Exeter News

CASSVILLE, Mo. - A 7-year-old Barry County girl could be the eighth person in Missouri to have died of complications from the H1N1 influenza virus.

Fond recollections of a gentle man who grew up under very humble circumstances and became widely known have been shared this week following the death of Johnny Mullins.

This weekend, the Cassville Area Chamber of Commerce will host its annual fall sidewalk sale.

An 22-year-old Exeter woman was seriously injured in a one-car accident near Wheaton on Monday night, according a Missouri Highway Patrol report.

Storm sirens sounded just after midnight this morning in several Barry County cities as a powerful storm system moved through portions of the county.

Two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident at 1:25 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 37, a half-mile west of Cassville in Barry County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Two people were injured this afternoon in a Barry County crash, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.

Barry County Sheriff Mick Epperly described operations at the Barry County Jail and challenges related to county law enforcement in a presentation at last week's meeting of the Monett Kiwanis Club.

Kids, get out your pens, pencils, crayons, paint, construction paper, and anything else you can think of.

For the first time since January, sales tax receipts for bi-county cities were up in May, compared to a year ago.

A southwest Missouri woman convicted of second-degree murder committed suicide before she could be sentenced.

A Monett woman convicted of second-degree murder committed suicide before she could be sentenced.

Testimony is expected to conclude today in the murder trial of Adella Patton, which is being held this week in Barry County Circuit Court.

Join the artists at the reception for "Buds & Bloom: Resilience & Renewal" artists' on Saturday, April 25, noon to 2:30 p.m. The show, a collaboration between Seacoast Artist Association and the Exeter Arts Committee, is on display through May 16, at 10 Front St., Exeter on corner of Water and Front streets.