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Hospital explores safety issues with danger drill

Murray Bishoff

Is a business, especially a service facility open to the public, ready in case a threatening scenario develops? That's the question asked at Cox Monett Hospital, which led to an emergency-scenario drill last month. According... >>
Brower assumes duties as Times publisher; Southwest Missouri native served as editor of Arkansas newspaper for past 3 years

Jacob Brower began his new duties Monday as publisher of The Monett Times. Brower, a southwest Missouri native, had served as the editor of The Daily Citizen in Searcy, Ark., since March 2010. The Citizen won more than 100... >>
UMB Bank celebrating 100th anniversary

UMB Bank is celebrating its 100-year anniversary by giving back to the local community. Lisa Balmas, community bank president in Monett, presented a $1,000 donation to Crosslines Nov. 19. UMB will contribute a total of... >>
Little Miss, Mister Merry Christmas crowned in Monett

Murray Bishoff

Holiday royalty for small children in Monett have been crowned in the revived Miss and Mister Merry Christmas pageant on Nov. 23. Eighteen contestants appeared before a panel of three judges. Heno Head served as the master... >>
Next historic ornament available

The series of historic scenes from Pierce City turned into Christmas ornaments continues this year through the Dacy Foundation in Pierce City. The First National Bank Building is this year's entry, laser-etched into acrylic... >>
Monett R-1 health grant work begins

Murray Bishoff

Alex Hutchings and Patty Bounous have started their work on the $125,000 grant to make Monett R-1 School District students more health. Hutchings is the full-time new wellness coordinator hired to direct activities under the... >>
Bringing in the season

December brings all the joys of the holiday season. Calendar girl Brianna Morris, whose birthday falls on Dec. 24, found plenty of holiday wonderment at the V.B. Hall Antique Warehouse in Monett. The daughter of Ken and... >>

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News in brief (12/02/13)
The Monett Senior Center, located at 405 Dairy St., will host its monthly dance at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 2. Evelyn Lock and the Outriders will provide live music. Admission is $3 per person. Participants are urged to bring food for a pot luck and finger food feast at the break...

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Winter weather arrives in Missouri
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- What a difference a day makes: A day after much of Missouri basked in spring-like weather, the reality of the pending winter set in on Thursday with the arrival of bitter cold and a concerning mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain....
Storm Prediction Center expecting ice in Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- The Storm Prediction Center is saying that sleet and freezing rain will become increasingly likely through midday Thursday across eastern Oklahoma, northern Arkansas and southern Missouri....
St. Louis Co. assessor to examine tax exemptions
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) -- St. Louis County's assessor plans to take another look at tax-exempt properties following a St. Louis Post-Dispatch investigation showed that exemptions for two nonprofits cost the county millions of dollars in tax revenue....
Mo. State awards contract to upgrade facilities
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- Work to improve Missouri State University's athletic and recreation facilities will begin soon....
Kansas City Air Show to return in 2015
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Organizers of the Kansas City Air Show say the event will return to the skies in a little more than a year....

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Pet of the week (12/04/13)
This week the Haven of the Ozarks' pet is Soccer, a busy boy; very active, highly intelligent and full of love. He needs a home with people willing to invest the time to provide the necessary training and exercise a great dog like this requires. He is house trained and weighs about 52 pounds...

Back in the Good Old Days for Dec. 4 (12/04/13)
EIGHTY YEARS AGO Dec. 4, 1933 Impatience has been expressed in Monett that relief projects designed to put all unemployed able-bodied men at work have not been started. Barry County hasn't been allotted a sum proportionate to its needs. Local leaders hope to get work started on a large project, the rip-rapping, clearing and widening of Kelly Creek so that it will no longer be the flood menace to downtown stores and businesses...

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