Stories from Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Dorothy Willhite, age 80, of Aurora, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2020, at Roaring River Health and Rehab in Cassville, Missouri. Mrs. Willhite, daughter of Carl and Maxine (Balden) Brandt, was born on December 30, 1939, in Monett. She graduated from Monett High School in 1957. ...

One interpretation of the Parable of the Talents is that one should not let one’s gifts lie dormant or be hoarded for one’s own enrichment only. If that is true, Ronald Andrew Overeem’s master is now by his side, smiling upon him, as he has surely done for years. ...

The Barry County Health Department is reporting three new cases of COVID-19, bringing the county’s total number of cases to 36. All three cases are the result of community spread. One of the new cases had been in quarantine due to being a close contact of a previous positive case. The other two cases are unrelated to earlier cases. All three persons are now under an isolation order and will be monitored daily...