Publisher’s note: Throughout the summer, the Cassville Democrat will feature the best unprinted photos from each team photographed during the 2024-2025 athletics seasons. — KT ...

50 YEARS AGO: FINAL INTERSECTION SURVEY — It probably won’t be long before the intersection pie and multi-sign direction posts in the south part of Cassville will disappear. Highway department crews ...

Easton Wood, left, of Joplin, pushes Wheaton resident Cameron Eggleston, 13, in one of many bathtub races at the Purdy Festival on Saturday, coming in just ahead of John Clements, of Joplin, who was ...

After reading Ron Chernow’s biography Alexander Hamilton, I was struck by my own ineptness in supporting the freedoms granted by our founding fathers’ work.

An Exeter man and woman are each facing 11 felonies after allegedly stealing numerous items from a victim and being in possession of multiple firearms.

“There’s so much bad news in the world all the time, and this could be good news and an uplifting story.” ...

“Would you still be my friend, if I told you I was illegal?” A local Mexican woman, a legal resident who I’ll call Maria, told me she recently posed that question to some of her white friends as a way ...

For the first time since the 2022 season, the Cassville football team will have a new signal caller under center.

A Washburn man is facing a felony charge after allegedly stealing a motorcycle from a victim in Barry County. Jacob Weigel, born 1991, of Washburn, is charged with stealing a motor vehicle. According ...

Jason Maloney, 4, of Cape Fair, smiles as he gets up close and personal with a milk snake during Eagle Rock Branch Library’s Summer Reading Program event on July 16, a presentation from Dickerson Park ...

The Monett Police Department (MPD) is trying out a new tactic to aid in the apprehension of lawbreakers: posting their mugshots on the Monett Police Department’s Facebook page.

Leona “Willa Dean” Shrum, 94, of Cassville, Mo. passed away Sunday, July 13, 2025, at Cassville Health Care and Rehab in Cassville, Mo.