In just a couple of weeks, the Granby Church of Christ, 516 E. Pine St., will be giving away clothing.
A Monett company donated boxes full of school supplies to the East Newton School District recently.
There was a disagreement over a city ordinance between the council and a new resident during Tuesday night’s Granby City Council meeting.
Almost 30 percent of eligible Newton County voters turned out for Tuesday’s primary election.
Final count votes from the state of Missouri, McDonald and Newton County in the Aug. 3 primary. Winners are marked in bold.
The following candidate questionnaire was separately filled out by the four Republicans running for Newton County Presiding Commissioner in the Aug. 3 primary election: Donald “Buzz” Ball, Rick McCully, Clarence Nowak and Marilyn Ruestman.
The winner of this race will face Democrat Robert Brumback and Libertarian Roxie Fausnaught, both running unopposed in the primary, in the November general election.
One of the crowd pleasers during the annual Old Mining Town Days (OMTD) is the car show – which was located at the Granby Ballpark.
A member of the 414th Military Police Company of Joplin is home for a 15-day stint. Granby Mayor Paul Ferguson, an Army reserve sergeant who was deployed in March to Afghanistan, arrived back in Granby last week.
In front a crowd of spectators Friday night at Dick Smith Park, the honored citizen of the 27th annual Old Mining Town Days event was announced.
Find out when and where all the fun events are taking place at the 2010 Newton County Fair.
Organizers with Granby’s Old Mining Town Days are putting the finishing touches on the annual event, slated for this Friday through Sunday.
Around two dozen or so streets topped the street repair/paving list during the Granby City Council meeting on Tuesday night in city hall.
During the Tuesday Granby City Council meeting, council members decided to hold a work session on Thursday for a couple of items.
Money is available now for people affected by the May 10, 2008 tornado.
The Newton County Commission first got word that their repeat applications were successful on June 17 of last year. The a $1.29 million grant came more than a year after the storm that left damage from one end of the county to the other.
Another local school district has approved Career Ladder for the 2010-2011 school year.
During last week’s East Newton R-6 School District meeting, the school board heard about a scaled-down Career Ladder plan.
A massive food drive will be under way on Saturday at the Granby Masonic Lodge No. 514.
“We did this three weeks ago, we had 4,500 pounds of various kinds of food donated,” said Brett Hobson, with the Granby Masonic Lodge No. 514. “We distributed that throughout the city, some in the county, child services, foster homes, churches and people. It turned out to be a really good deal. I talked to Bob Franklin and Jeff Williams with AmeriCold Logistics of Carthage and within two weeks, they called me and they had 45,000 pounds of food. They liked what we had done, that it went out to various places.”
During a closed meeting Tuesday of the Granby City Council, a contractor entered the session.
A longtime faculty member in the East Newton School District will retire this school year.
Jean Kyle, technology director and former library science instructor, for the district has worked for the school district for the past 32 years.
When Michael Price began at East Newton High School, he didn’t want stay in school.
He did not think he would make it to walking across the stage and receiving his high school diploma.
“To tell you the honest truth, I didn’t want to stay in school. I wanted to go ride a tractor or go play in the dirt,” Price said. “Here people just helped me get through it, it is kind of hard going through high school by yourself. You kind of need the help of others.”
East Newton High School FFA members were recognized Thursday night during the annual banquet.
The banquet – held at the high school’s gymnasium – was comprised of a catered barbecue dinner, awards to the FFA members, honorary members of the community and a slideshow.
There were also six $500 scholarships given away.
