Stories from Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Robert Faultersack, 91, of Exeter, died at 11:05 p.m. Friday, May 20. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 26, at McQueen Funeral Home in Wheaton. Burial, with military honors, will be at Maplewood Cemetery in Exeter. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, at McQueen Funeral Home in Wheaton...

Barbara Moore, 86, of Mt. Vernon, died at 3:43 a.m. Monday, May 23, at Cox Hospital South in Springfield. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 28, at Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon. Private burial will be held at the Ozark Prairie Cemetery...

Wanda Glidewell Vaughn Slinkard, 96, died at 6:52 p.m. Thursday, May 12, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 26, at Morris-Leiman-Mosher Funeral Home in Miller. Burial will follow at the Shiloh Cemetery...

The Purdy-Galena sectional baseball game has been moved to Warren Turner Field on the campus of Missouri Southern State University in Joplin tonight. First pitch is set for 7 p.m.

Two women were injured Monday in a wreck at 1:38 p.m. on Interstate 44, two miles east of Mt. Vernon. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Brandon Well, 30, of Hollister, was driving a 2011 Ford F150 eastbound, and while his vehicle was stopped in traffic due to an earlier wreck, he was struck from behind by a 2006 Chevrolet motorhome, being driven by Edward Rick, 72, of Collinsville, Ill. ...

Terri Lynette Rager Dennis, 56, of Clever, died at 6:45 a.m. Saturday, May 21, at the home of her daughter in Mt. Vernon. No services are planned at this time. Arrangements are under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon.

Coaches often preach, hound and drill into their kids' heads the need to take care of things in the classroom to stay eligible on the field. For the Monett baseball team, Coach Michael Calhoun had little to worry about this season, as five of his players named to the Class 4 Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association (MBCA) All-State Team...

Monett High School recently honored its top athletes, including handing out Most Outstanding awards to one male and one female athlete. Coaches gave a brief summary of their program's achievements, then presented the Cub Awards and four-year participants awards...

The Monett City Council will meet for a work session at 9 a.m. today at Monett City Hall to discuss the findings and recommendations of the Ninth and Cleveland traffic study. Ann Saunders will speak about Monett Main Street's Community Pavilion project at the noon meeting of the Monett Kiwanis Club today at the Family Room Steakhouse...

LEFT: Several vendors joined the staff at the new Oak Pointe assisted living and memory care facility in Monett for the construction open house on Saturday.

The Pierce City Board of Education has announced that Charity Rakoski will assume her duties as the new middle school principal for the upcoming academic year. The announcement came following a special meeting of the board held Wednesday. Rakoski will replace Gayla DeGraffen-reid, who has taken a position with another district...

Orville Osterloh and Beverly, his deceased wife, were named recipients of the Freistatt Community Service Award for 2015 at the village board of trustees' May meeting. As has been the practice of Mayor Mike Ortwein, two awards have been given annually to worthy recipients. The Freistatt Rural Fire Department received the other 2015 award...

New this year as a symbol in the fight against cancer is the Tree of Hope, unveiled at the annual Survivor Dinner on Friday, in advance of the American Cancer Society's Festival of Barry County, slated for June 3 at Monett's South Park.

Monett-based Jack Henry and Associates has announced an 8 percent increase in revenues for the third quarter of the company's 2015-2016 fiscal year, compared to the same quarter a year ago. Revenues for the quarter rose to $333.2 million, reflecting a net income increase of $53.9 million, or 68 cents per diluted share. Fiscal year-to-date revenue grew by 7 percent to $987.7 million...

coming to areaNew federal and state rules will change the way public water systems operate, posing a variety of new challenges, according to reports shared by Jacques Martineau, water specialist with the Missouri Department of National Resources (DNR) during the Water and Wastewater Conference held in Monett...

Following a second month of discussion, Freistatt village board trustees declared their intention of establishing a speed limit ordinance for the village for the first time, planning action in June. In April, board members decided to explore adding, "Slow: Children at Play" signs in town. ...

After the Purdy baseball team's first batter scored a run, pitcher Sydney Birge held up the tally to lead the Eagles to a win over Galena, 1-0, to advance to the Class 2 quarterfinal on Wednesday in Plato. "This was a great win," said Joshua Hughes, Purdy coach. "The boys bought in early to our system and came together when it mattered most to get the win."...

Business is picking up at the Monett Farmer's Market.