Stories from Monday, December 5, 2016

Big 8 high schools principals are set to expand the conference to an unprecedented 14 teams, which will take effect in the 2018 school year. The Conference's previous high of 13 teams was in 1976. According to Daryl Bradley, Monett athletic director, the benefits for Monett High School are huge...

Two people were injured Sunday in a wreck at 2:50 p.m. on Interstate 44, four miles west of Mt. Vernon. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Trisha Summer, 34, of Nixa, was driving a 2003 Kia Sedona eastbound when her vehicle traveled off the right side of the roadway, struck an embankment and overturned...

A Cassville woman was injured Sunday in a wreck at 5:40 p.m. on Route F, seven miles south of Cassville. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Haley Jereczek, 23, of Cassville, was driving a 2001 GMC Denali eastbound when her vehicle struck a deer, causing it to travel off the roadway and hit an embankment...

A Mt. Vernon man was injured in a wreck on Saturday at 7:20 p.m. on Farm Road 2090, two miles north of Mt. Vernon. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Samuel Cotter, 35, of Mt. Vernon, was driving a 2008 Dodge Ram eastbound when his vehicle traveled off the right side of the roadway and struck a metal pipe fence...

An Aurora teenager was injured in a wreck on Saturday at 4:30 a.m. on Highway 39, three miles south of Mt. Vernon. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Rachel Negre, 17, of Aurora, was driving a 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe southbound when her vehicle ran off the west side of the roadway, struck an embankment and overturned...