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Barry County sales taxes drop in October

October 30, 2024

Sales tax distributions to the bi-county area historically have an off-month every quarter, or two, as a correction of sorts — October generated more of a downtown than had been seen all year. Except for Seligman, every Barry County recipient saw less than a year ago.

October 30, 2024

Purdy school officials this fall have moved into the final phases of a multi-year effort to improve facilities around and adjacent to the school campus. Superintendent Travis Graham said the effort to catch up on deferred maintenance has now focused on replacing the heating and air conditioning units on the roof of the school, dating back some 20-30 years.

Friends Festival draws 250

October 30, 2024

Everlee Golubski, 12, of Exeter, smiles as she pets a pony, part of the petting zoo offered by the Horner Ridge Runners 4-H which included a horse, pony, cows, chickens and ducks. The 4-H and Jennaroo Creations, providing face painting to 67 youth, were at the inaugural Cassville Friends of the Library Fall Carnival, held at Memorial Park by the American Legion building. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com

pa•rade: noun, a public procession, especially celebratory

October 30, 2024

Cassville intermediate student Azalea Rydberg says hello to a teacher in the primary school as she demonstrates the meaning of “Breaking News” in the annual vocabulary parade on Thursday.

His House welcomes visitors

October 30, 2024

Sponsors, guests and residents enjoyed lunch, kids’ activities and tours of the campus during a Saturday celebration of the 15th anniversary of His House’s presence in the Shell Knob. This…

October 30, 2024

A Verona woman was injured and subsequently arrested on Sunday following a wreck at 5:19 p.m. on Route C, five miles east of Purdy.

October 30, 2024

The Community Faith Chapel, located at 13372 Highway 248, will host a Trunk or Treat on Oct. 31 from 5-7 p.m.

October 29, 2024

POLLING LOCATIONS Butterfield/McDonald…………………………….Butterfield Fire Station Cassville City/Rural/Mineral…………………………..Family Life Center Exeter……………………………………………Exeter Community Building Golden…………………………….Golden Baptist Church Activity Center Jenkins……………………………………………….Jenkins Fire Department Kings Prairie/Pleasant Ridge………….Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Monett-City/Rural/Capps Creek……………..Monett City Park…

A holistic, conventional breast cancer path

October 22, 2024

“Sugar was fueling my cancer,” said Manna Koopman. Koopman, who lives in Lowell, Ark., and was a 2024 recipient for the Wheaton-based Power of Pink organization, has a family history of breast cancer, leading her to complete genetic testing when she was diagnosed wit breast cancer.

Out of sight, out of mind

October 22, 2024

Missouri is home to thousands of potentially leaking underground storage tanks (USTs) that contain — or once contained — petroleum and other hazardous substances. Buried pre-1988, those tanks have long outlived their average 30-year life spans, and now exist, out-of-sight, out-of-mind, in unknown condition, without oversight and not subject to current regulations, said Ken Koon, director of the Tanks Division, of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

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Barry County sales taxes drop in October

Purdy schools make facilities improvements

Friends Festival draws 250

pa•rade: noun, a public procession, especially celebratory

His House welcomes visitors

Verona woman arrested following wreck

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ELECTION 2024: Barry County Sample Ballots and Missouri Constitutional Amendments and Propositions

A holistic, conventional breast cancer path

Out of sight, out of mind

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