Barry County, MO

The Cassville Pantry recently received a $30,000 capacity building grant as part of the Ozarks Food Harvest’s $1 million investment in agency infrastructure in southwest Missouri. The grant funding will purchase a walk-in cooler, which will help increase perishable food storage capacity for fresh produce, dairy and meat products...

One of two murder suspects in Lawrence County enters an Alford Plea deal and receives his sentencing.

BARRY COUNTY, Mo. (KY3) - A woman is in the hospital with serious injuries, after a single-vehicle crash in Barry County. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, the crash happened on Highway 76, just south of Cassville at 3:45 a.m. on June 25. Investigators say 26-year-old Mariah Sweaney missed a...

Carissa Carey, right, 15, of Neosho, won the Grand Champion and Reserve Market Goat at the Barry County Fair on Saturday, judged by Walker Anttila, of Joliet, Mont. Helping show Carey’s goats was Peter Littlefield, of Cassville. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cherryroad.com.

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A 29-year-old Missouri man is being held in the Karnes County Detention Facility following his recent apprehension in Texas. His capture was made possible by the assistance of members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, as stated in a press release from Chris Bozeman, the deputy U.S. Marshal and public affairs officer with the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force.

CASSVILLE – The Barry County fair will be held June 25 in Butterfield. The Circle M Cattle Company has donated the use of its barn this year for the fair. The Barry County Fair is a non-profit organization that works closely with the community and local schools to promote agriculture with the younger generation.

The Cassville City Council has voted to annex the property where the new county jail will be built, but not first without hearing concerns from nearby homeowners. The council voted unanimously to annex the 25.42-acre tract of land behind Baywash Carwash on Old Exeter Road, citing the ability to provide water and sewer service to the incoming jail and health department buildings, as well as expanding services to other areas, as a reason for the move. Gary Youngblood, Barry.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – One of the inmates who escaped from Barry County Jail has been arrested in Springfield this afternoon. Matthew Crawford was arrested Monday afternoon, according to the Barry County Sheriff’s Office. Another inmate who escaped with Crawford was found in Wyoming last week. The three inmates...

A motorcycle accident on a Farm Road about 3 miles east of Butterfield in Barry County resulted in injuries to a man from Monett at 8:25 a.m. Sunday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when a 2022 Honda motorcycle operated by 43-year-old Christopher B. Kessinger of Monett traveled off the left side of the roadway and struck a fence.

NEAR AURORA, Mo. (KY3) The Missouri Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly hit-and-run motorcycle crash that killed a motorcyclist from Aurora. Investigators say the crash happened around 10 a.m. on Wednesday on Farm Road 1180 near Jenkins. Patrick Anderson, 38, from Aurora, died at the scene. Authorities say the suspect was driving a Chevrolet 2500 pickup truck.

In a statement from Missouri State Highway Patrol Sergeant Mike McClure, troopers are searching for a suspect in a hit-and-run crash that left one man dead. Reports say the crash occurred on West Farm Road 1180 in Barry County Wednesday morning. Investigators determined the incident happened at around 10 a.m.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol is looking for the driver of a 2001 Chevrolet pickup that fled the scene of a fatal crash. The patrol has not publicly named the owner of the vehicle, and the name of the driver is listed as "unknown" in an online crash report. What is known is that...

BARRY COUNTY, Mo. — The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly hit-and-run crash in Aurora. Motorcyclist Patrick Anderson, 38, died in the crash on June 15 around 10 a.m. According to the MSHP, the crash happened on Farm Road 1180 near Jenkins in Barry County. The driver of struck did not yield and hit Anderson’s motorcycle.

The driver of a suspected stolen vehicle flees the scene of a crash that claimed the life of an Aurora, Missouri man.

CASSVILLE, Mo. (KY3) - The first heat wave of the summer has electric providers asking customers to conserve energy Thursday and Friday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Providers say this will help prevent the need for rolling blackouts. “The reason those time frames are there is because that is...

June 15 (UPI) -- Authorities in Missouri say they have captured the last two escaped fugitives who busted out of jail a couple weeks ago by punching a hole in the roof and riding a stolen truck to freedom. Three inmates -- Christopher Blevins, Lance Stephens and Matthew Crawford --...