Barry County
Teen drowns near Shell Knob bridge
A Shell Knob teenager drowned on Friday at Table Rock Lake.
Washburn youth dies in ATV wreck
Vehicle lost control, overturned on private land By Kyle Troutman ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com A Washburn child died as a result of injuries from an ATV wreck on May 14 at 12:07 p.m.…
Man charged with theft from Dollar General deposit
A Purdy man has been charged with felony stealing after allegedly taking more than $2,600 from a bank deposit at his place of employment.
Cassville man charged with Regal vehicle theft
A Cassville man has been arrested on felony charged after an alleged vehicle theft from the Regal parking lot on Thursday.
Southwest NHS adds 10 new members
Sophomore Gracie Swanepoel lights a candle at the Southwest High School National Honor Society induction ceremony at Southwest on April 9.
Roe snaps 6-year state qualification drought
Southwest freshman Sidney Roe has advanced to the MSHSAA Class 2 State Championship in both the mile and 2-mile Saturday, qualifying at the Class 2, Sectional 3 at Mountain Grove High School. Roe was 4th in the mile in 5:54 and 3rd in the 2-mile at 13:01.
Conference double!
The Southwest middle school track and field teams turned in a season to be remembered this spring.
Scoreboard, May 21
The Cassville 4x100 relay team has qualified to the Class 3 State Championship. The team of Mace Bredeson, Kyle Bailey, Kamden Beebe and Jacob Walker turned in a time of 43.82 to take 4th place at the Class 3, Sectional 3 on Saturday.
Through the Years, May 21
30 YEARS AGO: Breaking ground for the original plant of 150,000 square feet came on a late summer day in a former hay field. In the photo above, officials at the time included: Morris Castleberry, plant manager; mayor Bill Le Compte; Bill Wiley, IDC chairman; Richard Gysel, FASCO division vice-president; Bob Mitchell, Chamber of Commerce president; and Pete Weis, Missouri FASCO Vice-President.
Lynn Hilburn: The story of land in early America and early Missouri
Over the next few weeks and months, I am going to endeavour to tell the history of Southwest Missouri and Barry County. I realize that Emory Melton and others have done an excellent job of laying out of the history and development of Barry County, but I would like to provide a summary what I think is interesting and important.
