Barry County
Wheaton parade delivers joy
Scenes from the Wheaton Christmas Parade.
Exeter man injured in Cassville wreck
An Exeter man was injured on Saturday in a wreck at 2:30 p.m. on Farm Road 2192, one mile south of Cassville.
Lynn Hilburn: School house memories
This time of year brings memories of the time I spent getting part of my education in elementary country schools back in the 1950s.
Through the Years, Dec. 17
30 YEARS AGO — IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE CHRISTMAS: Area residents woke to snow Tuesday morning, with accumulation ranging from a light dusting in some portions of the county to three inches in others. Area schools were closed because of slick roads, basketball games were canceled and FASCO’s service awards banquet was postponed due to the weather. In the photo above, nature creates a Christmas wreath out of barbed wire, with Ed Ray’s barn serving as a backdrop. Cassville Democrat file photo
Haven of the Ozarks Pet of the Week, Dec. 17
Senior Spotlight: Max West is an animated guy who arrived with his sister, after their lifelong owner passed away. Max is a tan colored labrador and weighs 63 pounds. He can get along with other dogs, but a slow introduction would be important, if not just being the only dog in the home.
News Briefs, Dec. 17
The Cassville United Methodist Church will host a candlelight Christmas Eve Service on Dec. 24 at 6:30 p.m.
What’s in a genealogy?
When you begin to read the New Testament in Matthew chapter one, there is a long genealogy of Jesus who is proclaimed to be Christ.
Through the Years, Dec. 10
50 YEARS AGO: IN DEEP THOUGHT — With a little hair twisting, Tracey Marbut, 3, of Seligman, gets her thoughts together in a conversation with Santa Claus.
2 Shell Knob men killed in wreck
Two men were killed and another seriously injured in a wreck at 10:52 p.m. on Friday on Stallion Bluff Road, three miles north of Shell Knob.
Cassville Community Christmas spreads copious cheer
Rowan Arndt, who turns 3 soon, and Roper Arndt, 2 months, both of Cassville, took a photo with Santa on Friday at the third annual Cassville Community Christmas, organized by the Cassville Community Collective.
