Stories from Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Robert "Bob" Charles Burton, 76, of Eagle Rock, formerly of Monett, died March 9. Memorial services will held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 23, at the Eagle Rock Community Center in Eagle Rock. Arrangements are under the care of Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home in Monett...

John Gillis, 62, of Seligman, died Monday, April 11, at Roaring River Health and Rehab Center in Cassville. Arrangements are under the direction of White Funeral Home and Crematory in Cassville.

LaDon D. Burnett, 44, of Purdy, died at 8:01 p.m. Sunday, April 10. Graveside services will be held at noon Thursday, April 14, at Rocky Comfort Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, at McQueen Funeral Home in Wheaton...

Rosa Lee Richmond, 78, of Columbia, died at 5:53 a.m. Monday, April 11. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, April 15, at Maplewood Cemetery in Exeter. Visitation will be held from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. prior to services Friday, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville...

Adair Deone Wright, 85, of Mt. Vernon, died at 9:13 a.m. Tuesday, April 5, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Burial will be at a later date at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Springfield. Arrangements are under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon...

The Class 1-6 Show-Me Bowl will move a little closer to home this year, as the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Board of Directors voted today on sites for the state football championships and Show-Me Showdown basketball championships...

The Monett boys track and field team heads to Nixa today with the confidence that only comes after securing a win. On Thursday, the Cubs nipped Cassville, 155-152, to win the eight-team Aurora Ice Box Relays. "The top eight placers in each event score, which proved to be crucial in topping Cassville," said Tyler Rickard, Monett coach. ...

Monett High School received good news on Saturday from the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) regarding its football classification and district alignment. The Cubs, by the slimmest of margins, will remain in Class 3 for the next two-year cycle, as Monett did not rise to Class 4, which some in the district had openly feared...

The Monett Police Department would like to remind citizens that with warmer weather, more children walking and riding bicycles to and from school, as well as increased pedestrian traffic in general. The Police Department will utilize a radar camera sign to help remind motorists of the speed zones throughout the city. The sign is affixed to a trailer and will be moved to different locations throughout the city over the next few weeks, with emphasis on school zones and high traffic areas...

A Pierce City woman was injured Saturday in a wreck at 1:10 p.m. on Highway 39 at Highway 96, one mile south of Miller. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Maura Spark, 76, of Pierce City, was driving a 2007 Mercury Grand Marquis southbound on Highway 39 when her vehicle failed to yield and was struck in the side by an eastbound 2003 Dodge Neon, being driven by Hanna Rhood, 20, of Greenfield...

Mark Chapman and his band played their annual benefit concert for St. Mary's Catholic School in the school gym on Saturday, attracting a social crowd that enjoyed refreshments from the Knights of Columbus.

Valerie Wolfe was just nine months old when her father, Air Force Cpt. Thomas Wolfe, a pilot, was shot down and killed in Laos in 1966. She is on a campaign to compel the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to keep its promise to bring her father home...

On a rainy Monday morning, one of the best ways to pass time at the Small Wonders Pre-School in Monett was to listen to Carol Stidham, left, read a story and to recite the rhyming words.

A fire in Purdy on Saturday destroyed a garage containing two vehicles and damaged a second outbuilding and siding on an adjacent house. According to Purdy Fire Chief Nick Mercer, firefighters were dispatched to a fire at 106 Leslie Lane at 3:06 p.m. on Saturday and found a shop and garage building fully engulfed upon arrival. The fire had spread to an adjacent outbuilding shed as well...