News
Sales tax revenues sag in July
For the second month in a row, only the second time this year, sales tax receipts for Barry County in July slipped below totals received by its cities and county governments. Totals nonetheless held very close to a year ago as the bloom of the pandemic surge fades with normal shopping habits and travel resuming.
Cassville Pythagoras Lodge celebraing sesquicentennial
Pythagoras Lodge No. 383 will celebrate its sesquicentennial on Saturday, a milestone for the organization that restarted in Cassville after the Civil War.
Library hosts laser tag
The Cassville Branch Library hosted Bill’s Xtreme Video Game Kart on July 28, with the company also setting up blinds in the adjacent field for a game of laser tag. Event attendees played video games in the Kart for 90 minutes, then at dusk when it cooled, played 90 minutes of laser tag. The event is part of the Library’s summer reading challenge, “All Together Now.”
Verona woman injured in Hwy. 39 wreck
[email protected] A Verona woman was injured and the driver of another vehicle arrested following a wreck at 3:35 p.m. on Highway 39, one mile north of Shell Knob.
News briefs, Aug. 9
The Cassville Cruisers will host a Cruise-In on Saturday from 4 p.m. to dusk at the Barry County Museum, south of Cassville on Highway 112.
A fiery first
Frederick “Farenheit” Tackett provided a fiery 10th and final act at the inaugural Ozarks Got Talent show Saturday, earning first place for his performance.
Excessive heat warnings issued
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued two excessive heat warnings for today and Friday, with highs expected to drop to the 80s next week before climbing again.
Pass the sticks!
The Cassville Branch Library hosted Bill’s Xtreme Video Game Kart on Friday, allowing patrons to play video games and enjoy laser tag as part of the summer reading challenge, “All Together Now.” Playing Super Smash Brothers together were Jacob Johnson, left, library assistant, and Kaitlyn Bonass, 15, of Shell Knob.
Domestic calls rise in county
The Barry County Sheriff’s Office is experiencing an uptick in domestic dispute calls, and the closure of a pod in the county jail has resulted in more inmates being held out of the county. Danny Boyd, Barry County sheriff, said deputies are responding to five or six domestic disputes per day on average, higher than normal and countywide.
Hall Theatre in Phase II of state cleanup program
The city of Cassville hopes to have a clearer timeline of the Hall Theatre building demolition by mid-September, following Phase II of the Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup Program. The structure, located on the northeast corner of the Barry County Courthouse square, burned in a March 1, 2022, fire that remains an open investigation.
