Stories from Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Mary Marie Head, 85, of Aurora, died Sunday, Sept. 8, at the Aurora Nursing Center. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora. Burial will follow at the Maple Park Cemetery in Aurora...

Amie Nichole McWilliams, 37, of Aurora, died Thursday, Sept. 5, at the Cox South Hospital in Springfield. A graveside service will be held at 12:30 p.m. at the Maple Park Cemetery in Aurora on Thursday, Sept. 12, with visitation from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora...

James “Jim” Alvin Moennig, age 87, of Monett, Mo., passed away on Sunday evening, September 8, 2019, while at the Mt. Vernon Place Care Center. Jim was born on January 19, 1932, in Pierce City, Mo., son of the late Alvin and Hildegard (Worm) Moennig. ...

West East Monett at Cassville Aurora at Lamar East Newton at McDonald County Hollister at Springfield Catholic Marshfield at Mt. Vernon Seneca at Nevada Reeds Spring at Logan-Rogersville Sarcoxie at Pierce City Monett at Marshfield, 49-20 East Newton at Aurora, 13-18...

Monett Junior Cavazos skied high to pull down a reception for the Cubs in their win over Marshfield on Friday night.

The Monett volleyball team is off to a balanced start to the season. The Lady Cubs (1-1) dropped their first match of the season to Diamond, then bounced back with a 25-18, 27-29, 25-19 win over Springfield Central. The Lady Cubs were led by Kaitlyn McNair with 30 assists; Harley McCully, 21 digs; Alex Sparkman, 14 kills; and Harley McCully, 4 aces...

With another win under its belt, the Pierce City football team was rewarded with a No. 2 ranking in the latest Class 1 poll. Pierce City (2-0) rolled to a 44-0 win over Diamond, and the defense feasted on the Wildcats’ passing with four interceptions in the first half...

The football rivalry between Cassville and Monett plays second fiddle to no other gridiron matchup. It is as intense a rivalry as can be found in not only southwest Missouri, but in the entire state. The players all know each other, and the roots run deep...

A quick start fueled by a pair turnovers left the No. 7 ranked Wildcats football team looking in the face of a 14-7 hole on Friday. Instead of folding, Cassville (2-0) responded with a 42-point surge to send Springfield Catholic packing and served notice to the Big 8 that the ‘Cats are for real...

Often, the big step in growth and development for a team occurs from Week 1 to Week 2 in the season. The reason for that is that a team generally feels its way through its first game, and the coaches can get an exact read on what they need to address in the following week of practice...

CRIMINAL • Clinton L. Barnett, operating a vehicle on highway without a valid license, misd. D, fined $400. • Robert Lewis Boerste, operating vehicle on highway without a valid license, misd. Unclassified, fined $150. • Linsey L. Curl, speeding, misd. C, fined $100...

A Service of Remembrance for September 11, 2001 will be held at First United Methodist Church, 1600 N. Central Ave. in Monett, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11. The public is invited. An optional free dinner will be served beginning at 5:30 p.m. Information is available by calling 235-7444...

The Verona Community Picnic offers an opportunity for a cross-cultural exchange, especially on food.

The fifth annual Purdy Craft Fair was bigger and better this year, with 82 booths, double the number from last year, when it was cold, rainy and windy.

A routine flight home from Appleton, Wis., to Plano, Texas, for C.P. Cima and his wife, Cindy, on Tuesday became a bit more tense when the couple’s 1976 single engine Piper PA-32RT “Lance” experienced a total electrical failure, resulting in an emergency landing in Monett...

The Purdy school district had the largest influx to enrollment this year, and although the district sees that as a positive, it does bring some issues into light that the district had to work out the first few weeks of school. Mindi Gates, Purdy superintendent, said the district is looking at the enrollment numbers for this year, and the transportation director has been creating lists and looking at the numbers in the morning versus the afternoon...

The Mark Chapman Band will headline this year’s entertainment lineup at the eighth annual Jammin’ at Jolly Mill Concert in the Country, starting at 6 p.m. on Sept. 21 at Jolly Mill Park, located near Pierce City. The band performs a variety of country, southern rock, acoustic, Americana, Red Dirt, and indie musical styles...

A Pierce City man was indicted Friday by a grand jury in connection with the with the death of Cynthia A. Smith, a California native whose body was found Aug. 7, 1988, in the Dry Valley Cemetery area, five miles northwest of Pierce City. She was last seen in the early morning hours of July 28, 1988, leaving a local bar accompanied by an unknown male...

Kyle Huse, 31, of Aurora, is behind bars this morning after a Lawrence County Sheriffs Deputy apprehended him following a foot pursuit. Huse was taken into custody on Sunday after a Lawrence County deputy responded to the report of a suspicious person on Hwy. 174...

Questions about ongoing pollution issues in Verona prompted by the public meeting hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on Aug. 27 have led to new clarifications and further inquiries...

A Springfield woman was allegedly taken against her will on Aug. 20, and held for two days at an Everton home, where she was repeatedly raped and forcibly injected with drugs. Don Trotter, Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney, has filed felony charges of first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy and kidnapping against Zachary Wade, James Maggard Jr., David Browning (Arnold) and Donnie Willis, all of Everton. ...