Shell Knob News

Q. You helped me before with my cuttings from a 60+ year old rose and now I need help for the coming winter.

The H1N1 virus seems to have impacted students in the southeastern portion of Barry County the most so far.

Address: 1315 S. Glenstone Ave. Phone: 883-6919 Owner: Steven and Cassandra Devine Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

If you live in the Big Bass Bend neighborhood, there are some things you learn the hard way.

This flooding caused a second major washout for a neighborhood near Shell Knob in Stone County this morning.

A senior center uses a popular video game to help people exercise and socialize.

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Mr. Elmer Buchanan III, 53, of Morris, quietly passed away at home on Monday, Sept.

The annual Shakin' in the Shell Fest is returning Sept. 26 to Shell Knob. The event will go from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and include the Ugly Dog Contest, the 20th Annual Classic Car Show, Shell Knob School Band, the Blue Eye High School Band, a local group of line dancers and bands, Timberline bluegrass, Hometown Sound and the Redhots, and Rock Pie.

Members of the Barry-Lawrence CrimeStoppers and the Barry County Sheriff's Department are turning to citizens for assistance.

The 30th annual Homer Sloan Buddy Bass Tournament will be held Oct. 3 at Table Rock Lake in Shell Knob.

A small Barry County fire department has been hit by thieves, forcing the district to shut down one of their rural stations.

Just two months after the Central Crossing Fire District headquartered in Shell Knob opened a new fire station, that station has been robbed.

A former Barry County employee is charged with stealing from the sheriff's department.

The U.S. Forest Service will hold a "Mountain Maid Moon" session on Aug. 4 as part of the monthly Walk When the Moon Is Full program.

Stone County authorities continue to investigate a fire at a suspected drug laboratory that left two men burned Saturday.

Last Saturday, about 1:40 a.m., Stone County Emergency Services 911 received a phone call from the Shell Knob area reporting an explosion and fire at a single-family home.

A Shell Knob woman was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 12:02 p.m. Monday on Route YY, four miles east of Shell Knob in Barry County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Table Rock Lake communities will light up the skies at 9:30 p.m. July 4 with their annual fireworks shows.

Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation has proposed building a 69 kV aboveground high-power transmission line from its Holiday Island substation in northwestern Carroll County to its Viola substation in Barry County, Mo.