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Crowds packed Roaring River State Park near Cassville from the early morning hours through the 6:30 a.m. gunshot for the chance to fish in God's Country and enjoy the fellowship and tradition of the annual opening of trout fishing season in Missouri.

Filipino-American nurses and friends serenade Missouri Veterans with Christmas carols on Dec. 23, 2018

Many Monett area churches held Christmas Eve services on Dec. 24, 2018. Here are views from St. Steven's Episcopal, First Baptist, First Christian and First United Methodist churches in Monett, Trinity Lutheran Church in Freistatt, and Midnight Mass at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Pierce City.

The Purdy community held its annual Christmas parade on Dec. 15 on Highway C.

The Verona community held its Christmas parade on Saturday, Dec. 15, running from the school, north through the downtown and back to the school. Winners at the parade follow: First place winners:  Verona Band,Verona Christian church float, Gene and Theresa Cochrane 1950 chevy, Verona Lunch Ladies float,Kemin, Santas helpers float, and Santa on motorcycle. Second place winners: Verona Baptist Church,Stuart Carson 1957 chevy, Tillers and Toliers float, Downs Trucking, santa and his elf on motorcycle, Verona FFA. Third place winners: Youngberg church, Chris Ruscha  1965  Chevy, Claude Carr 1939 Ford sedan, Welters tractor pulling small manure spreader,Ted and Pam Dorton, Home Sheild Pest Control,Verona Cheer. 

The Monett Chamber of Commerce held the annual Monett Christmas parade on Dec. 8 in downtown Monett.