Barry County

OACAC receives $80K for disaster relief in Barry County

October 22, 2024

Following a major disaster declaration, Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation (OACAC) has received $80,000 in disaster relief funding from Missouri Housing Development Commission. These funds are to assist low-income Barry County residents who sustained damage to their homes from severe weather systems that generated tornadoes, high winds, and flooding between May 19 May 27.

Heritage heralded at new Wheaton festival

October 22, 2024

John Etzler, left and Stephani Leverich make mini hay bales at the Wheaton Heritage Festival. Sheila Harris/sheilaharrisads@ gmail.com

October 22, 2024

Spooky sights and wild frights abound this Halloween season, and nowhere moreso than in Shell Knob. Shell Knob in the Spotlight (SKITS) will put on its fall play, 'Scary, Scary Night,' on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Year-long journey of hope

October 15, 2024

Karen Waltrip, of Monett, turned 40 years old in February, but she was just 37 years old when her battle with breast cancer began. Breast cancer diagnoses have decline by 0.3 percent per 100,000 women over the age of 20 between 1999 and 2018, according to an statistical analysis by the U.S.

October 15, 2024

Craig Family Farms, LLC, and the environmental groups Stop Land Use Damaging our Ground and Environment (S.L.U.D.G.E.), LLC, and Citizens of Randolph County Against Pollution (CRAP), LLC, served formal notice to six organizations last week of their intent to file a lawsuit in federal court to stop the land-application of meat and food-processing waste and biosolids to Missouri farmland. Targeted as prospective defendants are the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and waste-management companies, Bubs, Inc.; Denali Water Solutions, LLC (Denali); HydroAg Environmental, LLC; Reed Environmental, LLC; and Synagro Technologies, Inc., (Synagro).

Yma Saubtine: State Rep. District 158 Questionnaire No. 1

October 15, 2024

The very reason I decided to run was my experience living in Eagle Rock, and having a business here. The rampant crime and drug activity has gone unchecked. There is little reason for the criminals of this area to stop, as there seems to be a complete lack of prosecution here.

TroutMom Says: ‘I don’t know what choice I would have made – when I had a choice’

October 15, 2024

One of the major platforms in this 2024 election is a long-time sensitive and hot-button issue with extremely emotional arguments on both sides of the fence — reproductive rights. Since the overturning of Roe v.

After 5-month delay, Rodeo rides through Cassville

October 15, 2024

Jc King, of Stillwell, Okla., flips a calf on its side as he works to tie the animal down at the 84th Annual Cassville Rodeo on Saturday night.

Seligman man charged with construction site theft

October 15, 2024

A Seligman man is facing multiple municipal charges for allegedly stealing items from a construction site on Highway 37. Jason Hern, 40, of Seligman, is charged with misdemeanor stealing, first-degree trespassing (second offense), loitering, possession of stolen property and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.