Washburn News

One person was killed and five people were injured in a trio of bi-county crashes yesterday.

Mrs. P.N. Cook is the president of the new club. * The Femper-Amecia Monett High School boys fraternity entertained a masquerade party on Tuesday.

A Pineville man was injured in a motorcycle crash this morning in Barry County. Allen M. Dochmeyer, 63, was taken to Freeman West hospital in Joplin with serious injuries after driving a 2003 Yamaha off the road, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Authorities in Missouri believe a 39-year-old rural Washburn woman may have left the state with her 8-year-old daughter whose father has sole custody of her.

The McDonald County Sheriff's Department has issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a missing Washburn child who may be in danger from her mother.

A woman from Pea Ridge, Ark., suffered serious injuries today when her car ran of the road and hit a tree.

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

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.

Three Barry County people were injured in single vehicle accidents over the weekend.

Benton County prosecutors dismissed the criminal case against Freddie Eugene Philpott, who was arrested last year, dressed only in his underwear, near a local school.

A Seligman resident was injured in a two-vehicle accident at 2:05 p.m. Thursday on Highway 37, two miles south of Washburn in Barry County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

A Seneca man was killed Thursday afternoon in a single-vehicle accident in Adair County, Okla., according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

Six people were injured today after a crash in Barry County. Christy Reed, 20, sustained moderate injuries and was airlifted to Cox South hospital in Springfield.

A Washburn man was airlifted to St. John's Hospital in Springfield after a crash in Barry County.

A Tulsa woman was injured last night in Barry County when her vehicle ran off the road and went into a ditch, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.

Think of a renowned painter from Missouri and people are most likely to think of Thomas Hart Benton from nearby Neosho.

WASHBURN, Mo. - There was a lot of public attention when leaders of two obscure churches in the Ozarks woods were accused of ceremonially abusing girls, preparing them for "service to God" by molesting them.

Sales tax revenues for the bi-county area were lower overall in April than a year ago, due to a steep drop in the volume of sales in Monett.