Monett News

Officers for the coming year and awards for service during the past year were announced by the Freistatt Lions Club at its annual Charter Night.

After last week's heat wave, most area residents are wondering what to expect during the remainder of the summer.

With Fourth of July celebrations just days away, authorities remind patrons of firework safety and city ordinances on the usage of fireworks.

Monett's annual fireworks display will again be held on July 4 in South Park. A scheduled time has not been set for the fireworks show other than when it becomes dark.

In conjunction with the Southwest Missouri DWI Task Force, the Monett Police Department conducted a sobriety checkpoint at the intersection of Highways 37 and 60 on June 27 in a continued effort to deter drunk driving.

Celebrating 50 years of Vaughn Companies in Monett recently were members of the Vaughn family, who are standing next to one of the business's distinctive red and back trucks.

Details about the Rainbow Network, an international philanthropic organization based in Springfield that has worked with Monett physicians, were shared at last week's meeting of the Monett Kiwanis Club.

This year's Monett Junior Livestock Show went off without a hitch as area youngsters from across southwest Missouri exhibited their prized animals at two show arenas located at the farm of Danny and Julie Vaught just north of Monett off of Highway H. The Monett Chamber of Commerce sponsors the annual event, which is one of the oldest running youth ...

Two people from Seneca was seriously injured and a man from Cassville suffered moderate injuries Friday morning when the cars in which they rode collided about four miles west of Newtonia, according to a report from the Missouri Highway Patrol.

It was just a drill. That was the reassuring announcement made several times Saturday morning as fire, police, ambulance and other local agencies gathered at the Monett Wastewater Treatment Plant to practice various techniques that might be needed in case of a possible hazardous materials contamination.

Progress on projects within Monett's tax increment financing districts and the financial health of the projects paid for by sales tax revenues under the TIF program were reviewed at the recent quarterly meeting of the Monett TIF Commission.

One of downtown Monett's downtown landmarks has a new owner with plans to open a coffee shop and art gallery on Broadway.

A variety of city projects were discussed at the monthly meeting of the Monett City Council last week.

Barry County Assessor Sherry Reynolds detailed how her office works and how to understand the assessment process during her presentation last week to the Monett Kiwanis Club.

A pay increase was approved for personnel of the Barry-Lawrence Ambulance District during the June meeting.

Carl Yates, attorney for Monett's Tax Increment Financing Commission, at left, and Monett City Administrator Dennis Pyle, reviewing paper on the TIF's finances.

A Pierce City man was injured in a single-vehicle crash at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday on County Road 1040, four miles south of Pierce City in Barry County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

MONETT, Mo. - Investigators are classifying the shooting deaths of a Monett couple Sunday night as a murder-suicide after receiving preliminary autopsy findings.

Barry County Sheriff Mick Epperly described operations at the Barry County Jail and challenges related to county law enforcement in a presentation at last week's meeting of the Monett Kiwanis Club.

Rod Anderson, of Monett, has been named to head the Board of Governors for Missouri Southern State University in Joplin.