Lawrence County News

On Oct. 26, the City of Monett filed its anticipated lawsuit against Lawrence County, Barry County and the Barry County Emergency Services Board over payments to Monett's two tax increment financing districts.

The Cox Monett Hospital Auxiliary hosted its inaugural Pink Tea on Saturday and used the festive occassion to raise money for the CoxHealth Foundation Breast Cancer Fund for women in Barry and Lawrence counties.

A search for a rural Lawrence County woman reported missing early today ended with the discovery of the woman unconscious in the brush, according to the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department.

By Wally Kennedy wkennedy@joplinglobe.com The Missouri Department of Transportation will attempt to unload 23 properties, including eight pieces of land in Southwest Missouri, in a four-day blitz that begins on Nov.

An Aurora man was found guilty of molesting a 10-year-old child following a jury trial, according to Lawrence County Prosecutor Robert George.

Nearly three months after the Lawrence County Jail was closed due to maintenance problems and a lack of security, the Lawrence County Commission has issued its first statements on the jail situation and the ongoing financial demands created by the jail closure.

The Lawrence County Health Department has scheduled two H1N1 fu clinics for pregnant women next week.

A La Russell man was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 8:05 a.m. Tuesday on Highway 96, less than three miles west of Miller in Lawrence County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

An Ozarks family is looking for others that share an ancient connection, and their interest in restoring and preserving a historic site.

A former employee of the YMCA's Camp Wakonda in Lawrence County was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on an additional charge of sexual exploitation of a child.

A bell thata s been a fixture at a rural church since before the Great Depression has been located.

The Missouri Highway Patrol was working two separate tractor-trailer rig crashes late Tuesday.

Things are going to heat up around the Lawrence County Courthouse in Mount Vernon this weekend, and you may want to get in on the action.

A bell that is at least 80 or 90 years old was stolen earlier this month from a Lawrence County church, but church members hope publicity about the theft might increase chances it will be returned.

A former Marionville city clerk made her first court appearance on Monday on a charge of stealing from the town.

One of the issues on the November ballot is to build a new high school for the Pierce City School District.

Area residents interested in learning more about how the H1N1 influenza will affect their business and community are invited to attend an informational meeting from 4 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct.

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

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

A man from Seiling, Okla. died Wednesday morning after he crashed his truck in Lawrence County.