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Young artists to shine for Ozark Festival Orchestra

January 31, 2024

The Ozark Festival Orchestra, based in Monett, will continue its 44th season at 3 p.m. on Feb. 25 at the Monett High School Performing Arts Center, presenting its annual Young Artists Concert.

January 31, 2024

A Cassville woman was injured on Saturday in a wreck at 7:40 p.m. on Highway 112, three miles south of Cassville.

January 31, 2024

The Shell Knob in the Spotlight (SKITS) community theater group has announced auditions for the spring play, “Chickenheart” — a hysterical melodrama set in the medieval era penned by playwright Craig Sodaro and directed locally by Brent Waugh, of Shell Knob. This funny and engaging melodrama requires 14 actors including parts for 10 women and four men who will be portraying interesting, entertaining and even zany characters in an age of chivalry, bravery, nobility, and of course, romance.

50 years ago

January 31, 2024

Jan. 8, 1975 — SAVINGS FIRM WILL CONSTRUCT OFFICE BUILDING The Cassville agency of Monett Savings and Loan Association, has purchased property on Main Street and announced plans to construct an office complex.

Exeter Homecoming candidates announced

January 31, 2024

The following students at Exeter High School have been nominated to the 2024 Homecoming Court, front row, from left: Kahlan Fuller, freshman; Honesty Hall, sophomore; Karlee Willis, junior; Makenze Shaw, senior; and Hailie Eaton, senior. Back row: Isaac Hunter, freshman; Jax Brock, sophomore; Kason Nelson, junior; Kronikel Lokot, senior; and Josue Alcaraz, senior. The Homecoming game will be on Friday in the Exeter gym. Coronation will be at 5:15 p.m., with the first game immediately following. Contributed photo

Henbest spells way to win

January 31, 2024

Cassville fifth-grade Jakob Henbest spelled his way to victory in the Intermediate Spelling Bee on Friday.

January 31, 2024

The Barry County Sheriff's Office responded to 185 calls for service for the week of Jan. 22-28.

Across America: Traveling minister visits Cassville

January 31, 2024

A Kentucky man was turning heads and opening hearts in Cassville over a five-day period last week, carrying a wooden cross on his cross-country mission to spread Christian love and ministry. Gregory Jones, of Lexington, Kent., arrived in Cassville on Jan. 24 by way of Eureka Springs.

January 31, 2024

Presidential primaries are underway across the nation, and in Missouri, the process for local voters to select their presidential and congressional candidates has vastly changed. From 2000 to 2020, Missouri held a state-run presidential primary, a process state lawmakers repealed in 2022.

January 31, 2024

When the Purdy school district received its first Annual Performance Review (APR) based on the Missouri School Improvement Plan 6 (MSIP6) in 2022, one thing was clear — there was work to be done. Travis Graham, Purdy superintendent, said the district was disappointed in its score of 70.3 percent, and improvements mainly needed to be made in English language arts, math and science.

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Young artists to shine for Ozark Festival Orchestra

Cassville woman injured in wreck on Highway 112

Get a part in ‘Chickenheart’

50 years ago

Exeter Homecoming candidates announced

Henbest spells way to win

Barry County Sheriff’s Office calls for service and reports taken, Jan. 31

Across America: Traveling minister visits Cassville

County Republican caucus, Democrat primary set

Purdy focus on Annual Performance Report fruitful

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