Stories from Monday, January 22, 2018

The National Weather Service has determined that a EF-1 tornado blew through the Hoberg area, south of Mt. Vernon, at 8:04 p.m. on Sunday, causing damage to buildings and trees...

L. Marlene Karichner, 80, of the Oak Pointe Assisted Living Center, Monett, Mo., went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday morning, January 21, 2018, while at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Mo. Marlene was born on December 13, 1937, in Patoka, Ill, daughter of the late Luke and Gladys Perrine...

Clistine Bartkoski, 78, of Stella, Mo, formerly of Pulaskifield, Mo., passed away Saturday, January 20, 2018, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Mo. Clistine was born on March 3, 1939, in Stella, Mo., daughter of the late Cliss Henry Smith and Mavis Louise (Townsend) Smith...

A Monett teenager was injured Saturday in a wreck at 2:35 p.m. on Highway 37, two miles west of Monett. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Cody Munhollon, 18, of Monett, was driving a 2006 Chevrolet Impala eastbound when his vehicle traveled off the right side of the roadway, overturned and struck a fence...

Two people were injured Friday in a wreck at 10:10 p.m. on Farm Road 2080, five miles east of La Russell. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, David Sartin, 19, of Aurora, was driving a 2000 Chevrolet Silverado westbound when his vehicle drove off the left side of the roadway and overturned...