Stories from Thursday, October 2, 2014

EIGHTY YEARS AGO Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 1934 The perversion of automobile brakes gave Fourth Street another thrill when a Buick sedan parked in front of the post office got restless and started down Fourth Street backwards. It angled across the street and into the parking space south of the alley, stopping against Ralph Keinser's sedan. The damage to the nerves of the people in the Randall and Davis office and the Western Union Telegraph office has not been estimated...

Treeva Lee Johnson, 64, of Mt. Vernon, died at 4:34 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at Mt. Vernon Place Care Center. A private family service will be held graveside at the Mt. Vernon City Cemetery at a later date.

Growing up as a female, you hear the words breast cancer often. You see it on billboards, the television, the radio and even the ongoing awareness information during the entire month of October. There are campaigns to raise money for awareness and to celebrate survivors. The information is everywhere around us...

Johnny Lee Perez, Sr., 47, of Monett, died Thursday, Oct. 2, at Monett. Service arrangements are pending at this time. Arrangements have been entrusted to Buchanan Funeral Home, Monett.