Stories from Saturday, July 6, 2019

Augusta Jean (Joan) Tutell, 83, of Mt. Vernon, died at 8:43 p.m. on Sunday, June 30, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Private memorial services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon...

Floyd William Pruitt, 89, of Aurora, died Sunday, June 30, at the Aurora Nursing Center. A funeral service was held Wednesday, July 3, at the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home, in Aurora with burial at the Maple Park Cemetery in Aurora.

Dorothy Greenman, age 106, of Monett, Mo., passed from this life to her heavenly home on Wednesday morning, July 3, 2019, while at Oak Pointe in Monett, following a brief illness. Dorothy Thelma (Metazgar) Greenman was born on October 3, 1912, in Fife Lake, Michigan. She married Earl Greenman and they had four children, Charles, James, Earl Jr. and Ethelwyn...

The Fourth of July is a rather unique experience in Monett. You can go many places and get fireworks. That’s not what makes it special. “Everyone working together to have a community experience” makes it unlike any other time of the year. Reading The Monett Times from the 1930s, before there was an organized fireworks show, the big celebration was not on a community, but on a family level. ...

The 2019 Monett Youth Baseball and Softball League Adrenaline Apparel T-ball team.

The 2019 Monett Youth Baseball and Softball League Jack Henry and Associates 8 and under softball team.

Missouri offers over 100 managed deer hunts for archery, crossbow, muzzleloading and modern firearms from mid-September through mid-January, including hunts for youth only and for people with disabilities. Hunters are selected by a weighted random drawing...

A local pair of basketball standouts is part of a delegation headed to Brazil this month to play basketball. Layne Skiles, a Purdy alumna, and Madi Stokes, Cassville alumna, are part of the USA D-2 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams – Brazil Tour 2019...

CRIMINAL • Brian J. Belantan, failure to display license plates on motor vehicle/trailer, infr., fined $400. • Todd L. Chaloupka, failure to place a vehicle not in motion as close to the right side of the roadway as possible, misd. C, fined $500. • Lesley Edward Corbin, possession of 10 grams or less of marijuana, misd. A, 45 days in Lawrence County Jail, credit for time served...

The Monett High School Class of 1964 held its 55th anniversary reunion on Saturday , June 22, at the Monett Historical Museum Event Center with 24 classmates and 15 spouses/guests attending. Later in the evening, eight visitors joined the celebrants...

The Freistatt Lions Club will have a drawing this year as part of the Ernte-Fest celebration on Aug. 16 and 17.

The Eagle Rock-Golden-Mano Fire Department will host its annual fireworks show at dusk today, July 6 at the Table Rock Bridge in Eagle Rock. A smoked pork and beef dinner will be served 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. that day at Fire Station N. 1, west of the marina on Hwy. 86...

Monett police are now in the second half of testing for new police officers.

Fireworks on the porch were identified as the cause of the fire that destroyed a rear addition and damaged rooms on the rear of the Robert and Debbie Davis home on the west end of Pierce City on Highway 37 on Friday.

Flags were flying and spirits were high on Wednesday evening as the Purdy community gathered around Highway C for the fireworks show provided by Ken and Julie Terry.

Flights in and out of the Monett Regional Airport in the first five months of 2019 saw notable changes in the weekday business hour tallies. While the overall tally remained fairly close to the beginning of 2018, the gap between business flights and personal flights widened...

After 18 years serving as the board secretary for the Pierce City school district, Deborah Hogan has hung up her hat in favor of retirement. School board members honored her with a plaque acknowledging her service to the district, and a cake for her farewell party...

Monett High School teacher Amy Sampson has committed to participate in Ironman World Championship in Kona Bay, Hawaii, the mother event of this most challenging of physical endurance tests. Sampson is seeking to raise $40,000 for the Women for Tri, a organization that supports female triathletes internationally...

The Monett City Council approved an ordinance on locations for medical marijuana facilities in Monett on Monday. City Administrator Dennis Pyle explained the ordinance detailed locations for different types of medical marijuana facilities. He noted that under the proposed regulations, dispensaries cannot be closer than 1,000 feet from schools, but can be within 300 feet of churches and state licensed daycare facilities...

A Fairview woman agreed to make an open plea in connection with the April 22, 2018, hit-and-run death of Nichole Barker, 42, of Mt. Vernon, following an altercation at a Mt. Vernon bar. The case against Lerenda Campbell, 37, formerly of Miller, was taken up in a pre-trial hearing on July 1, in Lawrence County Circuit Court. ...

Monett had a picture-perfect day for its July 4 celebration on Thursday. Events came off predictably well, though opinions varied on the fireworks show in the evening. The day started well for the Monett Lions Club. Even winds enabled cooks preparing the 1,500 barbecued chicken dinners to serve...