Lawrence County News

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. - Since its inception in 2003, the Tri-State Water Resource Coalition has focused on the technical side of finding more water for the region.

Developmentally disabled citizens of Lawrence County now have a new community building.

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.

Volunteers meet every Tuesday afternoon to fill backpacks full of food for 48 children who qualify for the Food for Thought backpack program.

A truck driver from Canada and his passenger both suffered moderate injuries Sunday after the vehicle they were in ran down an embankment between two overpasses in Lawrence County.

Two women sufered moderate injuries in an early morning ATV crash in Lawrence County today, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.

A Seligman resident was killed and three other people were injured in a three-vehicle accident at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday on Highway 90, less than two miles from Highway 37 in Barry County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

The placement of a larger fence with barbed wire on top is one of the security improvements that has been made at the Lawrence County Jail in recent weeks.

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.