The historic Barry County Courthouse has been updated over the last three weeks, with about 50 new geothermal units being installed at the building. Steve Blankenship, Barry County presiding commissioner, said bids were put out for the project last summer, and the total cost is about $300,000.

The Shell Knob in The Spotlight (SKITS) community theater actors group are working arduously putting the finishing touches on their respective roles for the comedy “Trouble-In-Tumbleweed.” The play will be on stage Nov. 17-19 at the Central Community United Methodist Church in Shell Knob.

Cassville High School will host its 35th annual Veterans Day assembly on Friday at 9 a.m. in the high school gymnasium.

Last week, five neighbors of Denali Water Solutions’ Evans storage basin near Fairview formed SLUDGE, an LLC dedicated to fighting Denali’s practices of storing and land-applying its waste beneath their noses. The group will host its first public meeting on Nov.

A Missouri State Highway Patrol controlled drug buy in March has resulted in the arrest of a Mt. Vernon woman for first-degree drug trafficking.

A Purdy man has been arrested on four felony charges after allegedly breaking into a victim’s home and attempting to rape the victim. Fabian Perez-Garza, 22, of Purdy, is charged with first-degree rape or attempted rape, first-degree burglary, second-degree domestic assault and second- degree kidnapping.

County law enforcement are being urged by PETA to investigate and charge those responsible for the deaths of “thousands” of chickens that died while being transported to George’s during extreme heat in June. A USDA memorandum of interview was submitted to address the “alarming number of dead on arrival birds at George’s Processing” on June 28 and the loss of process control.

Nominations are being accepted for the January 2024 election of the University of Missouri Extension Council in Barry County. Council members are elected or appointed to twoyear terms and may not serve more than two consecutive terms.