Stories from Saturday, October 11, 2014

For a long time -- nine years now -- we've been missing Jack Frost on Broadway. Jack's infectious laugh, his irrepressible smile and his big personality made a strong impression downtown. Losing him this week at age 86 brought back many memories. Jack was a promoter at heart, who pumped enthusiasm into everything he did. ...

It's a situation that nearly every kid that loves sports has imagined -- bases loaded and they are coming to the plate in a championship game. For Allie Krueger, the situation was real. During the district title game on Thursday, Krueger broke a 0-0 tie with a rare, inside-the-park grand slam. She turned on a 1-0 pitch and rocketed it down the first base line to the wall, to give her team a four run surge that eventually blossomed into a 10-0 win...

Barry County Extension board member, Marcia Moreland, recently attended an Annie's Project reunion at Lake of the Ozarks. The event was a celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the first Annie's Project class being taught in Missouri. Annie's Project was founded by Ruth Fleck Hambelton, based on the vision of there mother, Annie Fleck, wife of Illinois farmer Frank Fleck. ...

Officials have named September's Students of the Month at Wheaton High School.

Students, parents and staff members from Central Elementary School and Pierce City Middle School participated in National Walk to School day Wednesday, Oct. 8.

The Monett FFA Chapter will hold its annual chili supper and auction at 6 p.m. today, Oct. 11 at the Scott Regional Technology Center in Monett. An emergency account has been set up at First State Bank to assist the family of Darrel Griffith after Darrel had open heart surgery on Aug. ...

With houses built in close proximity to each other in the center of Monett, one of the old, large trees falling will likely leave a mess. That was the case on Thursday when a tree in the 500 block of East Cale gave way in two sections.

The Den, a non-profit Monett Youth Center, located on Broadway in Monett, is gearing up for its open house on Thursday from 6-8 p.m., aiming to showcase recent remodeling efforts. The remodeling project, titled "Time for a Facelift," features fresh paint, new flooring, as remodeling of the snack area and welcome desk, new equipment and new furniture...

Dairy producers in southwest Missouri will have two opportunities to receive a detailed breakdown of the new Dairy Margin Protection Program at the Monett City Park Casino on Oct. 15-16. Reagan Bluel, the new regional dairy specialist based at the University of Missouri Extension office in Cassville, will join state agriculture business specialist Joe Horner and economist Scott Brown in the presentations...

The Food for America program held Thursday at the Verona School District offered a chance to get up close and personal with farm animals.

An Aurora man was transported to Cox South Hospital in Springfield with serious injuries resulting from a wreck on Highway 60 Friday morning. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Arthur Trace, 47, of Aurora, was driving a 2007 Jeep Wrangler westbound on Highway 60. ...

State Representative Mike Moon, R-Ash Grove, has issued a constitutional challenge to Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster on the subject of abortion, asking for the state to close the last clinic in the state offering the federally sanctioned medical procedure...