Stories from Monday, April 6, 2020

Barry and Lawrence counties have adopted their own stay-at-home orders, in line with the “Stay Home Missouri” order issued by Gov. Mike Parson on Friday. All orders, state and county, went into effect on Monday and will continue throughout April 24 for Lawrence County and April 30 for Barry County...

Norma Dean Hilton, 90, of Monett, went to her eternal home in Heaven on Saturday evening, April 4, 2020, while at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Mo. Norma was born on September 16, 1929, in Baxter Springs, Kan., daughter of the late Edgar Henry Negre and Nellie Aretta (Samples) Negre. After moving to Missouri, the family settled south of Monett. She attended the one room Bethel School before transferring to Monett where she graduated in 1947 from Monett High School...

Walmart stores in Missouri, following Gov. Mike Parson’s “Stay Home Missouri” order on Friday, are implementing new measures to help keep employees and shoppers safer during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. On Saturday, the store began limiting the number of customers who can be in a store at once. Stores will now allow no more than five customers for each 1,000 square feet at a given time, roughly 20 percent of a store’s capacity...

Governor Mike Parson's “Stay Home Missouri” order and how it affects essential businesses has left city governments the option to respond in their own way. In Monett, city hall operations continue as usual. All personnel are working and employees are all at their posts...

The Barry County Courthouse is now closed to normal foot traffic. “For the safety of our patrons and employees, the courthouse is closed to regular foot traffic, until further notice,” a press release said. “Essential business at the courthouse will require individuals to call the office with whom they need to do business and someone will let them into the courthouse and assist them as needed.”...