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2 injured in Purdy wreck
Two Purdy women were injured in a wreck at 5:12 p.m. on Feb. 29 on Farm Road 2070 at Farm Road 1070, half a mile west of Purdy.
S.L.U.D.G.E. files contempt motion against Denali, landowners
Group aiming to get lab samples from lagoons via subpoenas Environmental Attorney Stephen Jeffery filed a motion in Cole County Circuit Court on Feb. 23 to hold Denali Water Solutions and landowners Keith Gideon and Jerry Evans in contempt of court for refusing to cooperate with the terms of subpoenas they were served with in January.
Woman injured after striking deer
A Cassville woman was injured in a wreck at 10 p.m. Sunday on Highway M, four miles southeast of Cassville.
Barry County Sheriff’s Office calls for service and reports taken
The Barry County Sheriff's Office responded to 205 calls for service for the week of Feb. 19-25 The CAD events created by central dispatch are the Calls for Service Barry County Officers respond to every day, included in those calls are alarms, assaults, burglaries, domestic disturbances, DWI's, stealing, harassment, medical issues, paper service, prisoner transports, suspicious persons, traffic stops and warrant service. Reports are not generated on all the calls for service. The following reports were generated from the above 205 calls:
Pair in stolen car arrested
Two Barry County residents have been charged with felonies after allegedly being found in a stolen vehicle containing stolen property. April Ortiz, 39, of Cassville, and Randy Zonghetti, 38, of Washburn, are each charged with felony stealing.
News briefs, March 6
SWMO ReStore and Builds will host a Prom Dress Extravaganza on March 19 at the business, located at 201 E. 7th St.
Come for the fish, stay for the memories
While they may be the face of the park and the object of desire for anyone with a rod and reel, anglers say when it comes to Opening Day at Roaring River State Park, it's not the fish they are necessarily after.
Tractors on Main!
Trace Sturgell and Izaak Henbest were two of 12 students who drove their farm equipment to school on Friday in honor of FFA Week.
Trout stocked in Roaring River
The Roaring River Hatchery has stocked 6,000 trout for the 2,000 anglers expected to converge on Roaring River State Park Friday. Now overseeing his third Opening Day, Roaring River Hatchery Manager Brad Farwell said on Monday the river is fully stocked.
Slaughterhouse smorgasbord headed for Barry County
Two waste-hauling companies have more than 150 proposed permits with the Department of Natural Resources, which if approved, could result in a proliferation of odors similar to land-applied poultry-processing residuals on area land last year.
