Stories from Friday, September 25, 2020

NEVADA — A spirited effort was not quite enough for Monett, as the Cubs fell to Nevada in football action on Friday, 20-7. In the end, it was the little things that undid the Cubs. Monett turned the ball over on downs twice inside the Tigers’ 20 and threw an interception at the 15...

Down 24-7 at halftime, the Pierce City football team rallied for a touchdown in the final 30 seconds of play to upend the Clever Blue Jays, 34-31, in Pierce City's first home game of the season. If football is a game of momentum, the Jays had it in the first half, backed by sharp passing from quarterback Bryce Gelle and superb rushing by running back Jake Twigg. ...

Robert Alan Armfield, 55, of Rogers, Ark., died Sunday, Sept. 20. No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Lloyd A. Ball, 89, of Cassville, died Saturday, Sept. 19. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, at First Baptist Church in Cassville, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Burial was at Antioch Cemetery in Cassville...

David Ellis Eden, MD, 79, of Driftwood, Texas, died Friday, Sept. 18. Graveside services with Military Honors will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Butterfield, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Freddy Joe Gurwell, 73, of Cassville, died Tuesday, Sept. 22. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Visitation will be held from 1-2:00 p.m. Saturday, at Funeral Home in Cassville.

Michael “Mike” Hart, 68, of Cassville, died Saturday, Sept. 19. Per Mike’s request no services will be held. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Velma “Bibs” Lowry, 88, of Cassville, died Sunday, Sept. 20. Per her request no funeral services are being planned. Cremation arrangements are under direction of McQueen Funeral Home in Wheaton.

Richard L. Puryear, 79, of Cassville, died Tuesday, Sept. 22. No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Marty Ray Terry, 55, of Purdy, died Tuesday, Sept. 22, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, following a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 28, at Buchanan Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Purdy Cemetery...

A growing movement has been developing online that aims to bring attention to an ongoing issue in the country — child sex trafficking. The hashtag #SaveTheChildren has been gaining steam, bolstered by the death of Jeffrey Epstein and the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell on accusations of high-level child sex trafficking...

The old adage of practice makes perfect is starting to get old when it comes to the Monett soccer team. The Cubs, 5-2 on the season, were scheduled to play three games last week, but two of the three of the contests were canceled due to foes having too few players eligible due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) quarantines...

CRIMINAL • Vickie Sue Benbrook, peace disturbance, misd. B, fined $250. • Maliek Akem Clendinen, fail to obey traffic control device, misd. C, fined $140. • Dwight Eugene Glossip, fail to obey traffic control device, misd. C, fined $60. • Timothy J. Pope, failure to maintain vehicle insurance, fined $250...

A total of 62 donors recently participated in the American Red Cross blood drive, held Aug. 17 at Freewill Baptist Church in Monett. Three people reached milestone marks for donations, with Marilyn Bell reaching the 13-gallon mark; Cheryl Morris reaching the five-gallon mark; and Susan LeMaster reaching the one-gallon mark...

Monett Rural Fire District will will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at Fire Station #1 on County Road. The American Red Cross is hosting a blood drive from 1 to 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19, at First Christian Church Fellowship Hall, 603 Fourth St. in Monett. Donors are asked to call 1-800-733-2767 or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter Monett to schedule an appointment...

Opting for shade, snacks and story time, Logan Lester, 2, pointed out a wallaby to his mom, Brianna Bettencourt, at Monett’s South Park on Friday morning.

A two-vehicle crash on Highway H at Ryan Street in Monett resulted in no injuries to either driver. According to a Monett Police Department report, the incident occurred at 7:50 a.m. on Wednesday when a northbound 2007 Volkswagen Jetta, driven by Jorge Meza, 24, of Monett, collided with the back of a northbound 2007 Volvo, driven by Aubrey Strouse, 27, of Monett, who had stopped to make a left turn onto Ryan Street...

A two-vehicle crash ion Wednesday resulted in one driver being transported to a local hospital with probable injuries. According to a Monett Police Department report, the incident occurred at 12:20 p.m. when a northbound 2015 Ford F150, driven by Howard Frazier, 65, of rural Monett, stopped at First and Central before pulling onto northbound Central (Hwy. ...

Classes will be dismissed for Monett students on Monday so educators can participate in professional development training. At the Monett Elementary campus, teachers will be discussing conscious discipline, a social-emotional learning program that supports first teaching ourselves about self-control and self-regulation, and then teaching children to do the same so they too can manage their own upset when triggered, and understand their own feelings. and grade level collaboration...

The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released results of its test for the ether-like substance 1,4-dioxane around the Verona area, finding detectable pollution in the rural drinking water of only one of 93 wells, and that one was not deemed to be at dangerous levels...

In recent months, the hashtag #SaveTheChildren has been a trending topic online, but child sex trafficking in southwest Missouri may not start where many think. Brian Martin, an officer with the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crime Task Force, Missouri Internet Crimes Against Children, Homeland Security Investigations, Barry County Sheriff’s Office and Joplin Police Department, said in the majority of cases, trafficking starts online or when children choose to run away from home, and while the risk of kidnapping does exist, it is low comparatively.. ...