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Harper named Rose Homecoming queen

After being crowned Monett High School Rose Homecoming queen, Kiersten Harper, left, Monett senior, poses for a photo with friend and fellow senior, Saloni Patel. >>
Monett Museum offers Gillioz Theater exhibit

Mary Jo Sweeney is pictured viewing a display at the Monett Historical Society Museum of the Gillioz Theater. >>
Monett High School band students qualify for honors

Four Monett High School band students qualified for All-District Band, performing with others selected for the honor on Jan. 10 at Webb City High School. >>
Monett Intermediate Cubs of the Month named

Monett Intermediate School officials selected the following fifth grade students to be named Cubs of the Month for December. >>
Scout project to help Legion

By Murray Bishoff times-news@monett-times.com

A Monett Boy Scout is gearing up to complete his Eagle Scout project, which involves seeking funds to build a new flag retirement facility for Hobbs-Anderson American Legion Post No. 91. Jack Gibfried, a member of Boy Scout... >>
Outage disrupts power through part of Monett

By Murray Bishoff times-news@monett-times.com

A power outage in the alley between Sixth and Seventh streets and Bond around 3 p.m. on Wednesday disrupted service briefly to a wide part of Monett. According to Utilities Superintendent Skip Schaller, a power line on the... >>
Weather invites high-flying fun at skate park

Spring-like weather offered the right conditions to get out and shake off the winter blues this week. Dominick Witherow, left, a regular at Monett's skate park at North Park for the last four years, shook some of the dust... >>

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News in brief

News in Brief (01/28/15)
Cox Monett Hospital will offer a diabetes self-management education course from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 29 in Conference Room A. For additional information and class cost, people may call 354-1280. The Scott Regional Technology Center will offer a self defense class on Jan. ...

Weird news

Police: Woman dials wrong number, offers detective drugs

Suspicious package at NYC bus station filled with 1K condoms

Not so 'Good to Go' when man gets $18,000 toll bridge bill

New lottery tickets come with a side of bacon _ scent

Michigan Lottery drawings have some people seeing double

Sale of Deflategate chocolate football nets $20K for charity

Ohio pair say unhurried burglar fed dog bologna, made coffee

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Bi-county sales tax receipts spike 44 percent (01/31/15)
In one of the sharpest upturns on record, sales tax receipts to bi-county towns and county governments jumped up by 44...

Pierce City  Police to apply for grants (01/31/15)
Pierce City Police Department is working on a pair of grant proposals in hopes of covering a portion of costs for new...

Harper named Rose Homecoming queen (01/31/15)
After being crowned Monett High School Rose Homecoming queen, Kiersten Harper, left, Monett senior, poses for a photo...

Police find burned man on city street (01/31/15)
A Stotts City man was airlifted to a Springfield hospital on Friday with lacerations and burns. According to Police...

Monett man  arrested for burglary (01/31/15)
A Monett man is being held in the Barry County jail in lieu of a $40,000 cash-only bond following his arrest for...

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Monett girls still seeking a win (01/31/15)
The Monett girls basketball team members are playing hard, but just does not have a win to show for their efforts,...

Jared Lankford: The Statler Brothers and Monett basketball (01/31/15)
Growing up, I was subjected to old-time country music. When parody musician Cletus T. Judd sang "I Was Country, When...

Tough test awaits Purdy on Saturday against champs (01/30/15)
A marathon of games for the Purdy girls basketball team came to a conclusion on Tuesday, as the Lady Eagles defeated...

Monett riding high toward district (01/30/15)
Monett Coach Daryl Bradley had mixed emotions about his twin dual sweeps over Ozark and Central on Tuesday. Bradley was...

Pierce City off to play in Memphis (01/30/15)
Pierce City's boys and girls basketball teams are gearing up for a few home games, they just have to travel more than...

Photo galleries

Church of Monett fire

An arson fire at the Church of Monett, 809 Eighth St. in Monett, heavily damaged the church building. Monett firefighters arrived shortly before 1 p.m. on Jan. 19. The following photos were shot from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

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State news

Missouri Gov. Nixon's promises on preschool fall short
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Gov. Jay Nixon has repeatedly described high quality preschool programs as a great investment for the state while proposing millions in additional funding for early childhood efforts....
Storm blankets Midwest in snow, creeps toward Northeast
CHICAGO (AP) -- A slow-moving winter storm blanketed a large swath of the Plains and Midwest in snow Sunday, forcing the cancellation of more than 1,000 Chicago flights, making roads treacherous and forcing some to rethink plans to attend Super Bowl parties....
Kansas City opens center for science, engineering students
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A new center that hopes to eventually provide resources for science and engineering students throughout the Kansas City region is now open....
Self-styled 'seer' faces murder trial for death he foretold
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- The leader of a Kansas commune that prosecutors say lived off of insurance payouts following the deaths of group members is set to stand trial for murder in the 2003 drowning of one of them - a young mother whose death he allegedly foretold weeks before it happened....
Safety mandate raises passenger rail concerns in Missouri
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The expense of installing mandated train collision avoidance technology is putting passenger service in Missouri at risk, according to the state Department of Transportation....

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Back in the Good Old Days for Jan. 25-31 (01/26/15)
EIGHTY YEARS AGO Jan. 25-31, 1935 "The Golden Apple," an operatta by Maude Wallace, was presented by the students of the Plymouth School in the high school auditorium on Jan. 25. The story involved the wedding of Peleus, grandson of Jupiter, to the sea nymph, Thetis, when the goddess of discord throws an apple to the most beautiful goddess, causing staunch debate as to the fairest. In the grand finale, the 92 children assembled left a beautiful picture in the minds of the audience...

Back in the Good Old Days for Jan. 18-24 (01/19/15)
EIGHTY YEARS AGO Jan. 18-24, 1935 The women who braved the weather to attend the final session of the Whitlock-Lines Free Cooking School on Jan. 18 were taught ways of making colored tea cakes and tea biscuits, pies and of course lightbread, which always turns out fluffy and brown for Mrs. Silvernail, national lecturer and demonstrator who spoke at the City Hall Auditorium. Mrs. Silvernail uses Aristos "Never-Fail" flour in all her recipes, which is sold at Whitlock-Lines...

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