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A total of 56 donors gave at the December American Red Cross blood drive, held Dec. 6, 2019, at Monett Community Church. “This was the largest donor numbers for 2019 for the Monett Community Drive,” said Donna Beckett, American Red Cross Bloodmobile chairman for Monett...

American Red Cross recently awarded Michel Garman, of Pierce City, center, a plaque for reaching the 105-gallon blood donation milestone for the Monett Blood drive.

The American Red Cross recently awarded Lana Reavis, of Verona, a plaque for achieving the 10-gallon blood donation milestone for the Monett Blood drive.

American Red Cross recently awarded Ken Saloga, of Purdy, right, a plaque for reaching the 15-gallon blood donation milestone for the Monett Blood drive.

• Timothy J. Larmer, failed to register vehicle, $77. • Kristi A. Chapman, defective equipment, $225. • Melanie G. Hernandez-Salas, speeding, $182. • Jason K. Klawreh, speeding, $182. • Dominic J. Ray, affray, $152. • Zachary T. Baxter, minor in possession of alcohol, $177...

CRIMINAL Annie Elizabeth Burdett, failure to maintain vehicle insurance, misd. D, fined $175. Sherry D. Compamitz, tampering with physical evidence, misd. A., 90 days in Lawrence County Jail, suspended execution of sentence (SES), one year unsupervised probation...

Bob Painter was named Legionnaire of the Year for Hobbs-Anderson American Legion Post No. 91 in Monett. The announcement was made during the annual Christmas dinner for the Post and Ladies Auxiliary. held on Dec. 3. Acting as Post commander, Painter opened the evening by introducing the Monett JROTC color guard, which presented the Colors and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Crae Salsman, 11. played taps on his harmonica...

Around 300 meals were served by the First Baptist Church in Pierce City for the community following the Pierce City Christmas parade on Dec. 14.

These were some of the faces in the 70-plus member BCA Elementary Singers performing “The Joy of Christmas” on Dec. 12 for the Berean Christian Academy’s Christmas program.

The Monett Young Professional Network (MYPN) had their annual Christmas toy meeting Wednesday, Dec. 6, to support the Linn Thornton Memorial Toy Drive at Cox Monett Hospital.

Nineteen students at Trinity Lutheran School in Freistatt were recognized for earning high honors on the all-A honor roll for the second quarter.

Seven students at Trinity Lutheran School in Freistatt had near perfect attendance during the second quarter for missing less than half a day.

Eight students at Trinity Lutheran School in Freistatt had perfect attendance during the second quarter.

Outstanding students of the second quarter have been named at Trinity Lutheran School in Freistatt.

Around 400 speech and debate students from across southwest Missouri gathered at Monett High School on Friday and Saturday for the 59th annual Priscilla Bradford Speech Tournament, hosted by the MHS speech and debate program. Approximately 200 volunteer judges from the Monett community assembled to assess the competitors in 11 events for a total of 44 rounds...

Purdy Elementary School has awarded medals for character development in December.

Officials at Monett Elementary School have chosen Students of the Month for December.

Work by media students from throughout the region received recognition at the 23rd annual Southern Media Showcase at Missouri Southern State University on Thursday, Dec. 5. Close to 300 high school students gathered for the presentations and awards.

The Monett High School Concert Band under the direction of Philip Soule was the last of six bands performing in the marathon winter band concert Dec. 10 at the MHS Performing Arts Center.

On Tuesday, Dec. 3, Cox Monett celebrated its No. 15 ranking on Modern Healthcare’s 2019 list of Best Places to Work in Healthcare.

A crowd of 45 former employees of Jumping-Jacks Shoes in Monett gathered on Dec. 3 for the annual company reunion at Angus Branch Steakhouse.

Russell and Shanna Chapman, owners of The T-Shirt Snob in Monett, have announced they are relocating to 300 S. Kyler in Monett, the Curves location, after Jan. 1, 2020.

Monett-based Jack Henry & Associates has announced Shanon McLachlan will be appointed president of its Symitar division. After an extensive interview process, McLachlan was selected to replace long-standing Symitar President, Ted Bilke, when Bilke assumes the company's chief technology officer role on Nov. 15...