The second annual Fighting for a Cause or Hunt for a Cause “scavenger hunt” fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks (BCFO), organized by Local No. 2001 of Professional Firefighters in Monett, took place on Sept. 26.
Over 170 animals were rescued from a Lawrence County property near Ash Grove on Sept. 29. The residence sits approximately one mile northwest of Halltown at 4028 Lawrence 1225, Ash Grove.
The Monett City Council made two major personnel moves, including naming Dennis Camp as the new police chief, and considered three plans for subdivision development during the Sept. 9 meeting.
Monett school officials have proposed a very different scheduling strategy for future school years, something never attempted in southwest Missouri. The approach would stick to the five-day school schedule but modify the length of school days and introduce two summer school options.
The city of Mt. Vernon hired a new chief of police at a special session meeting on Sept. 21. City officials chose to give the position to Mt. Vernon local Darren Call, who has an expansive history in law enforcement.
There is an old Indian fable about blind men encountering an elephant.
Unable to see the animal, each man is allowed to touch it in an attempt to determine what an elephant looks like.
The first places his hand against the elephant's side and declares the animal is like a wall.
