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28 years of Arbor Day in Exeter

May 24, 2023

Exeter celebrated Arbor Day for the 28th year in the Exeter City Park. In attendance this year was Susie Sorensen, Tree Board Member; Rhonda Scott, City Councilman; Ashley Lowe, Tree Board Vice President; and Jon Skinner, Municipal Forester with Missouri Department of Conservation. Skinner presented the board with the Tree City USA 27th year award.

Fishing, food, fun at Roaring River

May 24, 2023

Xavier Shepard, 7, Trinity Shepard, 2, and Ezmaee Flick, 5, of Bella Vista, Ark., enjoy Roaring River with their families during Kids' Fishing Day Saturday.

May 24, 2023

Life Change will celebrate its two-year anniversary on June 3 from 3-6:30 p.m. at the Cassville United Methodist Church parking lot.

Goodbye school, hello summer!

May 17, 2023

Cassville school district administration and teachers in the primary, intermediate and middle schools waved to students as the buses left for the last time this school year on Friday. Students cheered (and cried) as they waved goodbye for the summer.

May 17, 2023

Barry County’s cities and county government entities generating sales tax saw marginal gains overall in April, though a smaller number made up for the losses shown by most recipients. The seven Barry County cities collecting sales tax received $751,410.75, a 2 percent increase over a year ago.

May 17, 2023

The city of Cassville has hired a Cassville High School graduate with 20 years accounting experience to be the new finance officer. Monzell Hagins, a 1999 Cassville graduate, has worked for the city of Cassville since April 2021 as deputy clerk.