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Jul 28

BREAKING: The Barry County Sheriff’s Office hosted a public press conference on Tuesday to discuss details of the murder of Justin Hocutt, as the Office made three arrests in the cold case last week. https://www.cassville-democrat.com/2026/07/28/sheriff-lauds-investigators-for-hundreds-of-hours-put-...Read more

BREAKING: The Barry County Sheriff’s Office hosted a public press conference on Tuesday to discuss details of the murder of Justin Hocutt, as the Office made three arrests in the cold case last week. https://www.cassville-democrat.com/2026/07/28/sheriff-lauds-investigators-for-hundreds-of-hours-put-into-new-hocutt-cold-case-investigation/

Jul 28

UPDATE: Twenty-seven years after 14-year-old Seligman resident Justin Hocutt was found dead on the train tracks 100 yards away from his girlfriend’s home, three men have been arrested and charged with the teenager’s murder. This story contains information from the probable cause statement filed in t...Read more

UPDATE: Twenty-seven years after 14-year-old Seligman resident Justin Hocutt was found dead on the train tracks 100 yards away from his girlfriend’s home, three men have been arrested and charged with the teenager’s murder. This story contains information from the probable cause statement filed in the case of David Scott, born 1977, of Pineville, one of three brothers accused of Hocutt's murder. A story on the Barry County Sheriff's Office's press conference this morning will come later today. https://www.cassville-democrat.com/2026/07/24/3-arrests-made-in-1999-cold-case/

Jul 27

THROUGH THE YEARS — 40 YEARS AGO: Thinking about cooking an egg on the sidewalk in current hot temperatures, you would naturally turn to an expert. But, even the efforts of Mickey Belosi, right, extension home economist, couldn't make a couple of eggs fry on a black parking lot Monday. https://www.c...Read more

THROUGH THE YEARS — 40 YEARS AGO: Thinking about cooking an egg on the sidewalk in current hot temperatures, you would naturally turn to an expert. But, even the efforts of Mickey Belosi, right, extension home economist, couldn't make a couple of eggs fry on a black parking lot Monday. https://www.cassville-democrat.com/2026/07/21/through-the-years-july-22/

Jul 27

BREAKING: Three men have been arrested in connection to the 1999 death of Seligman 14-year-old Justin Hocutt. https://www.cassville-democrat.com/2026/07/24/3-arrests-made-in-1999-cold-case/

Jul 24

OBITUARY: Jim moved to Shell Knob and served for several years as a jailer with the Barry County Sheriff’s Department. He had made his home in Shell Knob for the past 30 years. https://www.cassville-democrat.com/2026/07/21/james-edward-jim-smith/