Voters cast ballots in favor of issues

Monett Times - Wed Nov 04

Although the front of the gymnasium building at Pierce City High School is changing this week with the addition of a music and fine arts wing, covering the south door, shown above, additional construction was nixed by voters who did not provide a four-sevenths majority for the $3.9 million bond issue on yesterday's ballot.

H1N1 vaccinations for at risk groups in Newton County on Thursday

KOAMtv - Wed Nov 04

Some Newton County, Missouri residents have another shot at an H1N1 vaccination.

H1N1 vaccine available for administration tomorrow

The Joplin Independent - Wed Nov 04

Vaccinations against the H1N1 virus will be given in a clinic Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009 at the Newton County Health Department, 812 W. Harmony, Neosho for all Missouri residents who qualify.

Three injured in auto accidents on roads in area

Joplin Globe - Wed Nov 04

A 22-year-old woman was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 9:40 p.m. Monday on Route B at Sheldon in Vernon County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Counties lose federal funds for bridge construction work

Joplin Globe - Tue Oct 27

CARTHAGE, Mo. - Jasper County and other counties in the state will lose federal funds that for years helped finance bridge construction projects.

Area towns, counties brace for impact of sales tax losses

Joplin Globe - Tue Oct 27

Globe/Roger Nomer Amy Tamburrino sacks up a customerA's purchases this week at the Target store in Joplin.

Defendant gets suspended sentence in house arson case

Joplin Globe - Mon Oct 26

By Jeff Lehr jlehr@joplinglobe.com A 27-year-old man received a suspended sentence Monday in Jasper County Circuit Court on an arson conviction for setting his home near Carthage on fire for insurance gain.

MoDOT selling property in statewide blitz w/ MoDOT property list

Joplin Globe - Fri Oct 23

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.

Joplin man found guilty of manslaughter

Joplin Globe - Wed Oct 21

NEOSHO, Mo. - Jurors deliberated for less than 40 minutes Wednesday before convicting a Joplin man who was charged with involuntary manslaughter after his pickup ran through an intersection earlier this year and collided with another vehicle, killing a woman and injuring three other people.

Joplin Community Clinic to extend dental care

The Joplin Independent - Wed Oct 21

A grant of $10,000 has been awarded by the Helen S. Boylan Foundation to the Dental Hygiene Clinic at Missouri Southern State University to enable the group to be the first in the area to offer a free oral health prevention program for adults who are patients at the Community Clinic in Joplin.