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The Health Department divides food service code violations into two categories; Priority and Core items. Priority items are more likely than other violations to contribute to food contamination, or illness and/or injury. Core items although important to the overall hygiene of the establishment, do not necessarily present an immediate threat to food contamination or illness and/or injury...

Access to specialist care continues to grow for people living in rural communities in southwest Missouri. Cox Monett Hospital is pleased to welcome orthopedic surgeons Dr. David Volgas and Dr. Lindsey Bravin to its health care team. The orthopedic specialists are now seeing patients on Mondays at an outreach clinic located inside Cox Rehab and Sports Medicine, located at 700 E. Cleveland Ave., in Monett...

Aurora Bible Church, located at 550 N. Hwy. 39, Aurora, is planning a special church anniversary celebration for Sunday, Oct. 25. The church was formed Oct. 31, 1977, and will celebrate its 43rd year as a church body with a mortgage burning. With the blessings of God and faithful members, the church body has paid off the mortgage on the building and property three years early...

CRIMINAL • Eric George Bierau, speeding, misd. C, fined $172. • Kristopher C. Wendlandt, operating vehicle on highway without a valid driver’s license, misd. D, suspended imposition of sentence (SIS), probation. • Adam J. White, DWI, misd. B; failure to register motor vehicle, misd. B; 40 hours of community service, fined $440...

Joel Ridenour was nominated as a 2020 Homecoming King candidate at Southwest Baptist University.

CRIMINAL • Eric George Bierau, speeding, misd. C, fined $172. • Kristopher C. Wendlandt, operating vehicle on highway without a valid driver’s license, misd. D, suspended imposition of sentence (SIS), probation. • Adam J. White, DWI, misd. B; failure to register motor vehicle, misd. B; 40 hours of community service, fined $440...

Jacob, Missy, Brooklyn, Jackson, Race and Tripp would like to announce the engagement of their parents, Marissa Disabatino of Jane, and Matthew Freeman, of Purdy. The couple were engaged atop the beautiful Rocky Mountains in mid-September. The couple plan to marry next year in a private ceremony. Contributed photo...

A total of 62 donors recently participated in the American Red Cross blood drive, held Aug. 17 at Freewill Baptist Church in Monett. Three people reached milestone marks for donations, with Marilyn Bell reaching the 13-gallon mark; Cheryl Morris reaching the five-gallon mark; and Susan LeMaster reaching the one-gallon mark...

CRIMINAL • Vickie Sue Benbrook, peace disturbance, misd. B, fined $250. • Maliek Akem Clendinen, fail to obey traffic control device, misd. C, fined $140. • Dwight Eugene Glossip, fail to obey traffic control device, misd. C, fined $60. • Timothy J. Pope, failure to maintain vehicle insurance, fined $250...

• Ashley N. Delgado, disobey traffic control device, $87. • Wesley L. Wiseman, speeding, $97. • Joshua L. Cloud, domestic assault, $152. • George Hernandez, no valid driver’s license, $177. • Justin D. Nash, failed to register vehicle, $52. • Amber J. Ruminer, no proof of insurance, $177...

The Health Department divides food service code violations into two categories; Priority and Core items. Priority items are more likely than other violations to contribute to food contamination, or illness and/or injury. Core items although important to the overall hygiene of the establishment, do not necessarily present an immediate threat to food contamination or illness and/or injury...

The Health Department divides food service code violations into two categories; Priority and Core items. Priority items are more likely than other violations to contribute to food contamination, or illness and/or injury. Core items although important to the overall hygiene of the establishment, do not necessarily present an immediate threat to food contamination or illness and/or injury...

CRIMINAL • Robert James Anderson, speeding, misd. C, fined $70. • Jackson Thomas Bonfield, speeding, misd. C, fined $70. • Michael William Boosalis, speeding, misd. C, fined $60. • Michael Eugene Elias, speeding, misd. C, fined $70. • Nicholas Ryan Holder, violation of stolen valor act, misd. A; stealing, misd. A; 30 days in Lawrence County Jail, SES, two years unsupervised probation, pay restitution of $400 and 50 hours of community service...

CRIMINAL • Robert James Anderson, speeding, misd. C, fined $70. • Jackson Thomas Bonfield, speeding, misd. C, fined $70. • Michael William Boosalis, speeding, misd. C, fined $60. • Michael Eugene Elias, speeding, misd. C, fined $70. • Nicholas Ryan Holder, violation of stolen valor act, misd. A; stealing, misd. A; 30 days in Lawrence County Jail, SES, two years unsupervised probation, pay restitution of $400 and 50 hours of community service...

• Axel Agans, speeding, $97. • Angel B. Aceves Jasso, three counts defective equipment, $225 each count; defective equipment, $31. • Amanda Brown, stealing, $227. • Robert Creekmore, property maintenance code violation, $26.50 and six months probation...

The Caring People celebrated summer on Saturday night with a pool party at the YMCA. “We had not been able to get together for a while and it was fantastic to see everybody,” said group co-leader India Butler. The Caring People is a group supporting single mothers and their children throughout the area, including military moms, separated and divorced moms, foster and adoptive moms, even grandmothers – all of whom are raising children...

Members of Hobbs-Anderson American Legion Post 91 installed new officers Tuesday evening.

Verona CIVIC Group hosted its very first Movie in the Park July 25, and organizers deemed the event a great success. Concessions were available. The group plans to host another at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, at Cannon Park in Verona. Contributed photo...

This is a camera, age unknown, possibly circa 1900, from the German company of Hob& Hahne, Leipzig, donated to the Harold Bell Wright/Pierce City Museum by Marian Merritt.

Reagan Bluel, field specialist in dairy for MU Extension, has been named interim superintendent of the Southwest Research Center in Mt. Vernon.

The piano students of Ruth Burnside hosted a summer recital on July 12 at Countryside Christian Church in Monett. Burnside opened the performance with “Jesu, Joy of Mans’ Desiring,” and “Pretty Paper.” Student performances included Sierra Cheatham, “Fuzzy Wuzzy Worm,” a duet with Burnside; Connie Lee, “Happy Heart,”; Helen Wormington, “Jolly Old St. ...

Ralph Robert (Bob) McCormick and Emma Jean Burton were married Aug. 6, 1950. Their 70 years of marriage started many years before. They met at Pleasant Dale School as fourth graders. That is when they decided they “might” like each other. As the schoolhouse friendship grew, Bob, being a year older, was leaving Pleasant Dale after eighth grade to attend Monett High School. ...

Ralph Robert (Bob) McCormick and Emma Jean Burton were married Aug. 6, 1950. Their 70 years of marriage started many years before. They met at Pleasant Dale School as fourth graders. That is when they decided they “might” like each other. As the schoolhouse friendship grew, Bob, being a year older, was leaving Pleasant Dale after eighth grade to attend Monett High School. ...

CRIMINAL • Allan H. Albertson, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, misd. D, fined $200. • Jose Miguel Aleman, speeding, misd. B, fined $190. • Kristopher D. Burwell, operating vehicle on the highway without a valid license, misd. D, suspended imposition of sentence (SIS), six months unsupervised probation...

Erin Mudge, of Monett, daughter of Rod and Janice Anderson, and Robbie Davis, of Monett, son of Bob and the late Connie Davis, will exchange vows at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 25. The bride-elect is employed at Family and Occupational Medicine of Monett, and in the Missouri Army National Guard...

Michel (Shell) and Susan Claybrook, of Wentworth, recently returned from the Philippines Quezon City Mission, where they served 14 months as missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They were part of the more than 67,000 full-time missionaries who are serving missions. ...

American Red Cross recently awarded John Beckwith of Monett, a plaque for achieving the 10-gallon blood milestone in donations for the Monett blood drive.

The Monett Lions Club met in June for its last meeting of the outgoing year and to install new officers.

Jack Prim, who is credited with helping secure fundraising dollars to build a $42 million replacement hospital in Monett, recently retired from Cox Monett Hospital’s Community Advisory Board. Prim served on the volunteer board from 2008 through 2020. He was vice president from 2015 to 2017, and president from 2017 to 2019...

An open house, in honor of Arnold Ray, who will be observing his 80th birthday, will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 19, at the Monett Historical Museum, 422 E. Broadway.

It wasn’t all fireworks and hot dogs for some Americans on this Fourth of July. Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Calisia Brookes, from Cassville, bends sheet metal aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).

The family of Jack George, of Pierce City, is celebrating his 99th birthday today.

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ford, of Seymour, will observe their 60th wedding anniversary on July 6. Floyd Ford and Suzanne Terry Ford were united in marriage on July 6, 1960. To this union, three children were born: Dennis, Sharon and the late Ferlin Ford. The couple have three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Floyd has been retired for 15 years. No celebration is planned...

CRIMINAL • Kenny J. Campbell, operating a vehicle on the highway without a valid license, misd. D, fined $130; speeding, misd. C, fined $130. • Darrel D. Davenport, Jr., DWI, misd. B, suspended imposition of sentence (SIS), two years unsupervised probation, 40 hours of community service...

CRIMINAL • Bradford W. Daniel, failure to equip vehicle with a horn in working order, infr., fined $500. • Blake Lee Coffer, speeding, infr., fined $180. • Debra Lynn Hyman, speeding, misd. C, fined $125. • Jeremiah D. Johnson, driving with a revoked/suspended license, misd. Unclassified, 30 days in jail; speeding, misd. B, 15 days in jail; credit for time served...

• Maria F. Ayala Garcia, alcohol consumed while operating vehicle, $225; no driver’s license on person, $225. • Jesse D. Coatney, defective equipment $100. • Damyen L. Dicken, no driver’s license on person, $200. • Jose A. Gonzalez Reyes, minor in possession of alcohol, $177...

CRIMINAL • Jerry E. Baker, operating a vehicle on the highway without a valid license, misd. A, suspended imposition of sentence (SIS), two years unsupervised probation. • Just L. Barnett-Soole, take or attempt to take deer with artificial light or vision equipment, misd. A, fined $500; drive/flush game from private land or discharge firearm at driven/flushed game, misd. B, fined $500; unlawful use of a weapon, misd. B, fined $500...

May 30 was the last day for the daycare service offered free by the Monett school district for healthcare workers and emergency responders.

CRIMINAL • Delanee Marie Chapman, failure to display license plates, infr., fined $50. • Sean Jung, failure to display name/address on commercial vehicle, infr., fined $140. • Kristofor Fredric Lord, speeding, misd. C, fined $70. • Odin Michael Cole, possession of marijuana, misd. D, fined $200...

The Missouri FFA Association recognized Brenden Keith Rinehart of the Miller FFA Chapter as the Area 9 Star in Placement. Rinehart’s SAE began, as a freshman, when he started working for Maple Grove Dairy. His responsibilities included milking a 300-head herd, breeding management, feeding and care of calves and heifers, and vaccinating and treatment of cattle. ...

• Linda J. Arnold, operating a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, misd. A, one year unsupervised probation. • Anthony M. Brown, weight on single axle exceeded 20,0000, misd. unclassified, fined $694. • Ashlee N. Castleman, driving with a revoked/suspended license, misd. D, fined $200; failure to maintain vehicle insurance, misd. D, fined $130...

Justin Conrad Jeffers, of LaRussell, has won the Missouri FFA Agricultural Mechanics Repair and Maintenance Entrepreneurship Proficiency Award. Jeffers’ supervised agricultural experience program consists of his construction business, Jeffers Construction. As a subcontractor, Jeffers helped build six houses and worked on many others. Jeffers pours and drags concrete, frames, lays trusses, shingles homes, and installs cabinetry and flooring...

• Dillon L. McCullah, no valid driver’s license, $225. • Melissa A. McIver, assault, $127; leaving scene of accident, $225; no proof of insurance, $225. • Korry J. Melby, nuisance violation, $400. • Haylee B. Miller, no driver’s license on person, $150...