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The judged artwork of students in the Ozark 7 Conference is on display at the Barry County Museum in Cassville through April 22. Student entries were submitted in a range of mediums, and included, among others, wearable art, chalk pastels, graphite, mixed media, color ink, black ink and charcoal. This

An Easter Egg Hunt was staged at six local businesses in the two weeks leading up to April 9, with three of the six eggs found by readers. The Grand Prize winner for the Cassville Democrat’s Easter Egg Hunt was Bavette Battern, above, who found the egg at Front Street Furniture Gallery in Exeter. On Tuesday, Battern accepted her prize of $25 in Cassville Cash and an Easter lily. Winners in each business included: top left, Rhett Artherton and Reese Artherton, children of Robbie and Mindi Artherton found the egg at Tomblin’s Jewelry; middle left, Bavette Battern found the egg at Front Street Furniture Gallery; and bottom left, Elmore found the egg at New-To-You-2.

Carlie Lehman, 3, of Cassville, exclaimed with joy as she located egg after egg at the Eagle Rock Friends of the Library Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday.

A $3 million fire station planned for the Eagle Rock-Golden-Mano Fire Protection District will break ground this year, pushing the district into 24-7 coverage. Mark Pierson, district chief, said planning for the facility began a couple of years ago, with plans mostly drawn up by the time officials began working with Ireland Architecture, out of Springfield.

Kindergartener Ren Hodge, right, gets help from mom Jillian Hodge as she picks out one of many free goodies available at the “Enchanted Ball” on Friday, an event for children in Kindergarten through fifth grades, hosted by the Cassville High School Student Council.