Stories from Saturday, June 11, 2022

Fred Lundien, who has been the Bronaugh R-7 Physical Education coach since the fall of 2019, as well as a coach for several sports for the Bronaugh Wildcats, announced earlier this year that he will be leaving the Vernon County area to take on a role as a coach for the Humansville Tigers. Even though it has been a short timespan with Coach Lundien, he has brought a lot of great things to the Bronaugh area in his time sporting the green and white colors. Here is the story of Coach Lundien...

The Bronaugh R-7 School District Board of Education held their monthly meeting Thursday night with several topics of discussion. One thing that was primarily different about this meeting compared to the rest, were the amount of public members in attendance. This was due to the fact that the school board has set new regulations and point system on the class of 2023 senior class for the upcoming seniors of the Bronaugh High School...

Tommy Lee Yow, age 72, of Joplin, Mo., died on June 6, 2022, at Medicalodge in Butler, Mo. Randy Coleman will conduct funeral services at noon, Friday, June 17, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in U.S. National Cemetery with full military honors provided by the Air Force Honor Guard. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 11 a.m. until noon at the funeral home...

Ronald Dean Williams, 60, Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2022, at Nathan Richard Healthcare Center, in Nevada. Ron was born Aug. 22, 1961, in Nevada, to Gene Douglas and Ruby May (Wright) Williams. Ron was raised in Milo and attended Nevada High School. He worked at Wilson Tire, the Nevada Hab Center, and Murphy Farms for 10 years until retiring due to disability. He also raised cattle part time...