schools on Thursday.
DNR: PFAS may be present in sludge
There is still time for public comments to be submitted in response to the DNR’s proposed permits for the application of human biosolids from Arkansas and slaughterhouse-sludge from inside and outside of Missouri to Barry County farmland. If approved, permits proposed by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will initially allow the application of the waste materials to some 9,800 acres in the county.
Unpaid lunch balances spike
The Cassville school district is determining how to handle a dramatic increase in unpaid food service bills, up 300 percent since April 2022 and 50 percent since the start of this school year. Merlyn Johnson, Cassville superintendent, said balances have been on the rise since the COVID-19 pandemic, during which federal funding provided free meals at the district.
