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Two Washburn residents and a Powell resident died on Tuesday in a wreck at 9:35 p.m. on Highway 71 near Brush Creek Road in Pineville in McDonald County.

Purdy is in the market for a new city attorney following the election of longtime attorney Darlene Parrigon as Lawrence County's prosecuting attorney. City leaders on Aug.

On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the First Baptist Church Activity Center in Washburn.

The Cassville school district’s revival of corporal punishment by paddle has sparked international reaction, but corporal punishment in Missouri — especially in Barry County and southern Lawrence County — is more often authorized than prohibited. In the eight local districts covered by CherryRoad Media newspapers, five, now including Cassville, have policies that allow for corporal punishment.

Once again, students showed up for the first day of school last week. New shoes, backpacks and even some new faces filled the halls and classrooms as students were welcomed by teachers and staff for the 2022-2023 school year.

Pencils sharpened and backpacks on, students filed into the Cassville building and classrooms on Aug. 23 for the first day of school.

The city of Wheaton has been working toward a sewer project and has secured funding to move forward.

The Missouri Department of Conservation and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Division of State Parks invite veterans and those currently in active military service to fish for free on Sept. 17 at Roaring River State Park’s Veterans’ Fishing Day.