Opinion

Kyle Troutman: A one-of-a-kind Election Day

April 16, 2025

Here at the Cassville Democrat, I cover at least two, if not three, elections per year — none produced results as interesting as Barry County’s April 8 General Municipal Election.

Sheila Harris: Water matters

April 16, 2025

There’s secrecy afoot in the Missouri legislature. Proposed Missouri Senate Bill 157 and House Bill 545 seek to conceal from the public the identities of “Major Water Users” in Missouri, as well as the amount of water they use, where they’re drawing it from and where the water will be distributed.

Dakoda Pettigrew: American Insights — Words worth remembering from Tessie’s fate and ours

April 16, 2025

The morning was sunny and clear in a fictional New England village “with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day.”

April 16, 2025

In John 19:28-30, we find Jesus upon the cross, bloody, exhausted, disconnected from his father, rejected by his friends, and dying.

Kyle Troutman: Bring on the brick

April 9, 2025

When I am out and about, whether covering events or grocery shopping, the most common question I get is, “What’s going on this week?” — until recently.

April 9, 2025

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Jeremiah Buntin: Monumental history in the Ozarks

April 9, 2025

Traveling west of Cassville on Highway 86 next to the power substation lies a monument that visitors often mistake for a gravestone and will inquire, “Who’s buried over there?”

Janet Mills: Seniors shaken by social insecurity

April 9, 2025

“What is going to become of me?” This question posed over and over again in conversations with senior adults who have expressed their fears and concerns during recent visits to the food pantry.

Kyle Troutman: A new era ‘in there’

April 1, 2025

Anew era of leadership is coming to the city of Cassville.

Richard Asbill: It’s not a new tax — we’re just rolling it to the city

April 1, 2025

On Tuesday, April 8, Cassville voters will consider a local ballot question regarding a proposed 3% sales tax on adult-use (recreational) marijuana.