Stories from Tuesday, July 14, 2015

The 2014-2015 Bruner's Pharmacy 12-and-under softball team is pictured.

The 2014-2015 Tyson T-ball team is pictured.

The National Junior College Athletic Association announced the recipients of the 2014-2015 NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards at the end of June. Crowder College had five student-athletes honored this year, including Monett's Aaron Patton. To receive the award a student-athlete must earn a 3.60 grade-point average or higher and have at least 45 semester credit hours...

Despite football camp starting bright and early at 7 a.m. Monday, Monett junior tailback Michael Branch admitted he could not contain his excitement. "I was up at 5 a.m. and ready to go," Branch said. "I think we have a good core of players retuning, and we are ready to build off of last year."...

The Tri-State Water Coalition board will meet at 9 a.m. on July 15 at the new Monett water treatment plant, 1140 N. Eisenhower. Registration is still being accepted to participate in the MASH Camp at Cox Monett Hospital for students grades six to nine on July 30 and 31. Participants will learn about dealing with medical issues, play a pandemic game and participate in workshops, beginning at 9 a.m. each day. For additional information, people may call 417-836-6154...

Azella Filarski, center, needed encouragement from mom Salena Cosper, left, to even approach the box turtle shown to her by Nick Kyle, a volunteer from Carthage helping to describe area wildlife at the Carver Day celebration on Saturday at the George Washington Carver Monument...

A Crane man suffered serious injuries Friday at about 3:45 p.m. in a wreck on Interstate 44, at the 40.6 mile marker. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Cory Yadon, 30, of Crane, was driving a 1994 International dump truck eastbound when his vehicle struck the rear end of a 2007 Volvo Tractor Trailer, being driven by Dejan Cejic, 40, of London, Ontario, Canada...

Four Aurora teenagers were injured in a single-vehicle wreck Saturday at about 11:40 p.m. on Farm Road 1180, half a mile south of Aurora. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Logan Newton, 17, of Aurora, was driving a 2002 pontiac Grand Prix when his vehicle ran off the roadway, struck a concrete culvert and overturned...

The first major exhibit of paintings by Monett artist John Bremer will open Friday at the George Spiva Center for the Arts at 222 W. Third St. in Joplin. Bremer, who retired in 2010 after teaching in area high schools for more than 30 years, has exhibited his work widely but has not had a career retrospective show of this caliber. A total of 22 of Bremer's paintings have been selected for the show...

The Monett City Council has authorized City Administrator Dennis Pyle to seek a subpoena for records regarding cell phone activity by AT&T in the city. Pyle reported that a review of payments on the city's telecommunications tax, paid by all cell phone providers, showed receipts from AT&T have gone on a steady decline, unlike all other providers. Pyle noted that AT&T operates under several names in the area, including AT&T Mobility, New Singular Wireless and AT&T Missouri RSA...

Replacing sidewalks, adding bulb out sidewalks at intersections on Broadway and possibly adding a turnabout at Broadway and Central are among the projects proposed by city leaders to improve transportation conditions in Monett. An outline of programs and projects targeted under the proposed half-percent sales tax, going to the voters on Aug. 4, received their first full airing at recent public meetings at the Monett City Park Casino...

With the state fiscal year over on June 30, the Monett Board of Education approved raises for school administrators and staff for the coming year. "Expenditures will be up in the new budget because we've added four and a half new positions," said Superintendent Brad Hanson. "There were no surprises when we looked at numbers during the budget workshop on June 9."...

Wanda B. Malcolm Cutter, 79, of Aurora, formerly of Huntington, W.Va., died at 6:20 a.m. Sunday, July 12, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, July 18, at Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora. Burial will follow at the Mars Hill Cemetery southeast of Aurora...