Wheaton News

Plans are complete for Monett's annual Christmas parade, slated for Saturday at 10 a.m. Sponsored by the Monett Chamber of Commerce, the parade will have "Christmas on Broadway" as the theme for floats and judging.

The Wheaton Depot Museum's new caboose was lifted from a truckbed and placed on a track laid just for it.

Three Cassville men have been arrested as a result of a burglary at a residence near Mineral Springs.

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A man from Springdale, Ark. was seriously injured today when his pickup struck a Mack truck on Missouri 86 south of Wheaton.

Chris Collings. Wheaton, one of two men charged with the brutal rape and slaying of nine-year-old Rowan Ford of Stella Nov.

An 22-year-old Exeter woman was seriously injured in a one-car accident near Wheaton on Monday night, according a Missouri Highway Patrol report.

After a wait of over three months, the Monett Chamber of Commerce has been awarded the contract to continue operating the license office in Monett.

How many events have you gone to in your lifetime that involved people from 20 churches to help bring them about? Moreover, how many times have you attended a five-day evangelist festival, expected to draw thousands, in a town of about 800 people? If the answer is none, or even if it isn't, you might want to take note of the following dates: Sept.

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The Wheaton Historical Society will hold a grand opening celebration at the Wheaton Depot Museum from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on July 11.

A Wheaton woman was injured in a one-car accident at 7 a.m. Friday on Route E, two miles south of Powell, in McDonald County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Plans are nearly complete for the Barry County Fair, taking place this weekend at Gizmo's Event Center on Highway 86 in Wheaton.

Returning on Monday morning to the scene of an apparent murder-suicide at 805 Euclid in Monett, Police Chief Tim Schweder, at right, and Police Lieutenant Greg Brandsma, center, concluded their search for bullets from the .380 caliber pistol used in the incident.

Plans are complete for the 2009 Barry County Fair. The revived event, set for its second consecutive year under the Barry County Fair Board, will be combined with a rodeo and held at Gizmo's Event Center at Highway 86 in Wheaton.