Stories from Friday, June 27, 2014

The Monett Youth Baseball and Softball League team sponsored by Four States Dental Care is pictured above. In the front row, from left, are: Emmi Stephens, Dylan Thomas, Leo Schneider, Karsen Madrid and Theresa Stewart. Second row: Jose Garcia, Maxwell Brown, Keegun Williams, Truman Zinn and Austin Stewart. Third row: coach Austin Stephens. LaDonna McVay/Special to The Monett Times...

The Monett area would benefit from construction projects through the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) should to proposed three-quarters of a percent receive a favorable nod from voters on Aug. 5. MoDOT officials brought a priority list to Monett for the public open house held on Tuesday at the Monett Chamber of Commerce's community room...

Tomorrow, a formal wreath laying was held at the site off Whiddy Island, off the southwest coast of Ireland, in honor of a Monett radio technician who was killed was his Naval plane crashed into the ocean on October 22, 1918. The community on the island recognized Walfred Anderson, whose family farmed on Kings Prairie, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I...

Top awards and section recognition for students in the Monett High School bands have been announced by director Philip Soule. The band closed its season on a high note, performing at the Worlds of Fun Band Festival in Kansas City on May 11. Competing in Division 4A, Monett's band took second place in the division and third place overall for the three-day event...

The Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce will host its Red, White and Boom Independence Day celebration today, June 27 at Spirit of 76 Park. Free swimming is offered from 4 to 6 p.m. Concession stands open at 6:30 p.m. and live music will feature Sober as a Judge. Fireworks follow at dusk...

Charles Raymond Smith, 80, of Monett, MO, died on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. He finally went home to be with Jesus, a trip that all who knew him, knew he was ready to make. He departed this earth at Lacoba Nursing Home in Monett after a brief stay, from a brief illness...

Gary Nagle, 72, of rural Stark City, MO, passed away on Tuesday afternoon, June 24, 2014, while at his home. Gary was born on November 25, 1941, in Springfield, MO, son of the late John Francis and Elizabeth Adele (Neyer) Nagle. In 1959, Gary enlisted in the United States Navy and served during the Cuban Crisis. ...

An Aurora man suffered moderate injuries in a single-vehicle crash about four miles southwest of Crane. A MIssouri State Highway Patrol report indicated a 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer, driven by Justin S. Martin, 26, of Aurora, ran off the roadway at 4:20 p.m. Wednesday. Martin's vehicle overturned and went through a fence...

A Springfield man received minor injuries in a crash on Wednesday, three miles south of Monett on Highway 37 at Highway BB. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Bernard J. Roscoe, 84, of Springfield, was driving west on Highway BB and while crossing Highway 37, Roscoe's 2009 Mercury Sable, left, pulled into the path of a northbound 1999 Honda, pictured at right, driven by Samuel Vice, 23, of Purdy. ...

Kanin Rook and Brandon Golubski unload a panel truck filled with fireworks to set up a fireworks stand at Farm Pro, south of Monett. "This is the first year my wife and I are selling fireworks," Golubski said. "My family has sold fireworks for about four years now." Rook, who works as a manager for Jake's Fireworks out of Pittsburg, Kan., has been busy in recent days setting up 12 fireworks stands, ranging from Aurora to Ava and Branson to Ozark. Melonie Roberts/reporter@monett-times.com...