Stories from Friday, July 15, 2016

Stella May Baumann, 65, of Joplin, formerly of Purdy, died Thursday, July 14, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, July 18, at the Missouri Veteran's Cemetery in Springfield. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, July 17, at Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home in Monett...

Sharon L. Hullinger, 78, of Exeter, died Tuesday, July 12. No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Leo J. Parrigon, 86, of Pierce City, died Thursday, July 14. Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, July 18, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Pierce City. Burial will follow mass at the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Pierce City. Rosary will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 17, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Pierce City, with visitation to follow...

Betty Ruth Rauch, 86, passed away Thursday morning, July 14, while at Wilson's Creek Nursing and Rehab in Springfield. Betty was born Sept. 2, 1929, in Rogers, Ark., daughter of the late Hugh and Ruth (Rhoads) Baird. Betty attended and graduated from Rogers High School in Rogers, Ark...

The Monett Cubs Athletic Booster Club has begun its annual "Be a part of Cubs Pride" membership drive. The membership drive kicks off in earnest on Saturday, Aug. 6 at the annual Monett Fall Sports Pride Night with the booster club tailgate party at 5:30 p.m. at Burl Fowler Stadium...

Kyle Wood, Monett defensive coordinator, is earning every cent of his paycheck this off-season for the Cubs football team. When he is not busy teaching kids proper footwork technique, he is busy studying the in's and outs of the 3-3-5 Stack defense...

The Monett Kiwanis Club will host a three-man scramble golf tournament to benefit the Barry County Youth Camp at 8:30 a.m. on July 16 at the Monett Windmill Ridge municipal golf course. Additional teams are welcome. The Lawrence County Historical Society will meet at 2 p.m. ...

A special breakfast and orientation was held on Tuesday for the new teachers joining the Monett R-1 School District for the 2016-2017 year.

Kelly Lakin, president of the Howdy Neighbor Days committee, is pictured at one of the Howdy Neighbor Days boot block locations, Commercial Street and Hwy. 97, held Saturday in Pierce City.

A Pierce City woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash at 5 p.m. on Wednesday on Highway 60, a half-mile west of Monett.

A Stotts City pedestrian received serious injuries when he was struck by a hit-and-run vehicle on Wednesday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Kevin E. Davis, 49, of Stotts City, was found injured on Highway V, two miles west of Mt. Vernon, at midnight on Thursday. Davis reported he was struck by an unknown vehicle at an unknown time...

A Shell Knob woman sustained moderate injuries in a single-car crash that occurred at 8:50 a.m. Tuesday on Hwy. 76, about eight miles east of Cassville. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Traci L. Hargett, 51, of Shell Knob, was driving a 2004 Mazda MX5 westbound when the vehicle traveled off the left side of the roadway and struck a tree...

Heading into the third year of modular scheduling at Monett High School, Principal David Williams has expanded his efforts to make the practice work more effectively for students. Modular scheduling operates closer to a collegiate model, varying the class schedule from day to day, decreasing face-time with teachers, having classes taught by different teachers on different days, and giving students open periods or "resource time" to seek out teachers where they need help. ...

With Hank, the octopus from "Finding Dory," looking on, swimmers age 9 and under in the Monett WaterThrashers made a not-so-synchronized leap into the Monett Municipal Swimming Pool during "Nemo" Week this week, a special week of activities designed for young swimmers...

For the first time in its history, the Barry-Lawrence Ambulance District has signed a contract with CoxHealth Systems for management assistance, committing CoxHealth to provide and support an operations manager with the authority to hire and supervise Barry-Lawrence staff...

A single vehicle crash around 7:45 p.m. on Friday injured two people, one being transported from the scene via air ambulance. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 1992 Chevrolet Prism headed west on Highway Z, driven by Austin Lindeman, 18, of Aurora, left the south side of the roadway just east of Farm Road 1160 in Barry County, rolled over and came to rest against the fence...