Stories from Wednesday, November 8, 2017

While the football season did not progress the way Monett would have liked, Cubs can take solace in the fact that they were not shut out of the postseason awards. This season, the Cubs secured six spots on the Big 8 All-Conference list. Receiving First Team honors for Monett was Coy Butterworth at offensive tackle...

The future of college baseball in Cassville is murky after Aaron Massey, president of the Cassville Arrows, issued a two-paragraph, 124-word statement on Sunday. In an email sent to 17 area news organizations, boosters and school officials, Massey credited personal reasons for the hiatus...

On Monday, the Monett seventh grade girls basketball team improved to 2-2 on the season with a 35-13 win over Aurora. Scoring for the Lady Cubs were: Allison Inman, 14; Lindsey Jasumback, 12; Sadie Camp, 5; and Claire Nation, 4 points.

Monett’s Santiago Granados finished 109th out of 167 runners at the Class 3 state cross-country meet on Saturday. Granados completed the course in 18:25.87. Edward Wilhite won the event with a time of 15:42.27.

Budgets are already tight for area county jails, and the state being behind on inmate reimbursements is not helping. The state owes $19 million to jails across the state, and $3 million to six counties in southwest Missouri. Barry county is owed $304,514, and Lawrence County is owed between $100,000 and $120,000 after recently receiving a check for $180,000...

A Cassville Post Office mail carrier was arrested on the job recently for alleged thefts occurring at his previous place of employment. Cody Adams, 25, of Purdy, is charged with felony stealing. He has met a bond of $4,900 and been released form the Barry County jail...

Fifth and sixth grade students at St. Lawrence Catholic School posed for the creation of two posters, of hands on the cross, which will be auctioned off during the school’s dinner fundraiser on Saturday.

Angels for Children of the 39th Circuit, which encompasses Barry, Lawrence and Stone counties, is organizing a Christmas gift drive for foster children in the tri-county area. Foster children are already filling out their Christmas wish lists for the holiday season...

A Springfield man has been arrested and faces two felonies after allegedly stealing a truck from a convenience store in Shell Knob, initiating a high-speed chase and wrecking the vehicle in Lawrence County. Larry Applegate, 27, of Springfield, is charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle and resisting arrest by fleeing...

Plans for securing a new bookmobile for the Barry-Lawrence Regional Library have been tabled over cost and storage issues. The bookmobile issue arose at the library board's September meeting. Board members asked director Gina Milburn and Joyce Frazier, administrative assistant, to explore getting a new bookmobile. The resource would provide better outreach to unserved communities in the two counties, and provide service to Purdy and Miller, which have smaller collections...

General contractor R.E. Smith has won the contract for building the new FEMA storm shelter and performing arts center for the Purdy school district. Four major contractors in the area submitted bids after six contractors asked for the bid package. Of those, R.E. Smith submitted the low base bid and was the only contractor to bid on all of the eight proposed alternates...

Morgan Schilly, left, hands out some candy to Daisy Gonzalez, 11, at the inaugural Trunk or Treat in Purdy, held at the First Baptist Church.

As “Annie” closed on Saturday night, the cast applauded director Lauren Lee for directing her eighth Broadway play at Purdy.

Five people packed into a pickup walked away after a rollover crash on Farm Road 2220 in Lawrence County around 9:30 p.m. on Monday.

Local veterans are invited to attend an assembly in their honor on Nov. 8 at the Monett High School gym. A lunch, open to all area veterans, will be served at 11:30 a.m. in the Scott Regional Technology Center. No reservations are necessary. The Pierce City School District will hold an assembly to honor local veterans at 1 p.m. ...

Sarah E. (Peterson) Manning, 87, of Monett, Mo., formerly of Camden, Ark., went to be with her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, while at Aurora Nursing Center in Aurora, Mo. Sarah was born on February 5, 1930, in Ouchita, Ark., daughter of the late Joseph Marion and Edith (Williams) Peterson. Growing up in Sparkman, Ark., she graduated with the class of 1947 in Sparkman, where she earned and achieved class valedictorian. Sarah retired from the bank in Camden in the early 1990s...

Rosa Pauline Tate Decker, 93, passed away Sunday morning at Sonshine Manor Nursing Home in Republic. Pauline was born June 9, 1924. She was one of 11 children born to Walter and Rosie (Bolton) Tate. She grew up around Kings Prairie and attended a one room school house before moving to Monett...

Patricia “Terri” Blankenship, 74, of Wheaton, died Sunday, Nov. 5. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at Rocky Comfort Cemetery in Rocky Comfort, under direction of McQueen Funeral Home in Wheaton. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, at McQueen Funeral Home in Wheaton...

Arlin Albert “Al” Campbell, 86, of Cassville, died Monday, Nov. 6. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Burial will be at Sparks Cemetery in Butterfield. Visitation will be held from 9:30-11 a.m. Thursday, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville...

Homer Leroy “Bud” Craig, 89, of Mt. Vernon, died Friday, Nov. 3, at his home. A graveside service, under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home, in Mt. Vernon, will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the Mt. Vernon IOOF Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1–1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, at the cemetery...

Sarah E. Manning, 87, of Monett, died Tuesday, Nov. 7, at Aurora Nursing Center in Aurora. Visitation will be held from 6–7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at Buchanan Funeral Home, Monett. Arrangements have been entrusted to Buchanan Funeral Home, Monett...