Verona News

Monett's Festival of Lights, the display of seasonal light exhibits that fills South Park, opens today at 5:30 p.m. Above is the largest addition this year, a display purchased with donations by visitors collected during 2007 and 2008.

A Springfield man was injured in a two-vehicle accident at 11:37 a.m. Thursday on Highway 96 at Route U, six miles west of Mount Vernon in Lawrence County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

It is unfortunate that many children are growing up with little or no knowledge of the past.

Demolition of the old city hall and old fire station in Verona is a step closer to reality.

Courthouses in Mt. Vernon and Cassville will be open for absentee voting in the clerks' offices from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday for the Nov.

To meet a Nov. 25 deadine, road crews will work around the clock to complete construction on alternate passing lanes along Highway 60 from Monett to Republic.

Upcoming Halloween events are being scheduled beginning tonight at several area locations.

A Verona woman was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 2:10 p.m. Tuesday on Route P, a mile north of Verona in Lawrence County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Plans for getting American Dehydrated Foods hooked up to the Verona sewer system were furthered at the September meeting of the Verona City Council.

An Oklahoma man was killed and two people were injured in three bi-county traffic wrecks yesterday.

Parking lot items were handled at the September meeting of the Verona R-7 Board of Education.

With over seven acres of corn planted and a new design, the "MAiZE craze" is back in Verona, Missouri for its 11th year.

Police say they had caught an armed robbery suspect in Moberly thanks in part to his nickname.

Many parents and grandparents would like to be of help to those in the community but feel that to do so would neglect their own families.

With a teacher to provide directions, this group headed off to the kindergarten and first grade buildings on the Monett Elementary School campus on Aug.

Posted Monday, August 24, 2009, at 3:33 PM << Previous Respond How we all depend on our teachers! The bumper sticker that says, "Teaching is the profession that makes all other professions possible" is certainly true.

Lawrence County was the site of two back-to-back accidents early this morning. A Pierce City man was seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash on Lawrence County Farm Road 1100 two and a half miles north of Monett at 2:15 a.m. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Samuel L. Hyde, 28, was airlifted to St.

Concern was expressed at the July meeting of the Verona City Council by three residents regarding city police patrolling on recently annexed portions of Highway 60 and Business Highway 60.

Concern was expressed at the July meeting of the Verona City Council by three residents regarding city police patrolling on recently annexed portions of Highway 60 and Business Highway 60.

It's an unthinkable crime for most of us but apparently not all of us. Vandals destroyed Lee Cemetery near Verona on Halloween night.