Stories from Tuesday, August 4, 2020

A Fairview man was injured Monday in a wreck at 6:22 a.m. on Highway 37, one mile north of Butterfield. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Samual Brown, 42, of Fairview, was driving a 2006 Pontiac Vibe southbound and while approaching a prior crash on Highway 37, Brown’s vehicle drove off the left side of the roadway and overturned...

In the race for the Republican nomination for Barry County northern commissioner, two-term incumbent Gary Schad easily emerged the winner in the two-person race.

Cassville Police Detective Danny Boyd will be the next sheriff of Barry County after defeating one-term incumbent Gary Davis and challenger Travis Hilburn in the Missouri Primary Election on Tuesday.

After seven years of Lawrence County represented by Mike Moon as the 157th state representative, local voters continued to lean toward the most conservative candidate to elect Mitch Boggs as the Republican candidate in Tuesday's primary. In a three-way race, Boggs, R-LaRussell, edged the field with 2,656 votes (40 percent) over Wally Long, R-Mt. Vernon with 2,372 (36 percent) and Nathan Bowen, R-Pierce City, with 1,625 (24 percent)...

Voters in the State Senate’s 29th District have elected outgoing State Rep. Mike Moon, R-Ash Grove, to the open Senate seat by a 52-48 margin. In the vote to replace State Sen. David Sater, R-Cassville, who has termed out of the office, Moon, who has termed out of his House office, had 17,761 votes (52 percent), and first-time candidate for state office David Cole, R-Cassville, had 16,077 votes (48 percent)...

The number of COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases in Barry County were consistent in the last week, again gaining 26 (even) from the previous week, and with 24 people recovering. According the Barry County Health Department and Barry County Office of Emergency Management, there have been 232 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19, one presumptive and two antibody positives. ...