Stories from Monday, October 8, 2018

Bob Gene Nichols, 88, of Monett, passed away on Saturday, October 6, 2018, at his residence. Bob was born in Toledo, Ohio, on Friday, March 7, 1930, the son of the late Roy and Etta (Scott) Nichols. His family moved to Monett when he was 13 months old. He married Helen Ballay on Sunday, July 16, 1950, at the St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Monett. Bob retired as Warehouse Manager and Purchasing agent at Friend Tire Company after 40 years. He is a member of the St. Lawrence Catholic Church...

A Monett teen was killed shortly after noon on Monday on Highway 37, four miles west of Pierce City, a quarter mile west of the junction with Highway VV. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Angel Dillard, 18, was driving west on Highway 37 when her 2008 Dodge Charger crossed the center line and collided head-on with an eastbound tractor trailer hauling for Kemin Industries of Verona...

A Verona woman died and a man was seriously injured following a wreck at 7 p.m. Saturday on Highway 60, one-tenth of a mile east of Monett. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Cecilia Miller, 68, of Purdy, was driving a 1999 Ford Taurus southbound when her vehicle pulled in front of an eastbound 2002 Harley Davidson motorcycle, being driven by Tommy Summers, 43, of Verona, causing the Harley to strike the Ford. ...