Barry County

Janet Mills: Earth Day 2024 — Planet vs. plastic challenge

April 17, 2024

As we observe Earth Day 2024 on Monday with a focus on “Planet vs. Plastics,” it’s crucial to think about one of our biggest environmental challenges: the widespread use of single-use plastic bags.

Jig On the Water, April 14

April 17, 2024

Roaring River is low and clear, running at 45 CFS. The river has been fishing very well this week with beetles, ants, crackle backs.

April 16, 2024

The Cassville boys track and field team took second place as a team and the girls took third at the Clever Invitational on April 9.

Special shades for a stellar sight

April 9, 2024

Holly Cisco, left, and Alisha Wayland kept their eclipse glasses pressed tight as they watched the celestial event on Monday afternoon from Wildcat Stadium. At its peak, Monday’s solar eclipse covered 97.6% of the sun in Cassville.

Through the years, April 10

April 9, 2024

40 YEARS AGO: COFFERDAM AT CREEK BRIDGE PROJECT — Workmen (at right) install the first part of a cofferdam at the Flat Creek bridge replacement on Sales Barn Road in Cassville. The area in which concrete is to be poured has now been completely circled and pumping has started.

New map installed at Roaring River Spring mouth

April 9, 2024

Over the weekend, Linda and Gordon Hahn, of Charlottesville, Va., got a chance to survey the new map placed at the mouth of Roaring River Spring in late March. The Hahn’s son, Eric Lee Hahn, lost his life in the spring while serving as a diver with the KISS Rebreathers dive team. The team conducted monthly weekend explorations of the spring from May 2021 until Hahn’s death on Oct. 14, 2022. The new map at the spring was created as a result of the KISS Rebreathers team’s explorations.

Ozark Country Quilters show off threads

April 9, 2024

Sheila Jones, of Exeter, takes a photo of a set of ;quilts at the “O C the Quilts” show, sponsored by the Ozark Country Quilters.

Jig On the Water, April 7

April 9, 2024

Roaring River is still clear and running 77 CFS. This is good water flow.

Another way to dive; ‘underwater robots’ to explore spring cave

April 9, 2024

Steve Haggitt has plans to dive into Roaring River Cave deeper than any person has been before – with remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). Haggitt and a team of three additional divers will operate the ROVs – essentially, underwater robots – with the initial objective of providing a 3-D model of the upper room (Chamber 1) to the Missouri State Park system for interpretive and public display purposes.

April 9, 2024

Change was made to the Cassville City Council this week, as challenger Zane LeCompte unseated incumbent Mike Phillips in the North Ward Alderman seat.