Cassville

Lady Wildcats seniors swing at state

In a competitive field on a difficult course, two Cassville seniors showed double-digit improvement from Day 1 to Day 2 at the Class 2 Girls Golf State tournament last week. Adelee Hendricks and Madison Robertshaw took 11th and 13th at the Class 2, District 3 tournament at Whispering Oaks Golf Course in Marshfield, qualifying the pair to play in Class 2 Girls Golf State Oct.
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Through the Years, Oct. 30

40 YEARS AGO: HALLOWEEN OBSERVERS AND FRIENDS--A couple of Rotary Club Halloween street party observers probably didn’t know who they were visiting with... and we won’t tell. Chip Lawson and Les Charles, were confronted by this costumed pair last Wednesday night in Cassville.
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ELECTION 2024: Barry County Sample Ballots and Missouri Constitutional Amendments and Propositions

POLLING LOCATIONS Butterfield/McDonald…………………………….Butterfield Fire Station Cassville City/Rural/Mineral…………………………..Family Life Center Exeter……………………………………………Exeter Community Building Golden…………………………….Golden Baptist Church Activity Center Jenkins……………………………………………….Jenkins Fire Department Kings Prairie/Pleasant Ridge………….Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church  Monett-City/Rural/Capps Creek……………..Monett City Park…

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Out of sight, out of mind

Missouri is home to thousands of potentially leaking underground storage tanks (USTs) that contain — or once contained — petroleum and other hazardous substances. Buried pre-1988, those tanks have long outlived their average 30-year life spans, and now exist, out-of-sight, out-of-mind, in unknown condition, without oversight and not subject to current regulations, said Ken Koon, director of the Tanks Division, of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
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