Wright County Journal

Proudly serving the readers of the Wright County, Missouri area. Focused on sports teams from Mountain Grove, Norwood, Mansfield and Hartville.

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Norwood's season comes to.end in Class 1 state.quarterfinals with 11-2 loss to Dadeville on the road.

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Trump is forced to end a roubtable discussion after receiving news from Marco Rubio that a peace deal in Gaza is at our fingertips — and they need him to close the deal.

“They’re going to need me pretty quickly.”

Hardest working president in history.

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Norwood does it. Pirates beat Billings to advance to Class 1 Statte Quarterfinals with 2-1 win in State Sectionals.

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Pierce Lawson's RBI single puts Norwood three outs away from birth to Class 1 State Quarterfinals as they lead Billings, 2-1, now in bottom of seventh innings.

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After six innings, Norwood and Billings are tied at 1-1 in Class 1 State Sectionals.

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Norwood strikes first in Class 1 State Quarterfinals with one run in first inning. Billings ties it in third. Game at 1-1 after three in Billings.

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Attention Class of 2026 parents from Mountain Grove, Norwood, Mansfield and Hartville:

This is a great way to publicly congratulate your senior for their big accomplishment. Ads will be included in our special section that features student photos from all four districts.

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Pair of Use Tax issues pass and hotly contested races decided on Election Night (Tuesday, April 7)

(Note: There are .pdf's of the unofficial election results from several counties also on this web link for readers to view them in their entirety.)
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In the City of Mansfield unopposed races in Wright County, Andrew Sullivan (28) won the Ward One race and Luke Lawson won in Ward Two (31).

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In the Texas County Hospital Trustee race, Joleen Durham defeated George Sholtz, 1,262-659.

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Webb Friend received 26 more votes out of Texas County. So his two county total in his unopposed Ward I race for the City of Mountain Grove is 148.

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Here are some Texas County results. There was a slight mishap, but all well now.

Proposition U in Mountain Grove shows 21 "No" to 19 "Yes" votes.

This means the Proposition U on the Use Tax did pass.
Total votes:
263 for Yes
198 for No

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The top three vote getters for the three spots on the Mountain Grove R-III School Board are:
Cody Secrest (682)
Sheena White (649)
James Ryan Allen (647)

Also included:
Ryan Morris (372)
Katie Shannon (249)
Mckenzie Williams (227)
Kory Charpentier (224)

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As for the Norwood R-I School Board race, when putting Wright and Douglas results together, here are the totals:
Isaac Lawson - 138
Curtis Smith 110
Arie Wedge Jr - 100
Donavan Finch - 90
Write-in - 116 (none reported from Douglas County)

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Norwood's School Board totals coming out of Douglas show:
Isaac Lawson - 14
Arie Wedge Jr. - 7
Donavan Finch - 6
Curtis Smith 5

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Douglas County totals are in for the Mountain Grove School Board race.
Leaders are:
Secrest - 38
Allen - 31
White - 29
Charpentier - 12
Morris - 11
Williams - 10
Shannon - 8

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In the hotly contested Mountain Grove R-III School Board race, current leaders for Wright County totals show Sheena White (543), Cody Secrest (537) and James Ryan Allen (511).

Ryan Morris (308), Katie Shannon (215), KcKenzie Williams (189) and Kory Charpentier (175).

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Unopposed winners are Mark Bushong (mayor, 367), Webb Friend (Ward I, 122), Jon Dewitt (Ward II, 57), Jamie Davis (Ward II, 58), and Dale Atchison (Ward IV, 91). Some Texas County voters are not in as of yet for final totals.

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In the City of Mountain Grove's Ward III race, Brenda Clark wins with 55 votes to 31 for Adam Jenkins.

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The Wright County question passed with 873 voting "Yes" to 854 voting "No"

The City of Mountain Grove's Proposition U did get more "Yes" votes in Wright County. Texas County results are not in as of yet. Currently, there are 244 "Yes" to 177 "No" votes on Proposition U.