Stories from Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Seventh District Congressman Roy Blunt sees a resources in Mt. Vernon that could have national ramifications. He recently toured the Missouri Rehabilitation Center specifically looking at ways to help veterans from across the country. According to Dr. ...

Sharon Kay McKnight, 62, of Nixa, Mo., formerly of Verona, Mo., passed away Monday, April 13, 2009 at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. Mrs. McKnight was born August 8, 1946, in Salinas, Calif., the daughter of John Coffman and Mae Ellis Coffman Hayes. She was a homemaker...

Losing just once in singles and doubles play, Nixa handled the Monett Cubs, 7-2, yesterday in a tennis encounter at Nixa. Monett dropped to one win against three defeats on the season. German foreign exchange student Johannes Eisenhardt won the only singles match for the Cubs, defeating Denn McDowell by an 8-4 score...

In a triangular golf meet yesterday at Lamar Country Club, the Monett Cubs finished second with a team score of 172. Mt. Vernon won the meet with a score of 158, and Lamar finished with a score of 210. On the par-36 course, Jacob Fair was Monett's top golfer with a score of 40, good enough for second place among all participants...

The Barry-Lawrence County Development Center recently received a $1,000 donation from the Freistatt Lions Club. Shirley Bass, a member of the Development Center board, accepted the donation and explained how the Development Center is continuing its long-term misson...

The Lawrence County Tax Board for the Developmentally Disabled (LCBDD) met Feb. 23 at the Mt. Vernon library with Reneé White calling the meeting to order. Grants were passed for the Foster Grandparents and the Alternative Opportunities programs. The board reviewed the November 2008 meeting minutes and they were accepted, seconded and passed...