Stories from Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Ashley Michelle Brinkley, 30, of Miller, formerly of Niangua, died Saturday, June 20, 2015, due to a floating accident. Memorial services will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 25, at New Beginnings Assembly of God Church in Miller. Arrangements are under the direction of the Morris-Leiman-Mosher Funeral Home in Miller...

Jack Richard Daugherty, 75, of Mt. Vernon, died at 4:56 p.m. Sunday, June 21, at Cox Hospital South in Springfield. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 25, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lockwood. Burial will follow at 3 p.m. Thursday, at Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery in Freistatt...

The 2014-15 Gym Rat Fitness Minor League baseball team is pictured.

The 2014-15 3D Corporate Solutions 10-and-under softball team is pictured.

Monett High School volleyball players will be looking to hone their skills this summer, as Julie Dalton, Monett volleyball coach, has arranged a summer for of opportunities for her players in grades 6-12. Last season, Dalton introduced the Level Up volleyball training program...

The Barry County Collector's Office, headed by Collector Janice Varner, is preparing for the annual Barry County Real Estate Delinquent Tax Sale on Aug. 24. The first publication about the sale will be printed in the Cassville Democrat on July 15, at which time copies will be available at the collector's office. ...

Members of the First United Methodist Church, including Bill Eaton, left, helped to put up wall coverings and the front porch of the new Habitat House at 117 E. Nellie on Saturday.

The U.S. Forestry Service's Butler Hollow project is ongoing, and it is hoping to have more information for residents near the end of the summer, when a list of alternatives to the original plan will be decided. The project mandates that the U.S. Forestry Service address declines in forest health and native plant communities over an 18,181-acre area of national forest lands on the Cassville Unit of the Mark Twain Forest in Barry County. ...

Four people suffered minor injuries Monday in a 3-car wreck at about 2:45 p.m. on Interstate 44 at Mt. Vernon. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Stephanie Denton, 26, of Coweta, Okla., was driving a 2007 Ford F150 eastbound on Interstate 44 when her vehicle was struck from behind by a 2010 Ford F150, being driven by David Harrison, 55, of Pollard, Ark. The impact pushed Denton's vehicle into a 2006 Chrysler Town and Country, being driven by Michele Snider, 45, of Joplin...

Persistent rains have been delaying corn and soybean planting across most of the state, as well as affecting wheat harvesting. "The corn situation is probably a lot worse to our north," said Time Schnakenberg, regional agronomy specialist with the University of Missouri Extension. "We had an awful time getting it planted. We were blessed to have a few windows in April to get it planted in time. Corn-wise, we're in pretty good shape now. I'd say we're worse off with soybeans."...

June sales tax totals to bi-county governments rallied in the face of the big drop in May. On balance, receipts from the Missouri Department of Revenue fell 28 percent or approximately $400,000 in May from the previous year. June numbers rose 22 percent, or $345,000, more than a year ago. The two-month period, nonetheless, boosted sales tax for all but one recipient over the 2014 mid-year point...

Tinsley Marshall, of Marionville, was one of several children waiting to see if her turtle would be the winner of a race held during the 90th year celebration held at Ozark Methodist Manor in Marionville earlier this month.

An Eagle Rock man is now facing 10 felony charges for allegedly breaking into numerous homes on Farm Road 1209 and stealing about $10,000 worth of property. John Wilson, 27, of Eagle Rock, is facing four counts of burglary, four counts of theft, and two counts of possession of a firearm, and he allegedly admitted to investigators he was behind the burglaries...

The Monett Police Department is asking Barry County Prosecutor Amy Boxx to charge Alexander Calhoun, 35, of Monett, with murder and delivery of a controlled substance, alleging he purchased methamphetamine and consumed the drug with two women who were found dead Saturday evening...