June 2022

Judge Jack A. L. Goodman, of Monett, has been elected by the judges of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, as the court’s chief judge, made effective June 19.

The Terry family, of Purdy, is inviting all to the annual Independence Day celebration beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday in downtown Purdy.

After a relatively mild winter and a wet spring, Monett-area special road districts scrambled to take advantage of what would have been a good season for road work if not for soaring gas and oil prices that complicated plans across the board.

The Pierce City Senior Center will be serving lunch from noon to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Everyone is welcome and lunch is $5 for those ages 55 and older, and $6 for those under 55. Carry-out meals will be available to those who contact the center at 417- 476-5006 before 10:30 a.m. Also, Nell’s Nails will be serving seniors for a nominal fee at 9 a.m. the first Thursday of each month.

A Marionville man has been sentenced to 30 years behind bars for the murder of a Miller man in November 2019. Matthew Abney, 39, one of two people charged in connection with the death of Coy Cole, 52, of MiIler, was set to appear at trial next week. But on June 21 Abney entered an Alford plea to second-degree murder under an agreement with the Lawrence County Prosecutor Attorney’s Office.