August 2023

Who: Pierce City town meeting What: City attorney Toni Hendricks discussed the possibility of amending the city’s current fire arms ordinance to prohibit people from bringing firearms onto city property

Biggest trend: Largest cities each show big drop Monett: Down 10 percent from last August General trend: Revenues still up from two years ago .

Monett down third month in a row Sales tax revenues to bi-county cities and counties dropped moderately in August, compared to a year ago. While receipts generally held steady, the biggest cities in each county – Monett and Aurora – recorded big enough dips to pull down the overall county totals.

The City Council of Pierce City held a discussion as to whether the city should amend its Open Carry ordinance to prohibit citizens from bringing openly-carried firearms onto certain part of city property during their meeting on Monday, Aug. 14.

When Ashlee Vineyard decided she wanted to rejoin the workforce, instead of applying for a job, she chose to start her own instead. Towards that end, she decided to open her own business based on her past work experience.

Two people were killed in separate vehicle crashes, one of which also saw two people seriously injured, according to crash reports filed by the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP). The first fatal wreck took place on Wednesday, Aug.