Joplin, MO News

• Joplin, MO News
• Joplin school board to consider bids for building projects
• Jo Ellis: Historic home in Carthage being brought back to life
• Carthage foundation OKs $25,000 in grants
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: News of Boxie comes at a turtle’s pace
• Susan Redden: Lawmakers say session’s successes limited
• Joplin police investigate possible abduction
• About $39 million given to major funds for Joplin’s storm recovery
• Wally Kennedy: Movement on Arby’s — finally?
• Mike Pound: Wife offers to remove Mike’s wisdom teeth for free
• Seneca chamber moves to counteract impact of bridge closing
• Restore Fest 2012 battles poverty, aids with recovery
• Campaign finance reports disclose Joplin City Council ties
• Exemption cloaks Guard involvement in tornado looting
• Two witnesses’ accounts being scrutinized in McDonald County homicide
• New features ready at Cunningham Pool
• Health department clears local creeks and rivers for swimming
• Joplin doctor from Egypt surprised by first-round election result in homeland
• Nixa contractor accused of stealing from tornado victims
• Lawmakers cite leadership goals brunch in Neosho
• Area communities slate Memorial Day observances
• Mike Pound: Great food, distant relatives makes for Memorial Day tradition
• Grant to fund animal isolation area at Carthage Humane Society shelter
• St. Louis man takes his own life beneath Sarcoxie bridge
• Lanagan’s police officers face charges
• School district receives federal grant
• Federal funding renews Upward Bound at MSSU
• Long, Jenkins promote domestic oil production
• Urban Metro lawsuit against Joplin schools claims $2.2 million in damages
• Kansans learn requirements of new voter identification law
• Mike Pound: There’s serious issues, and then there’s cheeseburgers
• Judges allow Kan. AG to join in redistricting case
• U.S. Reps visit SEK oilfield to promote domestic petroleum production
• Oklahoma House fails to pass annual budget bill
• Mo. joins settlement with Walgreen Co.
• Harry Truman debt from 1947 finally paid
• Lisa Vengels in sixth place after day one of the NCAA Division II Heptathlon Championships
• Jeff Fraley narrowly misses out on 100m finals in first day of 2012 NCAA Division II Championships
• Council accepts land offer from Mercy
• Former YMCA camp counselor pleads guilty to exploitation
• Wheat harvest getting under way in region
• ‘Deadline in Disaster’ documentary to be screened Thursday
• Concerns raised about bridge replacement at Carthage council meeting
• Baxter Springs council OKs ordinance related to mayor’s appointment powers
• Two Jasper County historic properties advanced for listing on National Register
• Mike Pound: A good cheeseburger changes attitude
• Mo. National Guard exempt from Sunshine Law
• ACLU sues Mo. county over prayers at meetings
• Okla. House scuttles tax agreement; has new plan
• Check out how MSSU participated in this historic event!
• Day of Unity brings community together on tornado anniversary
• Storm-resistant home built for Joplin tornado survivor
• Joplin Area Habitat for Humanity continues to hammer away on new home construction
• Joplin schools mark tornado anniversary with groundbreaking ceremonies
• Joplin businesses recognized by chamber during ribbon-cutting ceremony
• Freeman event honors health care workers, others for heroism following tornado
• Sisters of Mercy Health System donates land for school, theater, new Joplin museum
• Joplin City Council to consider demolition contract
• Mike Pound: People, not buildings, make up a church
• Day of Unity walkers number in the thousands
• FedEx and Red Cross team up for business preparedness webcast
• Storm resistant home built for Joplin tornado survivor
• Mercy donation of land will help make Joplin ‘everbody’s city’
• Home rebuilding continues in Joplin
• VIDEO: Groundbreaking ceremonies held for three schools
• Freeman honors medical and rescue workers on anniversary of tornado
• What an amazing weekend at MoSo - we had more than 750 graduates on Saturday, an...
• Ceremony an emotional experience for graduates, family members
• Local residents block out Westboro protesters at Joplin graduation event
• Joplin man's dream of attending Obama speech fulfilled
• President to class of 2012: ‘You’re the source of inspiration’
• JHS grad inspired to join AmeriCorps after witnessing group’s Joplin work
• Storm victims see firsthand the benefits of AmeriCorps
• ‘Unity’ events planned today for tornado anniversary
• Joplin man pleads guilty to child pornography offense
• Mike Pound: Storm teaches us that each day is a gift
• AmeriCorps executive: Volunteers still needed
• Protesters, counter-protesters gather at MSSU
• Security tight at Joplin airport
• Russell England present for tonight’s speech
• Joplin gearing up for presidential visit
• LIVE BLOG: President Obama speaks to JHS graduates
• Mo. lawmakers OK broadening ’move over’ law
• Meth seized in Pittsburg valued at $28,000
• Governor, lawmakers nearing deal on Okla. budget
• Pittsburg commission to consider agreements on intersections
• Groundbreakings at three schools to mark tornado anniversary
• Faiths share common denominator in service focusing on Joplin’s spirit
• Actors bring Book of Job to life for Joplin audiences
• Weather service implements storm warning changes after 2011 tornadoes
• Young cousins still healing from tornado injuries
• Jo Ellis: Art educator opens Carthage collaborative
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Backyard science experiment provides changing views
• Susan Redden: Missouri Legislature session ends, along with some bills’ prospects
• Nearly 3,000 hit pavement in Joplin Memorial Run
• Mike Pound: To dodge the rays, ditch the Ray’s
• Group ‘down under’ raises funds for tornado relief
• Tornado documentary has Joplin premiere
• City believes earthquake damaged Memorial Hall
• Joplin’s hospitals combine efforts in time of crisis
• Joplin man enters guilty plea in sports gambling operation
• MSSU board OKs offering in-state tuition over wide geographic area
• County panel investigating sheriff’s re-election ads on school program T-shirts
• More than 3,000 runners expected in Joplin Memorial Run
• United Arab Emirates gives $5 million toward medical center replacement
• Carl Junction receives final version of parks plan
• Alba man pleads guilty to bank robberies
• More than 3,000 runners in Joplin Memorial Run
• Mike Pound: Can Facebook really be worth $105 billion?
• Mo. lawmakers pass contraception bill on final day
• MSSU announces new in-state tuition plan for residents in neighboring states
• Alba man pleads guilty to robbing three banks
• Jasper County Commissioners ask for investigation of Sheriff Archie Dunn following political message on T-shirts give to DARE students
• Court denies request to rethink pipeline ruling
• Rod Smith elected to Denver Broncos Ring of Honor
• Family of triplets born before tornado celebrates first year
• Mercy proposes to donate land for storm museum
• Pension board seeks update on lawsuit
• Head Start youngsters offer design for new playground
• Three alleged victims testify against accused molester
• Accused abuser of two girls to stand trial
• Range Line resurfacing scheduled
• MSSU faculty survey critical of Speck, Board of Governors
• PSU seeking 6.15 percent increase in tuition rates
• Missouri lawmakers approve vehicle sales tax measure
• Mike Pound: Riding therapy helping wounded veterans
• MSSU faculty survey critical of administration, board
• Tribe attorney accuses AG of conflict of interest
• Talks heat up on plans to slash Okla. income tax
• Reminder: Due to President Obama's visit, the campus will be closed May 21. Al...
• Water company worker killed in construction accident
• PSU submits tuition plan
• Cody Griebling named second-team All-Region
• Tornado victims heading home thanks to efforts of volunteers
• Local courts dealing with tornado-fraud cases
• Joplin couple victimized by phony home repair claim
• Eight indicted in tornado benefits fraud
• Texas group shares project with Joplin teens
• Neosho clergyman, city officials note frustration with synthetic marijuana
• 'Play for Joplin’ debuts Thursday
• Tornado anniversary to be observed at Third Thursday
• Jake’s Fireworks again interested in acquiring former Superior plant
• Mike Pound: Judging chili contests is not easy
• Mother of Okla. homicide victim opposes open carry
• Springfield man posed as Joplin tornado victim
• Eight indicted for disaster relief fraud
• Mo. House moves to stop Jayhawks license plate
• ‘Spirit tree’ new landmark in tornado zone
• MSSU board to consider $72.4 million balanced budget
• Duquesne residents to go ‘extra mile' as part of Walk of Unity
• Insurance deadline approaches for victims of Joplin tornado
• Webb City moves ahead with sewer line replacement project
• Pittsburg board approves substance abuse policy for high school students
• Mike Pound: Math troubles add up to Johnny Carson
• Children get chance to “rebuild Joplin” using Lego bricks
• MSSU board to consider balanced budget with no salary increases
• Missouri gains 6,000 jobs in April
• Largest union group rejects American offer
• Gehry offers changes in Eisenhower Memorial design
• Fallin signs bill for open carry of guns in Okla.
• FedEx, Red Cross plan virtual roundtables on disaster preparedness for small businesses
• Man with machete chases 3, holes up in house
• Ex-AG wants 2 Kan. justices recused in ethics case
• Women's Track qualifies four athletes in six events for 2012 Nationals
• Men's track and field qualify six for 2012 National Meet
• Local demand driving sales of storm shelters
• Schools receive additional funds for storm shelters
• Joplin’s comprehensive plan gets mixed comments
• Local mail carriers report another successful food drive
• Kids Classic Fun Run results announced
• Mike Pound: Conversation with teenager goes awry
• Joplin teen pleads guilty to assault on police officer
• Schools receive additional storm shelter funds
• Top scientist to head K-State food safety center
• Kan. lawmakers resuming work on cutting taxes
• Rush Limbaugh honored at Missouri’s Capitol
• Branson sets Friday deadline for tornado clean up
• School custodian earns his degree
• Carthage gardening organization also raises funds
• Pittsburg couple turn passion into cheering business
• Fuller Center for Housing ready to help Joplin
• Lawmakers look to final week of session
• Public input on updated Joplin city plan sought
• New Dewey Short Visitors Center offers views, history of Table Rock Lake
• ‘A Vision of Hope: The Other Side of Storm’ concert a brainchild of Joplin native
• City manager Mark Rohr authors book
• Events planned for tornado anniversary
• Mike Pound: ‘Calendarizing’ helps, but Mom a sure thing
• Wally Kennedy: Joplin’s storm comeback continues
• Congregations find themselves stronger after storm
• Rotary Club members join Habitat for Humanity to construct new home
• Lions men's basketball ranks 17th nationally in Division II attendance
• Documentary tells story of Joplin’s recovery
• METS celebrates 30 years of service
• Sentencing report disputed in ex-shop operator’s case
• Missouri Southern, Ozarks Technical Community College sign agreement
• Joplin CVB board short on members
• JHS student named National Merit Scholar
• Mike Pound: Mother’s Day advice from veteran husband
• New railroad bridge planned for Route 171 near Carterville
• METS celebrates 30 years of ambulance service
• Moonshine makes a comeback in Ozarks
• Feds: Kansas gang preyed on illegal immigrants
• Brit suspect ’Fast Eddie’ to be deported from US
• School superintendent: Measuring student achievement key focus
• Joplin council approves buying two sites for new fire stations
• Historic designation proposed for two Jasper County properties
• Joplin’s fire service on the mend
• Don't forget! Campus will be closed on Monday, May 21, due to President Obama's...
• Concert featuring ZZ Top founding member canceled
• Area high schools, colleges to award thousands of diplomas
• Kids Classic Fun Run to mark 25th year
• Mike Pound: Cheering for Tony La Russa, a great manager
• 8-year-old testifies that Webb City man molested her
• Joplin mother to stand trial in shaken-baby case
• Mo. lawmakers send $24B budget to governor
• Kan. House approves property tax classification
• Mo. voters to decide on changes to judge selection
• REMINDER!!! Campus is closed on May 21, 2012. This is do to President Obama's v...
• Are you an employee of MSSU! If so come down to the Bookstore! You can get 30%...
• Cody Griebling named first-team All-MIAA
• Lions baseball end season with 9-6 loss to Fort Hays at MIAA Tournament
• Rural post offices to remain open
• Storm siren work in progress
• Local educators note efforts aimed at battling obesity
• Neosho files lawsuit in attempt to force TDD board election
• Baxter Springs mayor: City clerk received free city cable service
• Mike Pound: CD brings Mark Twain and his characters to life
• Video Clip from the MSSU and Ozarks Technical Community College articulation agr...
• Okla. energy industry report shows economic boost
• Union: Approval could save 1K Tulsa airline jobs
• Events to mark tornado anniversary
• Group to consider two Jasper County nominations for National Register of Historic Places
• The new articulation agreement we signed today with Ozarks Technical Community C...
• University of Missouri-Kansas City eyes new name
• Baxter Springs mayor accuses city clerk of receiving free cable service
• Joplin Recovery Fund gives grants to Lafayette House, Catholic Charities
• Joplin city employees to receive 3 percent raise
• Webb City band directors’ final performance a send-off celebration
• Baxter Springs voters approve $8 million school bond issue
• Proposed utility rate increase advanced by Carthage council
• Mammoth skeleton replica displayed at CJ Community Center
• High school CPR requirement bill gets late push
• Asphalt scammers conning residents in rural areas
• Mike Pound: The evolution of a chili connoisseur
• Kansans can go back to motor vehicle offices
• CJ man recreates missing mammoth skeleton
• Cardinal Pride band directors’ final performance also a send-off celebration
• Springfield council OKs exemptions to smoking ban
• Missouri Senate ties up over the state budget
• Missouri AG says he will release dome proposal
• Warm spring forces cancellation of annual iris show
• Joplin City Council approves Silver Creek consolidation election
• Police: Carthage murder victim’s throat cut with machete
• Missouri legislator touts new tag line for tourism
• Webb City father assessed sentence for domestic assault
• Pornography arrest leads to child sexual abuse admission
• Cherokee County Commission OKs Sunday beer sales in rural areas
• Carthage utility proposes rate increase
• Jefferson Lines adding bus stop in Neosho
• Mike Pound: Tough job, but someone must do it
• Cherokee County Commission approves Sunday beer sales at rural stores
• Care for veterans, blind tied up in Mo. budget
• Highway deaths per mile fall to record low
• Carthage man charged with killing man with machete
• Some farmers expecting harvest to start in May
• Mo. budget negotiators back 2 percent pay raise
• Joplin City Council to take up zoning, Silver Creek proposals
• Drury University study could help storm victims recover from disasters
• Women's Basketball adds Division I transfer
• MIAA Baseball Tournament games to go on radio and video streamed
• Kellen Cox, Keane Thomann and Nicole Green win MSSU Yearly Awards
• Boots Motel, a Route 66 icon, reopens Tuesday in Carthage
• Missouri to begin issuing PSU plates
• Rooting for Joplin plants trees throughout city
• Susan Redden: Differences remain before Missouri budget passes
• Jo Ellis: For Carthage group, making quilts, toys a labor of love
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Roaring River State Park an antidote for hectic days
• Jasper County assessor sends tax notices to storm victims who returned home
• $8 million school bond issue on Baxter Springs ballot
• Mike Pound: Time to teach teenager to iron
• Wally Kennedy: Sidewalks could save a life on South Range Line
• Events to mark tornado anniversary
• Weather experts disagree on effect of climate change, severity of tornadoes
• Lions add three All-MIAA performances in final day and finish fourth at 2012 MIAA Outdoor Championships
• Women's track bring home five more All-MIAA performances and place third at 2012 MIAA Outdoor Championships
• Missouri Southern wins 2012 Sonic Trophy
• OSBI looking into 'suspicious death' of 8-month-old in Commerce
• Neosho school district hires superintendent
• Joplin officials dedicate new fire station
• Lions send out seniors in style with double-header sweep of Southwest Baptist
• Carthage police arrest man in murder probe
• Nationally known composer creates concert for Joplin
• Weather radios available for Duquesne residents
• Dramatic reading will bring big-name actors to Joplin
• 90-year-old Joplin man to see president at JHS graduation
• Mike Pound: When is men’s underwear relevant?
• House holds fate of rural post offices, processing centers
• England to see president at JHS graduation
• Organizers hope to fund Pittsburg fireworks show with 12-hour concert
• Weather radios available for Duquesne residents
• Kan. Senate rejects 401(k) but passes pension bill
• Missouri House votes to trim business taxes
• Southern track and field head to Emporia for 2012 MIAA Outdoor Championships
• Tea party bus tour makes stop in Joplin
• Student breaks through reading disability to win award
• MSSU official to return to teaching
• Former Eugene Field student buys equipment for school
• Fallen officer who aided Joplin to be memorialized
• Pittsburg-based health center to expand thanks to grant
• Mike Pound: School nutrition workers, like musicians, know their licks
• United Way welcomes new executive director
• Mo. senator tries to block prescription database
• Sen. Blunt declines to endorse in Mo. Senate race
• Mo. Senate opts for highway study over toll roads
• MSSU announces changes to leadership team
• Tornado anniversary website created for community
• 90-year-old resident who remembers past racism wants to see president
• Turmoil continues in Baxter Springs city government
• Affidavits: Visits to sex offenders catch them with child pornography
• Fire Department receives rescue jacks
• Attorney briefs TDD board on legal snag
• VIDEO: Joplin tornado focus of three documentaries
• Mike Pound: VFW auxiliary to mark 80th anniversary
• Kansas school to be featured on Mo. license plate
• Kan. House panel introduces rival Senate map
• Mo. House passes funding plan for veterans homes
• PSU holds Service Awards ceremony Thursday
• 1st quarter of 2012 warmest on record in Oklahoma
• Turmoil continues in Baxter Springs government
• Neosho council seeks to refinance debt
• Women's Basketball adds junior college transfer for 2012-13
• Baseball Lions play host to Southwest Baptist this weekend to finish off regular season
• Sarcoxie man's collection of 20,000 insects one of the largest in Missouri
• City of Joplin to start insurance reviews for debris removal
• Kansas lawmakers try hand at Kansas casino bill again
• Mining history comes to life at new Southeast Kansas museum
• Suspect in Pittsburg home invasion shot
• Jasper County Commission approves jail repair contract
• Mike Pound: Farmers market offers great lunch
• Kansas Senate rewrites redistricting proposal
• New effort on Kansas casino, dog track bill last chance this session
• Hundreds of volunteers to plant 1,200 trees in Joplin
• Mo. governor signals compromise on workers’ comp
• Tornadoes strike Oklahoma, no injuries reported
• Commission to consider contract for jail repairs
• Men's track and cross country adds three for 2012
• Eddie Salazar draws life term in infant son’s death
• Legal ruling needed before Neosho TDD work will proceed
• Three Joplin area high school seniors tabbed as Millennium Scholars
• Jasper County Commission to consider contract for jail repairs
• Neosho council to vote on siren upgrade
• Leggett & Platt reports sales up, earnings stable
• Mike Pound: Technology moves from one rage to the next
• Dupont Co. agrees to pay $250,000 to clean up waste at former Cherokee County mine site
• Okla. high court strikes down personhood petition
• Mo. woman sentenced to 7 years in adoption scam
• Nixon concerned about money for Mo. veterans homes
• Salazar receives life sentence in Carthage baby’s death
• Kan. lawmakers struggling with effects of tax plan
• Groundbreaking for Learjet expansion in Wichita
• Kansas Motor Vehicles offices closed this week
• Final pass of curbside pickup in Joplin complete
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Pittsburg High program helps students explore ‘what’s possible’
• Susan Redden: Statewide candidates attract local backing
• Jo Ellis: Busy days coming for Carthage
• Seats open on eight Joplin boards, commissions
• Middle school student plans benefit concert for Children’s Haven
• Communities along Route 66 gear up for travel season
• Lions add two for 2012-13
• City offers mowing help to property owners who have no other resources
• Nearly one year later, woman wrestles with insurance company
• Bigfoot sightings common in Four-State Area
• Mike Pound: Teen concert requires year of planning
• Wally Kennedy: Big scoop — Anderson’s is back
• Baseball splits at Lincoln
• One-year tornado anniversary hits some Alabama residents harder than they imagined
• Joplin preparing to mark May 22 storm anniversary
• Auction to benefit Joplin Area Catholic Schools set for Saturday evening
• Drivers lured to card game, robbed at truck stop
• MSSU students create kid-friendly waiting room at Joplin courthouse
• 5K run honoring late Dylan Meier expected to draw big crowd in Pittsburg
• Neosho's Morse Park ready for summer baseball, softball
• Mike Pound: You got to admire Royals’ fans
• Risk of severe weather increases for Joplin area
• Political setbacks growing in Okla. Legislature
• Missouri measure would allow loans at casinos
• MSSU students create children’s waiting room at Joplin courthouse
• High school band may lose $300,000 for Hawaii trip
• Stormy weather forecast for Joplin area
• Southern Baseball splits double-header at Lincoln University
• Jane Cage named Joplin’s Citizen of the Year
• Southeast Kansas Farm History Center preserves stories of local farm life
• Carthage police release name of homicide victim
• Joplin School District terminates demolition contract with Urban Metro Development
• Pittsburg School District OK’d for programming grant
• Joplin officials close in on funding to replace street signs, signals
• Mike Pound: There’s no way to mess up a mess o’ wings
• Board terminates contract with Urban Metro
• Carthage police release identity of victim found in Spring River
• Kan. lawmakers to see another push on gambling
• Mo. judge upholds minimum wage ballot summary
• Michelle Dimza named MSSU Outstanding Graduate
• Four Softball Lions Earn All-MIAA Honors
• Former Joplin residents raising money to rebuild hometown
• Audit probe under way in Tar Creek cleanup work
• Carthage police say man found in river victim of homicide
• Shaken-baby case leads to arrest of Joplin man
• Pittsburg commission advances plan to upgrade tornado sirens
• Arbor Day to be observed at Parr Hill ceremony
• Joplin Rotary joins Habitat for Humanity on new home project
• Mike Pound: Visit to monument takes edge off hectic day
• Group urges limits on smoking near playgrounds in Carthage
• Carthage police say man found in river victim of homicide
• Okla. anti-meth bill criticized as ’step backward’
• Man’s body found at Carthage homeless camp
• Lindsey accused of shaking girlfriend’s baby
• Mo. Senate budget funds pay hikes, blind benefits
• Joplin woman arrested in possible shaken baby case
• Tornado-damaged pools reopening soon around Joplin
• Lawsuit filed in Kansas in Seneca hazing case
• Governor announces construction of 35 new Joplin homes at Tiger Caravan
• Weekend baseball schedule altered
• Joplin School Board receives another update on architectural plans
• Baxter Springs City Council puts city clerk back on job
• Jasper County Commission delays action on contract for jail repairs
• Mike Pound: Lawyers, law officers, take up worthy cause
• Pay raise at issue in Mo. Senate budget stalemate
• Neosho council and Neosho TDD board's agreement hits snag
• Scientists plan to reintroduce rare American Burying Beetle back to Southwest Missouri
• Mo. House votes to further study state worker pay
• Bill would ease rules on radioactive shipments
• Commission delays action on jail pact
• Republican senators stall debate on Mo. budget
• MSSU Football Spring Game Photo Gallery and Coverage
• Southern takes out Central Methodist 21-7
• Joplin Community Clinic to celebrate medical lab opening with ceremony
• Joplin High School Constitution Team hitting books for nationals
• Presidential medal sought for tornado volunteers
• Southeast Kansas residents updated on future funds
• Barry County man changes plea to guilty in child-porn case
• Mike Pound: Up front with Jimmy Buffett
• Judge tells Penn National attorneys to make another settlement offer to Cherokee County
• Kan. sec of state sees crisis over redistricting
• Constitution Team gears up for nationals
• Cherokee County seeks freeze on pay raises for county employees
• Last chance to nominate Joplin volunteers for presidential award
• Ceremony Tuesday to celebrate new Community Clinic testing lab
• Kansas transportation funding focus of meeting today
• Tiny town prepares to share mining history with the world
• School board to hear update on building plans
• Chilly wind doesn’t deter Special Olympics athletes
• Attorney: Council has ultimate authority for hiring, firing
• Spirit of residents, volunteers lauded as rebuilding continues
• Jo Ellis: Historic preservation never lost on Carthage
• Susan Redden: Nixon leads in campaign fundraising
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Call of river too much to resist
• Joplin police nab five women for prostitution in sting
• Officials say Duquesne weather radios should arrive soon
• Wally Kennedy: Sun shining on 26th and Main
• Mike Pound: Sock conspiracy must be stopped
• Silver Creek residents debate possibility of merger with Joplin
• Students enjoy enchanted evening at Joplin prom
• Lions End Season at Ft. Hays State
• JHS prom night brings students together
• MSSU board approves fee increases, new fees
• Emails note concerns of faculty regarding cost-cutting at MSSU
• Judge Baldridge remembered as devoted to family, fair
• Lawmakers: Budget delays could limit legislative session
• Father kills son, self with shotgun in Lanagan
• Coordinating council cites steps to expand broadband Internet
• Lions Split Twin Bill with Lady Blues
• Joplin drug dealer sent back to prison
• Mike Pound: TV show variety at times overwhelms
• Father kills son, self with shotgun in Lanagan
• MSSU board approves additional student fees
• Mo. auditor halts fiscal estimates for initiatives
• Oklahoma unemployment rate drops to 5.4 percent
• Doe Run, state reach agreement over lead waste
• Coordinating council debates future of broadband in Missouri
• House members cite Senate delays
• Mo. offering tax break on Energy Star appliances
• Special Olympics under way at MSSU
• Newton County woman charged in 1999 murder
• Officials: Medical school in Springfield would not undermine Joplin objective
• Road construction at North Main and Zora presents tight spots for motorists
• Mannequin installed as part of breast cancer awareness campaign
• Area Agency using grant to hire tornado caseworker
• Lost Photos project sets claim day for Saturday
• Kansas governor visits Pittsburg, touts tax plan
• Community Policing Work Day set for Saturday in Carthage
• Mike Pound: Wisconsin volunteers spend ‘vacation’ in Joplin
• Judge to hear arguments on Okla. abortion drug law
• Mo. Senate passes education overhaul legislation
• Special Olympics spring games at MSSU
• Ceremony honors 17th anniversary of OKC bombing
• Public forum on broadband tomorrow
• Woman arrested near Neosho in Southeast Missouri cold case
• Carousel to be added to Carthage ‘tradition’
• Memorial walk to mark one year of unity after Joplin tornado
• Former Joplin cemetery owner sentenced to federal prison
• Legal groups 'chip' in on rebuilding Joplin
• Joplin airport manager says American better if takeover blocked
• Neosho council to back candidate in TDD election
• Free Joplin recycling event in offing
• Mike Pound: Group fights for mentally ill
• Joplin businessman Gregory Crocker is sentenced for failing to pay $1.1 million in federal taxes
• Harps opens grocery store near Fir Road, Highway 171
• Joplin airport manager supports AMR
• Kobach still seeks change in Kan. citizenship rule
• Retired Ill. couple claims share of $656M jackpot
• Grant to be given to help Joplin’s seniors affected by tornado
• Joplin family has connection to Doolittle’s Raiders
• Jasper County commissioners discuss ruling on vehicle taxes
• Carthage School Board officers re-elected
• Tornado fund accepting grant applications
• School bus advertising posed by Lamar legislator
• Frontenac mother charged with toddler’s death
• Joplin council to consider design standards for Main Street
• May 22 rescue represents best of Scouting
• Baseball Lions change upcoming schedule
• Lions Softball Announces Summer Camp Dates
• Football to conclude spring practice with annual Green and Gold Game
• Lions Softball Swept at Southwest Baptist
• Kan. lawmakers struggle with social services costs
• Neosho board to begin search for new superintendent
• Organ, tissue donors transform lives
• More than $311 million in building permits issued since Joplin tornado
• Joplin council gives informal nod to Silver Creek consolidation
• Joplin fire chief to salute tornado rescuers
• Play therapy offered for Joplin children affected by tornado
• Mike Pound: Parents know the value of fast-food
• Cherokee County won’t oppose Quapaw Tribe’s application to place land in trust
• Kan. gov. vetoes banking bill to defend authority
• Mo. auditor to appeal ruling on tax initiative
• Brunner ads $1.2M to his Mo. Senate campaign
• New Christian high school planned in Ozarks
• Hobby Lobby raises minimum wage to $13/hour
• Mo. National Guard captain’s career in limbo
• Mike Pound: Here's the catch: We're getting old
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Pittsburg conference inspires young people to become writers
• Jo Ellis: Carthage hospital group taking on new challenge
• Carthage council approves adopt-a-park guidelines
• Susan Redden: Santorum delegates: All dressed up with no place to go?
• Pool designer recommends Schifferdecker Park site
• Niko’s Sale nets more than $13,000 for Ozark Center for Autism
• Busy Week For Lions Softball
• New mayor says Joplin ‘poised for a takeoff’
• Court fight brewing over JHS demolition
• Free online tax option available for those who haven’t yet filed
• City plans for Walk of Unity
• Bargain hunters converge on Neosho
• State experiences vary with use of death penalty
• Pittsburg State project examines death penalty divide
• Football Practice at Neosho for Saturday Has Been Cancelled
• Baseball game times pushed back to noon today
• Mother greets Pizza Hut customers in memory of heroic son
• Silver Creek asks to merge with Joplin
• MSSU to make three faculty cuts
• Baxter Springs appointee announces reconsideration
• Jasper bar fight winds up in court
• Carthage police, school officials to practice crisis response Saturday
• Oklahoma contractor to repay cheated Joplin homeowners
• Mike Pound: Some people need a better alarm clock
• Forecasters say Saturday storms ’life threatening’
• Murder, hate crime charges in Tulsa shootings
• KC-area man chosen Missouri poet laureate
• Assemblies of God lays off 47 headquarter workers
• Romney to woo key conservative group at NRA event
• Lions Baseball Wins Game 1, 8-1, Game 2 Suspended Until Saturday at 11am
• Emily Paullus finishes second at Emporia State Multis
• Jasper County judge takes ear-biting fight under advisement
• Donated clothes being given way
• Nixon approves plan for I-44 interchange
• Handel’s ‘Messiah’ to be performed at Fox Theater in Joplin
• Pittsburg YMCA supporters recognized
• Carthage council revises rules on raising chickens in town
• Barton County Memorial Hospital receives patient-care designation
• Mike Pound: ‘Team Braylon’ to take a walk of hope
• Deputies arrest man wanted for North Carolina bank robbery
• UPDATED: North Korean rocket may have failed
• Clothes giveaway continues through Friday at North Main Street location
• Okla. Senate leader: Deep income tax cut unlikely
• Kan. officials: Agency changes to improve services
• Mo. man pleads guilty to fraud charges
• Southern Baseball makes changes to weekend schedule
• Lions Softball DH at Southwest Baptist Moved to Noon
• Mercy opens new interim component hospital in Joplin
• Lantz Hare Foundation plans duck-race fundraiser
• Group spreads sustainable rebuilding message to Joplin
• Neosho officials say HDR Inc. assumes fault in sewage spill
• Joplin man to stand trial on drug trafficking charge
• Neosho school superintendent Richard Page leaving district
• Crawford County students convene for 25th annual Student Government Day
• Mike Pound: Small schools kept open by community generosity
• Mo. Senate supports charter school expansion bill
• Mo. AG to appeal ruling on payday loan initiative
• Baxter Springs mayor’s attempt to appoint new city clerk, police chief falls short
• St. Louis readies for NRA convention
• Carthage council seats new members; revises rules on raising chickens in town
• Southwest Missouri campus expands hybrid classes
• Mo. AG Koster reports raising more than $890,000
• Today's Talker: 2 Mo. principals accused of not reporting violence
• Southern women's basketball adds three for 2012-13
• Increased cost not stopping Jasper County Commission's jail repair effort
• Joplin School Board's Micklethwaite departing
• Webb City man accused of molesting four girls
• Drury students make 'green' connection in Carl Junction parks
• St. Mary’s Catholic Church announces land purchase
• Neosho YMCA one of three in area to win foundation gift
• Galena mayor excited about town's construction projects
• Mike Pound: Crosslines marking 30th anniversary
• YMCA to mark 125 years in Pittsburg
• Galena construction projects ahead of schedule
• Sen. McCaskill raises $2.3M in early 2012
• Mo. Gov. Nixon releases education funding
• Brother: Tulsa shooting suspect asked for alibi
• MSSU Community Choir to perform Messiah
• Rain Washes Out Lions Softball Today
• Lions golf finishes in 8th at Washburn Ichabod Invitational
• Fourth annual Niko’s Sale taking shape
• Bel-Aire Plaza plan wins zoning advance
• Webb City council OKs taxing district
• Crowder College tuition to increase next fall
• Pledges put mural plans in Webb City in motion
• Missouri Eye Institute of Joplin reopens
• Mike Pound: Holiday outing a ritual that delivers
• Council elects Colbert-Kean as mayor
• Mo. contract pleads guilty to defrauding program
• Mo. House panel to again consider discrimination
• Company plans crude pipeline from ND to Oklahoma
• St. Mary’s acquires land to rebuild west of Joplin
• New Carthage council members to take office
• 1,500 veterans hired through new program
• Highway litter costs Missouri $5 million a year
• Joplin to take over sewer, trash billing
• Grass-roots effort will decide fireworks display in Pittsburg
• Joplin families await moving day
• Southern releases 2012 Football Schedule
• Jeff Fraley named MIAA Track Athlete of the Week
• Lions golf in a tie for second place after day one at Washburn Invitational
• Susan Redden: Area lawmakers track bills as Missouri legislative session wanes
• Jo Ellis: Carthage art walk features talents of 25 artists
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Cycling season begins in Pittsburg
• Webb City eyes special tax to fund transportation projects
• Carthage officials question if sales tax growth can last
• Volunteers dig rain gardens for better water quality
• Wally Kennedy: Concrete as welcome as spring flowers
• Mike Pound: Always off on a wild shoe chase
• Sisters' journey to learn about Titanic survivors brings them to Branson
• Branson show to honor Titanic passengers
• Joplin plans 100-year tribute
• Weather Pushes Senior/Alumni Day Back
• Lions split double-header at Washburn
• Mild winter, warm spring trigger allergies in Four States
• Two more Joplin men plead guilty in Pittsburg shooting
• New Joplin mayor to be chosen Monday
• Pittsburg school superintendent debates KPI president
• Third annual Miles for Missions on horizon in Lamar
• Mike Pound: Only one word to describe people who run baseball
• Kan. says Mega Millions winner will stay anonymous
• Allergies flare up as trees bloom
• Corps says Missouri River reservoirs in good shape
• Work to continue on West Zora Street
• Local Habitat chapter to conduct yard sale
• Kansas nixes roll-your-own cigarette machines
• New Spirit AeroSystems factory opens in Chanute
• Lions Drop Pair to #20 Emporia State Hornets
• Southern baseball drops a pair at Washburn
• Volunteers, others moving to Joplin after first coming to city to help out
• Excitement builds in Joplin ahead of presidential address at JHS commencement
• Bel-Aire rebuilding plans suit neighbors
• Via Christi Hospital's new Women's Center almost complete
• Mike Pound: Local search-and-rescue dog nominated for award
• A bold move in the small world of college chess
• Judge won’t dismiss charge against Missouri bishop
• Judge: 3,200-year-old mummy mask can stay in Mo.
• $1 million winning Powerball ticket sold in Kansas
• Joplin Schools receives $50,000 grant
• Neighborhood meeting set for Belair Center
• Joplin School Board members elect officers, huddle on plans
• Volunteers focus on rebuilding, not theology
• Contractor sues Joplin School District
• Disaster jobs program to be extended in Joplin and Duquesne area tornado zone
• Neosho council authorizes $35,000 in well repairs
• Mike Pound: Joplin stepped up to the plate and hit a home run
• Kansas driver’s licenses remain on hold
• Mo. congressional reps. oppose any base reductions
• Mo. Senate budget plan spares education from cuts
• Carl Junction refinances debt on community center
• MSSU Biomedical Science Career Fair set for Thursday
• Joplin School Board chooses new president
• Voters in Okla. county OK sales tax for settlement
• Google to announce expansion at Okla. data center
• Carl Junction voters pass tax increase, bond issue
• Neosho voters back council incumbents
• Columbus, Frontenac voters approve sales tax issues
• Lawrence County voters renew cabaret tax
• Carthage voters return incumbents
• Voters re-elect council incumbents in Webb City
• Businessman: Bond issue approval signals that Joplin willing to step up to plate
• Voters approve school bond issue by thin margin
• Joplin voters return incumbents to council
• Lawrence County ballot
• Barton County ballot
• Cherokee County ballot
• Students vote in bond issue
• Newton County races draw comments
• Late afternoon voters comment on the school bond issue
• Newton County voters comment on Joplin school bond issue
• Voter turnout strong in Joplin
• Joplin voters comment on council election
• Light voter turnout at Carthage polls
• Joplin council race plays second to bond issue
• Joplin City Council moves closer to hiring developer
• Webb City man gets prison term for molestation conviction
• Man pleads guilty in Webb City stabbing case
• Final round of Central Oklahoma Invitational Cancelled
• Sam Ryan named MIAA Co-Hitter of the Week
• Longtime Joplin resident third man indicted in sports gambling probe
• Judge hears arguments between Jasper County Commission and sheriff
• Developers: Strength of approach is mix of private, public funding
• Mike Pound: Wife is crazy — but good kind of crazy
• Globe wins news-reporting award from ASNE
• Residential and public safe rooms are more common
• Agents urge caution on changes to Mo. insurer
• Effort to bring SEK casino bill to House floor falls short
• Deadline approaching for Webb City mural fund raising effort
• Parked farm equipment saves woman from plunge
• Kan. says state’s Mega Millions jackpot winner still unknown
• Report: AirTran did the best job for passengers
• Susan Redden: Candidates for governor, lieutenant governor total 23
• Jo Ellis: Bluebird eggs signal spring — and bring on anxiety
• Southern football to hold one spring practice at Neosho High School
• Joplin School District seeks OK for bond issue
• School storm shelters could house 20,000 people as well as students
• Tax relief available for senior citizens
• Mike Pound: No fooling — there is a toaster
• Wally Kennedy: Restore restaurants, restore jobs
• Lions drop series finale at No. 10 Central Missouri, 11-10
• William Keczkemethy, guest columnist: $62 million for Joplin’s schools a no-brainer
• Lions drop a pair of tough contests at No. 10 Central Missouri
• Lions Softball Drops Pair to Lady Lions, 3-1 and 5-4
• 8-year-old girl one of seven people hailed as 'everyday heroes'
• Joplin City Council to act on master developer contract
• Joplin residents enjoying unseasonably warm weather
• Granby fee among proposals on ballots in Newton County
• Tornado victims can claim lost photos on Saturday at Joplin Public Library
• Pittsburg tabs Daron Hall as new city manager
• Lawrence County voters to decide on renewal of cabaret tax
• Several city, school posts open in Barton County elections
• Mike Pound: Not asking for directions shows who’s boss
• Bond issue expected to boost turnout in Tuesday’s election
• Tax credit available for some seniors
• Neighborhood meeting set for Belair Center
• PREVIEW: Designers release community storm shelter plans
• Pittsburg hires new city manager
• Joplin residents bask under unseasonably warm weather
• Now at the Bookstore, Select Crew Sweatshirts are $9.99. Clearance T-Shirts only...
• Game Time Changes for Lions vs. Lady Lions
• Video highlights of the opening day of MSSU Spring Football Practice
• City of Joplin working on solutions for damaged buildings
• Joplin developer has plan for Highview lots
• Joplin officials help seek funds for Duquesne weather radios
• Bidding schedule tentatively set for school work
• Missouri Southern SAAC Helps Make-A-Wish Foundation
• Local candidates file for political offices
• Joplin trash rates to go up
• Neosho council, school board races coming Tuesday
• Mayoral elections nearing in Anderson, Pineville
• Crowder College grant expands nursing program
• Mike Pound: Larry Miller living out his dream
• No injuries reported in drive-by shooting on East Central
• VIDEO: Joplin Schools releases virtual tour videos of proposed schools
• Funding sought for Duquesne weather radios
• Judge strikes down Mo. voter ID ballot summary
• Mo. Senate passes birth control coverage measure
• Women's basketball adds Jamie Green to coaching staff
• School representatives field bond issue questions
• Georgian came to help, can’t seem to get away
• Former assistant Cherokee County prosecutor faces likely prison sentence
• Suspect in Great Southern Bank robbery arrested
• Jasper County Commission selects jail repair contractor
• Carthage council advances rule allowing chickens
• Mike Pound: Crime Stoppers making a difference
• Former assistant prosecutor found guilty on drug, conspiracy charges
• Neosho Ethics Board finds no violation after complaint filed against current mayor
• Former Assistant Cherokee County Prosecutor takes stand during trial on drug charges
• Michael Manis charged with Joplin bank robbery
• Forestry official tabbed for Joplin tree recovery
• ACCESS Family Care getting X-ray equipment
• Jasper County Commissioners choose Cornerstone Detention for jail work
• Texas firm could guide Joplin’s tornado recovery
• Joplin School Board approves architectural plans
• Montee stumps for party, campaign at fundraiser
• School board, council contenders speak at Carthage candidate forum
• Diamond coach faces sexual-contact charge
• Mike Pound: Watching baseball on sunny day beats working
• Problem solvers display projects at MSSU science fair
• Joplin construction tops $300 million since tornado
• Southern names official to handle major gifts
• School board, council contenders speak at Carthage candidate forum
• MSSU Science Fair draws diverse projects
• Mo. mountain lions rare but dangerous
• Kan. House advances plan targeting school lawsuit
• Kanas refinery agrees to pay $700,000 penalty
• Sister Helen Prejean will present death penalty lecture at Pittsburg State University on Friday
• Construction since May 22 Joplin tornado tops $300 million
• Veterans Enterprise Forum set for Thursday at MSSU
• Pittsburg group seeks response to online survey for 2030 plan
• Kevin Greim named MSSU Major Gifts Officer
• Lions sweep double-header with Pittsburg State
• Lions finish in 8th at Arkansas Tech
• Hurley Named MIAA Co-Hitter of the Week
• Kansas, Oklahoma among states challenging health care overhaul
• Local hospitals monitoring health care reform issue
• St. Mary’s teacher places in classroom makeover event
• Uncle sentenced to prison in boy’s drinking-game death
• Joplin school superintendent honored with association award
• Joplin School Board to discuss bond issue updates
• Neosho officials assessing cause of basin-wall collapse
• Mike Pound: From ‘The Hunger Games’ to the conga line, with KU hoops thrown in
• Neosho sewage spill
• Joplin man sentenced for role in child's alcohol-poisoning death
• Huff wins MASA award
• School board to discuss bond issue
• Some Okla. law officers wary of ’open carry’ bills
• McCaskill reaping donations from outside Missouri
• MIAA to Induct 1992 NCAA D-II Softball National Champions into Hall of Fame
• Southern Women's Soccer helps out the Joplin community
• Southern football opens up Spring Practice this Friday, March 30
• Lions Softball Sweeps Truman, Moves to 4-0 in MIAA Play
• Joplin council candidates voice views on tornado recovery
• Marathon basketball game raises more than $100,000 for Joplin
• Pittsburg students could face new type of test
• Webb City, Carl Junction voters to elect local representatives
• Hearing scheduled in Cherokee County's lawsuit against casino company
• Jo Ellis: New downtown Carthage shops suit all occasions
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Pittsburg school has it made in the shade through local efforts
• Susan Redden: House restores education spending in budget plan
• Technical difficulties limit live stats at softball today
• Lions drop series finale at Northwest Missouri, 9-4
• Lions Softball Sweeps Northwest Missouri State, 10-0 & 8-0
• Floodwaters cause breach in Neosho sewage basin
• Builders clash over home sizes, values
• Council candidates express views on pool, sales tax projects
• Mike Pound: Is it opining, or mind reading?
• Wally Kennedy: Joplin’s Titanic event to make ‘history’
• School district spends $1.35 million on properties near JHS
• Southern baseball sweeps double-header from Northwest Missouri
• California students helping Joplin storm victims
• Duquesne woman disappointed at ineligibility for Joplin weather radio
• Carthage voters to decide city, school board contests
• Jasper County voters face decisions on April 3
• Death penalty assessed against Chris Collings in Rowan Ford murder
• Death penalty assessed against Chris Collings in Rowan Ford murder
• Miami, Okla. residents without water, under boil order
• Kan. voter ID date change again before Senate
• Duquesne resident upset over limits on weather radios
• Collings trial jury hears members of defendant’s family
• New era at Mercy Hospital Joplin
• Lions drop series opener at Northwest Missouri, 8-6
• Essays push Joplin to top in week two of ‘most interesting town’ contest
• Carl Junction council receives posed law on animal tethering
• Carthage native named new chamber president
• Mercy Hospital Joplin making many changes simultaneously
• Jasper County adds theft charge to Monett teen
• Home beer brewers seek changes to alcohol laws
• Pork industry moves to group pens at great cost
• KCK woman accused of leaving kids in car at casino
• Mo. House budget funds education, cuts blind aid
• Chris Collings’ father: ‘No matter what happens, I love my son’
• Obama defends handling of Keystone pipeline
• “Off-Cleaner” maker donates land for Missouri park
• Rain Forces More Changes to Softball Schedule This Week
• Thomann earns third All-American nod
• Rowan Ford’s family, teachers tell of loss, depression in girl’s death
• Mike Pound: Rain no obstacle for young volunteers
• Neosho council lambasted, applauded at same meeting
• City sets deadline for debris removal service
• Jasper County officials hear proposals on project to upgrade jail
• Empire receives Edison honor for work in tornado recovery
• Taylor Mailes, Seneca fifth-grader, wins Globe Spelling Bee
• Jurors weep from testimony of Rowan Ford's mother
• St. Louis businessmen shooting hoops for Joplin
• Globe Spelling Bee contestants begin competition
• Jury returns guilty verdict
• Storm phobia group meeting in area
• County Commission discusses sheriff’s office overtime, lawsuit
• Spring brings rainstorms, weather radios
• Pool possibilities available for public review, comment
• NEO taking applications for ‘Big Event’
• Mike Pound: Burger on a doughnut chases rainy day blues
• Flood warnings issued for area creeks, streams
• Schweich won’t enter Mo. GOP Senate race
• British fugitive pleads not guilty to US charges
• Judge denies gag order in military school lawsuit
• Jurors to receive instructions on Chris Collings murder case
• Thomann picks up another All-American nod
• Rain Cancels Softball Single Game
• Hannah Cooke Earns MIAA Pitcher of the Week Honors
• Lions golf finishes 19th at Midwestern State Invitational
• Former Lions win St. Louis St. Patrick's Day Race
• Joplin City Council adopts new property design guidelines
• Spring flowers bring color to tornado-affected areas
• Partial DNA profile cited by criminalist in Rowan Ford case
• Mike Pound: Some confessions shouldn’t be aired
• Weather service: ‘Flooding imminent’ for Joplin region
• Jasper County sheriff added to suit filed by Henry County
• Cherokee County Commission votes to change boundaries
• Former Okla. senator asks judge to acquit him
• Mo. House Democrats propose new ethics measure
• Spring break volunteers focus on tornado-destroyed Elks Lodge
• Cherokee County Commission votes to redraw Commission lines
• Weather radios available to Joplin residents
• Judge allows autopsy photos in Rowan Ford murder trial
• Flooding forecast for Joplin region
• Baseball games against William Woods Cancelled
• First round of golf at Midwestern State rained out
• Keane Thomann named All-American and will play in D-II All-Star Game
• Church members ceremonially break ground for new building
• Weather wary words: Spring in wings, but winter may still whack
• Public hearing set on Joplin plan changes
• Renewal of sales tax on Columbus ballot
• Frontenac residents to vote by mail on sales tax question
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Pittsburg Community Garden takes root, sprouts
• Jo Ellis: Children’s carousel to debut in Carthage
• Susan Redden: Legislators offer spring break update
• No. 11 Lions drop series finale 5-2 at Missouri Western
• Businesses utilize Joplin Tomorrow Fund to rebuild after tornado
• MSSU center plays key role
• Santorum receives support in Jasper, Newton counties
• Spears takes the Fifth
• Missouri Southern to give programs priorities
• Mike Pound: ‘I forgot’ calls as inevitable as taxes
• Wally Kennedy: More than just traffic buzzing on Range Line
• Rowan Ford’s stepfather invokes Fifth Amendment at Collings trial
• No. 11 Lions drop a pair at Missouri Western
• Vengels hits a provisional mark and wins the high jump at Tulsa Duels
• Historic house could face demolition
• Jury sees videotapes of Collings’ confessions
• MSSU board hears plans for balanced budget at retreat
• Joplin native examines Irish poetic traditions in new book
• $2 million awarded for job retention
• Globe’s tornado coverage tops Best of CNHI contest
• Wal-Mart settles pesticide claims
• Mike Pound: Shaking up St. Patrick’s Day traditions
• Kansas panel won’t act on Kobach citizenship rule
• Democrats deny abortion activist Okla. delegates
• Mo. Senate candidates can’t name minimum wage
• Videotape confession presented in Rowan Ford case
• Judge considers lawsuit over Mo. voter ID measure
• Fugitive’s son arrested on child support charges
• Joplin Globe tornado coverage tops Best of CNHI contest
• Rural economy appears strong in 10 states
• Thomann and Adams named to Coaches All-Region Team
• Lions Softball Splits with Golden Suns
• No. 11 Lions drop series opener 5-3 at Missouri Western
• Southern announces coaching changes
• College Heights students do annual mission at home, abroad
• Jury returns guilty verdicts on murder charges in traffic deaths
• Wheaton police chief testifies in detail about initial confession
• Joplin students rock out via interactive course from Cleveland museum
• Joplin fugitive arrested on first-degree murder charge in death of Pittsburg resident
• Pittsburg panel OKs tower; need for planning cited
• Most area GOP caucuses planned for Saturday
• Mike Pound: KU could go all the way this year, baby!
• Kan. House tax cut plan cheaper than thought
• Wheaton police chief testifies in Rowan Ford murder trial
• Kaston Hudgins found guilty on first-degree murder charges in deaths of Taylor, Teresa Kemp
• Carthage council authorizes purchase of new storm sirens
• Joplin fugitive arrested on first-degree murder charge in death of Ryan Bailey, Pittsburg
• Officials revise cause of deadly Mo. fire
• Branson Airport adds flights to Chicago, Houston
• Mo. officials urge review of insurance coverage
• Lions football adds another for 2012
• ‘Facial trauma’ cited in Rowan Ford case
• Newman Building stars in film
• Neosho firefighters to be outfitted with new gear
• Student used school-issued laptop to send nude photos
• Missing man’s body found
• Carthage man found guilty in death of 8-month-old son
• Mike Pound: Church rolls out annual Italian feast
• Deputy, witnesses testify at Galena man’s murder trial
• Great Southern Bank reports robbery
• Eddie Salazar Sr. found guilty of second-degree murder in baby killing
• Activists urge longer look at Mo. nuclear plant
• Opening arguments in Kaston Hudgins murder trial begin today
• Forensic evidence introduced on third day of Chris Collings trial
• Eddie Salazar Sr. case goes to jury this morning
• Ex-health insurance exec questions Medicaid plan
• Parents claim Kan. military school abused sons
• GOP fight now Romney vs. Santorum; Gingrich lags
• Trial continues for Carthage father charged with killing 8-month-old
• Lions Sweep Rangers
• Joplin School District bracing for storm season
• Rowan Ford case jury hears FBI agent testify of contradictory statement
• Carl Junction businesses, chamber plan campaign
• Neosho to honor contribution of winemaker with festival
• Joplin Globe editor cited by organization
• Galena man in jail in shooting death
• AmeriCorps unit created to work with FEMA
• Mike Pound: Rev. Justin Monaghan to attend presidential reception
• Missouri GOP caucuses begin today in Barry County, but winner won’t be known until June
• Globe editor named Local Media Association’s Editor of the Year
• Man arrested in Galena shooting death
• Murder trial continues for Eddie Salazar Sr., accused of killing his own son
• Today's talker: Kansas House squashes bid to make Toto breed top dog
• Volunteers available to help with yards
• Legal seminar to be held for tornado survivors
• Rowan Ford rape, slaying trial opens
• GOP candidates for U.S. Senate field questions
• Salazar trial opens
• Cody Griebling named MIAA Pitcher of the Week
• Gov. Nixon helps Freeman mark completion of floor
• Joplin panel endorses Leawood developer’s annexation request
• Pittsburg commission sizing up two candidates for city manager
• Pittsburg panel to hear request for police car
• Governor touts loan fund for water project at Neosho
• Mike Pound: Take a life lesson from Jimmy Buffett
• Fallin OKs supplemental funds for teacher bonuses
• Mo. offering incentives to Invensys Controls
• Auditor: Governments not following Sunshine Law
• Governor touts Neosho water infrastructure upgrades
• GOP Senate hopefuls debate tonight at MSSU
• Rowan Ford murder trial underway
• 225 Oklahoma soldiers return from Afghanistan
• Effort to honor CCC crews under way in Missouri
• Tornado victim battled mold after belongings were soaked
• Baseball Lions move to No. 11 in the Division II Coaches Poll
• Murder trial of Galena man to begin this week
• Jo Ellis: Carthage woman rescues photos from May 22 disaster
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Remembering Bill Rushton, Pittsburg servant
• Students paint images of downtown Joplin buildings
• Local debate scheduled for Republican candidates vying for U.S. Senate seat
• Southeast Kansas Republicans throw support to Santorum
• PhotoSpiva winners announced
• Mail delivery sees change
• Mike Pound: Night off unexpected gift from wife
• Wally Kennedy: Range Line recovery set to go west
• Even with increase, Joplin levy would remain below average
• Southeast Kansas Republicans throw support to Santorum
• Police look to autopsy for answers in shooting death
• Fire chief studying sites for new stations
• Documentary film on Joplin Globe’s tornado response will debut on May 3
• Central Oklahoma Takes Two from Lions
• No. 23 Lions fall to No. 9 Tarleton State, 69-52 in first round of NCAA Tournament
• Jeff Fraley earns All-American Status in the 200m
• Nicole Green earns All-American status in the shot put at 2012 Indoor Championships
• No. 24 Lions complete the series sweep with two wins against Fort Hays
• Martin Luther students celebrate National Lutheran Schools Week
• No decisions yet on MSSU faculty cuts
• MSSU phonathon tops $75,000
• Titanic discoverer to speak at Thomas Jefferson graduation
• Mike Pound: The winner of dumb, dumber, dumbest is ...
• Body discovered in mobile home fire identified
• Eric Hicks charged with murder in toddler’s death
• Feds: Credit card numbers stolen at Tulsa McDonald’s
• Santorum: Obama, Romney share distrust of America
• Mo. Guard agribusiness team preps for Afghanistan
• Young artists paint the town
• Kan. House finishing work on budget
• Mother Nature Forces Changes in Softball Weekend Schedule
• Weather forces more weekend schedule changes
• Stabbing suspect captured in Oklahoma
• Online fine payment to be available
• Community mural planned in Webb City
• Super Tuesday results generate interest in Kansas caucuses
• Mike Pound: Kindness overflows, creating good kind of problem
• Teachers push for CPR training for students
• Charge against mother’s boyfriend dropped in child murder case
• Nine agencies to share $1.5 million for Joplin tornado building
• Musician Chely Wright to open LGBT center in KC
• Okla. income tax cut plan laid over in Senate
• Weir bank robber gets 52 months during sentencing
• Park Service to remove ash trees from Arch grounds
• PSU receives $5 million donation in honor of Lee Scott, former Wal-Mart CEO
• Women's Track and Field sign seven for 2012-13
• Men's Track and Field signs six for 2012-13
• Neosho development-tax panel seeks involvement in motel tax oversight
• Neosho man named chairman of state highway commission
• Missouri American Water granted rate increase
• Housing grants to be awarded
• Mike Pound: Principal’s legacy felt at Carthage school
• Residents, officials say Duquesne building back bigger, better
• Joplin storm victims can search web for missing photos
• Rudy Farber tabbed to chair highway commission for second term
• Today's Talker: New York woman faces $2 million bond in prostitution case
• Suspect arrested after robbery on Taco Bell lot
• Artwork by area artists Jessie McCormick, Christina Lorenzen and Becky Golubsky
• Santorum, Romney locked in dead heat in coveted Ohio, split six other states
• Joplin physician hailed by peers
• ‘Biggest Loser’: It’s all about small changes
• Santorum favored in Ottawa County
• Bill would change insurance rules for tornado victims
• Applications being filed for yard cleanup
• PSU kicks off annual campaign
• Suspect sought in stabbing south of Joplin
• Mike Pound: Concert planned for Peace Lutheran Church
• Arrest made in Pittsburg stabbing
• Joplin stabbing victim in stable condition
• Today’s talker: 81-year-old woman slept with winning Powerball ticket in Bible
• Super Tuesday voters put imprint on GOP race
• Missouri House speaker plans to honor Limbaugh with bust in Capitol rotunda
• Joplin church trio on way to help Indiana storm victims
• Change of venue denied again for Salazar trial
• Dane Kolkmeyer named MIAA and Regional Player of the Week
• No. 24 Lions let one slip away in 5-2 loss to Drury
• Council member questions school bond issue
• Fred & Red’s Chili closing after serving up consistency for 88 years
• President Obama to speak at JHS graduation
• Demolition work begins on burned building
• Cherokee County Commission approves resolution condemning federal law
• Mike Pound: Movies are great, but the Oscar should go to baseball
• State agencies see hit from rising gas prices
• Arrest made in Springfield woman’s death
• Michelle Obama challenges crowd in KC
• House hearings opening on Mo. budget plan
• Cherokee County approves measure condemning federal act
• Governor signs laws to help conserve Kansas water
• GOP candidates make late ground push in Okla.
• Judge mulls lawsuit over Mo. prayer measure
• President Obama to address Joplin senior class for 2012
• Jo Ellis: Volunteering is a way to get more out of Carthage theater experience
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Pittsburg businesses on the move
• Susan Redden: Local Republicans following Reagan’s ‘11th commandment’
• Oklahoma voters to cast ballots in Super Tuesday primary
• Joplin City Council to address zoning issues
• Students use origami to send hope to Joplin
• U.S. District Court gathering materials on landmark case
• Missouri Southern baseball ranked No. 24 in latest Division II Coaches Poll
• Getting ‘plastered’ means something else after May 22
• Retirees pass on lessons about service
• Sign Up Saturday aims to keep kids active
• Wally Kennedy: New-look Backyard Burgers reopens
• Republican faithful gather
• Allison Croghan, Michael Bowen win Dancing with Joplin Stars
• Mike Pound: Dad no solution for dose of teen angst
• NCAA Men's Basketball Selection Show Information
• Lions finish four-game sweep of Truman State with 20-4 win
• Lions Softball Drops Final Game of Annual Teri Mathis Zenner Memorial
• Lions stay perfect with double-header sweep of Truman State
• City to take applications for soil cleanups
• Investigation of building blaze continues
• Weather radios on way to Joplin
• Joplin's credit rating remains strong
• Continuance granted in Collings trial
• Carl Junction School District host for regional competition
• Mike Pound: Women push language barriers, “Itallight”
• Voluntary evacuation still in place in Medford
• Employee groups uncertain about Kan. pension plan
• Missouri tax revenues lag behind budget
• Branson ready for tourists despite damage
• Newborn baby only survivor of Mo. car accident
• Fires flares back up in downtown Joplin building; cause under investigation
• Get your Southern Lions Baseball gear at the Bookstore. $8.99 t-shirt or $19.99...
• Fire destroys historic downtown Joplin building
• School district remodels administration building
• Governor, lunkers, clear skies greet trout anglers
• Southern adds two more players to football signing class
• 19th ranked Lions fall 103-102 to Fort Hays in MIAA Tournament opener
• Repairs under way in wake of storms
• Kansas House defeats tax-relief measure
• Details announced for Joplin Memorial Run
• Cherokee County board begins redistricting duty
• Mike Pound: MU’s fee to leave Big 12 looks wrong right now
• Mo. Senate rejects farm tax increases
• Cleanup continues after deadly Mo. twisters
• Court strikes Mo. auditor’s power on initiatives
• Report: Brown v. Board visitors site spent $886K
• Bald eagle sightings not rare in Kansas anymore
• Mo. lawmaker backs expansion of ’Safe Haven’ law
• Trout season opens today
• MSSU board meets behind closed doors on heels of forecasting job cuts
• Branson tornado stirs Joplin emotions
• Neosho woman pleads guilty to stealing from employer
• Lions Men's Basketball Helping Others in Kansas City Area
• Branson cleaning up in wake of EF-2 tornado
• Mother, daughter receives keys to Habitat home
• Murder charge filed in death of 17-month-old
• Tornadoes, high winds cause widespread damage
• Mike Pound: Munching on international fare in Joplin
• New city website to be created by ‘hackathon’
• Carthage council authorizes fire department purchases
• Murder charge filed in death of 17-month old child
• White House receives Kansas NCLB waiver request
• Mo. teacher planning same-sex wedding is fired
• Cassville man killed by tornado
• Extensive roof damage forces evacuation at Pittsburg motel
• Weather Service reports multiple storm tracks through Southwest Missouri, Southeast Kansas
• Branson tornado Facebook page a hit after storm
• Owner of Branson diner describes destruction
• Wind damage, power outage in Lamar
• UPDATED: Storm leaves Pittsburg hospital operating on emergency power, schools and university campus closed
• One killed as possible tornadoes hit Branson area
• Decision in hearing reserved
• Board updated on plans, bond issue proposal
• New custody trial under way
• Races shape up in first-day filing
• Jurors being selected for Rowan Ford murder trial
• Judge sentences two men to prison terms in assault cases
• National Guard members facing challenge at Camp Crowder
• Judge denies mistrial for ex-Oklahoma senator
• KCP&L seeking rate increase for Missouri
• Mo. Senate seat draws candidates from east to west
• Jasper County Commissioners served with lawsuit today over cost of housing prisoners in Henry County
• Severe weather possible tonight
• Missouri unemployment rate falls in January
• Missouri Gov. Nixon to open annual trout season
• Leggett & Platt donates $100,000 to Lafayette House
• Carthage committee endorses strict limits on raising chickens
• District slates bond-issue meetings for parents
• School district, Sisters of Mercy to get grant money
• Keane Thomann named MIAA Men's Basketball Player of the Year
• Men's track qualifies three for nationals
• Women's track qualifies three for nationals
• Ryan Wheat named MIAA Pitcher of the Week
• Organization, donors to construct ‘green’ project
• Defendant draws six years for attempted rape
• Doug Gatewood announces he won’t seek re-election
• Two sentenced to prison for sexual abuse of children
• Mike Pound: Sunny day creates memory worth keeping
• Details announced for social events in Kansas City for MIAA Basketball Tournament
• Freeman consolidates several services
• Mo. audit criticizes state-created insurance firm
• McCaskill digging in to keep Senate seat
• Kansas legislator Doug Gatewood to retire
• Charges dismissed against ex-Creek Nation worker
• Kan. DA to begin interviews on meetings with gov.
• Ex-police chief to lead KC diocese review board
• Ducks at Carthage hospital subject of children’s book
• Jo Ellis: No downside to aquacize if you don’t mind 5:45 a.m.
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Mock commission meeting helps develop new leaders
• Susan Redden: Redistricting challenges leave filers flustered
• Homeless shelter sees demand for services rise
• Erin Rice named third team All-MIAA
• Lions Split in Final Day Action at Five State Classic
• Roaring River traditions keep luring people back
• Pittsburg man recalls lifetime at park
• Big crowds expected for local Lincoln Days celebration Saturday
• Joplin, United Way offer discount cards for prescriptions
• Wally Kennedy: Architects add to Main momentum
• Mike Pound: Phone works even when brain doesn’t
• Lions sweep double-header with Sioux Falls
• PIttsburg’s manager search down to nine, headed lower
• Man pleads guilty to eight bank heists
• Kansas House votes to restore revenue sharing to counties, towns
• Online sexual offender assessed prison term
• Local woman adds soap making to duties as tornado volunteer
• Mike Pound: ‘People! They’re the worst.’ But good for a laugh
• McDonald County Courthouse headed to National Register
• Congress members urge Iraq to buy US rice
• Judge dismisses case against Okla. lobbyist
• Okla. board rejects death row inmate clemency plea
• ConocoPhillips workers learning where they’ll work
• Builder admits scheme to bribe federal official
• OSBI asked to expand investigation in Delaware Co.
• Board unveils plans for combined middle, elementary schools
• Jury acquits father-in-law in Noel fatal shooting
• Town hall meeting participants unified in desire to clean up city
• Southern wins home opener, 18-5 over Ottawa
• Lions Softball Earns Split in Day 2 of 5 State Classic
• Jayce Thomas in fourth place after day one of the MIAA Heptathlon
• Interstate 49 signs going up on U.S. 71
• United Way presents participating awards
• Mike Pound: One little zero can make a great big difference
• Tornado aftermath places strain on United Way's funds
• Work on Galena’s Main Street project begins
• Jury acquits James Patterson in Noel shooting
• Board approves demolition contract for East Middle School
• Tornado season looms, but forecasting a challenge
• McCaskill airing first TV ads of re-election bid
• Interstate lanes to close
• Army reviewing program at KU for wounded veterans
• USPS closing Springfield, Cape Girardeau centers
• Lions Drop Game 1 of Five State Classic
• Mother, daughter back in repaired home
• Competitive swimmers crowd forum
• $1 million verdict rendered against doctor in fetus death
• Train’s tender box rolls down roads to new home
• Proposals to be sought for repairs at county jail
• Galena mayor holds suspected thief at gunpoint
• FEMA, police warn of scam involving sale of trailers
• Mike Pound: Family’s struggles highlight heroism
• Mo. attorney general seeks $3M to remodel offices
• UM leader urges vote on domestic partner benefits
• Kan. GOP income tax plan hits poorest
• Galena mayor holds suspected thief at gunpoint
• $1 million verdict awarded in wrongful-death lawsuit
• Cody Griebling named MIAA Pitcher of the Week
• Men's basketball climbs to No. 4 in NCAA Division II Regional Rankings
• Council OKs upgrade for storm sirens, change in use policy
• Arrests up, complaints down for Joplin police
• Commission votes to rebid contract for jail commissary
• CVB out of tornado maps
• 83-year-old receives standing ovation after recalling storm, aftermath
• Open house participants say Ummel renovations impressive
• Mike Pound: Lions Club to cook up a mess o’ pancakes
• Mercy Village reopens doors in wake of storm
• Mo. judge strikes down new science incentives fund
• Spence traveling in RV for Mo. gubernatorial race
• Commissioners to seek new bids on county jail commissary operation
• Brad Pitt’s foundation to help KC redevelopment
• 4.0 earthquake in Missouri shakes 9 states
• Missouri Board of Education OKs No Child waiver
• Mercy Village senior housing to reopen in Joplin
• Missouri Southern freshman Jeff Fraley named MIAA Men's Track Athlete of the Week
• Lions Softball Drops Double Header to Golden Sun
• ‘Affordable luxury’
• Tax increase proposed by board of Neosho-Newton County Library
• Organizers planning ‘spectacular prom’
• Carthage school board OKs policy for staff-student communications
• Joplin family mourns death of foreign correspondent
• PSU numbers trend upward, while MSSU enrollment dips
• Mike Pound: To laugh or not to laugh? Laugh!
• Dates for some Mo. presidential caucuses changed
• Hall foundation gives $10.5 million donation
• Kan. House panel backs away from 401(k)-style plan
• West Nile virus threat not as serious in Oklahoma
• Springfield group pushes discrimination ban
• Missouri system reduces proposed tuition hike
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• Joplin council to discuss fund trustees
• Lions Soccer Signs Six to National Letters of Intent
• Keane Thomann wins second-straight MIAA Men's Basketball Player of the Week Award
• Pittsburg's Imagine 2030 committee slates town hall meetings
• School district waiting on last four properties
• Susan Redden: More election changes proposed
• ‘Sleepy little hamlet’ of Jane projects big revenue jump after recent annexation
• Jo Ellis: Carthage stained-glass artist: Sharing talent is rewarding
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Two-story bungalow holds — what else? — two stories
• Donations draw questions
• Lions Softball Earns Split in Final Day of Holiday Inn Classic
• Universities training students for jobs in high, low demand
• Plans to realign 26th-Main intersection in flux
• Polar Plunge produces shakes, shivers, smiles
• Wally Kennedy: Joplin could become cupcake capital
• Mike Pound: Reading Shilo’s mind one chip at a time
• Day Two at Holiday Inn Classic Washed Out
• Lions Fall on Senior Day to Tigers
• Lions send seniors out in style with double-overtime win against Fort Hays, 80-73
• Lions pitchers shine in double-header sweep of Concordia-St. Paul in season opener
• Marine, with a little help, surprises younger sister
• Environmental group says climate change could boost severe-weather events
• Lawmakers: Legislative agenda will be shaped by budget crunch
• City officials to hear posed changes to storm-siren policy
• MSSU board approves tuition hike, rules out faculty salary increases
• Mike Pound: Your day could be worse, you could be this guy
• Flu season off to latest start in decades
• Feds: Meth scheme makes for odd pairing
• MSSU board approves tuition increase, rules out salary increases
• Mo. housing agency OKs plan targeting homelessness
• Ag officials search for Missouri century farms
• Gov. Nixon calls for new Missouri ethics law
• Open House for the Ummel Technology Building Biological Sciences Renovation is 3...
• Southern baseball opens up 2012 season Saturday at the Metrodome
• Irving parents see design of new elementary school
• Retired Webb City superintendent remembered for kindness, integrity
• Work toward Zora interchange under way
• Young artist to sign, sell work at school festival
• Kansas culinary arts students help, learn, lunch in Joplin
• Home’s morning commute termed ‘absolutely perfect’
• Search turns up no sign of Bentonville man
• Governor stumps for homebuilding volunteers
• Mike Pound: So that’s why TV commercials are loud
• JHS graduates share memories
• Mo. Senate passes workers’ comp legislation
• Mo. Senate votes to add cellphones to no-call list
• Okla. oil tax breaks double estimate
• Mizzou conference to commemorate New Madrid quakes
• Former Marymount site using geothermal for complex
• 'Volunteer House' moved to new home
• Southern cross country teams earn USTFCCCA Team Academic Awards
• Woods near casino to be searched for missing Arkansas man
• Webb City board refinances bond debt to save $1.1 million
• Resident’s message to council: Ban chickens inside Carthage
• Joplin High School slated for demolition
• Hastings to close Range Line store; 35 jobs to be lost
• City to seek views on plan for new pool
• Mike Pound: Make Mardi Gras count for Ronald McDonald House
• Okla. Dem wins Senate seat in special election
• Judge: Man still unfit for trial in pastor’s death
• Hastings closing Range Line store
• Senator seeks Mo. funding for religious schools
• Report: Cherokees have $1B impact on Okla. economy
• Fate of Springfield animal shelter considered
• Fairland voters approve $2.1 million school bond issue
• Lions Softball Heads to Wichita Falls, Texas for Weekend Classic
• Men's basketball debuts at No. 6 in NCAA Division II South Central Rankings
• Lions Comeback Falls Short, As Lady Blues Escape with 75-69 Victory
• Carl Junction panel working on ordinance on dog-tethering
• Residents look at future zoning plans
• Pittsburg panel to seek funds for airport project
• Committee recommends grants from sales tax fund
• Downtown business owners note mixed bag in wake of tornado
• Mike Pound: How the ‘famous’ fish fry got its name
• Committee recommends grants from sales tax fund
• Mo. Senate panel backs measure on birth control
• Mo. Supreme Court strikes down most of ethics law
• Judge upholds new map of Mo. House districts
• Wichita might strike oil at proposed library site
• Missouri man discovers new comet
• Webb City bank robbed
• Southern football announces five more additions to 2012 recruiting class
• Neosho council takes step aimed at state road money
• Zoning panel advances school requests
• Appointments planned to fill Carthage council vacancies
• MHDC staff recommends funding for Aurora project
• Valentine’s Day spending second only to Christmas
• Fairland voters to decide $2.1 million bond issue
• Mike Pound: Snow puts last-minute shoppers at risk
• Mo. report suggests new mandates on business aid
• Snow sweeps across Missouri; 2 fatal wrecks
• Community Input meeting for Irving Elementary School canceled
• Neosho council votes to secure road improvements
• Natural gas rates to drop
• School and event closings and cancellations for Monday AM
• Due to a winter storm and dangerous driving conditions MSSU classes are cancelle...
• The Joplin Regional Artists
• Thomann wins third MIAA Player of the Week award
• Open house planned Tuesday to discuss Joplin comprehensive plan, zoning changes
• Hearings slated on controversial zoning requests
• Questions arise over funding road projects near Neosho schools
• Hiding in plain sight
• Artists, musicians join for Carl Junction event
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Backyard bird count open to everyone
• Jo Ellis: Carthage residents helping rescue children living at Guatemalan dump
• Susan Redden: Missouri primary: costly, curious, inconsequential
• Some of first to rebuild describe life in tornado zone
• Defense bill draws foes
• Manager sought for Joplin Athletic Complex
• Arts initiative launched for Pittsburg
• Wally Kennedy: Artisan breads, pizzas come to Main Street
• Mike Pound: New fireplace puts him in the hot seat
• Lions Drop Final Game in Weather Shortened Whitten Inn Classic
• Hot Second Half Leads 21st Ranked Lady Hornets over Lions, 79-65
• Winter weather back in forecast
• Weather service upgrading radar at Springfield station
• MSSU, PSU to conduct financial-aid events
• Authorities term deaths of teens murder-suicide
• Water company cites reconnections
• Survivor of ’78 Connor collapse dead at age 64
• County asks for dismissal of sheriff’s suit
• Mike Pound: One man in America wants his robo call
• Proposed Kan. abortion ban blocked by abortion foe
• Kansas House GOP issues tax plan
• Nixon fills spots on university governing boards
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• Two teens die from shooting in Delaware County
• Mo. presidential primary sets low mark in turnout
• Cold air headed this way
• Okla. court upholds man’s life sentence in deaths
• Miami, Okla., man dies along I-44
• Softball Lions Drop 2 in Day 1 of ACU's Whitten Inn Classic
• Cold Weather Alters Day Two of ACU's Whitten Inn Softball Classic
• Architects present preliminary JHS plans at community meeting
• Confessed shooter testifies against co-defendants in Pittsburg murder case
• School district’s proposed street-closing plan questioned
• City wants to buy weather radios for those without
• Mike Pound: Spirit of competition evident during double-overtime game
• Neosho council approves new golf cart contract
• Mo. optometrist filed $40 million refund claim
• Okla. receives waiver from No Child Left Behind
• Kan. House approves bipartisan redistricting bill
• Fugitive in 1993 British heist arrested in Ozark
• Horses getting dumped into Mo.’s wild herd
• Joplin Globe wins APME Sweepstakes Award
• Vanessa Langford named MIAA Women's Co-Field Athlete of the Week
• Lions have three named to the USTFCCA All-Academic Team
• Lions women have three named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• ‘A creek runs through it’ concept posed for new JHS
• Kansan describes trips into space during PSU visit
• Authorities not sure whether gun had any role in death
• Judge overrules defense motions in infant death case
• Synthetic pot cited in charge; two girls sick
• Missouri Arts Council honors Joplin as Creative Community
• Cattle prices reach record highs as inventories drop to 60-year lows
• MSSU president says governor’s proposal provides some relief
• Mike Pound: Honoring a great lady and a life well lived
• Mo. AG candidates objects to birth control order
• Mobile home fire claims life
• Governor’s announcement will reduce expected cut to MSSU by $1 million
• Springfield approves requiring employee checks
• Mo. senator urges later candidate filing period
• Rick Santorum favored in Southwest Missouri
• Gipson Sets Career High, Lions Fall to No. 10 Pittsburg State 88-74
• Local voter turnouts for nonbinding primary lighter than predictions
• Baxter Springs panel places $8 million bond issue on ballot
• Mike Pound: Icy water of Shoal Creek awaits plungers
• Voters in Neosho mention faith when making choices
• Voter: Important to support chosen candidate
• Conservative voter: Romney winning because of split between Gingrich, Santorum
• Missouri takes “robo-signing” mortgages to court
• Mo. House endorses voter photo ID requirement
• Romney battles Santorum, Paul in GOP caucuses
• Turnout low for Missouri primary
• Council denies Highview rezoning
• Two men plead guilty in sex-offense cases
• Judge sends identity thief to prison
• Carl Junction panel studying dog tethering, barking issues
• PSU president gives faculty preview of legislative report
• No objections voiced to tribe’s CID proposal
• Board places $62 million bond issue on April ballot
• Mike Pound: Grown men soon to be playing baseball, so all is well
• Turnout could be low for ‘straw poll’ primary
• SW Mo. man charged with abusing foster kids
• Fallin highlights more cuts to Okla. income tax
• Mo. group looks into discrimination against felons
• Brownback issues no pardons in 2011
• Garage door openers stop working on whole street
• Board approves $62 million bond for April ballot
• Annual report notes Carthage crime down
• Missouri announces drop-off locations for mercury collection
• Carthage foundation returning to roots
• Judge orders Carthage counselor’s trial delayed
• Use of primaries in nomination steps has long history
• Quapaw Tribe seeking approval of taxing district
• Tornado victims dogged by home-security company
• Council to hear Highview Avenue zoning requests
• Jo Ellis: Carthage utility happy with new location
• Susan Redden: Redistricting prompts moving plans
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Year of disasters temporarily sidelined business
• Joplin School Board votes on $62 million bond issue
• Missouri primary may be dim indicator at best
• Father, son superfans of the New York Giants
• Sports organizations to help build 35 homes in Joplin
• Mike Pound: Don’t let this cat out of the basement
• Wally Kennedy: Six new businesses to open in Gryphon
• FTC program gains support from national foundation
• City official: SEMA rejects helping individuals pay for safe rooms
• Lake-business owners worry about any plan to tap Stockton
• Play’s issues remain relevant
• Racial slur written on door of church that holds Spanish-language service
• Mike Pound: In case you haven’t heard, Super Bowl is Sunday
• Three JHS seniors finalists for national scholarship program
• Masonite to add 65 new jobs in Pittsburg
• Webb City school official cites Bright Futures reception
• Brunner’s wealth would rank high in US Senate
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• Masonite to add 65 new jobs in Pittsburg
• Joplin’s individual safe room funding denied, city says
• Lions Football adds another to 2012 recruiting class
• Lawsuit accuses contractor of cheating tornado victims
• Repeat sex offender faces life term
• California man charged in wake of tornado ‘work’
• Schreiber Foods honored by Carthage United Way
• Several large firms in mix for master developer job
• Tracker Marine cutting 112 jobs at Miami plant
• Catholic school receives $3,000 for music program
• Mike Pound: George Bush look-alike finds new career at restaurant
• Pittsburg hospital adds window film in wake of tornado
• Jets return to Joplin
• Attempted rape conviction to draw mandatory life term
• Tracker Marine to cut 112 jobs from Miami workforce
• Mo. senators delay workplace discrimination vote
• Missouri Attorney General sues contractor for allegedly cheating tornado victims
• KC club subverts law with videos
• MIAA Basketball Tournament Tickets To Go On Sale Monday
• Southern baseball picked fifth in 2012 MIAA Preseason Baseball Poll
• Softball Lions Tabbed Third in MIAA Coaches' Pre-Season Poll
• Carthage to use money from new tax to purchase sirens
• Six applications submitted for master developer job
• More than 100 houses in works through nonprofits, other groups
• Lack of snow could save some taxpayers millions
• School district seeks permanent street closings as it rebuilds high school
• Mike Pound: It’s not always the what, but the why
• Crowder College exhibit recalls role of local man in saving European wines
• Nonprofits, other organizations, building housing for tornado victims
• Mo. senators scuttle nominee for economic director
• Mo. senator delays workplace discrimination vote
• Kansas legislators ask for security review of Boeing move
• Mo. GOP challengers trail Sen. McCaskill in money
• Missouri Southern Announces 2012 Football Recruiting Class
• Head Football Coach Daryl Daye Talking about Southern's 2012 Football Recruiting Class
• Missouri Southern Women's Basketball Drops Second Game to Lincoln
• Court filing reveals more of Carthage counselor’s past
• Plans for revenue shift add to sheriff-commission dispute
• Quartet takes inspiration from painter
• Zombie comedy movie to film near Riverton beginning in spring
• ICF construction gaining ground after tornado
• Mike Pound: Politicians united on value of AmeriCorps
• Court hearing starts over Mo. congressional map
• Kan. Senate president says he questioned meetings
• Clinical Research Center at KU Med Center opens
• Judge: Springfield search didn’t violate rights
• Missouri governor backs plans for new oil pipeline
• Contractor takes issue with state office’s action
• Vehicular assault leads to seven-year sentence
• Harvested saplings to return to roots at new hospital site
• Rooting for Joplin has trees for free
• Joplin’s tourism bureau again taking heat over map
• Ozark Center reopens last of eight damaged locations
• Joplin father’s beating of baby draws prison term
• Grants awarded for ambulances, storm sirens in Cherokee County
• Mike Pound: NFL’s Pro Bowl not a real game
• Man enters guilty plea for drinking-game death
• Mo. Senate panel endorses union legislation
• Kan. official defends food stamp policy as fair
• Mo. hotels asked to help stop sex trafficking
• Ozark Center fully restored eight months after storm
• Culvert replacement to close block of street for up to three weeks
• Jo Ellis: Carthage residents build on Route 66 link
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: PSU quarterback joins in reading program
• MedFlight director recalls May 22 tornado that left ‘hollow’ St. John’s hospital
• Employees, community bid farewell to St. John’s; new hospital site blessed
• Carl Junction launches preservation effort
• Susan Redden: Embattled Wisconsin governor gets boost from Joplin
• Rezoning issue shakes up neighborhood
• ‘Right person at the right time’
• Pea Ridge Civil War battle to come alive again in March
• American symbol inspires visitors to annual Eagle Days
• Wally Kennedy: Gun shop finds new business after tornado
• Mike Pound: Wife helps broaden fashion sense
• Homes for Hope breaks ground
• Five Joplin people charged in heroin conspiracy
• Stella promises eagle viewing
• Habitat starts another home; another 10 homes in the works
• Loan to help in expansion of reconstructed business
• MSSU holds competitive advantage in tuition costs
• Mike Pound: State of the Union is ... entertaining
• Denver appeals court upholds military impostor law
• Taiwan official deported, sentenced to time served
• Southtown Cleaners recovers with help from Joplin Tomorrow loan
• Woman accused of abandoning infant in woods
• Kan. Gov. Brownback wants teacher evaluations on public websites
• Suit over Mo. House districts filed in trial court
• Two ceremonies to mark home-construction efforts
• Carthage chamber seeking new president
• Creek death ruled accidental drowning
• Railroad club says KCS engine headed to good home at Carona
• Mike Pound: Super Bowl means baseball can’t be far away
• Will Norton Memorial Field receives significant donation
• Kansas City museum new home of Joplin rickshaw
• Academy Sports treats kids to sprees ahead of opening
• Mike Pound: Super Bowl means baseball can’t be far away
• Joplin man’s death ruled accidental drowning
• Mo. Supreme Court declines redistricting case
• Mo. Senate votes to add Accountability Portal info
• Group donates $150,000 for memorial miracle field
• Target gives $100,000 toward rebuilding Joplin Schools
• Kansas farmers claim $1 billion after drought
• Republican Martin drops House bid, runs for Mo. AG
• Proposal to expand rail passenger service derailed
• MIAA Basketball Championships to Remain in Kansas City Through 2014
• Hospital applauds doctors, nurses for storm efforts
• Teachers create contest for literary, artistic talents
• Tests being conducted on body found in creek
• Brownback’s budget proposal includes funds for Project 17
• Carthage council hears ‘vision’ for downtown
• Officials hope couple’s restoration effort will feed revitalization
• Asbestos-removal method means delay in school demolition
• Carthage, other cities going to the birds
• Mike Pound: Taking lessons from a real director
• Missouri, Stifel agree to $1.1 million settlement
• Body found in creek east of Duquesne
• Carthage council hears ‘vision’ for downtown
• Chronic wasting disease found in 2 Mo. deer
• Mo. bill allows quicker intervention in schools
• Analyst: Southwest Airlines might help Branson
• Daye finalizes coaching staff
• Lions Women Drop Nail biter, 73-66, to the Central Missouri Jennies
• United Way donations to fund center at Joplin’s FEMA parks
• Carl Junction seeking Drury students’ help in ‘green connection’
• Joplin businessman draws prison term for tax violations
• Area’s natural resources focus of restoration plan
• Plant closing to cost 90 jobs
• Crowder College expands locations throughout region
• Mike Pound: Some volunteers shy away from recognition
• Mo. Senate backs adding Accountability Portal info
• Bobby Landis draws federal prison term
• Funding announced for office at FEMA parks
• Republic approves annexation for equine center
• Zerkel and Williams named to Beyond Sports College Network All-America Teams
• Joplin School Board to seek extension of deadline to place bond issue on ballot
• Woman arrested in Messenger Towers shooting
• Salvage work under way at St. John’s
• Molotov cocktail link noted in rural fires
• Carthage police apologize for Facebook posting
• Leawood board votes to deannex acreage posed for development
• Businesses gear up for expo exposure
• Rural Granby woman drowns after car lands in Shoal Creek
• Eagle to be groomed as PSU center’s mascot
• Deadline approaches for applying for SBA’s economic injury loans
• Mike Pound: The sacrifices that we parents make
• Lawsuit challenges new districts for Mo. House
• Mo. plans savings from debt refinancing
• Mo. House panel backs workplace discrimination law
• Search on for site to build new pool
• Southern's Jason Adams named MIAA Men's Basketball Player of the Week
• Tastings in Kansas liquor stores on tap in Topeka
• Volunteers take another step toward restoring Colonial Fox Theatre
• Andrea Bryan Stefanoni: In need of escapist reading? Here’s a list
• Jo Ellis: Two favorite holidays on horizon
• Susan Redden: Terry uses candidacy as advertising ‘vehicle’
• Mike Pound: 14th birthday not so dreadful
• Wally Kennedy: Restaurateur down but not out
• Conservation Department team focuses on Neosho’s features
• Filming of Bonnie and Clyde movie reset
• Rapid-fire bidding greets Bonnie and Clyde guns
• Contractor quarrels, alleged death threats jeopardize demolition timeline for schools
• Fast Start for Truman Downs Lions, 72-53
• Thomann's 29 helps to lead No. 16 Lions over Truman, 80-74
• Lions men pick up five wins in day two of MSSU Invite
• Lions women win five events in final day of MSSU Invite
• Volunteer continues doing demolition work
• Webb City working on East Road to serve as north-south route
• HUD awards Joplin $45 million
• Steps being taken for preservation of ‘Volunteer House’
• MSSU board discusses possible state cuts
• Crowder College magazine holds annual competition
• Mike Pound: Is there ulterior motive when getting the day off?
• Ameren Missouri plans to boost energy efficiency
• Nixon: Mo. schools should avoid big tuition hikes
• Missouri Southern board, president address proposed cuts
• Singers wanted for Handel’s Messiah
• Joplin to receive $45 million for tornado recovery work
• Road map for Joplin's recovery endorsed
• School board contemplating amounts for bond issue proposal
• Advisory group decides freeway should start near Interstate 44
• Program holds help for long-term needs
• Carthage police add Facebook site
• Corporations lending efficiency skills to disaster-recovery work
• Lawrence County business cited in state injunction
• Mike Pound: Joplin couple build reputation for hot wings
• Online Bible Institute to open new center in Carl Junction
• Patent attorney testifies about failed Mo. factory
• Missouri S&T names first female chancellor
• Integris CEO denies deal with Garth Brooks on naming rights
• Ex-Reagan adviser shapes Kansas gov.’s tax plan
• Mo. senator seeks new age limit on tobacco sellers
• Mo. House approves constitutional spending limit
• Williams, Zerkel and Smith earn All-American honors
• Neosho council awards water project contracts
• School administration to recommend board propose bond issue
• Police take stand on lawsuit
• Joplin man to stand trial in robbery spree
• House fire sends seven to hospital
• Samaritan’s Purse volunteers start house-building project
• Nixon’s proposal would result in $2.7 million cut for MSSU
• Final acceptance of recovery plan sought
• Site work for new hospital idle
• Races develop for city, school posts
• Job Fest 2012 set for Thursday
• Mo. lawmakers may buck Nixon’s higher ed cuts
• Mo. gov. backs casino fees to benefit veterans
• Mo. Supreme Court chief calls for sentencing fixes
• Garth Brooks lawsuit begins today
• Joplin house fire sends seven to hospital
• Lions stop skid with 83-75 win over Northwest Missouri in overtime
• Ceremony, community discussions mark McCune-Brooks addition to Mercy system
• Volunteers, donations saved city $17.7 million
• MoDOT explains, displays design of diverging-diamond interchange
• Joplin building permits top $268 million since May 22
• Postponement granted in trial in death of baby
• Webb City clerk fielding questions on new polycarts
• Mike Pound: Advice to Kansas City Chiefs: Lighten up
• Neosho district closer to OK for grant for storm shelter
• Proposal seeks to ban Mo. teacher tenure
• Mo. lawmakers consider calls for I-70 tolls
• Mo. governor expected to outline more budget cuts
• Poor face tax hike under Kan. plan
• Salazar baby murder trial reset
• Cancer Awareness Night scheduled for February 4
• Missouri Southern football coach Daryl Daye announces coaching staff
• Carthage board reviews proposal on student-staff communication
• Neosho council to consider replacement of golf carts
• King Day events include breakfast, service projects, march
• AmeriCorps sets deadline for homeowners’ requests
• Mike Pound: Weekend without cellphone was wonderful
• School officials question immigration bill
• Bureau’s tornado map creates Facebook flap
• Dual polarization radar to sharpen forecasting
• Fate of Kan. elections bill tied to computer issue
• Okla. tribal chief comments on casino controversy
• CVB director says ‘tornado tourism’ report inaccurate
• City Councilwoman main speaker at MLK Day breakfast
• Feelings mixed ahead of Springfield E-Verify vote
• Cancer Awareness Night scheduled for February 4
• Keane Thomann named MIAA Men's Basketball Player of the Week
• Joplin senior chosen as runner-up in national scholarship program
• Joplin council to hear report on costs of tornado damage
• Greensburg survivor in Joplin to promote New York documentary
• 20th Street redevelopment becomes a waiting game
• Blessing to mark Carthage hospital’s affiliation with Sisters of Mercy system
• Jo Ellis: McCune-Brooks Auxiliary fulfills pledge
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: PSU offers new exercise science degree
• Susan Redden: Governor, lawmakers diverge on job creation strategy
• Mike Pound: Bed, bath ... and body ... and oops
• Smoke detectors distributed by Day of Service volunteers
• Carthage mayor urging more filings for council openings
• Wally Kennedy: Tornado survivors still finding closure
• Students use Joplin to study everything from urban planning to effects of PTSD
• Teachers, administrators, parents visit schools
• No. 23 Lions hold on for 70-67 win at Northeastern State
• Joplin watch parties cheer ‘Extreme Makeover’ families
• Student interest growing in battery-development project
• Prosecutor: Woman justified in stabbing of boyfriend
• Jury convicts man of attempted rape
• Employers’ needs focus of work force summit
• Property negotiations for JHS wrapping up
• Mike Pound: Two computers prompt brain to reboot
• Increasing student interest in battery development program
• Senate panel begins Kansas tax study
• Kan. Demo leader sees Manhattan area moving to 1st
• Mo. secretary of state candidate: $442,000 in bank
• Missouri Gov. Nixon has $5M for re-election bid
• Missouri Sen. Blunt has coronary stent implanted
• Pittsburg panel opens application period for housing program
• Son pleads guilty in shotgun assault on dad’s girlfriend
• Carthage School District schedules building tours
• Board keeps contractor despite deadline approach
• Grant money available for building homes
• Ex-prisoner of war says ‘Extreme Makeover’ gave him his life back
• Mike Pound: Blame Mike for blast of winter weather
• Snow causes hundreds of wrecks in Missouri
• Motivational speaker offers free marriage course
• Joplin sports cancellations
• Record number of Mo. firms got low-interest loans
• Mo. high court considers redistricting challenges
• Kansas governor proposes tight state budget
• Webb City board OKs girls soccer program at high school level
• Carthage residents who are citizens of Guatemala face federal indictment
• Carthage sales tax proceeds up
• ‘Honkie’s’ accomplice in bizarre assault gets same prison term
• Home Depot’s big box back in business in Joplin
• State plans redesigned I-44 interchange in Joplin
• Modine brings in large stormproof building to protect employees
• Address changes divert some county forms
• JSA board agrees to move offices
• Mike Pound: Group has its Fillmore at annual celebration
• Pizza Hut Express will host a Grand Opening during regular business hours Jan. 1...
• Mo. bill would make schools immigration monitors
• Mo. House panel endorses spending limit proposal
• Three Carthage residents among 14 named in federal indictment
• District sends faculty, administrators on site visits
• Carthage sales tax collections increase
• Highway department to make improvements to Range Line-I-44 interchange
• Carl Junction group focusing on plan for school district
• Panel amends Highview Avenue zoning requests
• State to replace bridge on Highway 43 in Seneca
• Children of the storm focus of new center
• Home Depot preparing for reopening of store
• Mike Pound: Man dedicates 30 years to fighting illiteracy
• Mural depicting Joplin High School dedicated
• Carl Junction schools hold strategic planning session to form ‘guiding plan’
• Residents hear positions on housing proposal
• Residents of several area towns remain in dark about post offices
• Dirt being moved for replacement for medical center
• Joplin assault cases result in prison terms
• Tornado recovery panel sets open house for Thursday
• Mike Pound: Time to exchange one set of decorations for another
• Plan for Galena medical office building revealed
• Ortho Four States provides plans for medical office building in Galena
• Carl Junction chamber creating new committees
• Summit to help employers with hiring trends
• Mother Road Marathon planned for third year
• Area counties fare poorly in latest obesity survey
• Widespread epidemic
• Jo Ellis: Growing operation keeps businessman busy
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Some disheartening news on the local health front
• Susan Redden: Richard joins Senate appropriations panel
• Neosho chosen as focus of conservation initiative
• A crapshoot for Southeast Kansas
• Storm victims allege they were left in lurch by California man
• MHDC: Joplin’s credits fulfilled
• Joplin schools pays $317,599 for properties near East Middle School
• Mike Pound: The chaser has become a hunter
• Wally Kennedy: Former Bella Peppers to be torn down
• Lions Fall to 20th Ranked Washburn Lady Blues, 76-53
• 14th ranked Lions fall 67-49 at Washburn
• Voting sites relocated after tornado damage
• Pittsburg chamber cites legislative priorities
• Woman sent to prison in drinking-game death
• School board endorses size, cost estimates for three new buildings
• Superintendent: Audit contains no surprises
• Tax preparation could be more complicated for tornado survivors
• Panel seeks lower U.S. threshold for lead poisoning in children
• Mike Pound: New wedding trend a bad idea for artistically challenged
• Tornado likely to complicate tax preparation
• Board accepts Huff’s recommendations
• Southeast Kansas legislators given priorities before session begins next week
• Seth Hackney picks up a win and a provisional at Arkansas
• Nicole Green leads a trio of Lions at Arkansas
• Court: Prosecutor may defend county in suit filed by sheriff
• Ex-public administrator arraigned on 12 counts in federal indictment
• Police returning items turned in after tornado
• Cherokee County officials discuss infrastructure needs near I-44
• Miami man executed in ‘94 slaying
• School officials warily await Missouri decisions on state funding levels
• Mike Pound: Teachers, most Americans are on your side
• Miami, Okla., man scheduled for execution tonight
• Cherokee County officials discuss infrastructure needs with Joplin officials
• Workers challenge Postal Service
• Carl Junction council approves bid for sidewalk project
• Bondswoman charged with false imprisonment
• Former co-owner of dance club to stand trial
• Mayor notes praise from state auditor for Neosho effort
• City says housing recovery exceeds halfway point
• Tax-credit housing projects to get more consideration
• FEMA awards grants for hospital, school district
• Mike Pound: Magic Moments needs a helping hand, too
• Joplin moving up in Reader’s Digest contest ranking
• Hospital, high school receive millions from FEMA for tornado recovery
• Bondswoman charged with false imprisonment
• DNR approves $9.4 million loan for Neosho water project
• Carl Junction City Council approves sidewalk project
• No. 19 Lady Hornets Sting Lions, 74-55
• Joplin City Council authorizes pool repair
• Alleged abductor to face charge of rape in Oklahoma
• Bonnie, Clyde guns await auction gavel
• Attorneys argue motion seeking disqualification of prosecutor
• Joplin Humane Society shelter marks most successful quarter
• DNR approves loan for water projects in city of Neosho
• Mike Pound: With football winding down, a book will have to suffice
• Suit filed over blocking of religious content
• Construction landfill challenged
• Judge hears arguments in suit between sheriff and commission
• Body of missing Joplin man found
• Pierce City baby who died was 1-month-old boy
• Brandon Williams and Landon Zerkel named to Don Hansen's All-Region Team
• Police search wooded area for missing Joplin man
• Numerous events planned to honor Martin Luther King
• Musician to film video in Joplin
• $8 million Missouri primary irrelevant in choosing candidates
• Mike Pound: Moving target still takes plenty of shots
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Promising to do better in the new year
• Jo Ellis: New sales taxes to provide revenues in 2012
• Family welcomes first baby of 2012
• Susan Redden: Lawmakers note importance of tourism
• Joplin council to consider funding for yard cleanup
• Post-disaster wages targeted in bills filed for 2012 session
• Assistance, weatherization programs help residents in winter
• Mike Pound: If the boot fits, wear it
• Wally Kennedy: Dillons Pharmacy opens; details pending for grocery store
• Staired Straight: Pittsburg man sets 2012 goal of climbing 15,000 flights of stairs
• Yes you can
• Pieces of Joplin history on the auction block
• Kellen Cox to be honored at halftime of Allstate Sugar Bowl Jan. 2
• Fireworks may be to blame for house fire
• Carl Junction breed-specific ordinance prompts couple’s decision
• Spiritual man touched the lives of thousands
• Baby names for 2012 reflect unique spellings
• Mike Pound: Can we resolve not to take TV ads seriously?
• First Day Hikes scheduled at area state parks
• A place with character
• 2011 a year 'impossible to duplicate'
• Nixon names new Mo. economic development chief
• Mo. utility regulator to step down next month
• Kansas Army Ammunition Plant tower to come down
• Energy boom reported in Oklahoma
• Mo. lawmakers consider more health care measures
• Pit bull, Rottweiler owners find new home for dogs
• Blunt touts pipeline
• Mike Pound: Non-cheeseburger no match for perfect one
• County budget includes changes sought by sheriff
• Health care CEO looks back on long career with Freeman
• Losing a landmark
• New year brings McCune-Brooks into Sisters of Mercy Health System
• Lions Start Strong, Fall to #18 Pittsburg State, 78-64
• Sears releases partial closing list; Okla. spared
• KC man charged with trying to take gun onto flight
• Roy Blunt: Keystone Pipeline would boost recovery
• Jasper County commission approves final 2012 budget
• Snowy owls show up in Kansas, Missouri this year
• Sales tax proposed to pay Delaware Co. lawsuit
• Mo. lawmakers mull changes to school formula
• Residents have options for Christmas trees
• Neosho land survey uncovers 186 acres of city-owned land
• Joplin police arrest Illinois murder suspect
• Mike Pound: Teachers earn their pay, deserve our respect
• Judge hears arguments in lawsuit against former public administrator
• Proposed painkiller could pit benefits against abuse
• Jets to return to Joplin airport early next year
• Downstream Casino Resort makes holiday donations
• Highway Patrol troop asking for new headquarters
• Audit questions cost of Missouri elk restoration
• Judge hears arguments in lawsuit against former public administrator
• Neosho discovers 180 acres of city-owned land
• Mike Pound: Helping should be year-round effort
• Legislators put forth new effort on prevailing wage issue
• Joplin clinics receive disaster recovery grants
• Kansas regulators approve Empire deal
• Man faces felonies for alleged assaults
• Sheriff contests cuts to budget
• One year after teen’s death, family, friends honor victim of accidental shooting
• Legislative effort planned to suspend prevailing wage on housing projects
• Study finds high costs for St. Louis transfers
• Repairs to start on Kansas City’s Liberty Memorial
• SW Kan. election is 1st test of new voter ID law
• Kansas schools prepare for retirements, shortages
• Arrests made in case involving alleged assault, abduction of Joplin women
• Retailers ring up extra sales on 'Mega Monday'
• Smithsonian chooses tiny town for exhibit
• $25,000 grant to help communities get fit
• Annual Christmas bird counts take flight in region
• Mike Pound: Reflection shouldn’t include shopping trip
• Couple cites appreciation as others grab hammers
• McCune-Brooks making major transition strides
• Susan Redden: Re-election announcements start
• Housing, jobs, opportunities for youths among top concerns
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Hearts and Hammers keeps on helping
• First Community continues meal tradition despite storm
• A Home for the Holidays
• Tornado victims celebrate birth of little storm survivor
• Church makes surprise Santa visit to tornado victims, others
• Mike Pound: ‘Long winter’s nap’ not likely today
• Wally Kennedy: East Buffet taps into hunger for Asian cuisine
• Lampo building proposed as temporary rec center for children in Neosho
• Civil suits pending on local level
• Mike Pound: You can’t always get what you want
• Joplin city services to observe holiday hours
• Man pleads guilty in theft of cattle
• Webb City High eyes girls soccer
• School district planning to check donated land for undermining
• More retailers pull formula after Mo. infant death
• Road travel up, air travel down for holiday season
• Real estate broker tapped for Mo. university board
• More trouble for Ameren’s Taum Sauk plant
• Kan. preparing to replace Statehouse roof, dome
• Gamblers test their luck at new Kansas casino
• Joplin School District looking to expand day care openings
• Duquesne inspiring with T-shirt messages aimed at past, future
• City checking for asbestos ahead of demolition order
• Tulsa man pleads guilty to Weir bank robbery
• Posed budget could widen rift between sheriff, commission
• USDA loan programs available to Joplin
• Mike Pound: Holiday stress? Try last-second shopping
• 2nd bacterial infection reported in Missouri baby
• Hyatt opts to donate to Skywalk collapse memorial
• County prosecutor drops charge against dismissed firefighter
• Lilly Endowment awards $1.5 million for housing
• Two families back ‘home for holidays’
• More agreements authorized for Zora overpass
• Pittsburg commission OKs $52,000 purchase of radios
• Mining settlements to be used to buy prairie, riparian land in Southeast Kansas
• Kansas City man ordered to stand trial in drug case
• Mike Pound: Christmas traditions sometimes have to be earned
• Best Christmas tree contest
• St. Mary’s receives $15,000 from KC bank
• Cabinet members to discuss grant for Arch project
• Nixon names new Mo. homeland security coordinator
• Joplin receives $1.5M from Lilly Endowment
• Mike Pound: Niki’s story is far from over
• Webb City police receive grants
• JHS vocalists win $25,000 through ‘Glee’ contest
• Sheriff challenges action on inmate medical pact
• Plan calls for new features at Parr Hill
• Joplin district to merge elementary schools
• Renewable-energy center near completion at Crowder
• Kansas Democrats unveil jobs, gambling plan
• Snow ends, but much of Okla. Panhandle still stuck
• JHS vocalists win $25,000 through ‘Glee’ contest
• Travelers sit in Kansas as snowstorm socks Plains
• Jasper County budget available for review
• Simmons resigns as Mo. administration commissioner
• School board approves site change for Irving
• Council OKs seeking applications for master developer
• Truck driver assessed 27 years for abuse of girl
• Fifth-grader compiles, publishes tornado book
• Larger turnouts expected for Christmas Day dinners
• Four former Mid-Missouri Bank officials banned from banking
• Neosho board member gathering information on school uniforms
• Mike Pound: Watching dance recital buys day of watching football
• Kansas Star Casino certified to open Dec. 26
• Snowstorm moves east through Oklahoma’s Panhandle
• Boeing says it’s still studying Wichita operations
• Mo. initiative seeks to increase renewable energy
• Snowstorm threatens travel in southwest, Midwest
• Four former Mid-Missouri Bank officials banned from banking
• Brandon Williams adds another All-American honor
• Funeral/Visitation Arrangements set for Mike Hagedorn
• New school funding plan for Kansas draws skeptics
• Joplin to consider master developer to lead rebuilding
• School plans, demographics on Joplin board agenda
• Death row inmate tied to Miami murder apparently attempts suicide
• Susan Redden: Missouri’s U.S. senators agree on defense authorization act
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Presbyterians use Lutheran playbook to launch Pittsburg Christmas dinner
• Jo Ellis: Keep Christmas close to home this year
• Carthage Police Department holds party for 700 children
• Firefighters Association to join lawsuit on behalf of former Joplin fireman
• Confederate Gen. Price led 1864 campaign into Missouri to liberate state, disrupt election
• Pittsburg turns up big in Alabama for championship
• Neosho school district planning softball fields
• Carl Junction considers starting recycling effort
• Mike Pound: Wife asked: ‘Did you lose a bet?’
• Southern Hall of Famer Mike Hagedorn Passes Away
• MHDC approves Joplin projects
• Officials: Abundance of caution the rule in asbestos removal
• Two Christmas parties set for Carthage kids
• Armory becomes shopping center for 775 families
• Significant donations made to hospital, park
• Mike Pound: The onslaught has started: Is it time to move?
• 10-year-old leads drive to get cards to vets
• States unlikely to heed NTSB call for cell ban
• EPA provides $500,000 grant to help with yard remediation
• Mo. Gov. Nixon proposes to tap university reserves
• Missouri Housing Development Commission makes recommendations for Joplin projects
• Prevailing wage waiver for Joplin projects fails during state meeting today
• Man accused of killing mother of girlfriend
• Daryl Daye named new head football coach at Missouri Southern
• Scout council bringing ‘Peace Light’ to Joplin
• Springfield man to stand trial in I-44 road-rage case
• Ex-chamber official arraigned in Boomtown Days theft
• McAuley recognized for tornado response
• Mike Pound: Postcard book tells Joplin’s story
• Joplin man charged with first-degree murder
• Mo. proposal calls for open redistricting meetings
• Kan. gov.’s aide hints plan to touch on sales tax
• Experts gather in Okla. to talk weather resiliency
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• Former Jasper County official indicted for fraud, theft
• Webb City School Board refinances two bond debts
• Woman’s death ruled homicide
• Pittsburg to seek grant for armory command post
• Calendar focuses on Joplin schools
• Some area manufacturers hiring, reporting growth
• Mike Pound: A greater good to be had
• Occupy Tulsa protesters chained to City Hall
• Suburban schools could run unaccredited KC schools
• Joplin Salvation Army receives $50,000 from Secret Santa
• Kan. gov. outlines plan to overhaul school funding
• Man scams Salvation Army donors in Columbia
• Filing period open for school board
• MSSU to confer 333 degrees
• MHDC staff to recommend housing projects
• Area man makes name on opera stages
• Despite surviving tornado, ban makes dogs unwelcome
• County commission makes policy changes
• Mike Pound: Division II basketball still a pure sport
• Brandon Williams named AFCA All-American
• Arkansas alumni group helps out in Joplin
• Pipeline project to keep portion of Fir Road closed through week
• Staff does storm audit; consultant not needed
• Joplin officer resigned amid conduct probe
• Buildup begins for national championship
• Prisoner boarding costs added in sheriff’s lawsuit
• Mike Pound: Watching cellphone technology roll backward
• 500 children receive gifts during toy giveaway
• Joplin City Council to hear chamber president report
• Miami firefighters plan to restore antique fire truck
• Jo Ellis: Terina Carney a force of energy
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Stage performance of holiday show back for encore
• Susan Redden: Yawn factor grows for Missouri primary
• Two area men named finalists for Rudy Awards
• Afton student with cerebral palsy inspiration to coach, teammates
• New formula drops graduation rates for some area districts
• Joplin tornado victim named semifinalist for Rudy Awards
• Tour of downtown provides lessons as Joplin rebuilds
• Wally Kennedy: Followers await some news about Dillons
• MSSU Foundation shows net gains in fiscal year
• Mike Pound: One Christmas tree will do just fine
• Ol’ Red gets ‘furever’ home
• Last Second Shot Dooms Lions
• Record-setting assist game lifts No. 1 ranked Lions over Lincoln 107-65
• Demolition begins on Joplin schools destroyed in tornado
• Letter to Henry County, potential lawsuit has board, sheriff at odds
• Polar Bear Express provides magical rides
• Mike Pound: Scientists: Rats set shining example
• Lions' Smith and Wong named CoSIDA Academic All-America
• Sheriff says all farmed-out prisoners back
• Henry County officials vow lawsuit over inmate costs
• Annual food drive to go door-to-door on Neosho streets
• Changes being made to Boomtown Run
• PSU adds graduation ceremony
• Mike Pound: Worth often determined by offers
• 200 jobs to be lost with salad plant's closing
• Neosho OKs sale of bonds for water system work
• Judge orders Rowan Ford case file removed from view on Internet
• DickensFest to feature magic-lantern show
• District to sell nearly rebuilt house on Iowa Avenue
• Zoning request raises questions, challenges for Leawood residents
• Carl Junction council plans to propose two ballot issues
• Mike Pound: Jerry Coach loading up sleigh again
• Mo. relaxes casino ban for problem gamblers
• Mo. panel OKs suggestions for disaster response
• State to receive grant for disaster survivors
• Mo. hunter gets shot of white deer
• Mo. lottery director targeted by apparent scam
• Sink hole closes Rex Avenue
• Thousands cheer, shiver along Main Street for Christmas parade
• Couple donate $3 million to rebuild autism center
• County agrees to pay for OT
• Survivors mostly gone, but their stories live on
• Realtor granted zoning change
• Mike Pound: Memorial mural depicts determination
• Springfield man posed as Joplin tornado victim to bounce checks
• Lions Defeat Griffons for Second Straight Time in St. Joseph, 66-62
• Springfield man posed as Joplin tornado victim to bounce checks
• Leffens donate $3 million for autism center
• 2 ex-Tulsa officers get prison in corruption probe
• Deputies to receive overtime pay for May 22 tornado work
• Parking to be stopped on Main Street for tonight's parade
• Prosecutor says robbery case essentially completed
• Men's basketball vaults to first-ever No. 1 National Ranking
• Guilty pleas entered by fathers in two Joplin child-abuse cases
• Man faces prison sentence in groundhog-spraying scam
• Bill proposes tax deduction toward cost of storm shelter
• Kansas City effort rolls 22 libraries on wheels into Joplin schools
• Carl Junction council to consider tightening zoning restrictions
• $3 million donation to help Ozark Center rebuild autism center
• Globe photographer, staff honored at AP convention
• Mike Pound: Flights not same without peanuts
• Indian claim over Park City land set in Kansas
• $3 million donation will help rebuild Ozark Center for Autism
• 19 to be interviewed for Mo. appeals court vacancy
• State sen. pushes for early end to 1-cent tax hike
• Wichita school fights Facebook slam page
• Keane Thomann named MIAA Men's Basketball Player of the Week
• Maiden Lane project on Joplin council agenda
• Tornado Team providing free legal advice to tornado victims
• Group to discuss ‘spirit of Joplin’ on Beck’s program
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Honorees low-key in their efforts to better Pittsburg
• Jo Ellis: Christmas events fill Carthage calendar
• Susan Redden: McCaskill calls for permanent earmark ban
• End of war brings more questions
• Check out the art, while checking out books
• Rain doesn’t dampen spirits of festival crowd
• Mike Pound: Parlez-vous computer? Nod your head
• Main Street Fastrip coming back
• Study finds international students pump millions into college towns
• Practice of recruiting international students comes under scrutiny
• No. 25 Jennies Hands Lions Second Straight MIAA Loss
• Lions pick up three provisionals at Early Bird Open
• Women's track has successful opener at MSSU Early Bird Open
• Second-ranked Lions win 72-64 at Central Missouri to stay undefeated
• Two MSSU athletes killed
• Mike Pound: NBA strike easy to have missed
• Freeman to sell bonds for addition
• Nixon asks corps to reinstate NW Mo. levee
• Extension to make due with less in Greene County
• Crash claims lives of two MSSU football players
• Tribes pleased with Obama efforts, asking for more
• Cable companies to resell Verizon Wireless service
• Lobbyists paid for Mo. lawmakers’ playoffs tickets
• Four Missouri Southern Student-Athletes Involved In Serious Accident
• Appellate panel redraws Senate, House districts
• Jury convicts officer of manslaughter
• Civil War sites planning events for holidays
• Local man faces charge in Texas in 2008 slaying
• Researchers seeking more storm accounts
• Mike Pound: Life’s twists, turns at times don’t add up
• Job creation tax credits falling short in states
• Rep. McNary to run for Mo. treasurer’s office
• Analyst: Expect 2012 cattle market to stay strong
• Barry County jury returns guilty verdict in Massa trial
• McCaskill: Move funds from Afghanistan to US roads
• Joplin man in custody for cold-case murder in Texas
• City Council backs eight housing projects proposed in storm zone
• Two Joplin men to face trial on assault charges
• Trooper: Shots fired by officer after vehicle passed
• Bomb threat prompts search at Freeman West
• Career pathways focus of planning for new high school
• Mike Pound: Peace Lutheran congregation marching on
• Neosho council approves water infrastructure improvements
• French IT firm to open office in Missouri
• US Sen. McCaskill proposes ban on earmarks
• Globe wins EPPY award
• Freeman issues all clear
• Okla. ranked 7th in funding anti-tobacco programs
• Breeding program gives hope for hellbender
• Lawman on trial in shooting death of Arkansas man
• Webb City Council upholds decision to block construction of apartments
• Men's Basketball signs Kansas high school prep standout
• Brandon Williams named first-team All-Region by SIDs
• Robert Corn named Division II Bulletin Coach of the Month
• Lions Drop MIAA Opener, 63-55, to Truman
• Joplin School Board eyes long-term decisions
• Commission hears plans for Spring River projects
• State awards scrap-tire grants for playground projects in Joplin
• Investors buy Springfield Brewing Company for $3M
• Report: Kansas City a drug trafficking hub
• Route 66 in Kansas designated as Historic Byway by state
• Jasper County Commission updated on Spring River watershed grant
• Webb City Council upholds decision by Planning and Zoning Commission that blocks apartment complex
• Joplin Schools, Joplin Family YMCA, and Boys & Girls Club of Southwest Missouri to team up to provide Winter Camp for children during holiday break
• American Airlines declares bankruptcy, no impact for travelers expected
• More objections voiced at second public hearing on housing developments
• Prosecutor: Bullet paths belie officer’s account
• Men's basketball earns highest-ever ranking and now sit No. 2 in the NABC Div. II Poll
• Area Christmas parades ready to roll
• Architects hear input on MSSU master plan
• Woman enters plea in deal with prosecutor’s office
• AmeriCorps teams put muscle into storm work
• Mike Pound: Weight gain one of those ‘little jokes’
• Trial underway for police officer accused of shooting suspect
• Kan. duo to examine American Indian diabetes woes
• Mo. lottery ticket worth $2.4 million
• Kansas gov. says staff overreacted to teen’s tweet
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Toys for Tots campaign aiming for new heights
• Susan Redden: Lawmakers preparing bills for 2012
• Southwest City police officer’s case going to trial
• Firefighter contends board could have settled pay issue
• Thousands of volunteers leave Joplin house with signatures
• Mike Pound: Of cabbages and kings, and parents and teens
• Wally Kennedy: Dude’s Daylight Donut Shop abides
• Area districts reevaluating policies, plans
• Kansas college students raising funds for JHS music
• Elves hard at work on window display
• Educators reconsidering tornado plans, policies, following May 22 storm
• Haley Weather's career-high 23 points lift Lions over Ark.-Fort Smith, 74-68
• Black Friday shoppers get head start on deals
• Payouts stand at $1.13 billion
• Two Egyptian doctors in Joplin back protests, say military’s legitimacy lost
• Collector: Victims of tornado should review tax statements
• Mike Pound: Column ideas abound at times
• Egyptian doctors in Joplin side with protesters in homeland
• Hunters provide venison for Kansas food pantries
• Mother says 3 arrested US students leaving Egypt
• Gov. Nixon orders flags to half-staff on Saturday
• Okla. audit report pending on Bernice accusations
• Mo. holiday ornament focuses on tornado recovery
• In wake of tornado, added reasons for gratitude cited
• Eagle-viewing events planned for region
• Joplin’s leaf-pickup service to start
• Pittsburg weighing state funds for resurfacing connecting roads
• It’s Red and Black Friday in Lamar
• MSSU to ask public for help in citing priorities for plan
• Mike Pound: Shopping before crack of noon is too early
• Spring River group to seek funds for projects to reduce pollution
• Defendant to stand trial in Carthage man’s death
• Plaza Motel robbery, stabbing detailed
• More council petitions filed
• Norton family continuing Will's tradition
• Families share memories of previous Thanksgivings with those killed in tornado
• Mike Pound: Fowl, football fine Thanksgiving fare
• Spring River group to seek funds for projects to reduce pollution
• Thanksgiving travelers hit road despite cost hikes
• Rare birds make stop in Mo.
• Kansas college to help out Joplin High School band
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• Neosho school board leases site for baseball, softball teams
• Carthage council approves hospital lease agreement
• Property negotiations continue for district
• Globe now carries crime map on website
• Nothing found after threat at South Middle School
• Mike Pound: Give a toy and save a turkey
• Expert ranks tornado possibly as third worst in U.S. history
• Joplin Tornado Memorial Service
• More presidential candidates file for Mo. primary
• Former KC medical school chief found dead in Fla.
• Bella Vista AARP Chapter donates $18,000 to support Joplin senior tornado victims
• Missouri 19-year-old arrested in Egypt protests
• Springfield businessman apologizes to skeptics
• Kan. unemployment holds at 6.7 percent in October
• MSSU sets Town Hall meeting to discuss master plan
• Update: South Middle School students return to building
• Partnership corporation in Pittsburg hailed by officials
• JHS bricks to be sold for building fundraiser
• Hester's three helps to lift fourth ranked Lions over Northeastern State 68-66
• Council advances housing permit for churches
• Officials take stock of accomplishments six months after tornado
• Ceremony to mark 6-month anniversary of monstrous tornado
• Mike Pound: Not paying attention has consequences
• Cherokee County considers consolidation of offices, duties
• Mo. Congressmen seek AG review of inmate’s case
• Suspect shot, killed by Mo. state trooper
• Deere division breaking ground for new Mo. plant
• Missouri Southern SAAC Completes Successful Food Drive
• Residents meet with developer, get answers about housing proposal
• Joplin City Council to conduct hearing on volunteer shelters
• Churches, groups plan holiday dinners
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Women’s night with Saudi students an eye-opener
• Jo Ellis: Sharing the harvest integral part of annual feast
• Susan Redden: ‘Unfinished business’ outweighs statewide run for Richard
• School district works with FEMA, families
• Residents reflect on life in FEMA villages
• FEMA villages called county’s ‘fourth-largest city’
• Mike Pound: Problem as plain as nose on your face
• Families get keys to Habitat homes
• Wally Kennedy: V’s is latest in men’s barbershops
• Lions hold on for 92-83 win over Mid America Nazarene
• Marlee Tegenkamp earns All-American status at 2011 NCAA D-II Cross Country Championships
• Neosho school administrator resigns
• MSSU interim VP now permanent
• St. Louis family brings ‘Joy to Joplin’
• Building permits top $192 million in 2011 in Joplin
• Lieutenant Governor Kinder says he will instead focus on reelection
• Families to get keys to Habitat houses
• Mike Pound: No vertical hold knob with this TV
• Budget amendments to cover fuel expense for sheriff’s office
• Firefighter resigns from pension panel, Board addresses lawsuit
• Homeless told to take down camp in Springfield
• Gas firm wins legal skirmish in condemnation suit
• Ameren to submit Lake Ozarks plan early next year
• Appeals of SW Mo. racetrack proposal rejected
• Missouri presidential search picks up pace
• Regional approach urged
• Southern Baseball sign four in early period
• Developers providing information on plans
• Local organizations prepare for thank-you to volunteers
• Seven pick up petitions for council election
• Group hears suggestions for air quality monitoring
• Cities ponder tornado shelter options
• Mike Pound: Basketball conversation offers perspective on Civil War
• Incumbents, challenger announce for associate commission posts
• Occupy events planned for St. Louis, Kansas City
• Another aftershock reported in central Oklahoma
• Obama files to run in Missouri Feb. 7 primary
• United Way gives 2011 update
• Worship Center hosts Joy to Joplin event
• Free flower bulbs available at parks office
• Carthage man wins $100,000 lottery prize
• Rachel Olinyk named to All-MIAA Squad
• Missouri Southern Softball Inks Eight in the 2012 Class
• Carl Junction seeks new bids for Pennell Street sidewalks
• Fate of golf course property remains at issue in Neosho
• Bright Futures donations climb
• Mike Pound: Belsnickles event to showcase ‘tornado survivors’
• Residents praise court ruling on sexually oriented businesses
• Baroque ensemble to perform tonight
• Confirmed bomb threat at Riverton
• Company moving from Kansas to downtown KC
• Mo. lawmakers want discussion about I-70 tolls
• St. Gregory’s quake-damaged turrets being removed
• Congress set to cut money for meat industry reform
• Deal stalled for Superior building in Pittsburg
• Former Joplin detective pleads guilty, admits stealing person’s identity
• Joplin police officer recognized for heroic efforts on May 22
• Mike Pound: Sugar Plum Fairy fired over sour words
• Jasper County employees honor worker killed in storm
• Faculty meets second candidate for MSSU administrative post
• Development panel hears report on new tax for roads
• Consultant’s review sought on space needs at county jail
• Adams named MIAA Men's Basketball Player of the Week
• Missouri Southern golf signs two
• Mo. Supreme Court upholds strip club restrictions
• Proposed hospital tax change could affect Mo.
• Mo. AG wants possible expansion of abuse reporting
• Oil boom helps boost Oklahoma revenues
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• Fireworks business interested in Superior’s vacated plant
• Former Joplin police detective pleads guilty to wire fraud after stealing person’s identity
• Bombardier plans expansion, if it gets incentives
• Tornado victims can get rebates for appliances
• Foundation awards grants to non-profits in Southeast Kansas
• Mike Pound: If football could be fixed as easily as plumbing
• Southern football has 10 named to All-MIAA squad
• Carthage police set two parties for underprivileged youngsters
• Academic All-Stars honored in Joplin
• Joplin showing housing rebound
• ‘America’s Most Wanted’ fugitive caught near Cassville
• Group calls for waiver of prevailing-wage rule
• Historic bank in Pittsburg saved from demolition
• Freeman gets $100,000 donation from Commerce, foundation
• Joplin council filing period opens
• Abolishing a state income tax is easier said than done
• USDA announces funding for rural broadband
• Home of murdered Mo. couple scene of fire
• Commerce Bank donates $100K for Freeman Health System construction
• State reps call for changes in housing project rules in Joplin tornado zone
• Missouri’s debate over dog breeding continues
• Academic All Stars program begins tonight for Joplin students
• Men's Basketball to play at Sprint Center on November 22
• Head Football Coach Bart Tatum resigns from Head Coaching position at Southern
• Pitt State president gets double-digit salary increase
• St. Mary’s cross to be preserved
• Finishing touches wrap up Habitat’s 10-home project
• Mother cites punishment of students accused of assault on school bus
• Jo Ellis: Woman’s dream leads to food pantry in Carthage
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Pittsburg taking steps to improve appearance
• Susan Redden: Senate campaign heating up in Missouri
• Mike Pound: Mating socks can be quite the ritual
• Wally Kennedy: Flea markets, antique stores shuffle locations
• PSU honors grads who helped Joplin after May 22 storm
• Artillery vets joined Vicksburg, Atlanta campaigns
• Double jeopardy results in charges against ex-teacher being dropped
• Superintendent wants to name school after iconic 'HOPE' sign
• Date set for second housing hearing
• Mike Pound: When riding bulls, helmets still optional
• Free recycling effort slated
• K.C. artists, Salvation Army partner for memorial
• Parents to serve up chili, jazz at Carthage band fundraiser
• Grant aids Duquesne in storm recovery
• No new charges filed in toddler's death
• Veterans Day tradition continues at W.C. park
• Wal-Mart heiress dedicates museum to her mother
• Southern falls 51-28 at ninth ranked Pittsburg State in the Sonic Miners Bowl
• Volleyball falls in season finale, 3-0 to Northwest Missouri
• Arrests made in convenience store robbery
• Joplin child’s death ruled homicide
• Christmas show goes on without Williams
• Former Congressman Mel Hancock laid to rest
• PSU to honor alumni for leadership in the midst of tragedy
• KC artists partner with Salvation Army to bring The Hope Memorial” to Joplin
• Fourth ranked Lions open up season with 106-73 win over Dallas Baptist
• Lions fall in four sets at home to Truman State
• Accused post-tornado looter bound over
• Senator considering run for state office
• Grant to help Pittsburg with housing rehabilitation
• State patrol finds caches of stolen items in Dade County
• Eagle sculpture removed ahead of JHS demolition
• State housing commission to hold second hearing on tax-credit projects
• One candidate for post meets with MSSU faculty
• Soldier leaves legacy of tragic truth for family, country
• Developer, landowner withdraw project plans
• Mike Pound: Christmas tree helps community effort
• Police: Hunt for Kansas City baby not out of steam
• Okla. lawmakers mull more openness in Legislature
• 3 top cabinet chiefs leaving troubled KC district
• Developer withdraws controversial Briarbrook housing plan
• Rash of car thefts from St. Louis-area dealerships
• Regulators revise order for buildings at Mo. lake
• Men's Basketball signs Oklahoma high school product
• Lions' Wong and Smith named CoSIDA Academic All-District
• Carthage council advances proposal for hospital lease
• U.N.: 7 billionth person born on Monday
• Gang member sent back to prison
• Neosho council to consider Little League program
• Carthage utility offices open in former hospital
• Police: Toddler found dead had been left at home alone
• Student loan reform affects local students
• Mike Pound: Another way of saying ‘I told you so’
• World population reaches seven billion
• Democrats hire executive director
• Deceased Joplin child’s name released
• Mo. judge weighing budget cuts by Gov. Nixon
• MSSU to offer scholarships to area students
• Tickets still remain for I-44 Hoops Classic presented by Wendy's with Missouri State
• Jo Ellis: State gearing up to replace bridge at Carthage door
• Governor praises Habitat project
• Ring’s route back to owner roundabout
• Andre Bryan Stefanoni: Businesses on the move in Pittsburg
• AmeriCorps, instrumental in tornado recovery, faces potential cuts
• Susan Redden: Local Republicans hear gubernatorial hopefuls
• Lions Soccer Number 3 Seed at MIAA Post-Season Tournament
• Lions Soccer Sends Seniors Out in Style
• Grass fire destroys shed, damages trailer
• Opposition to proposed development swirling in C.J.
• Volunteers hammer away on Ten for Joplin project
• Historic preservation conference to open in Joplin
• Commercial demolition deadline set
• MSSU revises drop policy, due date for student fees
• Wally Kennedy: Casa Montez devotees salivating for reopening
• Mike Pound: Shuttling coordination uncoordinated at times
• Tornado survivor, tenacious Cardinals fan witnesses historic victory
• Lions fall to 4th ranked Northwest Missouri 52-21 on Senior Day
• Police: Witnesses say $50 dispute root of arson case
• Habitat initiative kicks off today
• Volunteers converge to rebuild two homes
• Fort Scott takes regional win in energy contest
• People magazine names Huff one of six heroes
• JHS students make music video with Hollywood cameraman’s help
• Mike Pound: What a baseball game; what a seer
• JHS students make music video
• Roof framework collapses at Backyard Burgers
• MSSU revises fee due date, drop policy
• Joplin tornado survivor, devoted Cardinal fan, going to World Series game
• Southern volleyball falls in straight sets at 8th ranked Central Missouri
• ‘Extreme’ crew showcases Cunningham Park projects
• ‘Day of Hope’ slated in Joplin
• Lead contamination found in storm’s main path
• Singer Barry Manilow donates truckloads of musical instruments
• Mike Pound: Local pastor in line for national honor
• Major League Baseball, players association donate $200,000 to help tornado victims
• Joplin School District will not take action against Jim Whitney
• Cunningham Park tribute garden dedication to be held today
• Barry Manilow visits Joplin
• Quapaw tribe makes donation of water monitoring equipment
• United Arab Emirate volunteers to accompany Tulsa busloads for Ten for Joplin building blitz
• Dance to raise money for tornado victims
• Run With the Wind 25-K
• Surprises turn up at ‘reveal’ of houses
• Stateline Specialty Hospital on the horizon in Galena
• National institute seeking tornado interviews
• Hospital lease set for review by Carthage Council on Nov. 8
• Mike Pound: Neosho woman encounters form of sticker shock
• Extreme Makeover crews warm up crowd for the ‘big reveal’
• Grant funding announced for ‘Hungry Tiger’ program
• Reorganized Neosho sales tax committee meets for first time
• NEO hosts OK2Grow Business Forum
• Property acquisition progressing for Joplin schools
• Relative of cowboy humorist Will Rogers to speak at MSSU
• Joplin family ‘incredibly excited’ about ‘Extreme Makeover’ house
• Board of Education hears assessment from administrators
• Threatt named d2football.com National Special Teams Player of the Week
• Southern men's basketball picked to win the MIAA in both preseason polls
• Joplin teacher’s alleged remarks prompt complaints to district
• Mike Pound: Singing the virtues of the McRib
• Early morning house fire under investigation
• Name of pedestrian killed on I-44 released
• Business bill dead as Mo. Senate ends session
• Dispute resolved with Somali workers at Tyson plant in Noel
• County jail repairs advance
• “Extreme” houses nearly done; visitors invited to reveals
• New complex to replace housing destroyed in Joplin tornado
• Missouri statewide preservation conference to be held in Joplin
• Lions Picked 5th/6th in MIAA Pre-Season Polls
• Those with tornado ties watch homes going up
• Sheriff: Handgun in home results in child’s death
• Drury students create volunteer tribute in Joplin’s Cunningham Park
• Man draws prison term for Internet-related home robbery
• Man, claiming to be God, arrested in bizarre assault
• Tornado survivor to receive workers’ compensation after all
• Housing, school funding cited as needs for Joplin
• Mike Pound: On a ‘roll’ until siren sounded
• Insurance firm agrees to pay survivor
• Mo. House leader joins secretary of state race
• Nov. 30 demolition deadline set for commercial properties
• Model storm shelters tested in Extreme Makeover big build
• Ne'Ronte Threatt named MIAA Special Teams Player of the Week
• Family helps feed builders, volunteers
• School board to discuss budget gap
• Some seeing red over debit-card user fee
• PSU strives for healthier students, staff
• CHS ‘pre-med’ program gets national certification
• Susan Redden: Federal building has workmanship from Carthage
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Friends of nature can befriend nature center
• Bricks-and-mortar retailers want level playing field
• Mike Pound: Mix-ups are in the eye of the beholder
• Firefighters unite for one of their own
• Suspects nabbed with alleged stolen cattle at auction yard
• VA clinic proposed for Springfield
• Water conference on tap; coalition supports regional planning
• Wally Kennedy: Frank’s Lounge emerges from disaster
• Southern men finish third at 2011 MIAA Cross Country Championships
• Southern women finish second at 2011 MIAA Cross Country Championships
• Lions set numerous school records in 68-28 win over Southwest Baptist
• Cost of education issue for college leaders, students
• Police still trying to determine whether death suicide or homicide
• Local builder proud of workers, volunteers
• Prison term assessed in baseball-bat beating
• Outreach dental program lauded as national model
• Study recommendations, ranking now focus of school committees
• Barry Manilow to deliver donated instruments
• Mike Pound: To each his own is beautiful
• DA says abortion records destroyed
• Mitt Romney makes Oklahoma City appearance
• US pays $380 million to end Oklahoma tribe’s suit
• Mo. repeals teacher-student Internet restrictions
• Wildcat Glades nature center receives $50,000 grant
• Joplin shooting victim’s name released
• Volunteers shuttle in for ‘Extreme Makeover’ build
• Police probing shooting death of Joplin woman
• Local educators say Libya may face difficult future
• Sheriff: Man killed himself during traffic stop
• St. John’s prepares to open behavioral health center
• Ten for Joplin nears goal of $800,000
• Mike Pound: Memories of Fredonia, Kan., and fries
• Community Clinic receives nearly $13,000 from Rotary Club of Joplin
• Mo. House seeks more talks on economic development
• US appeals court hears Kinder’s health care suit
• Exeter man gets 15 years for exploiting child to produce porn
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• Volunteers converge on show’s seven-house build in Joplin
• Bulldogs Down Lions in OT, Snap Lions 5 Game Win Streak
• Fundraiser benefits home-building effort
• Authorities: Domestic dispute leads to wounding of deputy, suspect’s suicide
• Closed portion of golf course subject of residents’ petition
• House leadership to propose conference on jobs legislation
• Cleanup work at mining sites continuing
• Miami hospital to break ground for new cardiac cath lab
• Judge orders tornado-scam money returned to state
• Extreme Makeover releases names of families
• Mike Pound: Notre Dame’s magnanimity diminished
• Wounded McDonald County deputy’s identity released
• Deputy shot while responding to domestic dispute
• Ex-YMCA camp worker faces new exploitation charge
• Springfield, Mo., tank maker to add 289 jobs
• Firefighter tabbed for new home as “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” launches Joplin effort this morning
• Panel pushes for jail repairs; how to pay for work still at issue
• Family awarded damages in dispute with landlord in wake of May tornado
• Webb City chamber bestows awards
• Webb City school officials eye security cameras for buses
• Researchers seeking interviews about storm
• ‘Extreme Makeover’ build to begin
• Mike Pound: World War II vets learn of common bond
• Tornado produces sales tax windfall
• Highway Patrol report identifies Boomtown suspect in theft case
• Freezing temperatures possible through early Thursday
• Mo. Lt. Gov. Kinder criticizes home-care backlog
• Feds to decide if Kansas fire attack is hate crime
• Gas company seeks rate decrease
• Nixon: billions worth of deals on tap with China
• Mike Pound: Signs of times suggest winter in wings
• Crowder president granted probation after DWI plea
• Council splits on decision to allow second operator at Joplin airport
• Lions finish in 13th at Missouri Golf Association Regional Preview
• Lions fall in straight sets to Missouri Western
• Local cellphone users applaud billing policy
• Newton County commissioners pushing for sales tax for roads
• Cellphone companies agree to send customers bill alerts
• Date, location of SEK economic summit set
• Missing baby’s family hires Van der Sloot attorney
• Stouffer loans Mo. sec. of state bid $150K
• Woman pleads guilty in boy’s drinking-game death
• Kline ethics case unlikely to affect his teaching
• Oversight of Mo. business incentives questioned
• Mo. Gov. Nixon triples fundraising of Kinder
• Love into action
• Oklahoma project to build wind turbine plant delayed
• An off-color autumn
• Missouri Southern and Missouri to host free kids clinic during One State, One Spirit Classic
• Ryon Phillips named MIAA Football Defensive Player of the Week
• Lions Defeat Bulldogs 24-17 on Joplin R-VIII Day
• Lions Soccer Wins Again, Improves to 5-1 in MIAA Play
• Joplin woman pleads guilty to defrauding business partner
• Main Street redevelopment a focus of group
• JHS science lab gets $500,000 donation
• Robbery confirmed as motive in murder
• Mike Pound: Blue-jean jackets and Converse low tops — when casual was king
• Good weather expected to boost turnout for Maple Leaf parade
• Kansas schools achieve Standard of Excellence on state assessments
• Expansion of Cunningham Park proposed
• Princeton man wins $2.8 million Mo. Lotto jackpot
• KC bishop charged for not bringing porn to police
• Missouri jobless rate falls slightly to 8.7 percent
• Four Joplin men charged in Pittsburg murder
• Men's Basketball ranked fourth nationally in Division II Bulletin's preseason poll
• Families meet Habitat sponsors for ‘blitz build’
• Charges against accused looters dismissed
• PSU set for homecoming weekend
• Cheerleading club operator to stand trial
• Architectural group drawing vision of Joplin
• Survivor of DWI crash relives horror behind the wheel
• School district acquires more property near JHS
• Mike Pound: TOPS could be your ticket to sensible weight loss
• Downstream plans convenience store, liquor store, RV park
• Panel: Suspend ex-AG Kline’s law license in Kansas
• Carnahan: Mo. should hold presidential primary
• Kansas to seek No Child Left Behind waiver
• Joplin may test weather sirens about 1 p.m.
• Greene Co. court upholds Springfield smoking ban
• Men's Cross Country crack the Top 25 National Rankings
• Southern women's cross country make a move in both the national and regional polls
• Pittsburg panel to weigh options for storm shelter
• Former deputy announces candidacy for sheriff
• Occupy Pittsburg group stages first protest
• City receives first donated trees
• Mercy plans to lease McCune-Brooks
• Slim pickings in the pumpkin patch
• Mike Pound: A tough Christmas for many could be made easier
• Heartland Goat Expo planned in Columbus
• Kansas appeal gets backing from anti-abortion group
• Oklahoma lawmakers resume tax break analysis
• Vote certified in election for Cherokee chief
• Mercy to lease McCune-Brooks in Carthage, use it as secondary “northeast” campus
• Pittsburg City Commissioners exploring options for providing storm shelters for residents
• MU forms partnership with institution in India
• Jail study group supports short-term fix
• Boomtown probe nearly over, patrol says
• Tornado-affected students awarded scholarships
• Pittsburg to face ‘the good and bad’ in 2012
• White oak cross to serve as memorial for Elks killed in tornado
• Mike Pound: Therapy center offers more than just riding
• Apartment owner ordered to pay, apologize for raising tenants’ rent
• Architects to sketch vision of Joplin projects
• Missouri AG’s office responds to redistricting lawsuit
• Cherokee court vetoes agreement on freedmen vote
• Pittsburg commission to revisit storm shelter issue
• Goodwill to open temporary site Friday in Carthage
• Heartland Opera to stage benefit for JHS
• State encourages college students to volunteer in Joplin
• Curious life of Lavett Gano gets more curious
• Thieves hit disaster recovery center
• Property owners urged to meet demolition deadline
• Mike Pound: Like father like daughter? Not quite
• Police back at home of Kansas City missing baby
• Mo. lawmakers, governor at odds over fighter jets
• Goodwill to open temporary site Friday in Carthage
• Nina, Pinta replicas to visit Arkansas, Oklahoma
• Springfield veterans clinic a step nearer fruition
• Jo Ellis: Tree project taking root in Joplin
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Carthage businessman gives column a happy ending
• Susan Redden: Local delegation splits on economic development measure
• Cutting Neosho firefighters might mean higher insurance
• Debt and taxes
• Homes of Hope targeted for $100,000 prize
• 'American Idol' winner: Accolades belong to Joplin
• Runners take on the Mother Road
• David Cook plays JHS homecoming
• Turnout steady at NCO hiring fair
• Play within a play part of comedic mystery
• Cars 4 Heroes provides 18 cars to Joplin tornado victims
• In wake of disaster, Joplin man rediscovers love
• Wally Kennedy: Building goes from bikes to ballerinas
• Mike Pound: Dinner for three and a TV, please
• Lions Soccer Wins Third Straight, Down Fort Hays 2-1
• Southern volleyball falls in three sets to Emporia State
• Southern football falls 31-24 at Emporia State
• Tegenkamp wins individual title as Lions finish third at Missouri S&T Jockling Jacks Invite
• Men's Cross Country takes team title at Missouri S&T Jackling Jocks Invite
• Boomtown Run to become Joplin Memorial Run
• Photo Rescue reunites storm victims, memories
• Woman tells police intruder shot husband
• Grandson caught in Oklahoma slaying case
• Woman takes plea offer in home robbery case
• Farm Bureau donates $25,000 to school district’s agriculture program
• Maple Leaf Festival starts in Carthage
• Students to perform in concert hall’s debut
• Mike Pound: Vouched for by crime-court reporter Jeff Lehr
• Late night shooting leaves Pittsburg man dead
• Boomtown Run to become Joplin Memorial Run
• Freeman board elects Paula Baker as chief executive officer
• Judgment obtained in tornado charity fraud case
• Public defender: Client’s trial in 1995 not fair
• NCO announces plan to hire 500 in Best Buy, Intuit expansions
• Grandson sought in fatal Oklahoma shooting
• Projects scheduled in team policing effort
• Joplin School District continues to seek negotiated land deals
• Mike Pound: Quilts comfort, especially after a storm
• Work day set Saturday in team policing effort
• Missouri House passes economic development bill
• 42 sex abuse victims sue KC Catholic diocese
• 10 OccupySTL protesters arrested in St. Louis
• NCO announces it will hire 500 more workers at Joplin center
• Relief fund to get $40,000 donation
• Lions Defeat Bearcats in Double OT, 2-1
• Couple clip-clop to grade school in Joplin visit
• Area techies reflect on life, accomplishments of Steve Jobs
• Thief grabs JHS band’s donated Gator
• Price of gold changing face of jewelry business
• Defendant bound over in Joplin stabbing case
• Murder charge filed in wife-beating case
• Nixon pledges state’s help in replanting Joplin’s trees
• Marathon events attract 500 runners
• Mike Pound: Website address not working? Keep trying
• KC police say parents of missing baby cooperative
• Steelman wants early debates in Mo. Senate race
• Riverton schools evacuated
• Murder charges filed against Mark E. Bishop
• ’Sister city’ in Massachusetts helps Reading, Kan.
• Technical problems delay comment changes
• Foundation offers Neosho $1 million for recently closed part of golf course
• Southern athletics to host Joplin Eagles Day at Oct. 15 game against Truman
• Baseball to hold intersquad scrimmage this Friday
• Hundreds turn out for primer on Joplin’s giant TV build
• Commission-sheriff dispute continues
• Sheriff: Daylong abuse of spouse ends in death
• MSSU awarded $100,000 grant for 9/11 anniversary activities
• Joplin school board honored by state group
• Storm chasers’ video of Joplin tornado to go on sale locally
• Mike Pound: Teacher hoping to win $10,000 for school
• 2nd aviation company to expand in southeast Kansas
• Mo. court upholds tax on movie theater food
• New lights to illuminate South Main Street tonight
• MSBA names Joplin as Outstanding Board of Education
• MSSU receives $100,000 community service grant
• Lions golf finishes ninth at SBU Inviational
• Zoning question affects housing volunteers
• Habitat groundbreaking starts 34th Joplin home
• Carl Junction man admits massive eBay fraud
• Group trying to reunite families, rescued photos in wake of Joplin tornado
• Tornado survivor honored as ‘miracle patient,’ released
• Ruth Rogers, of Carthage, dies at 91
• Drop-off box available for unwanted medicines
• Woman accused of going ‘off-road’ on boyfriend
• Cherokee County approves $13.8 million budget
• Mike Pound: Weekend provided TV sports mecca
• Commissioners approve $13.8 million Cherokee County budget
• Drop-off box available for unwanted medicines
• Mo. man pleads guilty to threatening sister-in-law
• Raycliff Manor Haunted Attraction
• Proposal would adjust council zones
• Group seeks Missouri minimum-wage increase
• American Cancer Society preparing for petition drive
• Area artist adds mural to ‘shelter from the storm’
• Jo Ellis: Sometimes even two calendars fail
• Pittsburg City Commission backs help for town-vision effort
• Andre Bryan Stefanoni: Vision specialists say Braille embosser needed for young twins
• Susan Redden: Republican caucus-goers will give presidential nod
• Soccer Lions Even Up Conference Record with Win at Emporia State
• Fall festivals attract thousands to Newton County
• Petfinder.com creator honored during MSSU homecoming parade
• Historic fountain to be recreated at Cunningham Park
• Church, neighbors go to court in conflict over noise ordinance
• Tornado creating job opportunities
• Wally Kennedy: Several restaurants headed back to business
• Mike Pound: Small talk goes better with beer
• Southern football falls 35-23 on Homecoming to Missouri Western
• Lions finish 16th/28 teams at Oklahoma State Jamboree
• Tegenkamp places 29th to help Lions to 13th place finish at Oklahoma State Jamboree
• Southern volleyball drops a pair of matches in Pitt State Tournament
• New flood plain maps available
• Defendant claims her statement was coerced
• Carl Junction officials make pledges to push breast cancer awareness
• Owners plan to sell antebellum house
• Man shot by deputy enters guilty plea in assault case
• Pittsburg educators rally to help students at East Middle School
• Boy, hurt after being blown off of car, out of hospital
• Mike Pound: Some discoveries just amazing
• Tulsa mayor’s chief of staff resigns
• St. Louis offers innovative cerebral palsy surgery
• Dole says Senate needs more bipartisanship, trust
• Men's Cross Country heads to Oklahoma State
• Southern women's cross country to compete at Oklahoma State Jamboree
• Southern volleyball drops a pair of 3-1 matches at first day of Pittsburg State Tournament
• Volunteers rev up for building projects
• Construction begins on University House at PSU
• Trials ordered for three in felony cases
• Native Oklahoma Weekend kicks off today in Miami
• Mike Pound: Good burger blurs memory of so-so burger
• Granby mayor pays penalties out of own pocket
• Three new duplexes to meet green-certification standards
• Construction of University House at PSU underway
• Judge refuses to block Kan. abortion insurance law
• Missouri Republicans to consider presidential caucuses
• Group seeks to raise Mo. minimum wage
• 1st Kan. Guard female Brigadier General to retire
• Missouri Korean War Memorial dedicated in KC
• Missouri House to vote on jobs bill
• Men's Basketball ranked seventh in Sporting News Preseason D-II Poll
• Haist Scores First Collegiate Goal
• Newport steps down from Carthage council
• Pittsburg panel selects street project engineer
• Search in cold case unsuccessful
• Woman bound over for trial in post-tornado looting case
• Webb City woman, Habitat break ground for home
• Tornado work uncovers glimpse of 1927 Joplin
• Mike Pound: Of living and making mistakes
• Street to be closed Thursday
• Fairview Greenhouse closes after 100 years in business
• 17 immigration arrests in Mo. in nationwide effort
• Neosho leaders hold Town Hall meeting
• Feds indict two Southwest Missouri men
• Ceremonial groundbreaking for KC’s Legoland
• Oklahoma lawmaker critical of higher ed spending
• Mo. college loan agency to process federal loans
• School board approves construction timeline
• Demolition debris removal to begin
• Neosho foundation to mark milestones
• Mike Pound: Want to see goats in a tree? Read on
• Residents criticize conflict in county
• Joplin Jewish community thankful for tornado response
• Judge reopens voting in Cherokee race
• Enrollment increases at community colleges, down at MSSU
• Breakfast held to launch Carthage Bright Futures
• Missouri gets $20M to train people for health-care jobs
• Oral Roberts U. president to resign within 2 years
• Mo. special session stalls at good time for staff
• Southern's Marlee Tegenkamp named MIAA Cross Country Female Athlete of the Week
• Lions golf finish 18th at Northeastern State Invitational
• Thomas Jefferson hails completion of new complex
• Sheriff: Woman’s ex-boyfriend shot, killed by current beau
• NEO receives $2 million grant for online degree offerings
• Food drive organizers note another decline in donations
• Joplin man assessed 30 years for imposing risky game on girlfriend
• School board to flesh out tentative rebuilding timeline
• Neosho district in hopes of obtaining shelter grant
• Mike Pound: Weekend trip inspires memory lane visit
• Rainfall leads Gov. Fallin to amend Okla. burn ban
• Mo. woman goes on trial over equine tooth filing
• Feds sue Coffeyville refinery over 2007 oil spill
• Arkansas man charged with second-degree murder in McDonald County
• NEO announces receipt of another $2 million Indian Education Grant
• Neosho school district to build shelter
• Zerkel/Phillips named MIAA Co-Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week
• Susan Redden: Kinder not officially running, but he’s raising money
• Jo Ellis: Schreiber Foods invests $15 million in Carthage
• New Zealand teenager leads fundraising effort for Joplin schools
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Don’t worry about hummingbirds overstaying their visit
• ‘Full force and heart’
• Rewards of the day
• Civil War: Order No. 11 reduced border to a wasteland
• Funds routed to local agencies for tornado victims
• Chefs to feed 5,000 at Great Day of Service
• Webbstock draws bands, spectators on Saturday
• Preparations begin for Joplin Jaycees Christmas Parade
• Mike Pound: For my wife, morning a time to PANIC!
• Wally Kennedy: Owner of El Vaquero undecided, but hopeful
• Lawmakers repeal controversial part of ‘Facebook Law’
• Location Change for Today's Central Missouri & Southern Soccer Match
• No. 15 Jennies Tame Lions
• Lions take out Lincoln 56-14 in 2011 Gateway Classic
• Author to unveil postcard book on Joplin history
• Senate blocks disaster funding
• Joplin educators look to Pittsburg for ideas for technology approach
• New director named for Area Agency on Aging
• Crowd of 10,000 expected for annual bluegrass festival
• Carthage police official to run for sheriff’s post
• Former Picher, Cardin residents to share in bankruptcy settlement
• Mike Pound: Someone else telling him where to go
• Mo. lawmakers pass aid for science-based companies
• Lawsuit challenges Missouri congressional map
• New director named for agency on aging
• Plans begin for Joplin Christmas Parade
• Joplin educators visit Pittsburg technology programs
• Steve, Tinker Owens to lead political campaign
• Speaker: New Egypt will likely draw from Arab, Western governments
• Lions fall at home to 8th ranked Central Missouri, 3-0
• Deputies cite hike in cattle rustling
• Pittsburg woman’s house out of street
• Federal officials again praise Joplin’s tornado recovery effort
• Miss Missouri defies stereotypes
• Health officials tracking listeria-tainted melons
• Mike Pound: Out on a limb with the Cards — again
• List of richest people in America released
• Kansas legislators get school funding report
• Two arrested in suspected marijuana operation
• MSSU symposium focuses on Egypt
• McCaskill seeks to streamline business contracts
• Napolitano: Disaster aid fund ’running on fumes’
• Second property owner fears eminent domain for his lots
• Mother Nature Forces Game Venue Change
• Some trees better able to withstand weather extremes
• Carthage to launch Bright Futures effort
• Annual day of service set for Sunday
• Neosho TDD approves half-cent sales tax
• Neosho council revamps sales tax committee
• Tar Creek conference participants hear update on lead cleanup
• Humane Society’s board cuts executive position
• Mike Pound: Revered at 102 portends fine legacy
• Mo. House leaders revise proposed job incentives
• Missouri Attorney General issues findings on loan to fund 9/11 concert
• Neosho revams Economic Development Sales Tax Committee
• Neosho Transportation Development District agrees to raise sale tax one-half cent
• Council OKs allocation for Memorial Hall repair
• Southern men win dual with Pittsburg State
• Southern women fall in dual with Pittsburg State
• Kansas regents come to PSU to listen
• NWS team to seek more effective storm-warning means
• Neosho council votes behind closed doors on tax-district rate
• Bartosh: Prefabricated cells would expand Carthage jail
• Assistant prosecutor alleges ‘intimidation’ in traffic stop
• Weatherization program seeks applicants
• Doctor applauds Joplin, warns to be on guard for fatigue, bitterness
• Mike Pound: Dark force in charge of commercial timing
• Union: GM may expand eastern Mo. factory
• NOAA to release report today on deadly Joplin tornado
• ESC seeks applicants for weatherization program
• Oil rig explodes in Okla.; no injuries reported
• Republic moves banned books back to library
• Mo. Sen. Blunt to lead Romney effort in Congress
• Kellen Cox named to AFCA/Allstate Good Works Team
• Gov. Nixon pledges funds for demolition costs
• West Plains quilters bring gifts to tornado survivors
• Child trauma center coming together under single roof
• Some county inmates returned to Carthage
• Cherokee County proposes $13.8 million budget for 2012
• Group works on vision for Joplin High School
• Mike Pound: Cable TV interruption qualifies as emergency
• Kansas sex offenders get lost in other states
• Expanding Oklahoma sale of beer, wine opposed
• Missouri House panel OKs teacher communication bill
• Kansas economy sending mixed signals
• Republic school board to discuss book ban changes
• Southern adds cross country dual with Pittsburg State for this Wednesday
• Gov. Nixon will speak to Joplin City Council
• Wild West star’s unmarked grave located in Miami
• Area communities fighting to save their post offices
• Neosho to use leak detection to guide water-system repairs
• Economic summit being discussed for Southeast Kansas
• Expert to offer lessons on coping with disaster
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Fall brings on appetite for annual Festa Italiana
• Jo Ellis: Family Literacy Center holds annual mum sale
• Susan Redden: Legislators look to next regular session to advance bills for disaster victims
• School district, property owner have competing visions
• Popcorn verdict couple won millions in lawsuit, now facing legal woes
• Egyptian revolution to be center stage at MSSU symposium
• October benefit scheduled for developmentally disabled
• Communication Solutions will return to Joplin site
• Wally Kennedy: Back to business on Main Street, Range Line
• Mike Pound: Battle of the laundry continues
• Tornado leaves trouble for working parents
• Southern Stampede Cancelled
• Lions fall in a five-set heartbreaker at home to Southwest Baptist
• Julio Leon breaks silence about departure from MSSU
• County inmates to be returned as payment dispute continues
• Police find man dead after standoff
• Expo on tornado recovery on horizon
• Quilters stitch together generations, some history
• Mike Pound: Study explains ‘Rocky’ movies’ loss of luster
• Audit report questions MSSU payment to Julio Leon
• 2 plead guilty in $52 million Ponzi scheme
• Judge questions Kan. limits to abortion coverage
• Gov. Nixon to speak to City Council
• 'Facebook Law' revised in Senate, on to the House
• Pedestrian killed by car Friday morning in Duquesne
• Pittsburg panel OKs street work on Quincy
• Gov. Nixon requests disaster declaration to help farmers
• Local carpenters union donates labor to rebuild Duquesne house
• MSSU enrollment better than expected
• Couple who bought Mercedes make their own donation to Joplin School District
• Ex-pension board member requests copy of agreement
• Carthage Area United Way announces campaign goal
• Mike Pound: Jim Rowland deserves pat on the back
• MSSU board to hear report on smaller than expected enrollment decline
• Carthage Area United Way announces campaign goal
• Gov. Nixon requests disaster declaration from USDA
• Missouri delays work on health insurance exchange
• Battleship Missouri opens new research room
• Couple who bought Mercedes make another $130,000 donation to Joplin school district
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• Lions Fast Start Not Enough to Hold Off Bearcats
• Merged United Way kicks off campaign
• Tax relief for Joplin businesses stalls during special session
• August permits hold new construction unrelated to storm
• Generous teen survives tornado, loses home in fire
• Vacancy filled on emergency services board
• Mike Pound: ‘Miss M’ to be honored for her 102nd birthday
• Tornado grants to be awarded
• Webb City schools district seeking demographic study
• Lawmakers plan economic summit
• Webb City school district seeking demographic study
• Tornado relief for Joplin businesses stalls in Missouri senate
• Vacancy filled on 911 board
• Death toll from tornado increases
• One State, One Spirit Classic presented by Leggett & Platt to be nationally televised on ESPNU
• Commission support sought for accessible housing plan
• Rebuilding, mortgage assistance available
• Diamond board fills ranks, plans to appoint mayor
• Three JHS seniors in running in national scholarship program
• Public views help identify goals for rebuilding
• Ex-jailer pleads guilty in sexual advances involving teenager
• Tornado death toll might rise by one
• Opera singer selling CD to raise money for Joplin
• Former Columbus employee ordered to repay stolen funds
• Mike Pound: Legion post helping veterans, others
• Former city employee given probation, ordered to pay restitution
• New report: 15 percent of Missourians are poor
• Doctor’s exams scrutinized in abortion referrals
• Commission hears request for accessible housing plan
• Former McDonald County jailer works out plea deal
• Death being reviewed as possible tornado victim
• Southern golf finishes tenth at PSU Invite
• 150-plus cats to pounce on show at Joplin center
• Police: Man stabbed in back after squirting another man with hose
• Bank robber draws three years in prison
• Defendant pleads guilty in vehicular assault case
• Attorney general to review use of fund money for concert loan
• Spiva to present tornado-inspired art
• Mission Viejo group brings artwork, $10,000 for tornado relief
• Mike Pound: Line of things that make him crazy a long one
• Vendors donate to tornado survivors’ wedding ceremony
• Plane returns to Lambert after security concern
• Defense in trial of Oklahoma warden’s wife rests case
• Missouri Senate reviewing study of proposed tax breaks
• Plan could jeopardize KC-to-St. Louis train
• Denver appellate court to hear Islamic law case
• Quilt show slated in Jasper
• Southern golf in 10th place after day one at PSU Invite
• 9/11 flag ceremony draws disaster survivors from near and far
• Memorial service challenges community to look beyond 9/11 and May 22
• Joplin residents add final stitches to national 9/11 flag
• Barnyard Days festival returning to fall date
• Jo Ellis: Art show and play head lineup of events
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Everyone a winner in Pittsburg contest
• Discussion centers on rebuilding green
• Susan Redden: Joplin TIF legislation in two House bills
• GALLERY: Volunteers stitch the National 9/11 Flag
• GALLERY: MSSU ceremony with the National 9/11 Flag
• 9/11 flag marks World Trade Center collapse in Joplin
• Hundreds attend 9/11 ceremonies
• GALLERY: Sunday morning 9/11 flag ceremony
• Lions Soccer Ties St. Mary's 1-1
• Crawford County first responders offer pregame tribute
• Teachers tasked to educate students about 9/11
• Poll: Muslim Americans cite media bias
• 10 years later, experiences of 9/11 prepared residents for local disaster
• Soldiers return from battle against terrorism
• Mike Pound: Hair evokes a hardy har har
• Wally Kennedy: October will bring with it reopenings
• Open house being held at Boots Motel
• Man stabbed, robbed at Joplin motel
• JHS band to take field at game
• MSSU Hall of Fame Inductee Ron Burton talks about how live at MSSU prepared him for the future
• Volleyball splits final day Dallas Baptist Invite
• Birds of prey thrill Joplin pupils
• Tritt pulls out of 9/11 concert
• Tax break legislation ‘sails’ through House
• Sheriff, commission meet on concerns raised by ACLU
• Joplin School District obtains order in pursuit of property
• Stars of Hope brings community art project to Joplin
• Mike Pound: New Kansas City Chiefs make a guy edgy
• Tritt pulls out of 9/11 concert
• Rebuilding green discussed at Joplin gathering
• House approves business property tax measure
• City issues statement on use of tornado relief money for concert
• Missouri House OKs pushing back presidential primary
• 2011 may become driest on record in Oklahoma
• Two men arrested, woman sought in connection with stabbing
• Lawrence County Route H ready for resurfacing
• No. 4 Hilltoppers Top Lions Soccer
• Lions drop first two matches at Dallas Baptist Invitational
• City announces demolition deadline
• Hearing continued in looting case
• Sheriffs battling uptick in cattle thefts in region
• Tulsa, local Habitat groups team up for Ten for Joplin
• Joplin Area Catholic Schools receive blessings from bishop
• Travis Tritt to headline Joplin concert
• Pittsburg’s Pritchett Trust awards grants totaling more than $300,000
• Joplin collector to display autographed Globe extra at 9/11 anniversary events
• Mike Pound: A tip of the hat to Gov. Nixon’s Joplin efforts
• Country music sensation Travis Tritt will perform at the Joplin 9/11 Memorial Se...
• Bishop offers blessings for Joplin Area Catholic Schools students
• Part of I-40 in Ark. that flooded to be renovated
• Bird causes economic development woes in Okla.
• Travis Tritt to headline Joplin concert
• Cattle thefts being probed in Southwest Missouri
• Habitat project announced
• Nixon lauds autism center’s response
• Neosho council decides against taking back youth program
• Gov. Nixon lauds autism center’s response
• Wanted man flees courts building after hearing
• Pittsburg residents seeing red
• Mike Pound: Schools’ stability shelter for students
• Tornado changed housing needs, group discusses
• Two radio stations knocked off air by theft
• Joplin businesses receive SBA loans
• Missouri Supreme Court reviews law on sexual businesses
• Abortion providers ask Kansas to back off rules
• Bishop to bless St. Mary’s Elementary
• Governor Nixon tours temporary autism center
• Concert to be included in Joplin 9/11 events
• Commercial property tax relief added to special session agenda
• Police screening other boys in probe in sexual-abuse case
• Judge approves another delay in Hudgins trial
• MDA notes drop in giving in some local fundraising
• Council agrees to support TIF legislation
• 414th Military Police Company to gather for award ceremony
• Catholic schools back in business
• Mike Pound: Remembering a favorite novelist
• Meth laws in some places cause spikes elsewhere
• Senator stalls work as Missouri special session starts
• Hudgins trial faces another delay
• Method of finding oil raising concerns in Kansas
• SW Mo. university to launch new marching band
• Oklahoma recreation chief opposes parks privatization
• Joplin man wonders about sirens
• Tornado recovery topics to be heard by council
• Goop, goo features of annual youth event
• Mike Pound: Discretion is the better part of valor
• Latest MAP scores released
• Retired Empire president to lead antique tractor parade in Neosho
• Donations help Catholic school get back on its feet after tornado
• Specks start scholarship in memory of three men killed in Joplin tornado
• 9/11 commemoration planned in Joplin
• Pittsburg festival termed success by participants, organizers alike
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Pittsburg’s past, present diverse
• Jo Ellis: Sisters plan open house at Boots Motel
• Susan Redden: Special session to end summer break
• Southern Soccer Drops Second Match of Opening Weekend
• Special Events Planned For September 17 Football Home Opener
• William Quantrill’s legacy remains mixed 150 years after Civil War
• Council to consider tree list, planting-permit requirement
• Boot block moved from intersection to nearby parking lot
• Lowe’s, Berry Family Nurseries give away 1,000 trees
• City could face $17 million in tornado expenses, losses
• Wally Kennedy: New Eagle to add gourmet burgers
• Egypt semester theme at Missouri Southern
• Joplin teen, injured in tornado, released from K.C. hospital
• Southern splits in final day of MSSU Invite
• Police: Block party aimed at connecting neighbors, deterring crime incidence
• Boys & Girls Club employee accused of abusing boys
• Franklin center to display coal-mining exhibition
• C.J. firefighters to go ahead with boot block
• Credit counseling services offered free to storm victims
• Suspect charged in beating death
• Sponsors still sought for 5K
• Mike Pound: Opportunity for giving at hand
• Two arrested in beating death of Carthage man
• 2 Missouri communities weigh possible flood buyouts
• Kansas residents question remap process
• Missouri revenue up 4 percent in first 2 budget months
• Soccer Lions' Comeback Falls Just Short
• Businesses back, seeking post-storm ‘new normal’
• Freeman adding 58 new rooms on top floors of hospital tower
• Boot block backers scramble to line up police presence
• ABC show to build houses for Joplin tornado victims
• Event planned for relocated skate park
• Tuscaloosa city officials visit Joplin
• Mike Pound: Voting early, and often, for Mike Shannon
• Petting zoo, street dance part of Little Balkans Days
• $15 million Freeman project will add 58 rooms, 80 to 100 jobs
• Appeals planned in $3.4B Indian trust settlement
• Probe: Diocese failed to follow own policies
• Indiana company quits Missouri Medicaid contract
• Bulldozers used against Oklahoma City grass fire
• Veterans group sues Kansas nonprofit over name
• Audit questions Missouri State’s China program
• Joplin family struggles without car after tornado
• Wind energy powers area jobs, investment
• EaglePicher, FAG see opportunities with expansion of wind farms
• Governor to consider business tax relief for special session
• Neosho council renews contract of administrator of municipal golf course
• Plans for benefit concert scrapped
• Joplin man, 29, charged with sexual abuse of girl
• Joplin man indicted in fraud scheme after storm
• St. John’s, METS receive Gators from John Deere
• Mike Pound: School of Metaphysics seeking your vote
• Kansas to comply with Planned Parenthood order
• Candidates for Missouri Supreme Court publicly screened
• Lawmakers resume study on Okla. water needs
• Missouri governor may back tax relief for Joplin businesses
• Lawmakers seek answers in Medicaid contract flap
• Men's track and field assistant Bryan Schiding coaching at the World Championships
• Insurance companies have paid $2.2 billion so far in Joplin
• Newton County panel places sales tax for roads on ballot
• Joplin High School to be repositioned at same location
• St. John’s relocation brings mix of changes to residents, neighbors
• Loosed by tornado, love letter returned to original recipient
• Saferite named grand marshal for annual Maple Leaf Festival
• No timetable yet set for state audit of Diamond
• Mike Pound: Banned Book Month on horizon
• Joplin Citizens Advisory Recovery Team (CART) on campus 10 a.m.- p.m. Wed., Aug....
• KDOT projects in limbo over federal gas tax
• Kansas Humane Society charges volunteers $15
• Battle over disaster aid brewing in Congress
• Ex-KC priest faces seventh sexual abuse lawsuit
• ’Fake Beard Bandit’ suspect arrested in Tulsa
• Central Missouri to sell bracelets at Football opener to benefit MSSU Tornado Relief
• Divided audience turns out for U.S. Rep. Jenkins
• Report: Many first questioned tornado warning, then acted
• Affidavit states woman intended to defraud couple in adoption agreement
• Officials: Disaster assistance for Joplin not in jeopardy
• County measure requires clerk to preserve meeting recordings
• Mike Pound: Thought not the same as consideration
• 2 plead guilty in $100,000 counterfeiting scheme
• Cherokee County approves measure requiring meeting recordings be preserved
• OG&E ordered to pay rebate to Oklahoma customers
• Carl Junction man struck and killed by train
• Transportation woes continue from river flooding
• Disaster assistance in Joplin not in jeopardy
• Southern Athletics Announces 2011 Hall of Fame Class
• Joplin’s public mural holds message of hope, pride
• Tax rate hearing scheduled
• Couple finally bring triplets home after struggles
• Jo Ellis: Maple Leaf lineup combines traditional, new
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Library, city feature updated websites
• Susan Redden: McCaskill praises Joplin cooperation
• Mike Pound: 2 + 2 = dad’s a moron
• Wally Kennedy: Flocks expected for Chick-fil-A opening
• Rebuild Joplin names executive director
• Observers divided on Kinder run
• Heaps of barbecue, fun found at Lamar Free Fair
• Tornado and aftermath: Highlights of the past 100 days
• ‘Moving past the sad part’
• Mike Pound: Pound by any other name still says ‘beer’
• Pittsburg district ahead of schedule in upgrading interactive technologies
• Woman facing charge in adoption-fraud case
• Former McDonald County jailer charged with raping inmate
• Joplin tornado cited in suit against governor
• NEO rededicates student union
• Apartment complex residents healing from tornado injuries
• NEO dedicates renovated student union
• Hearing set on Kansas abortion insurance law
• Police: Stolen panda as hard to sell as Mona Lisa
• Missouri auditor sues governor over budget cuts
• Missouri judge blocks Facebook limits for teachers
• Barnes-Jewish could face Medicare payment cut
• Manufacturers say more jobs than skilled workers
• City receiving claims for tornado services
• Jury finds defendant guilty in home invasion case
• Tax credits OK’d for Joplin, St. Louis suburb
• Volunteers to be honored at Chiefs-Rams game
• Former owner of temp agencies pleads guilty in federal tax case
• Mike Pound: Little less of good thing is not bad
• Freeman executive planning to retire
• Boomtown Days visitors say food, music the draw
• Missouri colleges consider move to performance funding
• OSHA cites UP for retaliating against workers
• Joplin businessman pleads guilty to tax evasion
• Gary Duncan, CEO of Freeman Health System, to retire
• Move afoot to keep KC superintendent from leaving
• A last reunion for World War II infantry group
• Applebee's Cub Club Begins Thrid Season
• Rural Neosho man tells jury of home invasion, robbery
• McCaskill visits workers who are part of federal jobs program
• Carthage council sets vote on fire safety sales tax plan
• Judge finds ex-coach guilty of child endangerment
• Joplin building permits for July total $51.7 million
• Home-makeover show plans extreme ‘build’
• OCC, MSSU enter expanded credit-transfer agreement
• Mike Pound: Saying nice things about St. John’s folks is easy
• Neosho plan for golf course debt drawing fire
• Oklahoma officer convicted, another acquitted in case
• Missouri regulators mull changes for problem gamblers
• Missouri lawmaker upset about governor’s staff shifts
• Thousands of volunteers needed when “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” comes to Joplin
• Missouri brothers help mom deliver their new sister
• Back to School for Joplin - Bus Schedules, Lunch Menus, School Supplies and more
• Men's cross country picked sixth in the USTFCCCA preseason region rankings
• Women's cross country ranked 17th nationally, 2nd regionally to open the season
• One State, One Spirit Classic Sold Out!
• School board OKs payment of nearly $30 million in bills
• Senate disaster committee to seek more testimony
• Sentences handed down in Carthage motel fire case
• Man accused in child’s death found hanging in jail cell
• Prisoner payment standoff continues
• Community mural to be painted on wall in Joplin
• Mike Pound: Joplin Habitat looking for eligible families
• R-8 Board meeting location changed to 3901 E. 32nd St.
• Missouri lawmaker wants Kinder to forgo governor’s bid
• Missouri lawmakers want feds to pay for flood damage
• Teacher group seeks deal on social networking law
• Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
• Charter schools could owe millions to KC district
• Columbia dentist organizes Joplin volunteer trip
• No injuries reported in downtown explosion and fire
• Large explosion damages downtown building
• Southern Softball Announces Winter Camp Dates
• For Missouri Southern football players, community service becomes way of life
• Season tickets are on sale now
• Pittsburg State announces scholarship initiative
• Cancer organization seeking art for exhibit at Spiva center
• Senior citizens rejoice in reopening of center
• L.A. producer trying to salvage show
• New complex opens at Thomas Jefferson
• Mike Pound: Clear instructions: No talking while driving
• Classic Mercedes Roadster raises $130,000 for fund to benefit Joplin schools
• Agreement reached in Mo. suit against LegalZoom
• Auctioned-off Mercedes Roadster brings in $130,000 for Joplin schools
• Habitat plans informational sessions
• National Guard ramps up training for Egypt
• Missouri technology centers close or reduce staff
• Brandon Williams named to second pre-season All-American team
• Joplin School Board returns to ‘normal’ at Tuesday meeting
• Superintendent’s goal: Rebuild schools in 3 years
• Country band, church choir team up for recovery song
• Pittsburg levy increase on tap to help district cover shortfall
• Jo Ellis: AC outage smacks museum in face
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: First day of school held something extra this year
• Susan Redden: State officials argue about disaster money
• Lion Pride Luncheons to start back up Friday, August 26
• Mother learns fetus survived her storm injuries
• Feud between sheriff, commission reaches into 2012 budget plans
• Sen. Blunt tours high school campus at Joplin Mall, praises ‘accomplishment’
• Grant helps provide mobile medical clinic for Pittsburg schools
• Spaghetti-eating contest on Little Balkans menu
• FEMA deadline nears for tornado victims
• Mike Pound: Pillows, smillows; a guy has to have his rest
• Wally Kennedy: Walgreen’s to reopen both stores Monday
• Social media site promoting concert taken down
• Image a ‘revelation’ for photographer
• Young storm victim, Joplin officer reunited
• Teacher organization sues state over ‘Facebook law’
• Authorities: Order unlikely to stop phony Internet tornado scam
• Joplin Senior Center to reopen Monday
• Charge filed in Facebook school threat case
• Mike Pound: Bad week for athletes and lieutenant governor
• Engineering group brings water to remote villages
• Republicans warn against waiving air subsidy cuts
• Storm disrupts Missouri State Fair
• 24 Mo. districts fare poorly in academic reviews
• Big cuts for Missouri’s local pollution control
• Martin Luther principal: School damaged, but ‘atmosphere fantastic’
• Students head back to school in style
• Joplin building back in wake of tornado
• PSU faculty, staff members view building project drawings
• Mike Pound: Woman’s effort snags scrubs for Joplin
• Granby man arrested after school threat posted on Facebook
• Board approves partial payment after new retirement calculation
• Three tribes, city of Miami, receive economic grants
• Oklahoma senator files bill to end some life sentences
• Meeting in Kansas to discuss tar sands pipeline
• MSSU vice president submits resignation
• Miami investigation spreads to Missouri
• Joplin school term opens on time, major-hiccup free
• Neosho council extends property tax for year
• Squad destroys grenade in ditch
• Weir bank robbery suspects charged in federal court
• Council reaffirms beer-sales permit for concert
• Counts in neighboring districts still out
• Mike Pound: Veterans bearing gifts coming to Joplin
• Superintendent continues annual kindergarten tradition
• Ottawa County Fair has events slated throughout week
• Kansas residents back home after gasoline leak
• Missouri theater chain cracks on cell phone users
• Picture perfect
• Ottawa County Fair in full swing
• Schools intact, but still impacted by tornado
• Joplin school officials: Telling district’s story important to success
• Parents worry for children who are heading to school
• Joplin man accused of videotaping sexual abuse of 4-year-old
• Los Angeles firefighters ride through Joplin area en route to 9/11 ceremony
• Residents support more Main Street redevelopment
• Carthage schools gain 44 students from Joplin
• BREAKING: Location for new hospital announced
• Jasper County to pursue shelter funds from state
• Joplin schools ready to help students cope with tornado trauma
• Mike Pound: Soroptimists make annual summer camp priority
• Oklahoma man pleads not guilty to gas pipeline bomb
• NY attorney general settles soldiers’ $3.5M debt
• Part of Kansas town evacuated over sewer gases
• Birds Point plan leaves residents angry
• Bart Tatum Show to start up August 25th
• Buyers to restore historic Boots Motel
• Council OKs storm-shelter notice
• Joplin School Board accepts bids for bus leases, cleaning supplies
• Pittsburg State continues renovations, upgrades
• Man’s porn plea draws seven years in prison
• Housing availability issue for PSU students
• Mike Pound: New day dawns for Little League baseball
• Man’s missing dog found 12 weeks after tornado
• Oklahoma man due in court for gas pipeline IED
• Flooding, drought hurt farm income in region
• Boomtown Days announces partnership with Restore Joplin
• FEMA deadline nearing for tornado victims
• St. John’s to announce plans Tuesday
• Rally honors, welcomes back teachers
• Joplin schools prepare for start of term this week
• Salvation Army captains take new assignment after home, thrift shop destroyed
• City answers demolition questions
• Second forum on tornado recovery slated
• Council to hear proposals for park projects
• Jo Ellis: Small deeds will make a big impact
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Safe room will always be reminder of May 22
• Susan Redden: House redistricting up to panel of judges
• Festival celebrates area’s vested interest in water
• Sarah Sticklen: Lessons learned: Remain faithful, move forward
• JHS class of 2011 reflects on graduation, future
• Bills from other counties go unpaid; local officeholders point fingers
• Mike Pound: Awesome way to start school year
• Wally Kennedy: Cici’s Pizza in hopes of rebuilding at same location
• Shoal Creek Water Festival to include added attractions
• St. Louis theater extends hand to Joplin
• Area jurisdictions scrambling ahead of shelter program deadline
• Council to discuss seeking funding help for shelters in homes
• Contracts on school district’s temporary, modular buildings totals $31 million
• Airport officials: Eagle spinoff should not hurt Joplin
• Mike Pound: The ‘basefall’ season a truly magical time of year
• KC man, woman sentenced in check scheme
• SW Missouri educational center is closing to the public
• Man climbs broadcast tower in east Tulsa
• Council to be asked to authorize application for storm shelter funding
• Number of Missouri dog breeders dwindling
• Missouri auditor to review state-created insurer
• Missouri sheriff rejects commission’s request to resign
• Marathon planning picks up
• State FEMA chief applauds local recovery efforts
• State to provide $1.5 million to Joplin School District
• Vettes to roll into town for weekend
• Re-enactments of battle on tap over three days
• Mike Pound: Minot, N.D., needs Joplin’s support too
• Battle of Wilson’s Creek played key role in Civil War
• Laborers sponsor classes in basic construction skills in wake of May 22 storm
• State invests $1.5 million into Joplin district
• Training wheels found in search for girl
• New forecast slashes outlook for Kansas crops
• Northwest Mo. State grad dies in Afghanistan crash
• Mike Pound: Minot, N.D. needs Joplin’s support, too
• SLU sues Education Department over Pell Grants
• Branson approves buying out damaged homes
• FBI to discuss possible bomb found on gas line
• Video Clips from Opening Day of 2011 Lions Football Practice
• Thousands rally at I Am Joplin event
• Memorial service scheduled for woman who lived on streets
• Defendant to stand trial in Carthage stabbing case
• County offices offered space in bank building
• Marathon run to benefit tornado victims
• Arrest, detentions made in fire at Neosho pool
• Builders organize event for storm victims, others
• Texas drama group to aid storm-leveled local theater
• Mike Pound: Winning teams in place before the tornado struck
• 3 hurt when storm blows over Oklahoma mobile home
• Possible explosive device found on Oklahoma gas line
• Police: Suspect in Missouri woman’s death hospitalized
• Missouri State Fair visitors can check for property
• Cutbacks force retreat in war on meth
• Pittsburg officials enact budget cuts, fee increases
• Webb City joins districts participating in Bright Futures
• Shaken-baby case dropped
• Sheriff’s Department website back online
• Joplin man convicted in dangerous game with girlfriend
• Carthage council hears proposal for vote on sales tax increase
• Neosho tabs auditor for city manager post
• Music fest’s website ‘jumped the gun’
• United Arab Emirates donates $500,000 for high school laptops
• Rift between sheriff, commission widens
• Homeless camp owner wants residents to find permanent places to live
• Mike Pound: Vote (again and again) for Joplin park in contest
• Missouri high-risk insurance pool cuts rates 23 percent
• Central Okla. fire destroys 16 apartment units
• UAE donates $500,000 toward Joplin High laptops
• Women's track and field earns USTFCCCA Team Academic Award
• Southern football opens up pre-season practice on Thursday
• Carthage budget committee endorses fire-safety tax plan
• Pittsburg budget proposal calls for cuts, fee increases
• Defense motion denied in baby-murder case
• 20 dogs die in house fire in Kansas
• Heat only problem at annual Marian Days
• First occupants move into FEMA-created mobile home park
• $500,000 donation will support laptops for Joplin schools
• City starts demolition phase
• Mike Pound: When Marian Days ends, summer’s days are numbered
• Websites for Missouri hacking victims mostly back up
• Little revenue from Farm Aid has gone to Kansas
• Revenue boosts deposit to Okla. reserve fund
• Dispute over hog farm odors costs students’ jobs
• Grasshoppers move to urban areas due to heat
• Joplin man says he has been cleared of suspicion in serial murders
• Southern men picked to finish second in 2011 MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll
• Women's Cross Country picked to finish first in MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll
• Jo Ellis: Carthage shop trumpets American-made furniture
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Museum effort focusing on history of miners
• Unity Church of Joplin receives $82,000 toward new building
• Susan Redden: Koster boosts anti-meth measure
• Joplin, Duquesne officials: Debris removal deadline met
• Heat thins annual Park Day crowds
• Tornado prompting boomlet for bedroom communities
• Salon gives haircuts to 400 schoolchildren
• Joplin man says he has been cleared of suspicion in serial murders
• Wally Kennedy: Southtown Sporting Goods down, but not out
• ‘I Am Joplin’ event to celebrate new beginning for students
• Mike Pound: Family picture sessions bring out best?
• Brad Belk: Post office at First and Main was dedicated in 1963
• Tornado poses questions about putting shelters in apartment buildings
• 1,030 Boy Scouts do ‘good turn’ for damaged Joplin
• Art auction planned to raise money for Joplin School District
• Governor tabs Chuck Surface for Missouri Southern board
• Wrecked by storm, Hairbenders moves from recovery stage into giving back
• Actor cites importance of Stained Glass Theatre
• School district’s TV station receives donation from PSU
• State cites violations, shuts down unlicensed dog breeder in Aurora
• Mike Pound: Dreaming of $50 million check — again
• Nixon appoints Chuck Surface to Missouri Southern board
• Increase in sewer rates slated for Carl Junction
• Missouri gets consent judgment with dog breeder
• FBI using billboards to target Fake Beard Bandit
• Nixon: No land tax credit in Missouri special session
• Storm shelters placed at mobile home park being set up by FEMA
• Southern baseball adds seven for 2012
• Southern Track and Field have ten athletes earn Scholar Athlete Awards
• Governor says state will pay any cleanup costs FEMA does not
• Storm cools off hot start to Marian Days celebration
• Artie Morris dead at 79
• Annual Park Day celebration to kick off
• Mike Pound: Big Mike doesn’t believe in small, especially when it comes to pizza
• Head Start educator: County fair perfect fit for having fun, learning
• Kansas will get just over $700,000 in settlement
• Sewer district agrees to $4.7 billion settlement
• Heineman on Keystone XL pipeline: Talk to the feds
• Missouri housing panel backs loans for Joplin
• Sales tax holiday set for this weekend
• Lions Soccer Picked to Finish Fourth
• FEMA deadline extension denied
• Neosho council cool to report on new EPA runoff regulations
• Joplin teacher receives surprise gifts for classroom
• Boomtown probe still under way
• Joplin Board of Education accepts debris-removal bid
• Animal rescue group reunites lost tornado cat with owner
• Federal agency: Much to be learned from Joplin tornado
• Mike Pound: Nice people still out there doing nice things
• Housing options tight for Southern students
• Oklahoma governor expands burn ban to entire state
• Budweiser can redesigned
• Missouri lacks money to finish rest stop renovations
• Oklahoma lawmakers announce water study panel
• Missouri Gov. Nixon releases $1.2M for 3 programs
• April was record-setting month for tornadoes
• Southern Volleyball picked to finish 7th in MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll
• Neosho group hears support for Bright Futures initiative
• Joplin sales tax extension passes
• Carthage police warn businesses about check thieves
• Joplin death linked to heat
• Senators from region split on debt vote
• Joplin tax proposal OK’d; Alba plan fails
• Mike Pound: St. Mary’s group pushing toward goal
• Blood center gives money to support Joplin students
• MSSU signs agreement with Saudi university
• Missouri court rejects challenge to land tax credits
• Joplin attorney gifts $50,000 to Family Y
• Missouri Hospice group to hold memorial service for Joplin
• Voting going well with good turnout in city sales tax election
• Galena seeks Historic Byway designation for Route 66
• Temporary school sites nearing completion
• Southern Women's Basketball Announces Signing of D-II Transfer
• Neosho, state authorities seek help in pool-fire case
• Property owners drop rezoning request
• Nevada voters to ballot on permanent tax for parks
• Clerk: Voting ease aim of use of Joplin mall as polling place
• Several face indictments in counterfeit-check ring
• Mike Pound: Snorkeling and ogling during Key West trip
• Plenty of interest for Freeman green building expo
• Sebelius visits Joplin day-care center
• Someone wins $1.2 million Lotto in Springfield
• Crawford County Sheriff Sandy Horton to retire at end of term
• Housing options tighten for Southern students
• State to pick up 10 percent local share of debris removal cost
• Heat damages marijuana crops in Oklahoma
• Southern Football Picked 6th/7th in MIAA Preseason Polls
• Jo Ellis: Kellogg Lake offers welcome respite from the heat
• Council to hear controversial zoning request
• Clothes ‘made just for them’
• Haiti helps Joplin
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: The magic of the county fair still excites
• Planners get ready for hot Marian Days
• Work under way on new track for Pittsburg High School
• Couple buy home for tornado victim
• Susan Redden: House panel calls for use of Rainy Day Fund
• Joplin residents could experience PTSD
• Residents say stormwater projects needed
• Tax sale list swells
• Residents say tax boosts parks
• Mike Pound: ‘What’s that on the dining room table?’
• Green building ideas to be featured at Freeman expo
• Battle of Island Mound marked first time blacks fought in Civil War combat
• Wally Kennedy: IHOP may offer lesson in survival
• Teams deliver ‘psychological first aid’ on the street
• Joplin man praises ‘good, strong hearts’
• Partnership leads to new house
• Treece government to end this weekend
• Heat, drought strain water mains
• Tornado theft cases proceed through local court
• Fungus cases first to be connected to a tornado
• CDC: Joplin site of first known cluster of fungus victims after a tornado
• Woman rescued from trash truck compactor
• Another lawsuit accuses priest of sexual crimes
• Electricity demand breaks records in Oklahoma
• Hawk that survived tornado soars again
• Sheriff: Landlord was shot three times in Stella slaying
• Police: Report of bones found in Joplin misleading
• Death toll rises to 160
• Officials break ground for Joplin fire station
• FEMA assistance deadline extended to Aug. 26
• Joplin schools receive donations
• Bank of America reacts to complaints from residents who lost homes
• Disaster Center to relocate; Friday is registration deadline
• City announces another tornado death, lifts building moratorium
• Groundbreaking held for new Joplin fire station
• Joplin schools receive donations
• Missouri auditor gives Medicaid fraud unit top rating
• Stop off-site enrollment Oklahoma charter school told
• Report: Rural Missouri has fewer doctors per capita
• Grass fire continues to burn in southwestern Okla.
• Mayes County gets Cherokee Nation Industries jobs
• Joplin looks to replant state tree after tornado
• Pittsburg street repairs bolstered by sales tax
• Neosho council members defend sale of Rec-Plex
• Pittsburg woman waits while crews continue work on house that sank
• Businessman killed near Stella
• Joplin welcomes FEMA housing
• Camp Invention promotes creativity
• Carthage council approves metal detecting measure
• Weather service sees slight jump in temps, rainfall with new ‘normals’
• Newton County homicide under investigation
• Southern Athletics announce ticket sales information for Missouri State Exhibition Game
• Burn victim says he asked suspect to leave camp
• Neosho faces long road to recovery
• Nixon seeks extension of FEMA deadline
• Rescue Joplin, First Response Team leave town
• City assessing costs of rebuilding of parks
• Carthage girl buys toys for children of the storm
• Webb City to absorb cost of recovery work in Joplin
• Boomtown Days performers announced
• Tornado photos to raise money, awareness
• NOTABLE: Matthew Barnhart
• Business owners have until Aug. 8 to clear commercial debris
• State audit cites ‘poor’ financial condition in Neosho
• FEMA assistance deadline is Friday
• State auditor calls for precautions
• Rio Grande Valley residents ‘pay it forward’
• Torching of tent injures resident in homeless camp
• Insurance payout from tornado to be largest in state history
• Columbus factory dismisses employees, with more to come
• Sheryl Crow’s car to be auctioned for tornado recovery
• Tornado triggers largest insurance payout in state history
• Elderly feel loss of senior center after tornado
• Benefit held for family hit by tornado in 2008 and again on May 22
• Nevada officers rescue girl from apartment fire
• State auditor to release report on Neosho finances
• Pittsburg program offers ‘jump start’ to kindergartners
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Take a chance and chuck a Huffy
• Jo Ellis: Jewelry latest venture for Carthage woman
• Susan Redden: Jobs, disaster recovery to be special session topics
• Joplin Little Theatre
• St. Lou Crew returns to help tornado victims
• Parks, stormwater sales tax up for renewal
• Wally Kennedy: Many changes planned for Range Line
• Mike Pound: ‘Oh, I almost forgot ...’ a dangerous phrase
• Tribal casinos contribute to state revenues
• Breast cancer organization gaining nonprofit status
• Carthage man pleads guilty in molestation case
• Sales tax proceeds holding up
• Tulsa men charged with Weir bank robbery
• Former Aurora man receives $15.5 million award — finally
• City to release more building permits
• Tip leads to arrest of bank robbery suspects
• Missouri Southern announces SouthernFest '11 details
• State slaps two alleged charity scams with suits
• Second defendant to stand trial in home robbery
• Duenweg pastor enters guilty plea in porn case
• Joplin woman grateful for help from volunteers
• Lost school supplies replaced at ‘teacher to teacher’ event
• Parents of 135 Joplin school students say they won’t return because of tornado
• Mike Pound: Group comes together for mother, child
• Joplin schools celebrate success of Adopt-an-Eagle
• Attorney General Koster files lawsuit, alleges scams related to Joplin tornado
• Black Caucus members to visit with residents
• Tickets available for ‘Restore Fest’
• Grants OK’d, but cash on hold awaiting lawsuit resolution
• Arkansas authorities recover Pittsburg teen’s body from lake
• Tax appeals board to conclude hearings
• School-tax issue rejected, but vote by mail lauded
• One firefighter charged in tornado looting case
• St. John’s setting up another temporary hospital at old site
• Food pantry supplier calls for help
• Mike Pound: There is no stopping the St. Mary’s backers
• Tornado volunteers working slower, earlier
• Injunction sought in Florida echoes ‘robo’ calls in Joplin
• Neosho sets rental fee for airport hangar space
• Gov. Nixon unveils $122 million program on housing for Joplin
• Tattoo artist to unveil design created for tornado survivors
• State treasurer announces loan for Joplin sign business
• Officials tally overtime, other costs for reimbursement after tornado
• Camp fosters creative environment
• Mike Pound: Mother of storm victims getting by ‘day by day’
• Algae warning issued for part of Oklahoma's Lake Eufaula
• Salvation Army opens cooling station
• WATCH LIVE: Joplin Chamber's O'Brian to testify before Senate regarding federal disaster response
• Residents wary of ‘robo’ calls from Florida group
• Memorial Hall leased to Joplin School District
• Wal-Mart workers get glimpse of plans for new store
• 50th Street and Hearnes Boulevard site new contender for new St. John’s
• South African consul delivers school supplies to Joplin district
• Mike Pound: No reason to clear spot on mantle
• Tulsa sets 1-day record for water usage
• Cherokee Nation election results in dispute
• Nixon taps utility regulator for Missouri appeals court
• VIDEO: Comedians to "Stand Up for Joplin"
• South African consulate brings school supplies on Nelson Mandela’s birthday
• Human Society finances another Missouri initiative
• Guymon working to attract wind power companies
• Jo Ellis: Hot jobs — and fun — don’t get a break
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Pittsburg shop will have you in stitches
• Young Iraqis learning lesson in aftermath of Joplin tornado
• Scattered lives
• Strangers no more
• Nursing home residents, staff had no place to go
• MSSU plans one-stop enrollment open house
• Wally Kennedy: Freddy’s managers receive accolades
• Laborers’ Union to offer free construction classes
• Mike Pound: It’s better to fold in the game of towels
• Merger of storms added ‘steroids’ needed to form May 22 tornado
• Police believe robber cased other bank first
• Operation Blessing provides another makeover in Joplin
• Summer school pupils spend day at Scout camp
• Duquesne officials trying to determine debris cost
• School district hopes to lease Memorial Hall
• Debris removal continues; demolition phase details still out
• Mike Pound: Teenage mind a random-thought factory
• Farm show opens; event expected to attract 25,000
• Cherokees to try again to determine who’s chief
• Missouri auditor acknowledges campaign finance error
• Joplin summer school students spend day at scout camp
• Freeman to open new TCU
• Decision to close SRS office roils Lawrence
• Record crowd expected for U2 show in St. Louis
• Mural project taking shape
• Cars4Heroes puts tornado victims back in driver’s seat
• Camp for homeless pops up on Shoal Creek
• Federal employee returns woman’s achievement award
• Monett breeder surrenders dogs to Humane Society
• Joplin police: Robber entered bank twice
• Freeman donates $25,000 each to Joplin public, Catholic schools
• Potter fans line up long in advance of final film’s opening
• Mike Pound: How can we thank all those who have helped Joplin?
• Nixon to let late-term abortion bill become law
• Kansas chief justice reports on court study
• Scorching temps to return to Kansas, Missouri
• Missouri Rep. Akin raises $500K for Senate campaign
• Freeman makes donations to schools
• Southern men's track adds 12 for 2011-12
• Southern soccer signs three for 2011
• Missouri Southern announces ticket options for Gateway Classic Football Game in St. Louis
• Sallie Mae agrees to postpone student loan payments for tornado victims
• Hometown Bank on 32nd Street robbed
• VIDEO: 'Harry Potter' through the years
• State accuses landlord of price gouging
• Construction debris not eligible for curbside clearing
• Area youths go for the goals at county fairs
• Mike Pound: Good people everywhere keep on giving
• GRDA removes warning for Grand Lake swimming
• Aegis announces more Joplin hiring
• Appeals panel sides with man in sign dispute
• Missouri sawmills to get break on property taxes
• GRDA lifts warning against swimming, skiing in Grand Lake
• Wagner raises $500K for Missouri congressional bid
• Attorney general files lawsuit against Joplin landlord
• Text message alarms PSU campus
• Springfield third-grader turns 10th birthday party into fundraiser
• St. Louis mayor offers more help to Joplin
• Public views to be sought for planned public-art mural
• Joplin makeover or redo?
• Many streams, creeks test safe for E. coli
• Mike Pound: Chests of Hope gives kids something to smile about
• Oklahoma man sentenced for taking minor across state line for sex
• Cherokee court orders manual recount of ballots
• Nixon signs Missouri disability legislation
• Heat death in St. Louis, possibly 2 in Kansas City
• Deadline set to intervene in Missouri American rate case
• University hosting "Back to School Open House" 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 3 - 6 p.m., Wednesday, July 27, Connor Ballroom, BSC. This one-stop open house designed for anyone (new, returning, current or transferring) who wants to enroll for fall 2011 c
• Southern women's track adds seven for 2011-12
• Southern women's basketball adds junior college transfer
• Residents say neighborhood schools, more parks needed
• Towns to seek residents’ views in two sessions
• Newly married couple to donate honeymoon money to storm relief
• DNA match lands Joplin man more prison time
• City asks residents not to bag storm debris
• Mike Pound: It’s going to be a long, hot summer
• Sheriff Archie Dunn sues Jasper County Commission
• Missouri Gov. Nixon signing grain dealer legislation
• Democrats: Sen. McCaskill raises nearly $1.4M
• Missouri 13 near Table Rock Lake is expanding
• Heat advisories remain in effect for the region
• Death of teen on Highway 71 poses questions
• Newborn becomes tornado victim’s namesake
• Police chief expects fairly quick redevelopment
• State waives penalty against MSSU for tuition increase
• Organizer expecting 25,000 to turn out for farm show
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Kids’ club making a difference
• Jo Ellis: County fair tradition continues
• Susan Redden: Lawmakers discuss sprinkler bill, governor’s veto
• Tornado ‘Artifacts’ to tell story of storm
• Civil War battle commemorated in park ceremony
• Mental health professionals: Emotional storm brewing
• Couple still waiting for bank to return balance of insurance check
• Wally Kennedy: Landmark lounge making comeback
• Mike Pound: Summertime shuttling poses scramble
• Inmate slips out of cuffs, evades pursuers in Miami
• Joplin receives gift of flower bulbs in wake of tornado
• Newton County Fair on horizon
• Lake algae decreases, but officials still warning against bodily contact
• Fungal cases remain mystery to victims’ families
• Building permits issued on west-side projects
• Nixon notes expansion of disaster jobs program
• Mike Pound: Never bet on what a jury will do
• Ag secretary questions Corps on Missouri flooding
• Gladstone resident sentenced for ID theft
• City announces Limbaugh donation
• VIDEO: Joplin visitor's video details Joplin weeks after the storm
• Missouri Deputy reports mountain lion sighting
• RESOURCE: Empire establishes $100,000 fund to help tornado-impacted customers
• Residential permits being approved in some tornado-hit areas
• Pittsburg man suffers gunshot wound to abdomen
• Woman recounts sexual assault
• Tornado victims to be guests at Carver festival
• Tornado debris creating windfalls at area landfills
• Another debris landfill in operation
• Sewer fees cause flap
• Space helps ground Kansas woman
• Mike Pound: Church receiving help from volunteers in the know
• Jasper County Youth Fair begins on Saturday
• RESOURCE: Free concert tonight at Bridge
• State waives penalty for MSSU tuition increase
• Debris tipping fees creating windfalls for states
• City cites 457 properties for clearing
• Luminaria display in offing
• Nixon vetoes measure to delay group home sprinkler mandate
• Neosho officials: Golf course decision painful but on target
• Officer’s memory holds place of honor in Joplin
• State to provide $2 million for children’s treatment center
• Work on FEMA housing park begins
• Mike Pound: You have to balance the horrific with the humane
• Cunningham opts against Missouri congressional race
• Nixon announces $2M grant for Joplin
• Nixon to veto bill delaying sprinkler systems
• Neosho calls for citywide burn ban
• Boomtown Days rescheduled for August
• Mother cites son’s acquittal in Seneca hazing case
• Homeowner appeals for rebuilding OK
• Lake businesses take hit after algae warning
• Mike Pound: Legionnaires receive help for storm victims
• Report shows Oklahoma’s economy continues to expand
• Recovery underway for property in county damaged by tornado
• Area superintendents set two enrollment dates
• Cherokee ’winner’ says incumbent should step down
• California teen donates 3,000 books to Joplin schools
• Events begin to commemorate Battle of Carthage
• Limbaugh promises to put spotlight on Joplin
• Southern announces ticket sales information for One State, One Spirit Classic with Mizzou
• Thousands use Joplin event as time to unwind
• Pittsburg seeks funds to help city residents upgrade their homes
• Empire seeks rate increase for Oklahoma customers
• Annual Pittsburg parade led by tornado survivor
• Mike Pound: Nebraska Furniture Mart part of tradition
• Resident again challenges hold on building permits
• Messages of hope, support from around the world go on display at City Hall
• St. John’s patient recalls long night of May 22 tornado
• Area firefighters urge caution with fireworks
• Pittsburg officials plan street projects
• Jo Ellis: Battle of Carthage remembered during events this week
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: The (fireworks) show must go on, but deciding when can be tricky
• Susan Redden: Senate fireworks stay in Washington
• Ceremony honors tornado relief volunteers
• Are public shelters an option?
• Parents credit triplets’ birth with saving family from tornado
• Joplin to benefit from $100,000 more for disaster aid
• Rush Limbaugh to deliver tea to Landreth Park event
• Contractor finishing up temporary fire stations
• Last of ‘tornado pets’ fly to new homes
• GRDA warns people not to swim, ski in Grand Lake over holiday weekend
• FEMA to clear damaged trees
• Water utility seeks OK to consolidate rates
• Mike Pound: Celebrities working on another fundraiser
• Extreme heat forecast for today and Saturday
• FEMA specialists on hand at Home Depot
• Councilman again declared Cherokee’s new chief
• Book fair to provide free books for children
• Cherokee Supreme Court to look at vote totals
• Oklahoma agency discourages swimming in Grand Lake
• Panel to invite residents’ ideas
• $83 million Joplin School District budget reflects some tornado impact
• Joplin family putting things together in wake of storm
• Official says need is huge; Habitat has history, hope
• McCune-Brooks to expand after pact with St. John’s
• Man bound over on disaster area theft charge
• Building selected for temporary home for displaced St. Mary’s pupils
• Mike Pound: Tornado help just keeps on coming
• Planned Parenthood denied Kansas abortion license
• Inmate pleads not guilty in escape, murder charges
• 2 uncovered WWI medals go on display in Missouri museum
• Kansas farmers planted more corn, sorghum crops
• Missouri River levee fails in southwest Iowa
• Cherokee election commissioners meet in secret
• Commissioners say debris will be picked up in county
• Officials hope to form community group to draw recovery map
• Diamond mayor resigns in clash; board planning to leave position vacant
• Board to consider $83 million budget
• Family thankful for attention by MU vet school
• Mike Pound: Billy Staples helping ‘one story at a time’
• Towns cite options for avoidance of debris nuisance declarations
• Ex-treasurer in jail in embezzlement case
• Interim MSU head open to taking job permanently
• Oklahoma cattle sales increasing due to drought
• Judge to hear request over Loughner’s medication
• Slay: No more unattended parking lots
• Ex-city administrator pleads guilty of embezzling
• Hot weather arrives in Mo. in time for festivals
• Workshop to focus on storm-resistant building techniques
• Assessor: Homeowners need to complete county forms
• Attorney general obtains order against Monett kennel
• School officials worried about potential enrollment shifts
• Chow Train chefs fuel AmeriCorps workers
• National service programs supplying volunteer brigades
• Governor declares honor for soldier
• Another contract awarded for modular classrooms
• Webb City council grants extension for pit bull owners
• Mike Pound: State library to help write a new chapter
• Oklahoma tribal election compared to Florida 2000 vote
• Missouri ballot measure aimed at initiative petitions
• Radio station files lawsuit against Mo. lawmaker
• Berry to get St. Louis-area statue despite critics
• DOJ accuses Farmland of unfair hiring practices
• Post-tornado testimony: Streamline state procedures
• Man sentenced in beating of man locked in handcuffs
• Webb City man pleads guilty in UMB Bank robbery
• Another contract awarded for modular classrooms
• Baxter Springs firefighter denies involvement in looting
• Expert: Hole ripped in Joplin’s past
• Prosecutor to seek prison time for former treasurer of Leawood
• Branson benefit raises more than $200,000
• Red Cross puts out last call for people needing shelter
• Mike Pound: Richard wasn’t born with class; he acquired it by the boatload
• Army Corps of Engineers awards new contract for modular classrooms
• Planned Parenthood sues Kan. officials over funds
• Cherokee election results overturned
• No state fees for tornado victims to replace documents
• Frontier adds nonstop routes to Branson, Mo.
• Frontenac bank robbed today
• Jo Ellis: Reforest Joplin a tree at a time
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Cyclists pass through Pittsburg while raising money to battle MS
• Disaster committee plans public hearing on Joplin tornado
• Corps awards contracts for removal of debris, classrooms at Memorial
• Susan Redden: Fighting in Libya leads to battles in Washington
• Former Leawood treasurer faces repayment deadline today or 15 years in prison
• Carver helps mother of Air Force member recapture patriotic decor after storm
• Joplin Workshops faces loss of business in aftermath of storm
• Mike Pound: Age means not being shamed into doing something
• Wally Kennedy: L.L. Sayer’s opens in Gryphon Building
• Corps awards contract valued at $3.1 million for modular classrooms for East Middle School
• Family gathering turns into event to honor victims of May 22 storm
• Thousands flood Adopt-A-Thon for displaced pets
• CDC lowers number of fungal infections linked to tornado
• With and without shelters
• Riding the storm out
• City to seek resident views on rebuilding
• Disaster fraud task force forms
• 6-year-old twins spur relief effort for Joplin children
• Duquesne showing signs of rebounding
• Records request yields names of three fired firefighters
• DNR waives burning, other regulations for Joplin, Sedalia
• Mike Pound: T-ball league pays tribute to Howard family
• Joplin school board approves laptop computers for each high school student
• Chief of Vt.’s largest hospital headed to KC
• Joplin schoolchildren receive gifts from children in Texas
• Records request yields names of three fired Baxter Springs firefighters
• City sets anti-nuisance steps to target removal of debris
• Tax board discusses requirements for grants
• Fireworks banned inside debris-removal zone
• Red Cross ERVs still rolling
• Mike Pound: Storm-created uncertainties tough for kids
• Museum rescues decades of Mosler negatives
• Missouri jury rules for hog farm owner in odor lawsuit
• Soggy Midwest faces new summer threat: more rain
• Missouri Press Association releases preview of upcoming Globe documentary
• KC diocese’s vicar removed from abuse cases
• Free office furniture, supplies available
• $200,000 donation for business recover
• FEMA seeking applications for several positions. Persons who live within a 50-mile radius of Joplin may apply in person at Missouri Career Center, 730 Wall Ave., Joplin: Administrative Assistants , Couriers, Information Specialists, Debris Monitors, Hous
• Lions softball adds junior college hurler
• Pace of debris removal ramping up
• Local hospitals scrambling to attend to needs of area
• Highway 69 group plans final meeting for today
• Cause of business center fire still undetermined
• Neosho council considers options for debt-burdened golf course
• Hospital event marks tornado’s anniversary
• Mike Pound: Time goes on ... as does Joplin
• FEMA approves more than $4 million in relief funds
• Hospital event marks tornado’s anniversary
• Another reminder to communicate status of rental books, particularly if they were lost, damaged or destroyed in May 22 tornado. MSSU will continue to receive spring 2011 rental books through 6/30. No late fees assessed for spring 2011 rental books return
• Study shows Oklahoma’s energy sector booming
• Kansas announces new commerce funding
• Priest denies helping mobster hide violin
• Questions raised over proposed buyouts in Branson
• Southern football announces 2011 schedule
• Out-of-court settlements reached in fatal bus accident
• Company awarded contracts for modular classrooms
• Construction of new fire station OK’d
• Surgeon, firemen cite courage of 10-year-old tornado survivor
• Freeman to honor health care workers, plant trees of hope
• FEMA to construct housing park
• Fourth of July lineup widens
• Mike Pound: Fundraiser another chance to help one another
• Soldier with ties to Joplin dies in Afghanistan crash
• Feds approve public assistance for Okla. storms
• Carthage hospital expands after Joplin tornado
• Nixon seeks to ensure sand for flood fighting
• NRC takes Wolf Creek off increased oversight list
• Jonesburg company awarded $1.3 million contract for modular classrooms for Irving pupils
• Couple seeking donations for young tornado victims
• Council OKs 60-day hold on rebuilding
• Multistate meth ring target of federal indictments
• RESOURCE: Fundraising effort announced to spur Joplin business growth
• Probe continuing into cause of fire at business center
• Disabled firefighter files lawsuit over disability pay
• Local firefighters wary of fire danger in debris
• Woman pleads guilty in motel fire case
• Trial in fatal crash delayed
• Carl Junction opts for annual softball classic
• MU estimates floodway crop loss at $85M
• Kaston Hudgins trial delayed
• Former Senator announces $10 million recovery initiative
• Oklahoma tribal election has a Washington feel
• Home Depot marks opening of temporary store
• From the Bursar’s Office: First disbursement of financial aid refund checks available for pick-up 9 a.m., Tues., June 21 at cashier window, Hearnes Hall until noon on Thurs., June 23. Students must appear in person w/ photo ID. Students not allowed
• Brandon Williams and Ian Saxton named preseason football All-Americans
• Longtime Pittsburg jewelry store reopens
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Love affair with theater leads to ‘Love Letters’
• Trees for Joplin fund taking root
• Building moratorium on City Council agenda
• Joplin’s autism center holding therapy sessions at The Bridge
• Susan Redden: Disaster committee sets local hearing
• Two tornado-damaged homes go up in flames
• KCPD has sent nearly 100 officers to Joplin
• DONATE: Relief organizations establish separate funds for Joplin tornado victims
• Family faces Father’s Day without Randy England, dad of two
• New England photographer offers postcards, peace to Joplin
• St. Charles, Ill., races for Joplin
• Visiting Rotary Club members lend helping hands at Parr Hill Park
• Insurance, donations, FEMA have role in district recovery
• Wally Kennedy: Businesses gone, but not for long
• Humane Society plans pet adopt-a-thon
• RESOURCE: FEMA cites list to guard against home-repair fraud
• DONATE: Branson concert to aid Joplin
• Empire seeks rate hike for Kansas customers
• Number of fungal cases climbs to 12
• MPA releases preview of upcoming Globe documentary
• MSSU board notes additional state cut
• Government effort to remove debris under way
• Mike Pound: Some belated sympathy for Anthony Weiner (hee-hee)
• Oklahoma St. regents raise tuition by 4.85 percent
• Jury convicts Arizona inmate who sparked manhunt
• MPA trailer: Through the eyes of The Joplin Globe
• Kansas jobless rate dips, but economic news mixed
• Health care organization: Smokers need not apply
• Nixon vetoes Missouri photo ID, early voting bill
• Joplin storm means $310,000 loss for MSSU budget
• MSSU names new board chairman, extends contract of president
• RESOURCE: Workshops planned to teach storm victims about possible scams
• Missouri Southern to play host to Missouri State in benefit exhibition basketball game
• Southern Athletics have 122 named to MIAA Academic Honor Roll
• Renters face pressure as housing demand rises after tornado
• Most tornado fatalities occurred where people lived
• Joplin bank robber to serve 30 years without parole
• Postal workers scrambling to connect residents, mail
• Baxter Springs mayor: Three firefighters fired in looting probe
• Residents ask questions about debris operation
• CDC to study fungal cases in wake of Joplin tornado
• Missouri Southern State University’s Board of Governors elected Dr. Sherry L. Buchanan, Joplin, to serve as Board Chair for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Learn more at
• Mike Pound: Downsized, but still laughing
• Defendant bound over in robbery case
• Former Kansas AG faces vote on appeals court seat
• Missouri company accused of defrauding government
• Corps: Mississippi River levee repairs could cost $1B
• It is important to communicate status of rental books, particularly if they were lost, damaged or destroyed in May 22 tornado. MSSU will continue to receive spring 2011 rental books through June 30. No late fees assessed for spring 2011 rental books retu
• Freeman issues update on patient accounts and physician locations
• FEMA registering households
• City to answer questions for residents today at noon session
• City officials urge residents to complete entry forms
• Pittsburg panel to seek funding for storm shelter
• Governor visits space set to house Joplin High School students
• Southwest Missouri selected as site for biofuels project
• Retired teacher thrown block and a half in storm
• FEMA placing first storm victims in housing units
• Minutes note discussions, decisions at emergency school board meetings
• Mike Pound: Believing in dreams ... and guardian angels
• Feds plan biomass projects in Ohio, Missouri, Arkansas
• Board votes not to fingerprint Kansas educators
• Missouri grand jury indicts former US Fidelis owners
• KU Medical Center wins $20 million federal grant
• Arkansas museum would welcome Trail of Tears monument
• Pittsburg officials consider city storm shelters
• Business center fire revictimizes tenants ravaged by tornado
• Joplin home put back together in seven days
• Arizona inmate under increased security
• Volunteers clear Sunny Jim Park
• K.C. man nabbed with computers from storm-damaged Joplin school
• Questions arise over city’s construction hold
• Mike Pound: Some flights are longer than others
• Second Treece auction earns more than first
• RESOURCE: Red Cross relocates shelter to Webb City
• KC man charged with stealing Joplin computers
• Missouri awaiting feds’ decision on food stamp error
• Tribe opposes proposed NE Oklahoma wind farms
• Tornado victims impacted by Joplin fire
• Springfield puts off red-light cameras for now
• MSSU surplus supplies and equipment to be donated to Joplin R-8 Schools. Surplus items not donated to the school district will be placed in public sale with all proceeds sent to MSSU Tornado Relief Fund.
• Early morning fire damages Joplin building
• Webb City council approves pit bull ban
• Man accused of posing as tornado victim in scam
• Death toll officially stands at 153
• Virginia volunteers collect Joplin support on the road
• Joplin extends deadline for debris-removal forms
• Some banks waiving check-cashing fees for tornado victims
• Joplin summer school begins, a hit with parents, others
• Some banks waiving check-cashing fees for tornado victims
• Joplin tornado death toll increases
• City releases more debris removal details
• Kansas cities brace for Missouri River flood
• Lathrop still uncertain about 4-day school week
• Court denies motion to dismiss bribery charge
• Faces of the storm: A slideshow of Joplin tornado victims
• Susan Redden: Disaster funding bill faces hurdles
• Smoking ban, pit bulls on Webb City agenda
• Airport Drive allows mobile dorms for cleanup crews
• Woman’s scars tell story of survival
• RESOURCE: FEMA housing arrives at Crowder
• Red Cross downsizing, closing shelter at MSSU
• Ray Donald ‘Tripp’ Miller one of 153 storm victims
• Thanks to strangers’ kindness, daughter reunited with father’s Bible
• Hundreds clear debris in lieu of annual race
• Graffiti artists spray paint message of hope on Joplin building
• LIST: Agencies that provided emergency assistance after the Joplin tornado
• Wally Kennedy: Survival on Range Line Road — both during and after the storm
• Duquesne residents hear details of debris removal
• FEMA housing heads to Joplin
• Recovery efforts get starpower with $500,000 donation from Pitt, Jolie
• Volunteer loses life helping in relief effort
• South Main post office to open Monday morning
• Help with business records available
• Airport Drive to allow trailers for clean-up firm
• Strong storms forecast after 5 p.m. today
• Insurance, federal money, donations to contribute to Joplin school district’s recovery
• Death toll update
• Joplin summer school bus routes announced
• Pitt and Jolie donate $500,000 to Joplin
• JHS juniors, seniors to attend classes at Northpark Mall
• City manager criticizes timing of highway decision
• Health officials: Fungal infections in some storm victims cited
• Collector’s coins rained down when tornado dropped ceiling
• Unemployed, employers turn out for job fair
• Funeral homes scramble to serve needs of survivors
• Bidders grab Cherokee County properties at bargain prices
• Homeland security chief: Joplin tornado unique
• Tax grant board: No restrictions on funding uses
• Sale puts Cherokee County properties on tax rolls, results in bargains for bidders
• Final FEC audit notes violations by Kansas GOP
• Committee stalls vote on appeals court nominee
• Oklahoma civil rights icon Clara Luper dies at 88
• Kansas wheat forecast unchanged, US estimate up
• Feds: Prison chaplain passed messages for mobster
• Doctors advised to watch for fungal infection in injured tornado patients
• Station filled need ahead of field hospital’s cafeteria
• Session participants discuss education ideas for future Joplin High School
• Missouri Southern to Host Mizzou Basketball In One State, One Spirit Classic Presented by Leggett & Platt
• State representatives survey tornado damage
• Duquesne seeks permission forms for debris removal
• Family cat found alive in rubble 16 days after twister
• Joplin school officials weigh offer of MoDOT building
• Christie’s curiosities scattered in Duquesne
• Mother rushed to daughter’s aid in tornado’s wake
• Reminder: MSSU will continue to receive spring 2011 rental books through June 30. No late fees assessed for spring 2011 rental books returned through June 30. As circumstances permit, students whose books were damaged or destroyed by storm should contact
• Missouri governor directs Guard to coordinate flood efforts
• Cards-Royals series to benefit tornado victims. Details at
• Charges filed against 2 in Oklahoma adoption scam
• Missouri grad rate up overall, but minorities struggle
• US Atty for W. Mo. nominated for federal judge
• Missouri county seeks strict limit on sexual businesses
• Family cat rescued after 16 days under rubble
• Council endorses building code changes
• Taste Buds bring ‘taste of New Orleans’ to Joplin
• State sets up multiple offices to assist in tornado recovery
• Baxter Springs man sentenced to 13 1/2 years in shaken-baby case
• Satterlee family donates $250,000 to school district
• Weather service team studying Joplin storm
• Northpark Mall to be polling place for parks-stormwater tax vote
• Kansas schools preparing for funding cuts in coming year
• Property scam being investigated
• Air monitoring finds no major health concerns for Joplin for asbestos, particulate matter
• Northpark Mall to be polling place in Joplin parks tax vote in August
• City Council to hold work session on building issues
• Baxter Springs man sentenced to 13 1/2 years in shaken baby case
• Oklahoma Democrat Boren says he won’t seek new term
• Empire urges caution around pad mount transformers and secondary pedestals
• Signed forms sought for debris removal
• Director promises MoDOT sensitivity to Joplin tragedy
• Child-abuse convictions result in jail shock time
• More programs created to help Joplin schools
• St. John’s slates tentative time frame for rebuilding
• Florida running group, others plan Boomtown benefit runs
• Sites set up to link tornado victims with lost photos
• Smoke from AZ fire spreads to Midwest
• Adopt-a-Classroom program created in Joplin schools
• Commissioners not eager to make decision on proposed tornado-debris landfill
• Secondary levy being built to protect Iowa town
• Missouri, Kansas populations hold steady
• Missouri fund for injured workers stops paying claims
• A benefit concert to support Joplin is scheduled for tonight at 7 o'clock (Monday, June 6) at the Calvary Baptist Church, 2650 Oak Ridge, in Neosho. Community musicians, including MSSU faculty and alumni, will be featured. Donations will be accepted
• Tornado death toll climbs to 141
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Everyday life must go on
• Susan Redden: State lawmakers to visit Joplin
• Bartender sells locks as tornado fundraiser
• Damage estimate to Joplin schools rises to $151 million
• AmeriCorps director checks on workers in tornado zone
• JHS graduate Will Norton remembered as joyful, humble
• Teams of scientists looking for lessons in storm’s aftermath
• Joplin Elks Lodge mourns members lost when storm destroyed building
• Tornado fatality victims (as of June 4)
• Tornado spurs growth for Carthage hospital
• County commission orders payment of disputed charge
• Engaged couple to rebuild destroyed house, start over
• What tornado victims should expect from federal agencies, charities
• Desperate moments: Spotters watched storm build
• Mike Pound: Joplin needs tornado-trauma break
• Cash donations continue to flow
• Joplin lifts curfew, add more patrols
• Tornado flips housing market upside down
• Joplin man digs up artifact collection from rubble
• Officer dies in wake of lightning strike
• Mike Pound: The fundraiser must go on
• Damage to Joplin schools now estimated at $151 million
• Church service relocated
• Donation will be made to Joplin schools
• Mattresses to arrive in Joplin
• Liberty Bank will reopen Monday
• Business recovery clinics scheduled
• Minnesota firm raising funds for school libraries
• Joplin tornado to prompt research
• After storm-forced delay, Joplin city pools to open
• Some bond agents refusing to bail out accused looters
• City of Joplin plans public meeting
• Family donates $250,000 to Joplin schools
• Tornado fatality victims (as of June 2)
• Tornado’s fatality count stands at 138
• Mike Pound: Youngsters send messages of hope
• Missouri prepares for imminent flooding
• Some Kansas farmers test cutting winter wheat crop
• Officials say death toll from Mo. tornado now 138
• Some flooded Lake Taneycomo homes can’t be rebuilt
• Oklahoma treasurer: State economy continues to improve
• DONATE:: Humphreys family makes large donation to rebuild Joplin schools, offers challenge grant
• Two-time survivor recounts Franklin, Joplin tornadoes
• College student survives Tuscaloosa, Joplin tornadoes
• Governor: Number missing now zero
• Jobs program announced for cleanup in tornado wake
• MSSU Summer Camps Updates
• Storm victim: Church’s effort ‘gives us hope’
• School superintendent from Greensburg, Kan., tours Joplin damage
• Psychiatrist: Many experiencing emotional injuries in storm’s wake
• Mike Pound: Hearing-aid office providing free service
• Ozark Center counselors on hand for emotional injuries
• MSSU will continue to receive spring 2011 rental books through June 30. No late fees will be assessed for spring 2011 rental books returned through June 30. As circumstances permit, students whose books were damaged or destroyed by the storm should con
• LIST: Dept. of Public Safety calls for assistance in ID-ing missing
• RESOURCE: Rental housing assistance
• RESOURCE: AG Koster to open mobile office Monday in Joplin
• Fallin visits Oklahoma troops preparing to deploy
• Kansas House fails to override gov.’s arts veto
• Tornado-damaged homes may be taken off tax rolls
• Final sweep of debris field under way
• Debris removal to start rolling
• PSC cites Empire deal on rate hike
• Joplin chamber: Survey of 300 businesses mostly optimistic
• Mike Pound: Stotts City man finds ‘air-mail’ delivery
• Emerson Elementary not a complete loss, superintendent says
• Home Depot worker died helping others
• Neighboring cities rally to Joplin’s aid
• MSSU Administration has scheduled a meeting with employees who have been affected by the tornado at 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 1 in Cornell Auditorium, Plaster Hall.
• RESOURCE LIST: Agencies and service groups offer help for victims
• Tribal Law and Order Act at a glance
• High court rules out damage claim against Ashcroft
• Joplin Schools, recovering from tornado, enrolling students for summer school
• BREAKING: Announcement to be made about unsolved murder
• RESOURCE: County assessor establishes satellite office to assist tornado victims
• Past military losses, recent storm meld together on Memorial Day
• FEMA assessing inventory of rental housing in area
• Memorial Day a day of work, salvage in destruction path
• Young Joplin woman: Starting over ‘very overwhelming’
• All-female team gears through Baja competition
• Local media work to connect families after May 22 storm
• Superintendent: Storm took lives of seven students, teacher
• Mike Pound: 9-year-old’s small gesture stands tall
• RESOURCE: City issues guidelines for trash service, debris
• Search-and-rescue efforts still underway
• Tornado victims advised to protect assets, accounts
• Guidelines issued for trash service, removal of debris
• Residents: Ceremony ‘wonderful tribute’ to Joplin
• Missing persons list shrinking
• Thousands hear message of support, reassurance
• St. John’s workers, officials celebrate temporary site
• Westboro members not present at service
• Residents grieve, hug at service for lives lost
• VIDEO: Pres. Obama speaks at tornado victim's memorial service
• Mike Pound: When push comes to shove
• VIDEO: Joplin reacts to prospect of Westboro Baptist Church protest
• State says morgue has processed 146 sets of remains
• GALLERY: President Obama tours Joplin
• RESOURCE: Freeman Women's Center to reopen Tuesday
• VIDEO: Peace Lutheran holds parking-lot service after church wrecked during May 22 storm
• TEXT: President Obama's remarks after touring tornado damage in Joplin
• President’s speech receives praise
• President tours damaged Joplin neighborhoods
• Tornado fatality lists (as of May 28)
• Death tally up again; president, governor to speak at observance
• Along tornado’s path, victims recall trauma, wonder about future
• Wedding becomes symbol of hope following tornado
• Greenbriar patient with Alzheimer’s reunited with family
• Family members emotionally note Joplin teen’s death
• Tornado-damaged churches propose plans for services
• Catholic school leaders looking into options but plan to open Aug. 17
• Donations continue to pour in for disaster relief
• UPDATE: Death toll stands at 142
• Wally Kennedy: Inside Freeman: Praying no one calls your name
• Mike Pound: Laughing in face of disaster signals we’re not giving up
• How to return medical records to St. John’s
• Dillons to rebuild Joplin Store
• FEMA releases aid application and distribution numbers
• Tulsa Community Foundation creates tornado fund
• LISTS OF TORNADO FATALITY VICTIMS
• Gov. Nixon proclaims state day of prayer
• Release of names of deceased remains issue for families
• Death tally continues to rise
• MSSU professor among those still missing
• List of missing (as of Friday, May 27)
• Donations, large and small, raining down upon Joplin
• Joplin man gave his life to save wife in tornado
• Mike Pound: Helping hands help restore hope
• Dermatology office relocated
• US rig count rises to 1,847, led by Texas
• HOPE 4 You BCF donates to tornado relief fund
• Allied Waste assists community
• Do you have an image of the tornado?
• Obama, Nixon to speak at Joplin service Sunday
• Thomas Jefferson commencement rescheduled
• Mo. Gov. sets aside $25M for Joplin tornado
• Death toll rises to 132 after Joplin tornado
• LA Times posts interactive graphic of Joplin tornado damage
• Mike Pound: Heroic deeds, and now basic needs
• More donations pour into Joplin
• More large donations given to Joplin relief
• 2011 tornado season by numbers
• Twisters that hit SW Mo. claim about 3K turkeys
• District begins work toward rebuilding damaged schools
• Dealership employee recounts volunteer efforts
• Death toll reaches 126
• Minor medical emergencies being addressed
• Mike Pound: Finding a hero among the rubble
• Cableone services to be restored Friday
• "Loads of Hope" washing laundry for storm victims, responders
• Kinder meets with long-term care facilities directors, assesses elderly care
• VIDEO: National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA) serves at MSSU
• Joplin tornado recovery resource list
• Towns hit by twisters offer rebuilding road map
• Mo. Dept of Public Safety releases list of missing
• Tornadoes! Floods! Droughts! Scientists say it’s global warming
• Search for tornado’s missing finds few amid debris
• Ag officials warn farmers of risks from insulation
• Powerful storms pound several central US states
• AP Enterprise: Tornado victims often uninsured
• Federal team involved in identification effort
• Three more bodies found
• Those left homeless by twister celebrate remaining blessings
• Duquesne hit hard by Sunday’s tornado
• Joplin residents reunited with pets
• Health care services at MSSU Health Sciences Building offered from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, May 26. Additional services and hours of operation provided at the facility to be determined by Joplin Emergency Operation Center.
• Hometown Bank gives assistance
• Eye doctors relocate offices to Carthage
• Free childcare for tornado victims
• Governor: community memorial service Sunday
• Pets, owners are reunited
• Water company hoping to lift boil order by this weekend
• Most ’unaccounted for’ in Mo. tornado believed OK
• Tide laundry service for Joplin
• No timeline for restoring Cable One service
• Work permit provision waved temporarily
• Long lines forming for work permits
• By the Numbers: 2011 tornado season
• Violent storms kill 13 in Okla., Kan., Ark.
• Services for victims of storm
• Employee recounts tornado inside destroyed Home Depot
• Joplin School District looks for way forward
• 60 FEMA workers expected in Joplin
• Carthage senior class, TAMKO among donors
• Tornado ranked among deadliest
• Boomtown Days 2011
• ESPN's Andy Katz talks with men's basketball coach Robert Corn about the tornado relief effort
• Local and national organizations come through to help relief efforts in Joplin
• Joplin School District looks for way forward
• Curfew imposed for disaster zone
• UPDATE: Tornado watch issued for region
• Sunday's tornado upgraded to EF-5
• Mike Pound: Searching necessary for recovery
• Joplin Post Office to hold mail for residents victimized by tornado
• City tests tornado sirens
• Severe weather forecast for Joplin
• Missouri National Guard’s 1107th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group in Joplin
• VIDEO: Joplin students react to tornado, recovery
• U-Haul offering free services to tornado victims
• President expected to make visit to tornado-ravaged areas
• Death toll does not climb overnight
• Brownback tours Kan. tornado damage
• Survivors recall devastation, moments trying to survive
• Other communities launch relief efforts
• Tale of hope emerges at Freeman Hospital
• From graduation to terror
• Storm’s death toll continuing to climb
• Google map pinpoints tornado damage in Joplin.
• Mike Pound: Hope shows up just in time
• Youtube video of Joplin
• UPDATED: Freeman Hospital open; several campuses closed
• ’We’re here for the long haul’
• Death toll hits 116
• Webb City reschedules graduation, originally set for Monday night
• Video footage from tornado-ravaged areas
• How to help tornado victims
• Search continues for tornado victims
• MSSU Foundation creating "Tornado Emergency Relief Fund" for donations for faculty, staff, students impacted by devastating storm. Donations go to the Foundation, indicating "Tornado Emergency Relief Fund" on the memo line of check -
• Due to emergency, deadline for grades entered by instructors moved to 10 a.m. Wed. Some instructors may not be able to meet deadline given personal circumstances, but will provide grades asap. End-of-term process to run Wed. and Thurs. Transcripts not
• MSSU Intersession classes will delay start until Wednesday, May 25 at scheduled times. Contact Academic Affairs 417.625.9394 with questions.
• Water company asking people to conserve water
• Calls regarding volunteers or those trying to locate and confirm the safety of friends and family through the Red Cross at MSSU, call AmeriCorp Volunteer Resource Center in Biemdeik Recreation Center 417.659.5464. Please try to avoid the Leggett & Pl
• To confirm the safety of each and every MSSU employee, we are asking to if you can come to campus, please do so and report to your regular work location. Employees unable to reach campus, please make every possible attempt to contact campus – eithe
• Severe thunderstorm warning for Monday morning
• St. John's employees asked to report to Memorial Hall
• Eighty-nine people reported dead
• Freeman, St. John's medical personnel asked to report in
• UPDATED: Widespread damage reported after tornado
• Mike Pound: In a dog’s world, there’s no way out
• Wally Kennedy: Yogurt shops lining up on Range Line
• Voters may be asked to raise levy for Cherokee School District
• MSSU graduates 691 students
• Mom drops out of job market, gains degree
• Fire destroys Pittsburg businesses
• Feud between sheriff, commission escalates as bills begin arriving
• Blaze engulfs downtown building in Pittsburg
• Art museum receives $800 million from Walton family
• Pittsburg market seeks city’s help toward permanent home
• Missouri Southern approves $74.7 million budget
• Capital study phase in offing for Joplin arts center effort
• Iraq refugees now free to rock
• Mike Pound: Terminated! Still, Schwarzenegger is not getting a raw deal
• Missouri Southern FY 2012 budget includes spending of $74.7 million
• Fallin seeks federal flood help for 10 counties
• Auto parts plant to bring 300 jobs to Kansas City
• Government scientists test water at Missouri levee
• Missouri governor considers auto service contract bill
• Brownback starts review of tax code
• Corps warns of flooding potential in SW Missouri
• Lawmaker pumps gas while pushing for more drilling
• Rural Joplin man sent to prison in child porn case
• City finds errors in some pension payments
• Attorneys want stepfather’s trial reset in Rowan Ford case
• Mike Pound: Kites to take to (treeless) sky over Route 66
• DWI charge filed against Crowder College president
• City to close streets for Third Thursday
• Lawsuit to challenge decision in firefighter case
• Joplin boy, 10, donates rummage-sale proceeds to Ozark Center
• Missouri state Rep. Leonard Hughes owes ethics fines
• ACLU: Web filter provider to drop LGBT category
• PSU proposes nearly 7 percent tuition increase, to $2,581 per semester
• Dodge City leader says town must trade on history
• FBI investigates Unabomber in ’82 Tylenol deaths
• Women's basketball signs junior college post
• Congressman starts campaign for Senate
• Miami bank employee charged with embezzling
• Joplin officials scout out funding prospects
• Crowder College president faces drunken driving case
• Attorney receives probation, fine in federal sentencing
• MoDOT director discusses department downsizing
• Joplin School Board votes to reorganize Duenweg, Duquesne elementary schools
• Neosho airport hangar project under way
• 3 seniors face felony charges for senior prank
• Actor lands role as Purina’s ’cat correspondent’
• Nebraska police arrest 2 from Missouri on grease theft
• Missouri bill broadens ban on teacher-student sex
• The MSSU Lion Card system will undergo standard maintenance May 24-25. Two areas will be temporarily unavailable. "Lion Bucks" will not be available for purchases or printing and new I.D. cards will not be issued. Door access controls and acces
• Secession: McDonald County back to its old antics
• Pittsburg crews training on new aerial ladder truck
• County Commission considers dissolving special road district
• Lease spending new focus of Jasper County conflicts
• Group of towns asking road panel to delay vote on closing three offices
• Mike Pound: Wilted lettuce salad? You think you know someone ...
• Ground broken for hydroelectric plant in Kansas
• Seismologist: Okla. returning to normal levels
• Transportation bond issue fails in Okla. Senate
• Correction on council statement
• Ottawa County commissioners approve motto request
• Branson show will aid flood victims
• Open House set to discuss plans, projects at state parks
• Southern Captures 2010-11 Sonic Trophy Series
• Southern men's and women's track and field qualifies five individuals for 2011 Outdoor Track Championships
• Defendant assessed eight years in baseball bat-beating death
• Council adopts new pay plan for city workers
• Magazine ranks Joplin 24th in growth in industrial jobs
• Hale McGinty remembered as Neosho retail ‘anchor’
• Mike Pound: Polka talk conjures up memories of Lawrence Welk
• Carthage re-enactment called a success
• Sheriff, Columbus police chief renew 1992 murder investigation
• Record distribution to Oklahoma education
• Alito: Preparation more important than arguments
• EPA warns 7 Midwestern feedlots on waste discharge
• Family of World War II soldier located in Oklahoma
• SW Missouri couple missing for a month
• Moving utility line in Kansas could cost millions
• Homeless men on a mission to clean up trash downtown
• Residents tell city officials what neighborhood needs
• Stormwater project involving Joplin High property posed
• Webb City council considering tighter dog restrictions
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Pittsburg makes some strides in challenge
• Susan Redden: Rep. Davis honored by House speaker
• Mike Pound: Car talks with teen starting to heat up
• Wally Kennedy: Sonic super-sizing on Range Line
• Former cheerleaders’ lawsuit against Seneca district dropped
• Baxter Springs termed ‘ideal spot’ for clinic
• Makeup of half of MSSU board could change
• Civil War re-enactors battle through streets of Carthage
• Grad with muscular dystrophy to give valedictory address
• Commencement ceremonies scheduled at schools in area
• Neosho to put on benefit for stunt team
• City asks state patrol to try to pick up trail of missing fest funds
• Economic development overhaul stalls as legislative session ends
• Multiple charges being contemplated in jailbreak case
• OSU students develop plans for Mantle tourist destinations
• Mike Pound: Government tax breaks explained
• Missouri House passes March presidential primary bill
• Missouri prescription program to get 3-year extension
• USDA seeks Missouri damage assessments
• Kansas backs bill restricting abortion coverage
• Law making changes to Kansas DUI law passes
• Tax incentives unresolved in Missouri Legislature
• Angry defendant broke gate in local courtroom
• Authorities say jailbreak ended with inmate committing suicide
• New tax committee looks at grant history
• Exhibit features molder’s work in terra cotta pieces
• Mike Pound: Gabby Street deserves more than just a boulevard
• Former KU official gets to 57 months in prison
• Police: Man who tried entering Army base caught
• City to hold neighborhood meeting today
• Keller Williams agents spruce up Cerebral Palsy Center
• Food truck race to stop in Manhattan this weekend
• New KC mayor enters business fray with Kansas
• Police: Gunman no longer on central Missouri university campus
• Lions baseball have six named All-MIAA
• Bulgurova and Kline named finalists for MSSU Outstanding Graduate
• Men's Basketball adds transfer from Northern Michigan
• Officials and re-enactors plan for Saturday ‘battle’
• Pittsburg woman to receive diploma at 88
• Carthage skateboard complex to be relocated to Griggs Park
• Defendant waives hearing in death of Duenweg man
• Detective: Defendant recalled ‘punching gas’ in deadly crash
• Probe of missing festival funds continuing
• Local Red Cross workers sent to flood zone
• Mike Pound: There’s nothing bad about a little good news
• Dalai Lama makes visit to University of Arkansas
• Sprint Foundation donates $1M to KU Cancer Center
• Semi carrying munitions crashes on I-40 in Oklahoma
• Biden tours portions of tornado-damaged St. Louis
• US judge hears dispute tied to Oklahoma City blast
• Federal officials focus on deadly truck, bus accidents
• Former teacher loses in appeal of dismissal
• Job hunters flock to career fair
• Mike Pound: If you want a rack of dem ribs, better call ahead
• Mistrial declared in Brian Rash case
• McCaskill supports bill that ends taxpayer subsidies for large oil companies
• Freeman Hospital opens expanded neonatal unit
• Missouri lawmakers pass human trafficking legislation
• Kansas swelters in unusual May heat wave
• Byron Lang takes plea deal: Will serve 15 years for death of toddler
• Missouri Governor Nixon pledges $25M for disaster aid
• TAMKO donates $250,000 TO West Alabama Red Cross for Tornado Relief
• Men's Basketball announces D-I Transfer
• Lions Softball Announces Summer Camps
• Webb City council places smoking ban on agenda
• Students: Downtown plan should emphasize history
• Reception to honor retiring teachers
• Seniors hail restoration of Meals on Wheels money
• Local officials tracking bills as session wanes
• No location recommended yet for homeless center
• Mike Pound: After long absence, columns about food are here again
• Gary Hall’s legal woes end
• Organizers considering date change for Barnyard Days
• Cherokee County Commission not happy about proposed transmission line
• Missouri jury awards neighbors $1.95M in hog lawsuit
• Efforts to curtail private-sector unions faltering
• Skyler Bowlin/Jasmine Lovejoy win annual awards at Student-Athlete Awards Ceremony
• Reading center’s future uncertain
• Homeless steering committee to hold closed meeting
• LiveSmart launches health challenge for residents
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: So many events, so little time
• Susan Redden: Lawmaker checks out of hospital to cast vote
• Home, commercial building remains stalled in Joplin
• Sister theater to deliver marquee letters to Fox
• Wally Kennedy: Things are hopping downtown
• Mike Pound: If you try your best but fail, have no regrets
• $1.95 million awarded in hog farm suit
• Dodge ball tourney raises money for Children's Haven
• Charles Spradling Kids Classic results
• Somali refugees follow Mexican immigration to Missouri community
• Lions drop season finale at Fort Hays, 8-1
• Reynolds takes home high jump title as Lions men finish fifth at 2011 MIAA Championships
• Lions women pick up two All-MIAA honors in final day of 2011 MIAA Championship
• Teams of Southeast High students creating murals focusing on sports
• Officials cite multiple reasons for jail overcrowding issue
• Prosecutor: Homeowner likely justified in shooting death
• Lions Softball Ends Season with a 4-0 Loss to #15 Emporia State
• Barnyard Days kicks off with cancer awareness mission
• MoDOT meetings over cuts planned
• Mike Pound: It’s time to do an about Facebook
• Students, others, show support for newspaper adviser
• Oklahoma House releases proposed new district map
• Cairo residents allowed to check property
• Outside groups paid for Missouri officials’ travel
• Missouri man wants to open big house for alcoholics
• Gary Sinise honors Truman while receiving award
• Empire president recognized by chamber
• Terrorist attacks prompted homeland security grants
• Lions Split Pair in First Day of MIAA Post-Season Tournament
• Former Joplin man ordered to stand trial in assault case
• Residents form circles of prayer at observance
• Mike Pound: Teacher’s remark results in 1,000 origami cranes
• Cheerleaders’ lawsuit against Seneca dismissed
• Change-of-venue motion denied in Hudgins trial
• Missouri Governor Nixon withdraws education appointments
• Drought conditions intensify in much of Oklahoma
• Nixon seeks federal disaster declaration
• MU expert questions elk reintroduction plan
• During a tornado, run, don’t gawk
• Group cranks up scholarship in honor of friend’s memory
• Lions sign three for 2011
• Rain Delays Day One of MIAA Softball Post-Season Tournament
• Lions Softball Lands Five on All-MIAA Squad
• Neosho police chief to seek grant for extra staff
• Some observers surprised by move to withhold photos
• Historic preservation group links re-enactment, membership drive
• Mike Pound: Fundraisers to help maintain safe haven for children
• Arkansas AG: Court has blocked 2 online payday lenders
• Grading system coming for Oklahoma schools
• Court affirms SW Missouri man’s weapons conviction
• Obama: Bin Laden death photos won't be released
• Consecutive life sentences handed down in Sheldon murders
• Joplin officials make pitch for keeping highway office open
• Caruthersville braces for record flooding
• Missouri House overrides governor’s redistricting veto
• Andy Hogenmiller finishes tied for 45th at NCAA Super Regional
• JHS Constitution Team division wins unit award in competition
• DuPonts dispute prosecutors’ call for payment of civil damages
• Trial in girl’s death pushed back to next year
• St. John’s unveils robotic surgery technology
• Council again delays pay-plan decision
• Mike Pound: One never knows when poise will come in handy
• Work begins to move rural school
• Carl Junction churches join forces to open outreach
• Federal appeals court upholds Oklahoma death sentence
• Property values drop in 2011 reassessment
• Large pools of blood found on SW Missouri highway
• Corps breaks levee as water rising elsewhere
• Missouri auditor: Finance Division holds back records
• SE Missouri city braces for high water
• Second round at NCAA Golf Super Regional postponed due to rain
• Joplin students join national jubilation
• Council questions land price
• Family of soldier killed in Afghanistan lauds news
• Students integrate raid into world history lessons
• Mike Pound: ‘Bad man’ is gone, but not our worries
• Positive reactions to bin Laden’s death
• Cheerleading coach charged with stealing
• Lamar mother learns about death of son’s killer on son’s 40th birthday
• Barresi wants Indian culture taught in classrooms
• Missouri Gov. Nixon signs education funding legislation
• Army Corps officer faces difficult choice on levee
• Kansas lawmakers’ budget negotiations resume slowly
• Gala Moss named Joplin’s Teacher of the Year
• Families, soldiers welcome news of bin Laden’s death
• NY mayor: U.S. kept promise to kill bin Laden
• Brandy Simpson breaks school record in the heptathlon finishing 7th in the process
• Women's Basketball signs junior college transfer
• President: Bin Laden killed in U.S. operation
• Sources: US in possession of Bin Laden's body; Obama to speak soon
• Grant will help Columbus form strategic plan
• Accreditation team for JPD to take public comments
• Expansion of downtown historic district posed
• School district dedicates clock tower
• St. John’s unveils new robotic surgery technology
• Mike Pound: Eminem a ‘punk,’ but don’t mock Jimmy Buffett
• Wally Kennedy: Old meets new in restored Christman’s building
• Webb City officials weigh roundabout as developers look at reclaimed land
• Carl Junction chamber honors residents, community efforts
• Community Clinic of Joplin unveils new dental X-ray equipment
• Some of Treece properties sold at auction Saturday
• Carthage group organizing to preserve Route 66 motel
• Area officials fear loss of MoDOT’s Joplin office could slow local projects
• Communities gear up to battle closure of highway offices
• MSSU Suzuki Violin Academy Spring student recitals 11 a.m. & 12:30 p.m., Saturday, May 14, Corley Auditorium, Webster Hall. Free and open to the public.
• The Spring Choral Concert 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 3, Taylor Performing Arts Center. The choirs are under the direction of Dr. David Sharlow. Southern Exposure is under the direction of Matthew Holt.
• MSSU Woodwind Chamber Ensembles spring concert 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 11, Corley Auditorium, Webster Hall. Free and open to the public.
• MSSU Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble spring concerts 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 10 in Taylor Performing Arts Center. The bands are under the direction of Rusty Raymond. Free and open to the public.
• Internationally renowned violinist, Chuanyun Li, will perform with Southern Orchestra @ 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 5 in Taylor Performing Arts Center. Admission is free.
• The ChoralSociety spring concert 3 p.m., Sunday, May 1 at the First Community Church, 15th and Connecticut, Joplin. The group is under the direction of Dr. Al Carnine. Concert is free.
• Event to combine concert, revival
• Annual JACS auction slated at Joplin’s hall
• Lions Softball Celebrates Seniors With Sweep of Southwest Baptist
• Carl Junction Cultivators complete welcome garden
• Some prisoners to be returned to Jasper County
• JHS Constitution Team heads to nationals
• Local women throw ‘royal wedding’ watch party
• Joplin school reports five cases of shigellosis
• Treece homes, buildings headed to auction block
• Mike Pound: Feeling royal pains over early wedding
• Judge gives corps OK to break levee; Missouri appeals
• Philip Morris USA, others win favorable verdict
• Missouri governor vetoes workplace discrimination measure
• JHS Constitution Team heads to nationals
• 8 convicted in $20 million marijuana conspiracy
• Southern baseball sweeps a double-header at Southwest Baptist
• PSU education students create mock planet for teaching exercise
• Pseudoephedrine regulation to go into effect
• Webb City chamber accepting nominations for teaching awards
• Congratulations Alexandra "Alex" Reed, Neosho, on being named "Outstanding Graduate" by the Alumni Association. Details
• Standoff continues between sheriff, County Commission
• Joplin woman was in London for 1981 royal wedding
• Mike Pound: Problem Solvers make a difference in their community
• At top colleges, diversity not just black-white
• Kansas senator warns agroterrorism attack ’likely’
• Missouri auditor’s office to review Kinder’s travel
• MSSU athletic center to serve as Red Cross shelter during disasters
• Ottawa County commissioners turn down motto request
• Corps preps for levee blast as legal tussle looms
• Kansas lawmakers to talk again on pensions measure
• Men's basketball signs high school post from Oklahoma
• Lions Softball Sweeps Truman State
• Ceremony to recognize Arbor Day
• Carl Junction board OKs retirements
• Record flooding levels marked on Table Rock
• Sheriff: Prisoner transfers under way
• Gift to the royals coming via Carthage residents
• Mike Pound: This is last food column for a while
• Jenkins challenged on vote for Republican budget plan
• Byron Lang turns down plea deal in toddler's death
• Missouri Senate panel votes down registration stickers
• Missouri lawmakers approve extension of loan program
• Missouri budget includes aid for disasters
• Governor Nixon signs changes to Missouri dog-breeding law
• Lions vs. Jennies Softball Moved Back To Friday
• Skyler Bowlin signs professional basketball contract with German team
• College Heights teacher receives fellowship to study Lincoln
• Carl Junction woman, raised in England, says royal family deserves respect
• Lecture to focus on Dillinger, Depression
• State audit of Neosho nearly complete
• Foreign Language Field Day draws hundreds to Southern
• McDonald County streams receding, but still out of banks
• Mike Pound: Family, friends step up to help Carthage business owner
• $6,848 surplus projected for Cherokee County
• Webb City officials weigh roundabout as developers look at reclaimed land
• Breached Missouri levee failed inspection
• Nixon to sign repeal of Missouri franchise tax
• Jail impasse continues
• Ex-Missouri Republican chair may run for Congress
• Arkansas governor: all in tornado-hit town accounted for
• Leggett & Platt alleges patent infringement by mattress maker Simmons
• Transportation system nearing 1 millionth rider
• Feds want DuPonts to pay damages as condition of recent sentencing
• Guilty plea entered in illegal restraint of Joplin man
• Mike Pound: Holiday stuffed with candy, chicken and half a ham
• Jury selected in CAFO lawsuit
• Hearing set for delayed murder trial
• Elk River seeing worst flooding in decades
• Mother Nature Forces More Changes to Southern Softball Schedule
• Thousands write to Missouri governor on dog breeding
• Updated list of area roads closed due to flooding
• Flooding along Elk River may be worst in 70 years.
• Area roads closed due to flooding
• Flood evacuations ordered in Poplar Bluff
• Kansas Highway 7 expected to be closed
• Heavy rains could cause flooding problems for area
• Flash flood, severe weather watches in effect
• Rain Forces Another Change in Softball Schedule
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Topic of bullying to come to PHS stage
• Wildcat Glades nature center creates new smartphone app
• City receives clean audit reports
• Susan Redden: Governor pushes ‘solution’ to Prop B changes
• Goodman couple in China with son
• Studies tout economic benefits of higher education
• Missouri Southern's Andy Hogenmiller earns individual spot in NCAA Regionals
• Mike Pound: Work image needs a makeover
• Wally Kennedy: Some things you can find only in Joplin
• Carthage schools planning Bright Futures program
• Improvements scheduled for hazardous Pittsburg intersection
• Webb City mayor says rain won’t douse Springtime festival
• Rowan Ford murder trial delayed again
• Dunn: New jail needed
• Battle of Carthage to be played out on May 14
• ‘This is the real thing’
• Two men charged in stabbing
• Mike Pound: Rubbed the wrong way by idea of dog massage
• Imprisoned local doctor sues insurer over disability benefits
• Medical, humanitarian effort of three helps young girl
• Lions split final two games with Lincoln
• Lions Softball Splits Pair with Missouri Western
• PSU introduces human-powered treadmill
• Businesses eye shopping center sites
• Webb City school board names new associate superintendents
• NEO VP selected to lead Connors State College
• Former planning commission chairman indicted
• Stabbing victim’s name released
• Two men suspected in stabbing on Pennsylvania Avenue
• Sunshine Lamp Trolley offers free rides in observance of Earth Day
• Metal thieves targeting pickup tailgates
• Webb City finding ways to capitalize on history
• History comes alive for Baxter Springs students
• Reed sets new marK, Lions Softball Splits with #14 Emporia State
• Pension fund advances slowly
• Joplin’s Snackpacks go out next week
• Mike Pound: Road to Pittsburg turns into Memory Lane
• Kansas governor predicts 401(k)-style plan
• SEK Nature Center includes wildlife unique to Kansas
• Joplin firefighter appeals amount of disability pay
• Kansas abortion-rights foes seek insurance change
• Missouri Senate passes plan to shrink House
• Heavy rains possible through early next week
• Baseball start time for Friday pushed up an hour
• Children’s author visits Thomas Jefferson students
• Conservationists hope for break in efforts for prairie chickens
• Salt dome question a council shaker
• Mike Pound: Walk-a-thon is one of group’s largest fundraisers
• Webb City festival has variety of events
• Cherokee County tax sale planned next month
• Council discusses museum reaction to depot project
• Community rallies to help Goodman family whose son was injured in China
• Missouri Black Caucus urges Nixon to veto legislation
• Law will let bikes drive through ’dead red’ lights
• Missouri House backs consent requirement on union dues
• Search continues for missing SW Missouri couple
• Neosho council seats two new members
• Highway panel to consider options to trim operation
• Mike Pound: Tournament to raise awareness of SIDS
• Neosho schools start planning for Bright Futures
• Victims’ families observe OKC bombing anniversary
• Jasper County commission names new sales tax board
• PSU to use geothermal heating and cooling in two campus buildings
• Joplin School District continues work on building plan
• Kansas agency looking for pre-statehood buildings
• Oklahoma City bombing anniversary ceremony begins
• Severe weather forecast for later today
• Trish Knight named head volleyball coach at Missouri Southern
• Lions finish in fourth at 2011 MIAA Golf Championships
• Guilty plea entered in beating of girlfriend
• Child porn on home computer draws 10-year term for Joplin man
• City Council approves vote on tax renewal
• KDOT official cites options available for Highway 69
• Plea deal reached in sex-abuse case
• Scientists studying rare Ozark cavefish
• Freeman expanding neonatal intensive care unit
• Commission to discuss sheriff’s transfer of 13 jail inmates
• Mike Pound: Aging gracefully? That’s impossible
• Top GOP officials meeting on Missouri redistricting
• Associate superintendents announce retirements from Webb City schools
• Baxter Springs clinic opens doors to patients.
• Nebraska court upholds ruling on power line to Kansas
• Arvest Bank joins fight against hunger in Southwest Missouri
• Men's Basketball signs Iowa junior college product
• Lions golf in third place after first two rounds at MIAA Championship
• Llama trials to be staged in Pittsburg-area strip pits
• Susan Redden: Local lawmakers pitch measures at tax rally
• Niko’s sale exceeds goal by more than $2,000
• Array of activities to promote message of Earth Day observance
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Pittsburg trailing in energy challenge, but still has chance
• City of Joplin’s project list
• Council to vote on tax question
• Mike Pound: Of the good ol’ days and track meets
• Wally Kennedy: Ex-Southtown Meat property for sale
• Digging out of debt
• Lions drop final two games in Omaha
• Speakers use tax day rally to condemn national debt
• Nevada man, 64, planning cross-country bike ride
• Speaker to deliver dual message at organ donation ‘celebration’
• 200 report for assembly-line duty in Joplin Helps Haiti food drive
• Lions drop a double-header at Nebraska-Omaha
• Man pleads guilty in child-sex case
• Foundation kicks off marketing campaign
• Five interested in filling vacant Neosho council seat
• Mike Pound: What a difference two weeks can make
• MSSU board approves $20-per-credit-hour tuition increase
• Athletes compete at Special Olympics Spring Games
• Missouri school accreditation changes could be on hold
• Kansas Bioscience Authority’s CEO steps down
• Lawyers, shareholders challenging LaBarge acquisition by Ducommon
• Severe storms death toll rises to 7 in 2 states
• Kansas firefighter has personal message for teens
• Washington U. seeks to host 2012 debate
• Lions football to conclude spring ball with final practice Saturday
• Rain Forces Cancelletion of MIAA North Crossover
• Simpson places eighth in the heptathlon at ESU
• Area farmers markets making plans to open
• Joplin school officials unhappy with proposed state standards
• Neosho police receive $40,000 in grants for equipment
• Mike Pound: Niko’s rummage sale continues to grow
• Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks business participation
• New looks lower guesses on 1811-12 quake strengths
• Missouri lawmakers overhaul law aimed at puppy mills
• Missouri House passes sports brain injury legislation
• Police and fire training center could be moneymaker for Joplin taxpayers
• Jasper County Commission votes to dismantle law enforcement grant committee
• Chess championship starts in St. Louis
• Supercell threat exists for area tonight
• Mother Nature Rears Ugly Head Again, Forces Changes to MIAA Softball Crossover
• Seneca high school principal resigns
• Carthage council seats new, re-elected members
• ‘Sweat equity’ hours help build home
• Bones revive hope in old murder case
• Mike Pound: Clichés, not pancakes, worthy of hatred
• DuPonts sentenced in case of health care fraud
• Galena Schools to develop five-year target
• Missouri lawmakers deal setback to high-speed rail plan
• Missouri lawmakers approve overhauling dog-breeding law
• Missouri House backs payday loan legislation
• Severe weather coming Thursday
• No changes to Carl Junction board leadership
• ADM buys soybean plant near Nevada
• Men's Basketball signs Kentucky high school product
• Southern Softball Splits Pair with Blue Tigers
• MSSU students not pleased with proposed tuition hike, but resigned to it
• Boards advance museum proposal
• Pittsburg woman cited for coupon competency
• Mike Pound: Stand-up comedy harder than it looks
• Strong storms forecast for Thursday
• Missouri redistricting proposal faces Senate opposition
• Child-care subsidies reduced in Missouri Senate plan
• Missouri Southern establishes Cragin endowment fund
• MSSU raises $2,035 for earthquake victims in Japan
• Woman tied to murder of Southwest Missouri couple may be close to plea deal
• Webb City Council rejects smoking ban
• Historical society seek grant applications
• Thefts from storage units being probed
• Lions Softball Takes Two From Northeastern (Okla.) State
• Lions sweep Pitt State in double-header and earn Sonic Trophy Series point
• Mother sent to prison for leaving baby unattended
• Woman sentenced in Sonic robbery attempt
• MSSU students may face $20-per-credit-hour tuition increase
• Neosho board upholds councilwoman’s removal
• 1,000 Joplin volunteers to bag up 282,000 meals
• Mike Pound: ‘Sort of’ knowing sometimes on point
• Carthage businessman killed in traffic accident
• Tea Party rally set for Joplin this Saturday
• Missouri Senate panels boosts education funding
• Written bomb threat prompts evacuation of Galena schools
• Humphrey Park reopened after examination of grounds
• Kansas college gets $1.2M gift for entrepreneurship
• Coaches have Oklahoma's top higher ed compensation
• Lions in sixth place after day one at UCM Heart of America Invitational
• Hearing scheduled for Neosho councilwoman
• Judge orders hearing in fraud case
• Big Event brings record number of students into service
• Joplin collector to open Lincoln display to public
• Jo Elllis: Missouri has a dinosaur history, too
• Andra Stefanoni: It’s the ‘try’ that counts in annual Tryathlon
• Susan Redden: Bill targeting meth ingredient stalls in House committee
• Mike Pound: Hip to the proper syrup-to-French toast ratio
• Wally Kennedy: Palen Music crossing Range Line
• Southern to serve as host to Special Olympics on Friday
• Brad Belk: A look back at the opening of Junge cookie, cracker plant
• Carl Junction looks to reduce response time
• Tax questions on Briarbrook golf course addressed in court
• Accreditation team to visit Joplin to evaluate JPD
• Volunteers turn out to build Joplin’s first community garden
• Schools ramping up for annual MAP tests
• Lions Softball Sweeps Washburn
• Lions drop final two games at No. 5 Emporia State
• Two trail projects tabbed for grants
• Robots on a roll in PSU competition
• Galena man found negligent in deaths of area mother, daughter
• Agency worries about cuts to weatherization program
• Airline’s passenger count ‘a good start’
• Mike Pound: Once again, it's city hall to the rescue
• Aluminum co. in SE Missouri fights electric increases
• Two longtime charter schools to close in Kansas City
• Gas company fined for mussel encroachment in shale
• 3.9 magnitude quake hits north-central Arkansas
• Boomtown Days announces 2011 entertainment lineup
• Lions Softball Splits Pair with Fort Hays State
• Economic, personal loss focus of lawsuit testimony
• Carthage development plan focuses on history, Route 66
• Exhibit depicts life, legacy of Neosho viticulturist
• City manager questions homeless effort’s direction
• Seneca district changes transportation services
• Mike Pound: Wing contest is worth clucking about again
• HLC satisfied with Missouri Southern’s progress
• Continuance granted in first Rowan Ford murder trial
• Missouri drug courts mark 10,000 graduates
• Creek Indian band wants to create Georgia reservation
• Easter Brunch
• Weather forces weekend schedule changes for Baseball
• Two Local Businesses Honored at Softball Games Friday
• Carl Junction’s youth sports program to remain with group
• Airport land eyed for training academy
• Jasper County records low turnout by voters
• Testimony emotional on first day of wrongful-death trial
• Mike Pound: Voter turnout holds pluses, minuses
• Oklahoma House panel approves affirmative action ban
• Heather Bowers ousted from Neosho City Council for failing to attend meetings
• House panel OKs changes to Okla. petition process
• Wills, Mystery Church recognized for work at West Central
• Missouri state senator to allow jobless benefits vote
• Petitions to change Tulsa government certified
• Lions Softball Splits Pair with Missouri S&T
• Close votes decide Carthage elections
• Baxter Springs voters oust incumbent mayor
• Neosho charter changes approved by wide margin
• Steele, Flowers, Willcoxon earn second terms on Joplin School Board
• Jasper school tax issue rejected
• Funds will be used for school buildings
• Incumbents returned to Webb City board
• Miami voters choose Ketcher
• Carl Junction voters favor most incumbents
• Webb City mayor says council will take up ordinance on Monday
• Newton County returns
• Jasper County returns
• Mike Pound: Spaghetti and chili — what’s not to like?
• Pittsburg voter turnout described as 'average'
• Webb City voters weighing in on smoking ban
• Voters weighing in of council race in Carthage
• Carl Junction reports modest turnout
• Missouri House backs tighter controls on housing agency
• Missouri House committee approves new congressional map
• Southern Wins Strike Out Cancer Game Against Pittsburg State
• Lions finish 10th at UCO Kickingbird Classic
• Dane Kolkmeyer named MIAA Co-Hitter of the Week
• Defendant draws 10 years for blinding punch’
• Federal preservation effort now part of history
• Joplin council hires new public defender
• Issues remain at Missouri Southern
• County officials predict low voter turnout at polls
• Mike Pound: What happened to fans’ sense of pride?
• Missouri Senate panel OKs new congressional districts
• Kansas Supreme Court to hear cases in Salina
• Missouri revenues up 6.5 percent through March
• LaBarge to be acquired by California company
• Wichita schools might see more corporate sponsors
• A-B shuts down ’beer railroad’ after 124 years
• Oklahoma seeking EPA funds for Spavinaw Creek cleanup
• Zoning issue, attorney on Joplin council agenda
• Pixar crew stops in Galena
• Several books feature Four-State Area
• Higher Learning Commission visits Southern this week
• Award-winning book, ‘Moon Over Manifest,’ based on Frontenac
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Cold, wet weather didn’t stop adventure race
• Jo Ellis: April is the busiest month
• Susan Redden: Budget breezes through House
• Mike Pound: 'Nobody’ doesn’t fly for this dad, either
• Wally Kennedy: Gallery opens in Gryphon Building
• Humphrey Park remains closed for more testing
• Kolkmeyer's Slam helps Lions split a double-header with Washburn
• Jasper County officials looking for tenant for bank building
• Taste of Home cooking school draws crowd
• Ozarks Food Harvest, Wal-Mart Foundation partner to feed area’s hungry
• Joplin woman calls on lifesaving skills to help neighbor’s baby
• Mercury pollution damages environment, public health
• New mercury rules could mean higher utility rates but improve health, environment
• Woman accused of trying to swap baby for car
• Lions Softball Splits With Bearcats of Northwest Missouri
• Southern baseball splits with Washburn in first of two double-headers
• Smoking ban petition drive to start
• City officials defend delay of park-trail construction
• Meteorologists’ advice: Be prepared for tornado season
• Mike Pound: Baseball season may be a long one
• Mayor’s race in Noel tops McDonald County ballot
• Voters to decide city, school board races
• Missouri measure proposed to limit campaign donations
• Kansas lawmakers vote to increasing speed limit
• Missouri governor urges Senate to help jobless and schools
• Man falls through ceiling of Missouri grocery store
• Lawton removes homeless camp from city park
• Kansas poised to impose rules on abortion clinics
• Mike Pound: It’s hazardous duty, but somebody ...
• Lions Drop MIAA Opening Double Header to #21 Nebraska Omaha
• 7th District would add Republicans under House redistricting proposal
• Mayor of Jay facing embezzlement charge
• Columbus teachers, school board deadlocked in contract negotiations
• Webb City voters to decide straw poll on smoking ban
• Governor to speak at MSSU commencement ceremony
• Missouri House, Senate pass differing election bills
• Karen Pletz indicted for embezzlement
• Sierra Club cheered by ruling in Kansas coal fight
• Ex-U. of Ark. student sues Kappa Sigma fraternity
• Kansas shutting off cold weather protection
• NRC: 3 US nuclear plants need closer review
• New indictments handed up in sex-slave case
• Boomtown probe still cloaked
• Southern fair stirs student interest in science
• School, town posts, tax renewals on ballots in Newton County
• 14 area groups get foundation grants
• Longtime landmark on 32nd Street to close
• Downstream opens daycare center for children of employees
• Missouri lawmakers urged to reinstate water permit fees
• Plane revelations dog McCaskill’s re-election bid
• Kansas House sends voter ID bill to governor
• Schools use Easter break, extend school year to make up snow days
• Meeting planned to seek vote on further study of depot as museum
• Carthage candidates cite backgrounds, goals
• Kansas man pleads guilty in Internet sting case
• Sinkhole opens; Humphrey Park closed for geologic evaluation
• Montgomery County Attorney reviewing evidence in Cherokee County Attorney’s case
• New Miami police chief familiar with town
• Supreme Court hears arguments in Wal-Mart sex discrimination case
• Legislature puts tighter restrictions on abortion
• Missouri House advances $23B operating budget
• Missouri seeks high-speed rail funds Florida passed up
• Bowlin named to Basketball Times All-American Team
• Southern-Pitt State Strike Out Cancer Game Pushed Back Again
• Coach Robert Corn Named a Finalist for National Coach of the Year
• Lions golf finishes in fifth place at Dallas Baptist Invitational
• Council accepts list of tax renewal projects
• Thwarted robber sent to prison
• Annual Hope Conference set for Friday
• MoDOT director: Revenue crisis coming
• Empire installs new transformer at St. Louis and Zora
• Civil War captain used secret code to express his love
• Four compete in Webb City School Board race
• ACLU to schools: Stop web filtering LGBT content
• AP: Family of drowning victims pushing for new life jacket law
• Culinary travel show featuring Joplin airs tonight
• Pat Lipira and Rod Smith amongst a group of 11 individuals and six teams to be inducted into MIAA Hall of Fame
• Neosho voters to decide charter changes
• Large restaurant space getting new tenant
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Performing arts take center stage during April
• Susan Redden: State budget, boundaries before lawmakers this week
• Jasper County voters to decide taxation issues, leadership posts
• Jo Ellis: Candidates, comedy and more slated in Carthage
• Airport Village trustees advance grocery-store plan
• Mike Pound: It’s not what’s said, but how you say it
• Wally Kennedy: Restaurant site has new owner
• City spending, school funding issues in Carl Junction races
• Council, school board seats open in Neosho
• Two aspirants seeking mayoral post in Miami
• ‘In God We Trust’ to be posted in county buildings
• Vignettes from the Battle of Pea Ridge
• The journey of Asa Payne
• Married couples on April ballots in Cherokee County
• Food prices on the rise in 2011
• EPA identifying residential properties for chat cleanup
• Live-in health aide convicted of stealing from elderly patient
• Carthage voters to decide city, school leadership posts
• Wrongful death trial set to start next month
• 40 vendors manning booths at Pittsburg 2001 Biz Expo
• Trial in wrongful-death lawsuit approaching
• Feds defund meth cleanup program, worrying states
• Google adds Cherokee to searchable languages
• Branson showboat back in business after accident
• Missouri expands campaign records that can be searched
• Federal judge lightens case load at age 103
• Drought raising worries about Kansas wheat crop
• Ads target Missouri bill for cold medicine prescription
• Southern baseball drops a double-header to 4th ranked Central Missouri
• Decision to not submit bid for convention latest rift between CVB, hotel group
• Candidate questions board president’s use of school district chat system
• Nixon announces state loan for local plant upgrades
• Agriculture students shine at Crowder College Aggie Day
• Former Nevada postmaster admits torturing woman coerced as sex slave
• Oklahoma budget chairman denies conflict of interest
• Lawmaker seeking Kansas House debate on gambling
• Nixon announces Joplin loan to upgrade treatment plants
• Missouri Western board OKs 9.5 percent tuition hike
• New census milestone: Hispanics to hit 50 million
• Missouri auditor: oversight lacking on stimulus funds
• Mother Nature Forces Lions Softball to Rearrange Travel Plans
• Southern splits with fourth ranked Central Missouri
• Carthage council hears battle plan
• Several area counties are included in federal declaration after blizzard
• Police: Suspect was hitchhiking from scene of fatal accident
• Treece residents happy with new buyout offers
• Mike Pound: Annual contest to determine King of Wings
• Galena to combine bond issues to finance Main Street project
• Joplin students sweep the 34th Joplin Globe Spelling Bee
• Kansas lawmakers considering fixes for pension woes
• Immigration bill remains stalled in Kansas House
• Missouri court hears challenge to land tax credits
• Neosho School District adopts Bright Futures
• PSC conducts public hearings on posed Empire rate hike
• Mike Pound: High-tech world can be highly frustrating
• Former assistant prosecutor bound over on drug charges
• Byproduct network ‘could divert tons of waste from a landfill’
• American Eagle flights doing ‘very well’ at Joplin airport
• KC voters to pick Funkhouser’s successor as mayor
• Insurance officials urge people to check policies
• Nixon: Missouri gets $27 million in incentives program
• Missouri AG: Health overhaul has uncertain legal status
• Dealer: Unsigned works are by George Caleb Bingham
• Fatal crash draws manslaughter charge
• Skyler Bowlin named to two All-American teams
• Skyler Bowlin named one of eight finalists for NABC National Player of the Year
• Lions finish eighth at Midwestern State Invite
• Weekend baseball schedule altered
• Lawmakers support airstrikes but criticize Obama’s leadership
• Council selects two pay plans for further study
• Some Kansas families watching legislation that cuts tax credit
• Mike Pound: Hoot, holler: You either can or can’t
• Cherokee County to consider business license requirement
• C.J. council talks possibility of community center expansion
• Neosho school district receives state award
• Missouri faces highway funding shortfall
• Taxes being paid on plane used by McCaskill
• Analysis: Mo. pushes ahead with nuclear plant bill
• Kansas House panel resuming work on proposed budget
• Honor flights planned for WWII vets in Oklahoma
• Lions golf in 11th after first two rounds at Midwestern State Invite
• Earthquake video contest, drill for students scheduled
• Food for Haiti from Joplin on horizon
• Joplin council to pare pay-plan options
• Jo Ellis: Carthage grows signs of spring
• Susan Redden: Spring break time for a breather
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Urban adventure race awaits in Pittsburg
• Number analysis shows hike in Pittsburg’s ‘pull factor’
• Lions drop series finale at Truman State, 5-4
• Southern Softball Splits Final Pair at MIAA Crossover
• Southern board weighs tuition hikes
• Debate heats up in state Capitol on right-to-work issue
• Wally Kennedy: Lube shop opening at Main Street location
• Hearings on Empire’s rate request in offing
• Riverton School District plans early retirement incentive for senior teachers
• Carl Junction youth sports program posed for assumption by town
• Mike Pound: Humor sometimes mellows with age
• FBI probing $50,000 theft from Miami bank
• Building, administration changes planned in Baxter Springs schools
• Communication issues mark first day of MSSU panel’s retreat
• Lions Softball Drops a Pair in Day Two of MIAA Crossover
• Joplin area lawmakers cite business measures
• Descendant: Joplin founders came to blows
• Mike Pound: An open letter to makers of Dockers
• Missouri summit targets rural crime
• Supporters concede Kansas union PACs bill stuck
• Kansas House advances proposal to cut income taxes
• Florida coal company moving to St. Louis
• Kansas to mark 150th birthday with cattle drive
• Sunshine Week celebrates openness in government
• Skyler Bowlin to play in Division II All-Star Game
• Lions drop series opener at Truman State, 5-2
• Lions Softball Trades Shutouts in First Day of MIAA Crossover
• Fire victims receive help from neighbors
• Surface-mining crew working to save sinking Pittsburg home
• Seligman resident shot in head with rifle
• Manner of burned man’s death to remain undetermined
• Mike Pound: Heavenly menu planned for St. Joseph Table celebration
• Family of slain Oklahoma couple sue Arizona officials
• Missouri House approves concealed gun legislation
• Kansas school districts preparing for cuts
• Cedar County charges man with abusing twin ‘wives’
• Feds seek Egyptian mask from St. Louis museum
• Kansas Senate panel modifies Kobach voter ID bill
• Mother to stand trial in abuse case
• Bright Futures captures national award
• City to ask boards for decision on depot proposal
• Mike Pound: A ‘quiet’ St. Patrick’s Day celebration planned
• PSU physics instructor: Fallout from Japan unlikely over U.S.
• Neosho council postpones action on new city job
• Empire official: Nuclear power must remain option
• Neosho air team recovering in Texas hospital
• Oklahoma Senate OKs bill to overhaul state pensions
• Kansas governor backs off change for Human Rights agency
• Dad pledges to fight for terminally ill toddler
• Japanese people ‘disciplined, resilient,’ says local expert
• Joplin school building plan moves to feedback phase
• Foundation announces grant recipients
• Board agrees to formulate CVB action plan
• Mike Pound: Some things might be best left unknown
• Japanese people ‘disciplined, resilient’ says local expert on Asian economies
• School bus wreck sends 29 kids to hospital
• Galena Council candidate charged with domestic battery
• AG to review investigation of Cherokee County Attorney
• Carthage school board marks building purchase
• Wolf Creek officials closely watching Japan crisis
• Kansas House committee votes down immigration bill
• Attorneys seek to close Hammons Missouri case
• Two area accidents claim five lives
• Skyler Bowlin named first-team NABC All-District/Jason Adams second team
• Girl’s journals figure prominently in trial
• Alba man granted probation in armed domestic assault
• Audiologist granted probation in Medicaid fraud case
• Pierce City School District posing pair of bond issues
• New job proposal to come before Neosho council
• College Heights students serve Joplin and beyond
• Mike Pound: Chili cooking sends Saturday plans to wayside
• Kansas Court of Appeals judges address questions about politics in courts
• Missouri AG sues Lebanon, Mo., for sunshine violations
• Kansas House cuts short debate on spending bill
• Former Carthage worker pleads guilty to stealing nearly $65K
• Kansas education board considers outdoor plan
• Missouri students featured in regional earthquake video
• Branson tourism increased in 2010
• Rain Pushes Southern-Pitt State Doubleheader to Wednesday
• College Heights chooses next superintendent
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Plenty of art on tap in Pittsburg
• Jo Ellis: Nearly New Shop still going strong
• Patrick Murphy to come alive at Third Thursday
• Susan Redden: State restriction of pseudoephedrine attracts testimony
• New book chronicles Joplin’s mining-era vices
• Mike Pound: A dog’s bark sometimes can be a good thing
• Wally Kennedy: Golden Corral marks anniversary with makeover
• Brad Belk: Red Cross answered call at crucial time
• Slate of candidates running for Galena City Council
• Barton County farmer challenging CAFO bills; lawmakers say legislation will protect jobs
• Mayor, council, school board races on Cherokee County ballots
• Cherokee attorney, wife say misunderstanding caused arrest
• Community remembers fallen soldier
• Lions take the rain-shortened finale of the series with Northwest Missouri, 1-0
• Lions season ends with 75-52 loss in regional semi finals to Midwestern State
• Lions Softball Sweeps Peacocks
• 9th ranked Lions move on to round of 32 with 82-79 OT win over Washburn
• Pittsburg to switch from Dumpsters to dozers in annual spring cleanup
• Red Cross recognizes its ‘everyday heroes’
• Carthage officials seek details to plan for Civil War ‘combat’
• MSSU launches redesigned website
• Police: Positive identity made on burned body
• Japanese students at local universities react to quake news
• Mike Pound: Snackpack Program hopes to feed hungry students
• Saint Louis U. expert: Japan quake a wakeup call
• Missouri’s higher ed revenue per student down sharply
• Brownback approves at least $5,000 more for Treece residents
• Shuttered Missouri charter school keeps leftover cash
• Lawmaker wants to abolish 2 main education groups
• Workers evacuated from GM plant
• Behind The Scenes Video From The NCAA D-II South Central Regional
• Tanksley finishes 11th in the high jump at 2011 NCAA Indoor Championships
• Lions hold on to defeat Northwest Missouri, 7-6 in baseball action
• Lions Club lauds courage of at-risk students, program
• PSU takes more steps toward 10-year vision
• Mike Pound: NFL and players need a lesson in sharing
• Kansas jobless rate unchanged in January
• Missouri House approves religious expression amendment
• Former AG’s nomination draws cautious response
• Boeing posts jobs available in Oklahoma City
• Farmington penalized for pollution discharge
• Kansas pharmacy board makes 4 substances illegal
• Joplin hires assistant city manager
• 414th Military Police Company returns to Joplin
• MIAA Championship T-Shirts Are On Sale
• Lions to open up spring football practice this Saturday
• Supporters of Wisconsin state workers stage rally in Pittsburg
• Homeless plan needs panel’s OK, proponents told
• Boyfriend charged in death of Commerce toddler
• 414th returning today to Joplin
• Mike Pound: Community support served up at St. Mary’s fish fry
• Students seek opportunities at MSSU job fair
• Gatewood casino amendment killed in Kansas House
• Class action arguments rejected in RES lawsuit
• Missouri man pleads guilty to $2.2 million fraud
• Dispute over hotel magnate Hammons goes to court
• Missouri hospitals charge different rates for rape kits
• KU Cancer Center to merge with Kansas City center
• Men's Track signs eight for 2011-12
• Softball game with Pittsburg State postponed again
• Women's Track signs six for 2011-12
• Bowlin named South Central Region Player of the Year by SID's
• Lovejoy Named to Second Team All-South Central Region
• Joplin School Board recognizes JHS Constitution Team
• Local residents to advocate for funding for the disabled
• Collinsworth, Hart advance to Neosho’s spring election
• Visit by judges dovetails with JHS team’s honors
• CVB board schedules retreat
• Mike Pound: A Friday pancake feed? That’s smart marketing
• PSU kicks off community campaign
• Suspicious package found at Tinker AFB inert
• Missouri House proposes $8M cut to lottery ad funding
• Suspect dies in standoff with St Louis police
• Renovations begin at Briarbrook golf course
• Even Branson officials surprised by growth rate
• Missouri House bill strips funds for test score grants
• Lions Softball Announces Schedule Changes
• Defendant pleads guilty in murders of teen girls
• Joplin City Council adopts pseudoephedrine restriction
• Uncle Sam wants you ... to take your tax credit
• Cherokee County water treatment plant advancing slowly
• Prosecutor: Felony child-abuse charge likely to be reduced for Neosho woman
• PSU technology team competing in Hawaii
• Mike Pound: Missing credit card creates dilemma
• Even Branson officials surprised by growth rate
• Teen pleads guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in Vernon County deaths
• Construction could start this summer on Cherokee County water plant
• Statewide tornado drill set for Thursday
• Zoo, man battling over custody of Kansas City ape
• DUI reform could cost Kansas up to $10 million
• Regional Basketball Ticket Information
• Lions drop a pair to Missouri Western
• Jo Ellis: Almanac should temper Mother Nature’s tricks
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: For the catchless on opening day
• Susan Redden: Area legislators busy introducing bills
• District continues work on school plan
• Public hearings set for zoning requests
• Cadets strive to pass German military test of physical proficiency
• Celebrities compete in 'Dancing with the Joplin Stars'
• Local initiative can lead to earlier autism diagnosis
• Mike Pound: Now there’s evidence; wife clearly at fault
• Treece trust to sell 30 mobile homes
• Wally Kennedy: Storefronts to hit auction block
• Candidates gear up for primary election in Neosho
• Webb City group begins DREAM planning
• Crowder enrollment surges again
• Hundreds queue up to be extras for upcoming Bonnie and Clyde film
• CVB dispute: Original intent of bureau was to benefit ‘the whole city’
• Missouri Southern to host NCAA Championship Selection Show Watch Party
• Lions fall 89-83 to Fort Hays in MIAA Championship Game
• Missouri Southern to play in championship game
• Eighth ranked Lions move on to MIAA Tournament Championship with 88-85 win over UNO
• Authorities cite name in burned-body probe
• Woman accused of stabbing boyfriend to death at home
• Webb City man draws prison term for assault
• Community foundation marks 10th anniversary
• Local motorcycle officers to take part in ceremonies at memorial in Washington, D.C.
• Remodel of house uncovers fortuitous time capsule
• EPA to Miami residents: Last chance for yard cleanups
• Pupils present research in regional contest
• Mike Pound: Trip doesn’t offer much bathroom time
• Authorities believe body found in burned car is Joplin man
• Missouri House approves human trafficking legislation
• Missouri Gov. to make stops in Springfield, West Plains
• Senate panel opposes Brownback’s arts proposal
• Lions Women Drop Heartbreaker in MIAA Post-Season Tournament Quarterfinal
• Baseball weekend series schedule altered
• Financially troubled cemetery gets new owner, management
• JHS Constitution Team has new fundraising goal, more time to raise money
• Carl Junction seeks students’ help in park plan
• Animal center seeks help with hoarded animals
• Woman, accused in murder plot, deemed unable to stand trial
• Mike Pound: Hotel noisy before, after MSSU’s game
• Community remembers fallen soldier
• Troubled KC high school to lose another principal
• Wichita’s population grew 11 percent
• Joplin police release name of dead man found at cemetery
• First round of Kline ethics hearing ends
• 2 Arkansas injection wells may be closed amid quakes
• Eighth ranked Lions take out SBU 101-94 in first round of MIAA Tournament
• Run wih the Lions
• Mayor: Council unaware of ministry plans to build homeless shelter
• Supreme Court ruling protects anti-gay protests at funerals
• Pittsburg delegation again pushes for funds for Highway 69 work
• Study focusing on mercury levels in Grand Lake fish
• Mike Pound: Fish fry at Scammon is famous, so go early
• Hearing in RES lawsuit focuses on class-action certification
• Reduced Neosho police staff work to keep crime down
• Rabbi’s name might go on highway Nazis ’adopted’
• Missouri House endorses tax amnesty period
• Green groups call for more review of pipeline
• World Trade Center meeting to be in Kansas City
• Missouri lawmakers call for end to teacher tenure
• Electrical issue blamed for KC mosque blaze
• Men's Track qualifies two for nationals/Five named All-Region
• Women's track qualifies two for nationals/Eight named All-Region
• Fort Smith man indicted in two bank robberies
• Pittsburg booster to be honored at state Capitol
• School district’s strategic plan shifts to students skill sets
• Webb City sprucing up ‘personality’ of parks
• Mike Pound: Art auction to benefit Kids in Crisis
• KDHE to investigate new fireworks complaint
• Body found in burned vehicle near Joplin airport
• Sheriff wants restrictions of cold medicine in Jasper County to limit meth labs
• Dead man found at Joplin cemetery gates
• Preschooler spotted along highway
• Missouri to hold statewide tornado drill March 8
• Trout season opens for thousands of anglers
• $35,000 grant for elk restoration approved
• Plan to change Oklahoma alcohol laws is tabled
• Two Lions Picked for All-MIAA Teams
• Southern Sweeps MIAA Men's Basketball End of Year Awards
• Remaining defendant in Sheldon murders enters guilty pleas
• Council to study pay-plan proposals
• Filmmaker to seek extras for ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ movie
• Early springlike storm causes only minor damage in area
• Mike Pound: Spring seems far away on sportless Sunday
• Winans pleads guilty in Sheldon murders
• Cherokee County takes up pseudoephedrine issue
• Missouri man accused of stabbing dean ruled incompetent
• Neosho board to consider park project, code repeal
• Sales tax committee finalizes recommendations
• Eisenhower library and museum to be renovated
• Last surviving veteran of World War I dies; Frank Buckles had ties to Southwest Missouri
• Preliminary magnitude 4.7 earthquake in Arkansas
• Timing uncertain for Kansas Senate liquor debate
• Fly fisherman offers tips for opening-day success
• Roaring River spring pool sees record low flow
• Joplin police use of force climbs as crime rates decline
• Joplin council to weigh pay plans
• Nothing so memorable as first fish story
• Jo Ellis: Carthage square, downtown focus of residents’ group
• Joplin public defender post still to be filled
• Mike Pound: Left holding the bag again — literally
• Southern Splits Final Day of Border Battle
• Juergens wins the pole vault in final day of 2011 MIAA Indoor Track Championships
• Women's track finishes third at 2011 MIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships
• Lions score three in the eighth to come from behind and beat Augustana, 8-7
• Wally Kennedy: Traffic system stalling Range Line motorists
• Brad Belk: Scottish Rite cathedral one of Joplin’s most impressive buildings
• Teacher workshop focuses on ‘whole-brain’ methods
• Shooting tragedy prompts gun safety workshop
• Baxter Springs man recalls 1969 coup in Libya
• Blizzard’s impact shows on some utility bills
• Southern women upset No. 18 Northwest Missouri, 70-62 on senior night
• No. 8 Southern men lead from start to finish in 83-64 win over Northwest
• Ex-deputy assessed nine years for murder plot
• HBA Home Show focuses on “green” building
• Baxter Springs attorney pleads guilty to misdemeanor charge
• Crowder could break ground next month on MARET Center
• Mike Pound: Trying to deal with a royal snub
• Baxter Springs man had first-hand view of Gadhafi’s rise
• Area attorney pleads guilty to misdemeanor in federal court
• Fundraising effort to save old Union Chapel School from demolition meets goal
• Village board clears hurdle for Harp’s deal
• Kansas House expected to pass Kobach’s voter ID bill
• Stouffer to run for Mo. secretary of state
• Severe weather forecast for region Sunday night
• PSU deans detail enrollment, plans for fine-arts center
• Neosho School District planning major projects
• Treece buyout trust poses offering at least $5,000 more for each property
• House introduces measure to restrict pseudoephedrine
• Southwest Missouri chalks up top regional growth in state
• Mike Pound: Sometimes good guys do win
• Treece Trust want to add at least $5,000 to buyout offers
• Joplin tabs Chris Shields as new football coach
• City hires Tuttle as acting CVB director
• MoDOT to improve pedestrian safety along South Range Line
• Population grows in southwest Missouri
• Kansas House approves union PAC paycheck bill
• Springfield chief investigating traffic stops
• Record snowstorm costs MoDOT $7.7 million
• Defendant bound over for trial on charge in downtown attack
• Sheriff says autopsy shows man was shot
• Joplin man to stand trial in beating of girlfriend
• Manslaughter plea entered in baseball bat beating death
• JHS Constitution team ramps up fundraising for nationals
• Sales tax district approved in Neosho to fund street work
• Mike Pound: Carthage Yankee fan deserves tip of hat
• Kansas Senate approves bill on youth sports injuries
• Missouri auditor wants to review large state agencies
• Documents finalized for Galena Main Street project
• Missouri House panel backs tax proposal on party vote
• Springfield utility pulls carbon dioxide plan
• NW Missouri school district goes to 4 day week
• Trustees could vote Thursday on Harps store
• Neosho School Board OKs more building work
• Council advances drug measure
• Second suspect charged in 2009 Nevada teen slayings
• Local academics weigh in on Libyan unrest
• City manager: ‘No chance’ marathon promoter will be rehired in 2011
• Grand Lake marinas rebuilding docks, refloating boats
• Mike Pound: Day of Dance to show off its moves this weekend
• Academics weigh in on situation in Libya
• Kansas Senate committee endorses liquor sales bill
• Proposals seek Senate confirmation of judges
• Emerson decides against US Senate bid in 2012
• Lecompton couple welcome baby in elevator
• Humane Society gets custody of confiscated dogs
• ’Secret shopper’ program for VA centers
• Neighborhood garden proposed in Joplin
• For the second year, MSSU student Kisa Clark's video about MLK Day of Service is finalist in MLK Technology Challenge & Photo Contest. Area residents can view video and vote Voting ends Feb. 28.
• Efforts under way to change voter-approved dog breeding law
• Carl Junction to consider contracting out tax work
• McDonald County authorities probe death of Arkansas man
• Mike Pound: A classy and low-key service for a nice guy
• House panel back Kansas voter ID bill
• 3rd president’s books found at Washington University
• Attorneys spar over ethics complaint against Kline
• McDonald County homicide victim identified
• Sheriff’s office investigating man’s death in McDonald County
• Columbia student gets 2 West Point appointments
• 6 horses used for therapy die in Missouri fire
• Company seeking recovery of part of its outlay in local mining cleanup
• Drug ordinance set for public hearing
• Newspaper collection on display at museum
• Jo Ellis: Looking forward to Carthage artist’s show
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Editor of book on Kansas to speak
• 'Damnable' time
• Shoal Creek dips raise $25,000 in donations for Special Olympics
• Wally Kennedy: Church plans ‘cool hangout’ downtown
• Mike Pound: Call from wife prompts memories
• Judges to allow ‘confessions’ in Rowan Ford murder trials
• JHS Constitution Team has to raise $20,000 for nationals
• Newtonia battle sites under study
• Softball Beats Drury Then Drops Nightcap to No. 12 Midwestern State
• Retired editor described as gentleman, sports giant
• MSSU secures major gifts for athletic complex
• Lions Women Pull Away Late for 62-53 Win Over Fort Hays State
• Vengels sets building/school record in auto qualification in the high jump
• Men's Track Hits Three Provisional's in Final Day of Radio Shack Invite
• Men's Basketball Clinches Share of MIAA Regular-Season Title With 64-63 Win at Hays
• Lions Split Day One at Midwestern State University Invitational
• County bridge, Joplin buildings headed to National Register
• Guilty verdicts in shaken baby case
• Neosho to spruce up Morse Park
• Mike Pound: Private contract negotiations? The nerve of Pujols!
• Southern lands major gifts for athletic facilities
• Plaster Foundation pledges two seven-figure gifts for MSSU athletics complex. See story at
• Lawmakers will have $100M more to spend on budget
• Kansas House speaker wants AG action on casino
• More temperature records set in Oklahoma
• Lawsuit says UM misapplying veterans’ benefit
• Kansas officials introduce new airspace tool
• Missouri wind energy company building Florida wind farm
• Needlework becomes part of full circle in gift of life in organ donations
• Cold medicine proposal stirs debate in forum
• Men's Cross Country Earns USTFCCA Team Academic Award
• Women's Cross Country Earns USTFCCA Team Academic Award
• Longtime Friend of Missouri Southern, Wendell Redden Passes Away
• Plaster Foundation Pledges Two Seven-Figure Gifts For Athletic Complex
• Bragg wins the long jump in day one of Radio Shack Invite
• Strong men's 200 highlights day one of Radio Shack Invite
• Verdict expected in shaken-baby trial
• Arkansas man charged with Joplin bank robbery
• Mike Pound: February, now and then, offers up a gift
• Parents’ group takes concerns to Diamond Board of Education
• Oklahoma Senate panel approves texting ban for drivers
• National ag marketing firm buys Kansas ethanol plant
• Missouri Senate passes voter photo identification bill
• Appeals court considers St. Louis sign law
• Key science in poultry case featured in journal
• Trial continues in cyber harassment case
• Lions split home opening double-header with Arkansas Tech
• Missouri Southern Women fall to No. 16-ranked Washburn Lady Blues
• Vehicle window vandalism strikes Joplin, other towns
• New CVB director resigns
• Mike Pound: Stan ‘The Man’ always a class act
• Carl Junction to write off taxes for Briarbrook
• Newtonia documentary ready to air
• Baby-sitter testifies in shaken baby trial
• Monument to be site of service to honor firefighter Steve Fierro
• Number of Hispanics rise in Tulsa, suburbs
• Kansas senators question bioscience spending
• Missouri sheriffs vary in replying to record requests
• Missouri lawmaker says parents need more school control
• St. Louis Art Museum sues to keep mummy mask
• Local sites being considered for historic designation
• Southern baseball opens up 2011 with 12-0 win at Northeastern State
• Neosho council moves to repeal zoning code
• Murder-plot suspect convicted in previous harassment cases
• Tourism bureau rededication sought
• Parents of slain teen receive settlement
• Foundation tackles child hunger
• Jasper County water district nominated for state award
• Treece trust seek solutions amid growing frustration
• No settlement reached between Cherokee County, Penn National
• Relative of defendant testifies infant was pale night before alleged shaking
• Mike Pound: Stan ‘The Man’ a down-to-earth baseball icon
• Kansas Senate set to approve budget cuts bill
• Oklahoma Supreme Court denies constitutional challenge
• Missouri House panel approves photo ID, early voting
• Missouri child missing since October returned to mom
• Treece trust seek solutions amidst growing frustration
• Craigslist baby peddler draws prison sentence
• Warm weather cooks up Valentine’s Day meal
• Joplin man assessed 10 years for rape of minor
• Attorneys make opening statements in child-abuse trial
• Nicole Green named MIAA Co-Field Athlete of the Week
• Lions basketball moves to No. 8 in latest Coaches Poll
• Baseball start time at Northeastern State pushed back/Graceland game cancelled (UPDATED)
• Southern Softball Splits Season Opening Doubleheader at Southwestern Oklahoma State
• Mike Pound: Clutter clearance not on Sunday agenda
• Neosho council to revisit zoning code
• Unemployment bill heads for full Senate in Kansas
• Family Y, skatepark proposals rejected
• RES to resume operations
• Oklahoma Senate panel OKs bill to allow school bus ads
• Missouri auditor to examine local license offices
• January revenue exceeds prior year, estimates
• Joplin woman charged with conspiracy to commit murder
• Tulsa leaders say response to blizzard was lacking
• Oklahoma speaker taps panel to probe lawmaker
• Cardinals great Musial to receive medal from Obama
• Seventh Street night closures on tap
• Jasmine Lovejoy named MIAA Athlete of the Week
• Skyler Bowlin named MIAA Men's Basketball Player of the Week
• Jo Ellis: Plenty to do now that blizzard is behind us
• Pittsburg foundation awards grants to teachers
• Carthage officials looking for new skate park location
• Some shoppers struggle, others comfortable with choices for their valentines
• Southern faculty drawing up survey
• Cameras could be rolling in Joplin for new Bonnie and Clyde film
• Susan Redden: New GOP lawmakers address party faithful
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Group still seeking bowling teams for fundraiser
• Wally Kennedy: Mall Radio Shack moving south
• Mike Pound: A veteran husband knows to keep his head down
• Missouri-American acquires Loma Linda water system
• Republicans denounce health care reform
• Free gun safety course to be offered after Joplin teen’s death
• Besse draws nostalgia, apartment hunters
• Fire Explorers shovel snow for community service project
• Sides debate effect of meth control ordinance
• Southern women upset No. 20 Emporia State, 82-74 in overtime
• Snow removal costs continue to pile up
• Mike Pound: No one getting rich from seating squabble ... HAHAHAHA!
• Carl Junction council settles injury lawsuit
• Joplin doctors from Egypt in celebratory mood
• KC mayor renews call to curtail stadium funding
• Missouri regulators approve energy efficiency rules
• Father charged with murder in toddler’s death
• Former Evergreen & Amber businesswoman indicted on multiple fraud, forgery counts
• Judge orders $2M forfeiture over KU ticket scam
• Kansas Senate panel finishes version of budget
• Baseball games re-scheduled next week
• Opening double header at Southwestern Oklahoma State pushed back
• Briarbrook group cites $143,000 in tax proceeds
• Police: Snowdrift thwarts robbery
• Pittsburg competing with four other towns in energy contest
• Toddler pronounced dead shortly after hospital arrival
• Pittsburg State opens Career Clothes Closet
• Airline starts serving Joplin, projects passenger increase
• Mike Pound: Chili feed to fund improvements at Oronogo park
• Treece Trust seeking greater flexibility
• Trash pickup to resume
• Deaths associated with the flu rise to 8 in Oklahoma
• No charges in death of brewery heir’s girlfriend
• Accident closes Will Rogers Turnpike
• Kansas House hears concerns on voter ID bill
• Power outages reported across Oklahoma after storm
• Health officials say weather might be curbing spread of flu
• Ceremony planned for airline’s start
• All indications at this time are that the campus WILL BE OPEN on Thursday, Feb. 10.
• Mike Pound: Area kids earning some serious snow cred
• Missouri utility regulator to step down as chairman
• Bright Futures broadens
• Judge to consider motions in Chris Meek case
• Missouri lawmaker seeks changes to child abuse hotline
• Carthage council praises street crews during meeting
• Emergency Services Board replacing computer-aided dispatch system
• Heavy snow falls in Northeast Oklahoma
• Blizzard roars through US’s snow-weary midsection
• Bitter cold moves into Kansas as snow tapers off
• Due to a winter storm and dangerous traveling conditions, campus is closed Wednesday, Feb. 9.
• Women's Basketball Jumps Back Into Regional Rankings at No. 9
• Late comeback falls short in 63-60 loss at Pittsburg State
• Carthage voters approve renewal of sales tax
• Snow days stretch school calendars close to June
• Storm stirs talk about policy changes
• Hy-Vee remains interested in Joplin location
• Southern likely to eliminate only two programs
• Pittsburg session to focus on aiding displaced workers
• Mike Pound: There’s crazy, then there’s crazy for a cause
• Attorneys dispute Oklahoma panel’s constitutionality
• Zweifel: State college savings plan gets cheaper
• Missouri lawmakers seek to restrict funeral protests
• Cherokee County officials assess storm response
• Stacey Barelos has postponed her faculty recital scheduled for tonight (Tuesday, Feb. 8). A new date will be announced.
• Missouri lawmaker seeks to join health care compact
• As Tulsa digs out, another storm expected
• Nature center funding to be considered
• Winter weather playing havoc with area roofs
• Neosho hopes to hire laid-off firefighters
• Grove man fatally stabbed; Eucha man facing charge
• Services planned for crash victims
• Council calls for collaboration on marathon
• Speck: Southern to revisit waiver question
• Mike Pound: ‘The Shinning’ starts to come to mind
• Eucha man being held in fatal morning stabbing
• Oklahoma governor vows to trim government to balance budget
• Missouri prepares for first execution in 2 years
• Russ Carnahan to meet with VA secretary
• Tulsa struggling to return to normal after snow
• Bedbugs infest KC assisted-living facility
• Lawmaker Facebook accounts being hacked
• Kansas budget deficit for 2012 shrinks
• Branson's Hot Winter Fun Big Show rescheduled
• Southern softball picked to finish 9th in MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll
• Lions baseball picked fourth in MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll
• Thomann named MIAA Men's Basketball Player of the Week
• Forecasters predict more snow this week
• Joplin council to discuss marathon management
• Conversations in subzero weather
• PSU student’s technology creation has ‘wow factor’
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Heart disease top cause of death for women
• Jo Ellis: Hospital auxiliary going forward with fundraiser
• Susan Redden: Storm cancels session, but lawmakers not idle
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• Joplin High School Constitution Team brings home state title
• Kansas legislators outline budget-cutting measures
• Snow causes two area buildings to collapse
• Carthage officials, supporters stump for sales tax extension
• Downtown Joplin Alliance hires director
• Joplin School District moving into next phase of strategic planning
• Lincoln Days event planned for Saturday
• Mike Pound: Teenage texting makes no sense
• Wally Kennedy: Snow forecasting a tough science
• Questions in Constitution competition dig deep
• Congress eyes ending airline subsidies
• Lions Women Snap 17-game Losing Streak at Missouri Western
• Lions finish strong in second day of Fazolis/Baymont
• Tanksley wins the high jump in final day of Fazolis/Baymont
• Former councilman appointed to Neosho board
• U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins opens Pittsburg office
• Suspect in theft spree sent to prison
• Wichita roommates charged with murder of former Cherokee County deputy
• Arrangements pending for three crash victims
• Some retailers, services bask in wake of blizzard
• Mike Pound: A new reason to watch the Super Bowl
• State law regulating sexually oriented business withstands initial challenge
• Texas, Oklahoma-bound bus passengers stranded
• Missouri plowing costs put at $5.5m in first estimates
• Carnahan, Fox News settle Mo. Senate race lawsuit
• Yet more snow in the forecast for today and next week
• PSU lands $100,000 grant to strengthen program
• Smithsonian museum taps Branson variety act
• Two thumbs down: Corrected Oscar ballot to run Saturday
• Green wins weight throw in day one of Fazolis/Baymont Invitational
• Former Cherokee County deputy killed in Wichita
• New leadership set to take over at Empire
• Mike Pound: Annual bowling event to benefit Magic Moments
• Authorities revise death toll; At least 3 dead in Spring River bridge accident
• Six crash victims being treated at Joplin hospitals
• Former Missouri Gov. Blunt new head of automotive group
• Nixon releases $10M for Missouri school busing
• McCaskill denies concerns about convention in Missouri
• MoDOT reopens I-44 after bridge accident
• Oklahoma patrol says two people, not three, were killed in Spring River accident
• Newton County man dies of hypothermia
• Joplin lifts emergency declaration
• Preliminary hearing for disabled vet set for court
• Rescue underway on turnpike
• I-44 reopens in Missouri, Oklahoma
• Southern football announces 2011 Football Signing Class
• Lions Hold on for 63-58 Win at Lincoln
• MSSU Indoor Track Meet Still Scheduled As Planned
• More main roads in Kansas, Oklahoma cleared
• Residents welcome city plan for streets
• Fire destroys home in Webb City
• Residents urged to hunker down
• Road-clearing work rolling, but cold’s hold continues
• Mike Pound: Digging out unites neighbors
• Fierce storm brings out good Samaritans in force
• Joplin digs out in photos
• Red Cross keeping shelter open in Lamar
• Bush to speak at College of the Ozarks
• CAMPUS CLOSED THURSDAY, FEB. 3 AND FRIDAY, FEB. 4. Cleanup underway following winter storm dumping record snow on region. Classes scheduled to resume Mon., Feb. 7.
• I-44 westbound still closed this morning
• Neosho Super Center closed because of roof damage
• UMKC professor composes new work for KC Symphony
• I-70 reopens in Missouri
• Will Rogers World Airport in Okla. City reopens
• History of heavy snow in Joplin
• Kansas, Oklahoma crews focus on major highways
• Crews struggle to keep pace
• Blowing snow puts area under lockdown
• ‘Stay inside’
• Joplin crews find snow removal tough going
• Mike Pound: Not everything gets done during storm
• Joplin to open emergency shelter tonight
• JHS Constitution Team captures first place
• Campus has been closed for WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2.
• Road crews, cities trying to cope with snowfall: ‘We’ve got a significant struggle here’
• We want your snow day photos!
• Due to severe weather, Residence Hall students and campus community advised Beimdiek Rec Center closed today and likely Wednesday. Call 659.5455 to check status. City of Joplin declared a state of emergency as a result of the winter storm.
• Missouri House cancels formal House sessions for week
• Snowstorm causes partial roof collapse of Hard Rock Casino
• Emergency manager: “We have got to get people off the streets.”
• Joplin officials issue state of emergency
• Northpark Mall closed due to weather
• Missouri Legislature remains in session despite snow
• Winter storm moves into Kansas, emergency declared
• Brandon Williams Named D2football.com First Team All-American
• Consideration sought for funding for nature center
• Probation granted for woman who disciplined child with belt
• Area braces for worst winter storm in years
• Plea entered in domestic assault with knife
• Seneca superintendent takes early retirement
• Mike Pound: Weather shifts into take mode
• Due to a severe winter storm, Spiva Library is closing at 8 p.m., Monday, Jan. 31
• Due to a severe winter storm, campus will be closed Tuesday, Feb. 1.
• Southeast Kansas schools announce cancellations
• EPA fines Baxter Springs food plant for 2008 wastewater discharges
• PSU lands $100,000 grant to strengthen program
• Cherokee County courthouse closed Tuesday
• Bill would boost Missouri penalties for trafficking
• Nixa looks to recoup stolen money through auction
• Last surviving World War I vet has ties to region
• FBI says jury duty claim part of Missouri phone scam
• Oklahoma braces for winter storm
• Northwest Missouri reporting icy roads, school closings
• Jason Adams' 360 dunk at Emporia State up for vote at Dunks of the Year on Facebook
• ‘Patriot Flag’ to fly at Nevada
• Jo Ellis Climatologist says growing season lengthening
• Susan Redden: Local lawmaker pushing tax amnesty bill
• Salvation Army Family Store in works
• Another Jasper County case sets precedent in legal arena
• Forecasters say bitter cold to follow winter-weather mix
• Downtown group says city funding benefits all
• Sports authority hopes to save home for Mickey Mantle collection
• Webb City School Foundation to boost scholarship fund
• Sheriff makes staffing cuts
• Mike Pound: Doing favors never ends for nice guys
• Wally Kennedy: Paint Stallion set to saddle up again
• Civil War 150th anniversary events
• Joplin embarks on pilot truancy court program
• Festival committee chairwoman advised members to stay mum
• John Brown’s final border act set stage for opening of Civil War
• Kansas history comes to life through multiple school events
• Where buffalo continue to roam
• Former utilities superintendent accused of possessing child porn
• Activities at historic fort re-create events on border for Kansas sesquicentennial
• Mike Pound: Just because you’re polled doesn’t mean you have to answer honestly
• Weather service: Another storm brewing for area
• Doctors keeping tabs on Egyptian protests
• Galena fire truck largest in city’s history
• Park service delays plan to empty Civil War museum
• Missouri auditor to rate agencies, poor to excellent
• 5 players claim $4.2 million Missouri Lottery jackpot
• 2011 MIAA Basketball Tournament Tickets On Sale
• Area college student becomes falconer, hunts with raptors
• Property owner says new deal holds potential for supermarket
• Former pupil continues effort to save historic school building
• Federal judge rejects new trial for DuPonts
• NEO receives second American Indian-related grant in four months
• Mike Pound: ‘Like Joplin, Missouri, on a Saturday night’
• Bill changing casino law reaches committee
• Missouri Senate panel OKs changes to dog breeding law
• Federal judge rejects new trial claim for DuPonts
• Thrift store project in high gear
• Volunteers count homeless in Jasper and Newton counties
• New coalition pushing to change Kansas liquor laws
• Branson approves displaying motto in city hall
• Missouri lawmakers considering 2 tax amnesty proposals
• Several races develop for city, school posts
• Public meeting set for projects list
• Cassville man nominated for MU Board of Curators
• Briarbrook district board buys golf course
• Joplin hires parks director
• Students tour Carthage to start downtown study
• Mike Pound: Buffett takes ‘Lovely Cruise’ off end of stage
• New coalition pushing to change Kansas liquor laws
• Senator McCaskill wants to stop automatic pay raises
• Immigration probe involves National Guard project
• Missouri lawmakers take aim at corporate franchise tax
• Missouri House supports drug tests for TANF recipients
• U.S. education secretary seeks more flexibility for education
• Missourians thrilled by ’Winter’s Bone’ success
• President’s speech receives mix of reactions locally
• Missouri Southern Women in First Regional Ranking
• Lions men debut at No. 1 in first NCAA Regional Rankings
• Central Missouri Jennies down the Lions, 69-63
• Heavy equipment rolling in Picher, Cardin
• Crowder tabs new MARET Center director
• Mike Pound: Educator: School reform starts at local level
• Mayoral contests materialize in Baxter Springs, Columbus
• Tuition increases at community colleges to be capped
• Sales-tax proposal postponed in Newton County
• Court awards immigrant mother new parental rights trial
• Dems expected to decide soon on convention site
• Joplin murder suspect nabbed in Texas
• Effort to repeal Missouri dog breeding law begins
• 200 years after big quake, Missouri gets ready
• Mountain lion shot, killed in northeast Missouri
• MIAA Releases Football Schedules Through 2015
• Annual expo provides snapshot of local economy
• Council votes to phase out subsidies to nonprofits
• Plea entered in domestic case involving assault rifle
• Audiologist pleads guilty to defrauding Medicaid
• Defendant pleads guilty to dumping light bulbs
• Mike Pound: Ordering concert tickets just doesn’t compute
• More details sought for tax renewal proposal in Joplin
• Finalists for PSU position to tour campus, meet with faculty and students
• Young inventors prompt colleges to revamp rules
• Missouri Lottery looking for $4.2 million winner
• Newton County Commission to consider sales tax ballot issue
• Oklahoma judge turns herself in on charges
• Dooley wants to strengthen smoking ban
• Southwestern Energy opens $25M Conway regional HQ
• Missouri Gov. Nixon calls for campaign donation caps
• Joplin Public Library closes for upgrade
• KRPS would lose $117,000 under governor’s plan
• Carthage officers begin pilot policing project
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Kansas Day celebration started by teacher
• Jo Elllis: Carthage theater to open curtains on renovated dining room
• Susan Redden: Freshman reps speak against health care law
• ‘Road nerd’ leads listeners down highway
• Brad Belk: War, new high school greeted class of 1918
• Mike Pound: Doing a snow job on snow removal
• Wally Kennedy: Hotel district, casino discussing shuttle service
• Council to discuss policy on funding requests for nonprofits
• Brother, sister die after falling into icy pond
• Missouri schools' outlook cautiously optimistic
• Kansas per-pupil funding could hit lowest level in a decade
• Monett man charged with statutory rape
• Pittsburg residents fear plan would undermine arts support
• MSSU still likely to see a tuition hike
• State spokeswoman: Budget cuts won’t trim juvenile-offender beds
• NEO partnerships hold research opportunities in conservation, resources
• Mike Pound: Parking-lot atmosphere worth $200?
• 2-alarm fire at Admiral riverboat in St. Louis
• Oklahoma superintendent fractures collarbone in fall
• Temporary Missouri president bleeds black and gold
• Hacker breaks into Missouri lawmaker’s Facebook page
• Goodman fire district buys first new vehicle
• Missouri Gov. Nixon to discuss energy efficiency grant
• Joplin trash pickup resumes
• Snow passes, but arctic cold threat remains
• Polycarts being delivered
• Information remains out in Boomtown-cash probe
• Mike Pound: ‘Take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree’
• Joplin store to host book-signing with former coach
• Six graduate from Newton County Drug Court
• City to open emergency shelter
• Severe weather causing blood drive cancellations
• Missouri House approves tax break for small businesses
• Motorcyclists ask Missouri senators to scrap helmet law
• Roads improving as snow ends
• Most major roads in Southwest Missouri snow covered
• Parts of Missouri get more than a foot of snow
• Winter storm drops ice, closes schools in Oklahoma
• Due to winter storm, MSSU campus is closed and all classes canceled Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. Check MSSU website, TV and radio.
• Gov. Nixon: Missouri will ‘fight for every job’
• Victim of blow to head testifies of confrontation
• Environmental Task Force hears funding projection
• Joplin School District works to spread ‘Bright Futures’
• Local car dealers say sales improving
• Mike Pound: Daughter’s view of father old hat by now
• Group seeks investigation of ex-St. Louis priest
• Plan for Ballpark Village moves forward
• Missouri schools, employees bracing for potential cuts
• Water coalition seeks agreement among states
• Candidates beat filing deadline in area communities
• Winter weather advisory in effect
• Gov. Nixon to outline budget, set policy goals
• Use of so-called ’fake cocaine’ on the rise
• 2.6 magnitude earthquake recorded in Oklahoma
• Council to send ‘whistle-blower’ provision to voters
• Writ before state high court in former deputy’s lawsuit
• DuPonts found liable in deadly group-home fire
• Cherokee County panel places liquor-by-drink issue on ballot
• Council eyes pseudoephedrine regulation
• Blogger, who was critical of Rep. Long, reports questioning by FBI agent
• Mike Pound: Good things cooking for We Celebrate Culture event
• Judge: DuPonts liable for 2006 guest house fire
• Cherokee County Commissioners agree to put Liquor By the Drink question on ballot in 2012
• Missouri Lottery marks 25 years of sales
• Missouri senators begin hearings on next year’s budget
• Missouri drops rate for high-risk health insurance
• New tool at KC Zoo illuminates animal temperatures
• Winter storm on its way
• Men's basketball moves up to No. 14 in NABC Poll
• MSSU’s annual Day of Service a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.
• Filing deadline at hand for city, school posts
• Neosho councilman resigns because of job commitment
• Carthage school board reviews calendar proposed for 2011-12
• Task force requests more details on tax-renewal projects
• Bulldozers about to level house in which Mickey Mantle was wed
• Mike Pound: Dead battery on Monday par for course
• Free dental clinic to be offered at Fairgrounds
• Kansas Regents pleased with budget proposals
• Missouri prayer breakfast aids capital city charity
• Missouri governor stresses seat belts after accident
• Kansas teacher discovers new water beetles
• Wichita State graduate designs US postage stamp
• Watch your speed on I-70 in St. Louis County
• Webb City schools seek support in tough financial times
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Theater’s future as layered as its restoration
• Jo Ellis: Carthage man likes to be on cutting edge
• Community to mark Martin Luther King Jr. holiday with service, reflection
• Susan Redden: Eckersley says feds to initiate probe into fake e-mail
• Council to consider pool repairs
• Appraisals leave some Treece residents struggling with decision to leave
• Ensemble eschews accompanists
• Neosho council seeks stronger employee responsibilities
• ESC offering weatherization grants
• Mike Pound: Beware the scary drawer
• Wally Kennedy: Hunan Garden reopening a memorable event
• Experts offer advice when reading, teaching ‘Huckleberry Finn’
• New version of ‘Huckleberry Finn’ stirs debate
• Joplin school committee takes lessons from past bond issues
• Small earthquake shakes area east of Oklahoma City
• Fallin’s husband changes job to avoid conflicts
• Kansas commission approves Wichita-area casino
• Missouri tuition hike could mean prestige boost
• Sierra Club files to block new Kansas power plant
• Future Civil War memorial to have water tower nearby
• Boyfriend sent to prison in domestic scalding case
• School officials heartened by release of busing funds
• Mike Pound: When stars collide: Meet Ophiuchus (Gesundheit!)
• Aquatic center, skate park among sales tax proposals
• Kansas Guard troops slated for deployment toward end of summer
• Farmers sign up for wind farm in SW Missouri
• Missouri governor seeks disaster declaration for storms
• Schools heartened by release of transportation funds
• Flight training to take off at K-State in Wichita
• State paying part of former MSU president’s salary
• Missouri lawmaker proposes statewide vote on union jobs
• Treece buyout trust amends 20 property offers
• Defendant pleads guilty to crippling punch
• Planning group reviews school district finances
• Judge to decide lawsuit in fatal group home fire
• Fire chief: Electrical overload caused fatal fire
• Consultant lays out airline details
• Mike Pound: Suffering winter withdrawal? Ribs to the rescue
• Prom-assistance program could see expansion
• SW Missouri Islamic mosque vandalized
• Missouri governor provides schools $7.5M
• Nixon addresses condemned inmate’s commutation
• Kansas church agrees to not protest Arizona funerals
• Missouri House redistricting committee plans meeting
• City designates Memorial Hall as temporary homeless shelter
• Alternative sources of heat create dangers
• Meetings on Joplin’s new airline service on tap
• Carthage council OKs ‘directions’ for Route 66
• Area Civil War documentary to air on Ozarks Public Television
• Domestic shooting cases advance in court
• Mike Pound: Life still an adventure for 86-year-old Alba resident
• Fire victims identified
• Missouri adopts traffic camera policy for state roads
• Kansas AG Schmidt files to join health care lawsuit
• Oklahoma tribe to spend up to $60M on county’s roads
• Oklahoma Gov. Fallin says daughter wil give up lobbying job for GRDA
• Columbia police investigate explicit teen photos
• Report ranks Oklahoma 17th in education policies
• Two die in early morning Joplin house fire
• School building recommendation calls for single, large proposal
• Southern women's indoor track ranked 19th in pre-sesaon indoor coaches poll
• Webb City High School to get new security system
• Carthage downtown group begins work on ‘visioning’ plan
• Wife of former sheriff pleads guilty in identity-theft case
• A (cold) day in the life of the homeless
• MSSU professor to return to Miss America runway
• Mike Pound: Who says columnists don’t get snow days?
• Cape Girardeau smoking ban not advanced
• Paranormal Science lab boosts historic house
• Busy season begins for those calving cows
• Winter storm causes problems in Eastern Missouri
• Foundation financing Missouri tobacco use survey
• Springfield residents to vote on smoking ban
• Men's hoops moves back into NABC Top 25
• Briarbrook board authorizes bond sale, property purchase
• Authorities investigating truck theft, ATM heist try
• Forecast: Arctic blast bearing down on area
• KDOT will change funding mechanism for city, county work
• Mike Pound: In columnist field, snow is nothing to dance about
• Pro Musica Joplin hires new director
• Hopes high as first woman governor takes office in Oklahoma
• Two dead as winter weather grips Oklahoma
• Winter weather affecting travel in Oklahoma
• Winter storm moves Kansas inauguration, closes schools
• Storm moves into Missouri, up to 8 inches possible
• Most roads remain clear in area, according to highway department
• Jo Ellis: Home-grown meal sounds appetizing
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Garden volunteers have big plans for 2011
• Webb City looks to economic growth in 2011
• Susan Redden: $500 million hole awaits legislators
• Carl Junction native helps put low-cost infant warmers in Third World hospitals
• Joplin polycart delivery to start this month
• Spring could bring dramatic increase in gasoline prices
• Mike Pound: Finally ... Mike gets to the bottom of things
• Wally Kennedy: Newly opened Mexican restaurant holds it own against competition
• Several inches of snow forecast
• Joplin school building plan to go to board Tuesday
• Land purchase near for Briarbrook board
• Health expo promotes steps to better lifestyle
• Ex-Neosho city manager was told about money crisis early in 2009, former finance director claims
• Critics fear MDC practices damaging native prairies; agency said it is using ‘best available approach’
• Area classic car collection ready to roll down road
• Police reopen 25-year-old murder case
• Annual Carthage report cites crime drop of almost 25 percent
• Carthage man given suspended sentence after plea in arson
• Southeast Kansans outline top priorities for local lawmakers
• Mike Pound: Remember, it’s just a game ... yeah, right
• Bitter cold and snow forecast
• Crowder starts autism spectrum programs
• Charges filed against Kansan at center of K2 fight
• Charges dropped for raw milk sales in Springfield
• County admits mistake in smoke ban exemptions
• Jason Adams' 360 Dunk At Emporia State Makes ESPN's Top Ten Plays
• Construction plans for Fire Station No. 6 nearing completion
• Neosho to hold off on start of airport hangar project
• Cleanup at pauper cemetery applauded
• Proposed bill targets potential odor problems
• Kansas Gov.-elect Brownback tours health center in Pittsburg
• Mike Pound: Of all our presidents, Fillmore was definitely one
• PSC sets public hearing in Empire rate case
• Missouri lawmaker seeks to block judicial pay raises
• Miami man charged with robbery, armed criminal action
• Army secretary to tour Missouri site hit by tornado
• Missouri Patrol donating seized marijuana equipment
• Video Of Jason Adams 360 Dunk At Emporia State
• State, national lawmakers cite job growth as priority
• Kansans prepare to mark state’s 150th anniversary
• Charges against Lamar woman dropped in endangerment case
• Chamber says its funds are safe
• Neosho man charged with slashing wife’s throat
• Medical examiner cites concussion in girl’s death on playground
• Mike Pound: ‘Old-fashioned’ recipe no match for real thing
• Kansas governor-elect kicks off inaugural events
• Residents fight plan for strip club near schools
• State’s tornado count in 2010 3rd highest ever
• Missouri town drops red-light cameras
• Sixth Ranked Lady Hornets Snap Lions Five Game Winning Streak
• Commission adopts budgets after objections from sheriff
• Carl Junction council retains Joplin firm to perform audit
• United Way organizations merge
• Neosho council OKs water rate increase
• ‘Capturing’ suspects is deputy's forte
• Money from Boomtown Days festival stolen
• Mike Pound: Search for parking spot means pointing out the obvious
• Joplin officials to interview 5 for parks job
• Missouri lawmakers focus on business in annual session
• Kansas delays school aid payments
• Missouri House consider pay cuts for assistants
• Boomtown Days finances to be investigated
• Corps of Engineers mull use of vehicles at Oklahoma lakes
• One killed in small plane crash in Southwest Missouri
• Oklahoma bankruptcy filings increase in 2010
• Ex-Sen. Bond joins St. Louis law firm
• Joplin City Council OKs travel expense
• JHS constitution team again eyes state contest
• Partial Season Ticket Sales Plans On Sale Now
• Former Neosho finance director enters plea on misconduct charge
• Citing down economy, Van’s Vans makes move
• Carthage Community Clinic, contents transferred to Access Family Care
• Local contractor says Union Chapel School movable — in pieces
• Former clerk for town of Alba ordered to make restitution
• Mike Pound: The tree needs to leave; it doesn’t matter how
• Missouri mental health workers racking up overtime
• Kansas gov.-elect: Welfare rules discourage marriage
• DuPonts' motions for new trial rejected
• Pittsburg needs new home for Avenue of Flags
• Oklahoma Turnpike Authority issuing new Pikepass tags
• Midwest economy: A state-by-state glance for Dec.
• 150 Kansas things to love displayed at museum
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: City leaders detail 2011 wishes for Pittsburg
• Jo Ellis: Carthage battle’s sesquicentennial to feature re-enactments
• Joplin council to consider airfare reimbursement
• Pittsburg eyes paving project for Broadway
• Thomas Jefferson opens new classrooms, offices
• Bond’s public service to Missouri spans decades
• Area manufacturing group expands membership, voice
• Oklahoma law enforcement tries to match pace with meth resurgence
• Mike Pound: Buying the gift is only part of the gift
• Wally Kennedy: Big Don’s moving down Main
• Legislators may have hands full dealing with budget, redistricting
• Golf buddies revive New Year’s tradition
• Freeman Hospital welcomes first baby of 2011
• Cold temps don’t deter runners in Chilly 5K Challenge
• Larger Republican majorities boost hopes for tax overhaul
• New Year’s Eve tornadoes kill 6 in Arkansas, Missouri
• Making the goal: Joplin residents find success
• Webb City man to appear in international show
• Kansas makes texting while driving illegal
• Organ donor float to honor Carthage attorney
• Mike Pound: Remember when DVD players were expensive?
• Veteran comes home to a ‘dream come true’
• Carl Junction buys Lakeside property
• Last rolls of Kodachrome film processed in Parsons
• Jerry Carter, retiring commissioner, honored for service
• Two Carthage men to stand trial in sex-abuse cases
• Bars, cab companies, police work together to get revelers home safe
• Mike Pound: Apologies to Charlene, Bud, Kristen and Jimmy Buffett
• Ousted Kansas agency head is still getting paid
• Kansas tax collections $22M short in December
• APNewsBreak: Ex-Mo. Gov. Blunt cancels Kinder loan
• NM prosecutors seek death penalty against escapees
• Family supported by neighbors, co-workers after house fire
• Carl Junction officials eye land purchase
• Pittsburg to step up fire code inspections
• Carthage committee to look at downtown
• Tattoo shops: More enforcement worth the cost
• Mike Pound: Would a good cook tweak a Julia Child recipe? Yes!
• Kansas taking energy assistance applications
• SE Kansas facing a future with natural gas, oil
• Henry announces federal aid for Oklahoma farmers
• Kansas VFWs seeks to diversify, reaches out to young vets
• Eagle watchers thrill as bird population rebounds in region
• Topeka brewery’s new beer honors Kansas gov.-elect
• Kansas rescinds water rights moratorium for Ozark aquifer
• Job applicants advised to ‘clean up digital dirt’
• Sales tax gets Cherokee County through year’s end
• Joplin businessman pleads guilty to tax fraud
• Mike Pound: Don’t call him directionally challenged
• Reinke Sports Group, city of Joplin settle dispute over marathon
• Tax credits to finance new arena at Missouri State Fair
• Dog billboards urge Missouri lawmakers to keep new law
• Loaded gun kills girl at slumber party
• Cities to clean up zinc levels at Center Creek plant
• Japser County eyed as half-way house for federal prisoners
• Kansas has 1 less ’dry’ town as liquor store opens
• Joplin family dealing with aftermath of house fire
• Revenue, spending estimates dip in Jasper County budget for 2011
• City, promoter attempt court-ordered mediation
• Former cheerleaders sue Seneca district
• Work under way to reopen storied Oklahoma resort
• Mike Pound: Game’s great moments heard, not seen
• Oklahoma man sentenced for burning 2-year-old child
• Cherokee County inmate revenue declines sharply
• Kansas regulators to rule on casino plan Jan. 14
• University of Missouri dropping 16 degree offerings
• Incoming Missouri House leader weighs disputed election
• Hog farm in NW Missouri could open by April
• Drury says it will expand shared bike program
• New texting law in Kansas takes effect Jan. 1
• Jo Ellis: These authors have knacks for bringing history to life
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: News of 2010 provides several ‘firsts’
• Giving a Christmas tree a second chance at life
• Pittsburg business owners, city leaders count on airport
• New gift card rules give more consumer protection
• Girard bank’s Christmas Eve dinner marks 50 years
• Judge says feds must respond to DuPonts’ motion
• Stark to join nominating juries for Pulitzers for 2011
• Mike Pound: Will he ever learn? Probably not
• Wally Kennedy: Maria’s set to expand to Webb City
• DNR appointee: Public must make demands
• Food, fellowship abound at Christmas dinners
• Salvation Army responds to need
• ‘Headed for Home’ launches first efforts
• Gov. Nixon wishes Missourian safe Christmas season
• Mike Pound: What’s Victoria’s secret to push-up bra technology?
• Grant aimed at helping diesel operators reduce emissions
• PSU officials note new focus on recycling demolition materials
• Jerry’s kids
• Red Cross seeks financial support
• Mother, daughter deliver sugar-cookie village to nursing home
• Tradition of Christmas Day meals continues
• Outreach ministry tries to lead
• Police chase ends in crash; driver in critical condition
• Brad Belk: Christmas 1959: Average wage for production work was $1.92 an hour
• Mike Pound: Here’s the story of a game named Beef ‘O’ Brady
• Oklahoma motorists to encounter snow, rain for holiday
• Audit finds errors in Missouri lieutenant governor office records
• Missouri Guard to train inmates to help in disasters
• Kansas Army Guard to get new chief of staff
• Pure gold coin again given to Tulsa Salvation Army
• Number of Christmas tree farms dwindling
• Clinic seeking more volunteers
• No injuries in train-truck accident
• Potential explosive device found during meth-lab raid
• Prosecution forced to drop assault, weapon charges
• State plans traffic study on Broadway near PSU
• Mike Pound: Help sometimes a hindrance
• Advocates of KC’s Plaza worry about new building
• Bills filed in Okla to cut taxes, name gospel song
• Missouri Supreme Court to consider utility merger
• Storm system could move into area late Thursday, early Friday; light ice and snow possible
• Park board members resign over rec center sale
• Cape Girardeau leaders seek April smoking ban vote
• Drury gets grant for diesel emissions project
• Potential name change upsets Hughes family
• Seneca School Board narrows superintendent search to six
• Council OKs sidewalk project
• Shelter in need of food, warm clothing, furniture
• Mike Pound: 30 years later, Jerry’s Christmas program still going strong
• Kansas gov.-elect wants to overhaul Medicaid program
• Drury gets grant for diesel emissions project
• Carl Junction to join Joplin’s Bright Futures
• Kansas keeps all 4 House seats after census
• Kansas gov.-elect’s tax plan aims to lure outsiders
• Missouri to lose House seat
• Proposal would bar Missouri personal property tax
• Men's Basketball moves up to No. 19 in Coaches Poll
• New Habitat home ready for holidays
• Woman draws suspended sentence in plea deal in assault on mother
• Santa treats animal shelter
• Food, toy distribution draws thousands in Pittsburg area
• Warmer, wetter winter could hold more woes
• Councilwoman’s travel expenses stir questions
• Treece buyout: Offers go out, complaints come in
• Mike Pound: The tree’s still standing, and he’s envy-free
• $226M in budget cuts expected for Oklahoma in FY 2012
• Missouri organ donor to be honored in Rose Bowl parade
• Missouri researcher writes about race, power
• Small earthquake recorded near Allen, Okla.
• KC airport expects boost in holiday travel
• Kroger recalling select pet foods in 19 states
• Timeline of recent developments at MSSU
• Neosho council to consider grant for police equipment
• Survey underscores disconnect between faculty, administration
• Jo Ellis: Curl up with a good book this winter
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Flamingos flock to Pittsburg for good cause
• Carthage Crisis Center notes increase in women, children
• Council to appoint sales tax committee
• Joplin councilwoman far outstrips colleagues in travel expenses
• Annual bird count gets under way in Joplin
• Haitian students return home with Southern degrees
• Crosslines food donations surge
• Missourians wait, watch as impact of federal health care law challenged
• Filing opens for posts on city, school boards
• Pair in custody for burglary
• Schools eye transportation cuts
• Carthage Christmas series celebrates 60th anniversary
• Mike Pound: Sometimes it’s better to let mystery be
• Missouri’s two ski resorts to open
• APNewsBreak: Lt. Gov. blasts Nixon over projects
• Missouri DNR find 13 of 66 permits permit holders out of compliance as part of Spring River Initiative
• Missouri Gov. Nixon confirms he will seek re-election
• CoxHealth buys large Missouri neurosurgery group
• Lab scans bones that may belong to Amelia Earhart
• Artist’s granddaughters keeping tradition alive
• Guilty plea entered in ‘wrong Muller’ case
• No breaks generated by photos released in West Mesa murders
• Crowder prepares to seek bids for first phase of energy center
• Mike Pound: Turnabout is fair play, even between friends
• Duenweg students taken to East Middle School
• Sides lining up on smoking ban
• Springfield theater faces foreclosure
• Pittsburg to compete with other communites to save energy
• Pope names Kansas-based bishop for Oklahoma City
• Freezing rain causes problems in parts of Missouri
• Kansas Regents approve tougher university admissions
• Pittsburg to commence replacing street signs
• Miami house is blast from the past
• Monett company pays owed wages after Labor Department probe
• Pineville man bound over for trial in sexual abuse case
• Carthage council advances lease-purchase of golf carts
• Southwest City man enters Alford plea in child-death case
• LaBarge announces contract for Black Hawk work in Joplin
• Group to launch ballot effort for smoking ban
• Mike Pound: Thumbs up to thumbing nose at Yankees
• Nixon wants better oversight of doctors
• Ex-deputy receives nine-year prison sentence
• LaBarge announces major contract for Blackhawk work in Joplin
• Nixon seeks reauthorization of Missouri Rx
• Two Springfield councilmen discuss medical marijuana
• Kansas woman holds off attacker with a frying pan
• Survey suggests construction support, school officials say
• MoDOT repairing more slope failures along Highway 249
• Sales tax proceeds increase; governments hope for recovery
• Brandon Williams named AFCA All-American
• Jury finds ex-deputy guilty of murder plot
• ‘Santa Claus’ donates $100,000 to Joplin Salvation Army
• Mike Pound: ’Tis the season to be nice to bad drivers
• No holes found in hull of Branson showboat
• Missouri US Sen. McCaskill calls for spending caps
• Taxi service coming to Webb City
• Joplin police seek suspect in string of robberies
• Authorities: Family’s Thanksgiving meal source of fatal E. coli case
• ‘Christmas Train’ is coming to area towns
• Woman, accused of baby-sale scam, facing new charges of identity theft
• Southern men's basketball enters NABC Coaches Poll at No. 25
• Cemetery tape highlights trial in alleged murder plot
• Police seek third suspect in alleged arson attempt
• Revenue uncertainties slow Jasper County budget work
• Mike Pound: No foul talk between basketball coach, referee
• Las Vegas man receives 10 year sentence on cocaine charges
• Nonstop weekend flights from Tulsa to Miami ending
• School board to review survey results
• Suspect reportedly confesses to shooting
• Authorities release name of victim, suspect in Goodman murder
• Lawsuit against RES moving forward again
• Official: St. Louis’ dome in no collapse danger
• Missouri health officials urge people to get flu shots
• Hundreds safe after winds ground Showboat Branson Belle
• Joplin girl gets early Christmas visit from Santa
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Community gets behind agencies serving needy
• Jo Ellis: Two art events close out 2010 in Carthage
• Area legislators receive committee assignments
• Robert, Laverne DuPont request new federal trial
• Kansas art program brings young, old together
• Wally Kennedy: Getting an early peek at Hunan Gardens
• Residents flock to DickensFest in Joplin historic district
• Mike Pound: Leather chair prompts fear of PETA protest
• MSSU to have second round of feedback on strategic plan
• Joplin doctor takes case against Freeman PHO to public, patients after contract severed
• Pittsburg officials seeking ideas for vacant city block
• Federal judge dismisses all charges against Gary Hall, other defendants
• Heating funds run low as demand doubles
• Judge tosses out federal charges in Gary Hall tobacco case
• Lions with 1000th Game Over Blue Tigers, 77-51
• Lions stay undefeated and cruise to 89-61 victory Lincoln
• Lions Women Host Lincoln for 1000th Game in Program History
• Court upholds police officer’s firing
• Mike Pound: Some catchphrases worthy of trademarks
• Newton County mine cleanup hits final stage
• Court sets January execution date for Missouri inmate
• Salazar, LaHood laud Arch upgrade plan
• Kansas governor-elect fills 2 public safety posts
• Albuquerque police release photos in West Mesa murders investigation
• Joplin files federal suit against Mother Road Marathon promoter
• JFD closes strip Mall at 32nd Street and Connecticut Avenue
• Cold air headed for Joplin
• DNR names area drinking-water systems that fail to complete testing
• Another Missouri town adopts anti-meth measure
• Missouri Western proposes cutting art, tech programs
• Ex-Arrow Trucking employees to be paid
• Gov. Nixon opposes changes to senior tax break
• Joplin woman charged in baby-for-sale scam
• Former Noel police officer sent to prison
• Trial dates slated for two in slaying case
• Seneca Dollar General robbed
• Mike Pound: Cookie contest brings back holiday memories
• Celebrity dancers announced for 2011 Dancing with the Joplin Stars Event
• Missouri holds memorial to victims of impaired drivers
• Tuition increase likely at University of Missouri
• Neosho National Fish Hatchery hosts grand opening
• Duane Wahl receives life in prison during sentencing hearing today
• Missouri curators to talk tuition in St. Louis
• Judge rules that former Neosho City Manager Jan Blase is guilty of official misconduct
• Public weighs in about PSU’s master plan
• Locations announced for Season of Hope annual food drive
• Mike Pound: People make buildings special places
• Area businesses would welcome extension of federal tax cuts
• Bench trial set for today in Blase case
• Authorities confirm arrest following string of robberies
• Arrest made in robberies spree
• Mock recipe for kitten offends some at MU
• Florida firefighter honored in St. Louis for top ’stache
• Missouri producer named state Farm Bureau president
• Manhattan Kan. gives 1st approval to gender ordinance
• Parade’s family friendliness cited by attendees
• Rice Sets Career High Again As Lions Down Missouri Western 67-59
• Southern starts gathering feedback on strategic plan
• Officials cut ribbon for highway project
• Local Korean War vet recounts trip to Pearl Harbor
• Former pastor sentenced to five years probation in forgery case
• Supreme Court to take up gender discrimination case against Wal-Mart
• Suspect in stabbing turns self in
• Streetcar expected to run again for Polar Bear Express
• Jo Ellis: Gardening not complete without the tools
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Calendar a tribute to Pittsburg women
• SEK Learning Center gets home of its own
• Carl Junction celebrates holidays despite cold weather
• Some will have to wait for no-cost preventive care
• Architects to present PSU master plan options
• Long’s district offices to open by Jan. 5
• Hatchery prepares for grand opening
• Wally Kennedy: Sale of Range Line restaurant drawing interest
• Mike Pound: Actual conversations with no actual point
• Smoking ban back for council action
• Students, parents give high grades to new menu items
• Volunteer ‘Santas’ sought for wards of administrator
• Developers fear changes to tax credit regulations would hurt renovation
• Gasoline prices could soon push $3 per gallon
• Jury rejects woman’s lawsuit in fall through unfinished attic
• Victoria Kline Named NCAA Elite 88 Award Recipient
• Mike Pound: Being dumped sometimes tough to handle
• Services sector’s growth gathers speed
• State officials evaluate Thomas White status
• Man accused in sex-slave case facing gun charges
• Oklahoma flu season has killed 1, sent 30 to hospital
• Miami police chief suspended with pay
• Gov. Parkinson rejects payment offer from PETA
• OK officials concerned about scholarship GPA rule
• Civil lawsuit filed in assault-by-cowbell case
• Neosho School District acquires Rec-Plex for $375,000
• MSSU official says no cash associated with resignation
• Authorities: DNA testing links bank robbery, pharmacy burglary
• Proposal for $48 million arts center unveiled
• School board, council to hold joint news conference
• PSC to probe cost overruns in power pool
• Decision in firefighter’s appeal split
• Mike Pound: Shadow had ‘unique gift’ with Magic Moments riders
• City Hall windows to be unveiled Friday
• Treece residents to receive buyout offers; Appraisals complete for EPA relocation
• Mo. Sen-elect Blunt declines to release money sums
• Missouri governor plans weeklong Asia trade mission
• Missouri housing agency to redo secret vote on ethics
• Prisons testing in-house toilet paper
• Lions gear up for Toys For Tots Campaign
• Church holds candlelight march for AIDS victims
• Suspects nabbed in burglary of deputy’s home
• Empire cranks up mobile substation
• St. Mary’s of Lamar set for dedication, first Mass
• Neighbor pulls cousin from burning house
• Undisclosed amount of cash taken in Arvest Bank robbery
• Mike Pound: ’Tis time to talk turkey — again
• Authorities respond to report of explosion in Fairland, Okla.
• Eastern Shawnee Tribe breaks ground on $85 million casino
• Gov. Jay Nixon to detail plan for creating jobs
• Oklahoma regent donates money for law program
• Kasas board considers reports on casino applicants
• Governor seeking further meth-ingredient restrictions
• Grove teacher accused of stealing cheerleader funds
• Tax credit revisions, cuts posed by advisory panel
• Anderson man sent to prison in 2009 self-defense case
• Mike Pound: Let’s hear it for last-minute shopping
• Neosho council meets on rec center
• Joplin firefighter appeals firing in DWI case
• Columbus High School receives national recognition
• Tri-State Water Resource Coalition plans its contract and by-laws
• Former teacher in Grove charged with embezzlement
• Missouri college students launch floating sculptures
• Missouri panel recommends $220M in tax credit savings
• Jasper man pleads guilty to child porn offense
• Springfield council rejects marijuana proposal
• Council gets primer on loan procedure
• Victorian village pieced together inside Joplin
• Store robber sent to prison
• Police warn of thieves targeting elderly
• Peoria Tribe purchases Miami golf course, club
• Mike Pound: Why ask when the answer is so plain to see?
• Annual Business Expo planned for Jan. 25-26
• PSC alleges Noel Water Co. failed to protect customers, put public safety at risk
• Students write letters to soldiers stationed overseas
• Hundreds show up for Palin book signing in Andover
• KDOT says more prepared than last year for winter
• Ninty four percent of Kansas students take alcohol classes
• Barge hits Mississippi River bridge at St. Louis
• Pittsburg elementary school overcomes challenges
• Benefit for girl with leukemia raises $30,000
• Local retailers cite increase in holiday sales, shoppers
• Jo Ellis: Multiple events in offing in Carthage
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: View from a teacher’s perspective
• Webb City roundabout proposal moves forward
• Southern volleyball banquet scheduled for Dec. 12
• MSSU to host Winter Camp and Softball Academy
• Ashlee Russell named honorable mention All-American
• Webb City celebrates another state championship
• PSU tests process for NASA
• Wally Kennedy: Cafe on the Route chef working on restaurant in Gryphon Building
• Mike Pound: First holiday card lurking — in the mail
• Pittsburg sees new storefronts, lingering vacancies
• Leaf pickup program to crank up in Joplin
• Memorial an option for ninth-grade center
• Brad Belk: Joplin High School dedicated in November 1958
• Fourth Lion establishes career best as Lions down Evangel 67-61
• Work begins on Webb City clock tower, carillon
• Shallenburger to be Brownback’s legislative liaison
• Thousands search for bargains at Black Friday
• Mike Pound: Classic movie shares the ‘true meaning of Christmas’
• Artist sells prints to save rural school
• Planning class ponders future of closed KC schools
• UMSL gets $1.1M to study credit reporting agencies
• St. Louis starts planning for 250th birthday
• Oklahoma cities soon could enact smoking bans
• Survey finds fewer Kansans feel good about economy
• Man arrested after Missouri water rescue
• Volunteers, diners turn out for Thanksgiving meals
• Volunteers help set stage for DickensFest
• Local council celebrates new Carl Junction home
• Invitation list expanded for kids’ Christmas party
• PSU students gather for international Thanksgiving menu
• Mike Pound: Is Black Friday worth risk of Randy Quaid encounter?
• Mike Pound: Kitchen appliance broken, but still working for Thanksgiving
• Carthage council sets vote on extending half-cent tax
• Some retailers to get a jump on Black Friday with sales today
• Family overwhelmed at outpouring of support
• Joplin kids come through on food drive
• Neosho council, committee at odds on tax, building
• Kansas legislator seeks guns on campuses
• FBI: ATM firm heist spurring other crime
• Thousands line street to keep Phelps clan away from soldier’s funeral
• Bartlett: Gilcrease highway should be toll road
• Thanksgiving unfamiliar, but refugees thankful
• Missouri governor gets $200,000 in campaign donations
• Food Basket Brigade gets $19,000 to start campaign
• Authorities say church break-ins likely related
• Galena woman recounts pat-down by TSA agent
• Southern's Russell and Olinyk named All-Region
• Sheriff’s Department probes armed robberies
• Mike Pound: Athlete’s story and father continue to inspire
• Closure of Scammon School will result in more state funding for Cherokee district
• Southern inked $78,000 deal with admitted embezzler
• Engineering firm wants larger Northwest Missouri hog farm
• 15 Missouri homeless shelters to split $1.2M
• Missouri budget panel focuses on education salaries
• Kansas State says it has produced purple potatoes
• Youngsters fete seniors at Neosho Thanksgiving event
• Mike Pound: Like a bridge over troubled worrier
• Churches, groups plan Thanksgiving meals
• Seneca board adds chaperone policy, staff conduct code
• Joplin holiday events to feature DickensFest
• Group gets grant for food program
• Attorney admits he made racial comment in court
• Cherokee County Commission creates human resources department
• Oklahoma judge extends restraining order against law
• Four facing federal charges in Petro America scheme
• Law enforcement authorities conduct “Operation Lifesaver”
• Messages from Greene County Health Dept. are fakes
• Project doubles food stamps at farmers market
• Former state lawmaker Barone sues Kansas racing commission
• Restoration of Pittsburg icon drawing to a close
• Webb City school district plans for construction
• Jo Ellis: Carthage again to showcase its historic homes
• Public comments being taken on transportation projects
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Program brings ‘return to radio’s roots’
• Lovejoy Earns MIAA Athlete of the Week
• Southern cross country have three named All-Region
• Special Olympics athletes flood city
• Davidson family gives back to Crowder
• Joplin to host national fireworks conference
• Water coalition elects officers
• Mike Pound: Buy a coat when needed ... or not
• Artist to sell prints of Union Chapel School to raise money for building preservation
• Wally Kennedy: Tenants filling up Gryphon Building
• Local residents, legislators favor permanent extension of President Bush tax cuts
• Age hasn’t slowed Carthage aviator
• Neosho School Board still mum on acquisition
• MSSU ceremony opens Health Sciences Building
• Lions finish eighth at regionals/Jarvenpaa qualifies for nationals
• Southern women qualify for nationals with third place finish at Regionals
• Southern will still seek tuition hike waiver
• Criminal-record checks not part of MSSU routine
• Mike Pound: Golf holds certain amount of danger
• City set to launch leaf pick-up
• Empire among utilities looking into nuclear as option for power
• Football brings small towns together; Lamar, Webb City, Cassville celebrate teams
• Tulsa police probe results in another freed inmate
• Nixon announces plans for second Missouri nuclear plant
• Longtime bridge on Kansas City skyline is retired
• Jury clears state in raid of Missouri boarding school
• School district boundary revelation poses issues for five area families
• Local leaders meet with state lawmakers
• State recommends that teen in 2006 school gun incident remain in program
• Fans line up for latest ‘Harry Potter’ magic
• Mike Pound: Thorough screenings keeping passengers safe
• Son says comment enraged father
• Two applicants for Sumner County casino pay fees
• Store clerk tells how she thwarted robbery
• Nature photographers to gather in Pittsburg
• Southwest Missouri workers save tiny fish
• Time nears for required 10-digit dialing in Oklahoma
• Cape Girardeau parent accused in truancy crackdown
• Report indicates health insurance rates to rise
• Another deer kill planned in Kansas park
• Southern softball signs three for 2011
• Local residents continue to help in Haiti despite danger
• Council disclosure at issue
• Mike Pound: It’s time to strike up the marching band
• Joplin, R-8 to host reception with legislators
• Wichita police say grenade was rigged to explode
• Kansas school funding outlook gloomy
• Neosho mayor: No comment on property sale
• Pickens not optimistic about natural gas proposal
• Hutchinson plant produces first wind turbine part
• AP Interview: Kan. to jump fast into health case
• Missouri panel studies Alzheimer’s disease, dementia
• C.J. council postpones decision about 95 acres
• Council postpones action on water rate increase
• Newman Building’s birthday celebrated
• Hardee’s assault case ends in mistrial
• Southern has three named to All-MIAA Volleyball Team
• Last residents leave former mining town
• Head trauma cited as cause of death in Joplin slaying
• Mike Pound: Memories of school plays reveal ulterior motives
• Julio Leon named finalist to be interim president at Colorado State-Pueblo
• Webb City’s Route 66 Center opens
• Kansas DHS ready for biodefense lab to progress
• Missouri panel studies Alzheimer’s disease, dementia
• Western third of Kansas suffering moderate drought
• Kansas panel asks whether wind farms slow military
• Oklahoma may eliminate prison visits for 3 months
• Neosho board mum after closed meeting on property purchase
• Lions volleyball signs three for 2011
• Southern football lands nine on All-MIAA team
• Violence in homes leads to charges
• Fight in Joplin home leads to murder charge
• Dogs test to become therapy animals
• State: No improprieties cited in care of elderly developer
• Joplin School District surveying voters on buildings, ‘tax tolerance’
• Webb City council, chamber approve agreement
• Change in trash service likely for Joplin
• Mike Pound: Trivia contests pivot on genetics
• Court won’t get involved in patient advocate case
• Ex-liquor control agent guilty of bribery
• Report questions safety of planned biodefense lab
• Missouri Gaming Commission reviews casino finances
• Missouri judge dismisses solar power rebate lawsuit
• Arrest made in late-night Joplin murder
• Missouri State working on banning tobacco
• Student injured in MU dorm fall improving
• Deer hunting season total higher than last year
• United Way of Crawford County makes goal, gets extra donation
• Jo Ellis: Carthage Crisis Center helps integrate clients into work force, society
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: International food, events set for PSU
• Food drives under way in region
• Joplin City Council to discuss polycart proposal
• Lamar man recounts vacation on Carnival Splendor
• RES seeks state permit, but start-up uncertain
• Rippling Rafters house in Redings Mill gets new roof
• NEO president: Request would avert deep cuts
• Mike Pound: There’s a method to Christmas tradition madness
• Wally Kennedy: Quizno’s returns to Range Line
• Moark tells neighbors about expansion plan, but locals say no fight is planned
• Pittsburg music teachers use theories of Carl Orff in their classrooms
• Drug Take Back Day allows families to rid themselves of meds
• Catch-22 catches higher ed
• Webb City’s Route 66 Center to open Tuesday
• Washburn scores 16 unanswered and defeats Missouri Southern, 23-7
• Lions take out Northwest Missouri, 3-1 on Senior Night
• Carthage forum explores student performance, goals
• Mike Pound: You know what they say about scorned Major League Baseball, don’t you?
• CVB distances marathon from marketer
• Human trafficking target of effort
• Wounded veterans join deer hunters on opening day
• Open enrollment for Medicare’s prescription plans begins Monday
• Missouri appeals court puts deer hunting ruling on hold
• Columbia Traders to close
• AT&T unveils new stadium wireless systems in Oklahoma
• Sebelius returns to Kan. to tout health care law
• Mike Pound: Carl Junction Problem Solvers devise pancake feed
• Official details Audubon response to Gulf oil spill
• Taste-test chore ‘pretty fun’ for school kids
• Area ceremonies honor vets
• University receives grant for elderly program
• Native American tribes seek trade ties with Turkey
• Joplin to hold free recycling, drug disposal events
• Men's basketball signs high school standout in early period
• Southwest City officer to stand trial in fatal shooting
• Official recommends caution on tuition hikes
• Pair bound over on murder charges
• Southern basketball to be televised as part of MIAA TV Package
• Four Soccer Lions Named to All-MIAA
• Thirty-eight horses, goats rescued in Northwest Missouri
• Kansas legislator forwards anti-Muslim e-mail
• Skelton fears ‘chasm’ between military, citizens
• Missouri man freed from prison after conviction tossed
• Coburn clears way for Oklahoma US marshal nominee
• Delaware tribe elects first female chief
• Joplin program offers veterans free substance abuse counseling
• Lions fall in five sets at Pittsburg State, 3-2
• Mike Pound: Soup’s on, and so is the chili
• Empire offers energy rebates
• State judges pose questions in international adoption case
• Women's Basketball signs two high school standouts in the early period
• Oklahoma AG: No quick resolution to pollution case
• Kansas school board discusses anti-bullying steps
• Police seeking support for kids’ Christmas party
• Missouri takes online learning away from Extension
• Lawmaker: Official English lawsuit frivolous
• Church Attendance
• Oklahoma regents want 5.5 percent funding increase
• Ceremonial sword on display at Oklahoma Capitol
• Russell counsels caution on tuition
• Looking for a Church????
• Police officers, others seek funds for shopping programs
• Mike Pound: Southwest City library on way to reality
• Bright Futures captures other districts’ attention
• Carthage council tables proposal to charge insurers for fire calls
• Applebee’s to give free meals to veterans Thursday
• Probation granted in Joplin assault case
• Sheriff’s lieutenant fined for DWI
• Carl Junction post office honored for raising funds to combat the disease
• $1.8 million recreation center nears opening date
• Joplin invokes burn ban
• Neosho panel to consider water rate increase
• Man with ataxia gets hand-built ‘rat-rod’ walker
• Events to recognize area veterans
• Local job outlook improves
• Center only for disabled preschoolers approved
• Recount in Kansas House race doesn't change result
• Supreme Court hears arguments in adoption dispute
• Ne'Ronte Threatt named MIAA Co-Offensive Player of the Week
• New Southwest Missouri power plant up and running
• OU president warns of budget cuts
• Performance to be topic of Carthage meeting
• Missouri high court to consider adoption appeal
• Missouri to unveil veterans history project
• Brush fire approaches homes near Galena, Kan.
• "Helping Hands" food drive underway
• Ed Martin concedes Missouri 3rd District race
• Seasonal siren testing concludes in Joplin
• Rural recycling drive of mysterious liquids on tap
• Joplin School Board, Bright Futures leadership to meet
• Musician coming to Joplin for concert in honor of 125th anniversary of Catholic schools
• Former Leawood treasurer files bankruptcy
• Student partnerships apply learning to create companies
• Mike Pound: Let’s hear it for Friday night Halloweens
• Helping Hands - Helping Others benefit begins
• Incoming Oklahoma governor announces transition team
• Court order blocks Oklahoma amendment on Islamic law
• Fall turkey season second-lowest ever in Missouri
• Area food drives underway for needy families
• Small earthquake rattles southeast Missouri
• Hearing set on challenge to Oklahoma Islamic law amendment
• Joplin parks director Doug Joyce fired
• Trial Date set for Chris Meek
• Veterans honored with parade
• Proud lady standing watch over downtown Joplin ready for 100th birthday
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Business owner makes plans after fire destroys business
• Jo Ellis: Steamed by modern-day ‘technology’
• Mike Pound: Shoes critical for successful game
• Wally Kennedy: Watching Range Line goes uptown, just in time for visit by Bud Girls
• State awards $500,000 grant to Jasper County Public Water Supply District No. 1
• Challenger to seek recount in Kansas House election
• Aegis job fair attracts job seekers
• Michael Beatty: Welcome to your new Globe
• Growth posted in MSSU technology program
• Lions volleyball takes out 12th ranked Emporia State 3-1
• Lions End Season With 3-0 Win at Southwest Baptist
• Three score over 20 in 99-88 exhibition win over Livin' The Dream
• Southern football defeats Fort Hays, 41-31
• Women's Cross Country places second at 2010 MIAA Championships
• Men's Cross Country finishes second at MIAA Championships
• Woman assessed shock time in prison in two Joplin arsons
• Redesigned Globe to include new ‘flag’
• Fire damages Pittsburg repair shop
• Pittsburg officials lay out plans for street repair following approval of sales tax hike
• Joplin City Council votes to force resignation of public defender
• Amelia Judge named first team Academic All-District
• Details in unsolved murders released: Vehicle descriptions given in Freeman-Bible case
• Bowersock utility reaches 25-year deal with KCP&L
• Box with Shakespeare’s works donated to book sale
• Widowed Kansas common-law wife wins suit against IRS
• School board to again consider purchasing city building, acreage
• Missouri American acquires Loma Linda water system
• Construction uptick prompts cautious optimism in Joplin
• Cross country teams head to Fort Hays for MIAA Championships
• Lions sweep Fort Hays State, 3-0
• Mike Pound: Another study finds obvious answer
• Treece buyout offers to start next month
• British fliers to be honored during ceremony at Miami
• Engineer picked as new director for MoDOT
• States urge court to uphold Arizona immigration law
• Veterans Day parade set for Saturday
• Defendant to stand trial in Webb City stabbing
• Adoption case attracts attention of immigration, advocacy groups
• Races produce multiple winners, accomplishments
• Voters don’t expect help with economy, jobs despite turnover
• Lions and Bearcats battle to 0-0 double overtime tie
• Meek enters plea in federal court
• Crowder center gets go-ahead
• Lawyer enters plea in federal court
• Mike Pound: Ted’s not a talker, he’s a doer
• OSBI releases new details in 1999 disappearance of Welch girls
• Missouri revenues up 3.6 percent for budget year
• GOP victories push Kan. state government to right
• GOP retains grip on McDonald County offices
• Voters tab White in 129th District
• Two Kansas ballot measures overwhelmingly endorsed
• Ruestman cruises to win in Newton County race
• Kansas, Oklahoma voters elect Republicans to U.S. Senate
• Kansas voters fill commission seats
• Lions basketball falls 80-58 at Division I Arkansas in exhibition action
• Incumbent Democrat overturned in 3rd District Kansas House race
• Mike Pound: Jerkiness tends to stay with a person
• Brownback elected as Kansas governor
• Cherokee County commissioner hears allegations, tells secretary of state
• Blunt ascends to Senate
• Voters don’t expect help with economy, jobs despite election turnover
• Long coasts to Congress
• Columbia voters reject proposal to ban Tasers
• Bartosh re-elected presiding commissioner
• Five Kansas counties approve liquor by the drink
• Jefferson City, Fulton approve smoking bans
• Carl Junction council to pursue purchase of 95 acres
• Neosho council designates rec center surplus
• Kan. GOP’s Moran rolls to big win in Senate race
• Mike Pound: Another parenthood era commences
• Brownback wins Kansas governor’s race
• Carl Junction council to talk about land purchase, golf carts
• Area voters cite range of reasons in ballot decisions
• Local sex offenders draw prison terms
• Voters OK ’opt-out’ of new health care law
• Council revisits polycart trash pickup
• Oklahoma voters soundly reject school spending measure
• Southern offers voluntary retirement incentives
• Republican Blunt wins open Mo. Senate seat
• Bomb threat clears courts building in Joplin
• Republican Long wins election to SW Mo House seat
• Rep. Fallin elected Okla.’s first female governor
• Jasper and Newton County election results
• Missouri identifies 5 degree programs it might cut
• Assistant US attorney to monitor election in KC
• Voters may get chance to repeal income tax
• Cherokee County employee pay scale proposed
• Lions volleyball falls 3-0 at Sixth Ranked Washburn
• Galena City Hall polling place busy
• Oklahoma votes to make English official language
• Ottawa County voters talk governor, House races
• Democrats hold Conn. Senate seat
• Pittsburg voters to decide sales-tax issue
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: ’Tis the season — of the Pittsburg ornament
• Jo Ellis: Carthage taxi services cater to different customers
• Joplin council to hear complaints about cruising
• Slain Oklahoma couple’s relatives planning to sue
• Kansans to elect governor, other statewide officers
• Spending, fundraising heat up in Kansas state House races
• Analyst: Missourians behind learning curve on health care reform
• Cherokee County employee pay scale proposed
• Blunt flying around Mo.; Carnahan in St. Louis
• Candidates for Okla. governor make late push
• New U.S. citizen to vote for first time today
• Primitive hunters get first crack at deer this year
• State office launches inquiry into Hammons’ health, business
• New vehicle-related laws take effect in Oklahoma
• Bomb threat reported at Joplin courthouse
• C.J. council to talk land purchase, golf carts
• Southern offers voluntary retirement packages
• Southern volleyball falls 3-0 at Missouri Western
• Extraditions completed in New Jersey abduction case
• Oklahoma election officials: Ballot questions pose potential poll problems
• Oklahoma voters will elect state’s first female governor
• GOP hopes to ratchet up voter turnout
• Crowds line Lamar streets for fallen soldier
• Fee increases coming to Joplin animal shelter
• Redings Mill Fire District honored for “Firewise” efforts
• Lions fall to second ranked Central Missouri
• Consumers pry open wallets, but unemployment remains high
• Southern football dominates Missouri Western, defeating Griffons, 23-6
• Southern's Williams and Herndon earn MIAA Player of the Week Awards
• Lions picked to finish fifth and sixth in MIAA Pre-Season Polls
• Southern men's basketball picked 4th/7th in MIAA preseason coaches/media polls
• Two second-half goals lift Nebraska-Omaha over Lions 2-1
• Lions take out 11th ranked Truman State
• Suzuki, Mitsubishi issue recalls
• Nixon to detail plan on large-animal veterinarians
• Democrats hear presentation in support of ballot initiative
• Eckersley says e-mail is a hoax, courtesy of opponent’s campaign
• Mike Pound: Job of candy monitor grueling at times
• Eckersley blames Long’s campaign for hoax e-mail
• Humane Society, ASPCA officers campaign for Proposition B
• Three vying for presiding commissioner post
• Southern falls 34-21 to seventh-ranked Central Missouri on Homecoming
• Several seek office in McDonald County
• Evers' goal leads Lions to 1-0 win over Missouri Western
• Seneca School Board expands hazing policy
• Pumpkins, wagon rides, corn mazes part of fall fun
• Phosphate-free detergents blamed for film on dishes
• Women's Cross Country finishes second at SIUE Cougar Invite
• Baseball to host final fall intra squad
• Lions fall in straight sets at seventh-ranked Central Missouri
• Lions fall 49-21 to sixth ranked Northwest Missouri
• Mike Pound: He wants to pare his investments and grab a cold one
• Lions in second place after day one at Missouri Golf Association Regional Preview
• Thompson faces uphill battle against Boren
• Lions finish second at Missouri Golf Association Regional Preview
• Cherokee County commissioner faces challenger for second time
• Despite late comeback, Lions fall to Pitt State, 3-1.
• Lion's women race at Missouri State
• NTSB offers no new insight on patrol copter crash
• Lions battle Hornets to a 1-1 2OT tie
• Lions down Northwest Missouri
• October tornadoes not common in Oklahoma, but happen
• Lions come from behind to win in five at Southwest Baptist
• Last-second field goal lifts Pitt State over Lions 24-21 in Sonic Miners Bowl
• City to collect taxes for Briarbrook group
• Southern men's cross country competes at prestigious Chili Pepper Invite
• Lions sweep final two matches of Crossover
• Charges filed against DAV thrift store suspect
• Southern women finish 23rd at Chili Pepper Invite
• Lions golf in fourth after day one at Missouri Western
• Hours for graduation from Kansas colleges reduced
• Lions Soccer falls 1-0 to Truman
• Southern golf finishes fifth at Missouri Western Invite
• Airman missing for 67 years to be buried in California
• Southern football falls 23-6 at Truman State
• Viktor Kuk named MIAA Cross Country Runner of the Week
• MSU faculty committee supports unionizing
• Lions volleyball falls in three at Northwest Missouri
• Lions fall in three to sixth ranked Washburn
• Charges against three in kidnapping case dropped
• Meet the Lions Night scheduled for Tuesday, October 26
• Lions Soccer falls to SBU in double overtime
• California man ordered to stand trial in case
• Lions to host second ranked Central Missouri
• Lions win five-set thriller at Fort Hays
• Joplin Sports Authority, director part company
• Lions take out Nebraska-Omaha in three
• Lions Battle Lady Blues to 1-1 2OT Tie
• Carthage shelter celebrates state honor, improvements
• Volleyball start time at Central Missouri pushed back half hour
• Lions volleyball falls at 15th ranked Emporia State, 3-1
• Mike Pound: Buyer snags United Way auction bargain
• Biologists try to learn more about Missouri bear population
• ATT hiring 95 people for call center
• NEO dedicates new science complex today
• Former Cottey College professor sentenced for child porn, firearms
• Wolff leaving Missouri high court to teach law
• Explosive device causes alarm at SE Kan. hospital
• Google to resume work on data center in NE Okla.
• JSA funding becomes council issue
• Incumbent state lawmaker, challenger field questions
• Joplin schools mark Missouri Day
• Community Employment connects disabled workers with potential employers
• Kansas doctor, wife sentencedin ’pill mill’ case
• Trial begins for alleged ringleader in RICO case
• ACLU sues Valley Center in free speech case
• Missouri high court mulls life sentences for juveniles
• Appeals court tosses case of drunk driver run over by another drunk driver
• Neosho city council extends city manager contract
• Webb City pares fiscal year 2011 expenses
• Granby man arrested on shooting charges
• Carl Junction council declines agreement to collect CID taxes
• Mike Pound: Thought of all-you-can-eat ribs helps sop up salad mess
• City Council to reconsider tax-collection agreement
• Wind turbine project at Fort Hays hits hurdle
• Missouri unemployment remains at 9.3 percent
• Missouri AG objects to US Fidelis bankruptcy plan
• Carthage school district gets ‘A’ on annual audit
• Changes to Webb City road closures unlikely
• Jasper County clerk buys voting booths
• Ribbon-cutting, open house staged at new Carthage Technical Center
• Joplin council puts off smoking ban for now
• Gavilon Grain agrees to buy DeBruce Cos.
• Mike Pound: Legacy Lounge a way for Lovely Ladies to give back
• Man pleads guilty to attempting to exploit “Candy” from Carthage to make child porn
• Gov. Nixon praises job training effort at Crowder College
• Film on dishes stumps residents, water company officials
• Court: officials’ error caused longer sentence
• Hutchinson promoting painted pianos in downtown
• Man killed when car hits deer in Southwestern Missouri
• Court will hear appeal of ex-AG Ashcroft to stop lawsuit
• MPA gives award for coverage of MSSU rift, challenge for public records
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Finding the rest of the story
• Jo Ellis: Fear Factory serves up chills again
• Jenkins, Hudspeth square off on taxes, stimulus
• State auditor candidates questioned on political ties
• Public hearing set for tonight on anti-smoking ordinance
• Mike Poun: Joni Mitchell could have been singing about Auditorium Bar
• Multi-generational choir likened to family
• Neosho council to consider designating property for sale
• Webb City band gives check, encouragement to St. James
• Webb City Clubhouse celebrates centennial
• Carthage couple sentenced in child endangerment case
• Trial of ex-Missouri House speaker postponed
• Missouri challenges stay issued for Nunley execution
• Missouri soldier dies in Iraq; was based at Colorado post
• Carl Junction council to discuss Briarbrook offer
• State agency want to keep carp out of Missouri lakes
• Puppy mill question spurs controversy
• New Carthage Technical Center to hold open house Monday
• Kansans to decide gun, voting rights
• State question would prohibit real estate transfer tax
• Railroad journey takes riders through heritage
• Maple Leaf Parade nods to heritage
• Long, Eckersley court farm vote
• MSSU board approves addition of sexual orientation to policy
• Blunt, Carnahan continue criticisms during debate today
• Mike Pound: Need some help? Call Innovative Industries
• MGE to lower gas prices
• Elk returning to Missouri after 2 centuries
• Police pursue suspect in DAV robbery case
• Kansas high court allows abortion case to go forward
• Jury convicts victim’s boyfriend in scalding case
• Judge extends deadline to OK Indian settlement
• Fans on both sides line up early for Carthage-Webb City game
• Mike Pound: Schweinshaxe: A learning experience awaits
• ‘Dress Rad’ fundraiser to offer gowns
• Three area races for Kansas House seats on ballot
• Home-repair swindler sent to state prison
• Robbery suspect accused of trying to run down officer
• Sheriff’s lieutenant charged with DWI
• Blunt, Carnahan spar in sometimes testy debate
• Decade later, Carnahan plane crash still resonates
• State temporarily suspends more red-light cameras
• Okla., Texas, Kan., officials discuss Amtrak route
• Missouri auditor candidates pledge independence
• Salt Mine in Hutchinson ready if rescues needed
• Chris Meek, Baxter Springs defense attorney, charged in federal court
• Carthage Council advances more oversight for door-to-door sales
• Pittsburg department to get new gear, truck
• Cherokee County, Baxter Springs approve 2011 budgets
• Judge to rule on whether DuPont should be detained
• Trial opens in domestic scalding case
• Haunted library draws visitors
• Miami quake testing pleases researchers
• Owner of land seeks to have old school moved by year’s end
• Green energy powering Lamar homes
• MSSU awarded grant for child care center
• City distributes grants; nonprofit organizations help on housing front
• Voting ad an issue in Kansas secretary of state’s race
• Family of man swept away in sewer thanks rescuers
• Missouri couple wins $4.9M lottery jackpot
• Workers strike at southwest Missouri semi-trailer plant
• Blunt reports raising $2.4M for Missouri Senate bid
• Oklahoma agency heads say consider alcohol tax increase
• Oklahoma health officials propose smoking law changes
• Earthquake shakes Oklahoma, among strongest in state
• House leader backs Hartzler for Armed Services
• Joplin thrift store robbed
• Carthage girl’s parents settle accident lawsuit
• Joplin School District touts gains
• Purdy farmer sets world record soybean yield
• Mike Pound: Carl Junction garden club appreciates the help
• Councilwoman drops speaker proposal
• Springfield officials lay out new chicken rules
• Anti-Bullying vigil draws about 140 people
• Licensing dispute might cancel midget wrestling
• Carterville school to get more parking
• Earthquake rattles parts of Oklahoma
• Bank asks city to keeps streets open during fest
• Ambassador stumps for GOP in Missouri auditor’s race
• Carl Junction offered 95 acres of Briarbrook property
• Business owners report positive results from Mother Road Marathon
• Mike Pound: Favre’s alleged illegal procedure not a shocker
• Open-air artistry added to Maple Leaf lineup
• River City holds St. Louis-area casino revenue up
• Springfield teens to hold vigil against bullying
• State Democrats question Brownback and evangelist
• Umicore dedicates Quapaw, Okla., plant today
• Joplin Area Habitat to dedicate 30th home today
• Mike Pound: Friday night shrimp scampi to remember
• School board, council to meet again
• 2 people hurt in Tulsa hydraulic platform accident
• Hawker Beechcraft workers to vote on new contract
• Pipe leak shuts down Kansas nuclear plant
• Two Oklahoma counties use fingerprints to help in deportation
• About 1,000 Arch grounds trees may be doomed
• Construction in Joplin tops 2009 pace
• Local students join effort to protect water quality
• Grocery store in works at Airport Drive Village
• Carthage schools planning group to hold first meeting Tuesday
• Highway 69 still top priority
• Jo Ellis: Live fast if you want to enjoy fall
• Play features dark issues dealing with importance of art
• Des Moines, Iowa man wins Mother Road Marathon
• When someone believes in you, you can go the distance
• New face in Washington certain to bring changes in region’s political clout
• Organizer: Marathon a ‘major success’
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Where there’s smoke, there’s a lesson
• Joplin auctions off surplus items
• Council to wrap up health plan details
• Carthage bank to relocate from county-owned building
• Area Korean War vet returns on 60th anniversary of war’s start
• Jury deadlocks in statutory rape trial
• Area Beatles fans mark Lennon birth anniversary
• 343 Missouri pharmacies linked to cold medicine list
• Woman arrested after shooting at Springfield Bible college
• MoDOT eliminates 201 positions, plans further cuts
• AAA offering tips for Kansas motorists about deer
• Mike Pound: Send in your recipes ... even the ones with liver
• Council, school board members say education future of city’s economy
• Text messages at issue in ex-coach’s statutory rape trial
• PSU taking steps to re-create memorial wall in black granite
• Former RAF pilot returns for visit
• Experts advise everyone to get annual flu shot
• Mike Pound: A person just doesn’t know who to trust
• City to auction variety of excess
• Joplin schools form partnership with St. John’s to improve school menus
• Baxter Springs High School students clean up along marathon route
• Mother Road megarun
• Free depression screenings to be offered
• Judge hears lieutenant’s appeal of firing two years ago
• 7th District candidates square off in local debate
• Group has 50 runners to hit Mother Road
• Supreme Court weighs First Amendment versus private grief
• Kansas City man indicted for child porn allegedly filmed in McDonald County
• EPA creates pesticide database for bedbugs
• Trigger and Bullet on display again in Branson
• Experts recommend everyone get flu shot if possible
• Thomas Hart Benton Art Show, competition slated for Saturday
• Settlement reached in I-44 turnpike crash case
• Mike Pound: Chance of a lifetime up for auction
• Sheriff’s lieutenant arrested on suspicion of drunken driving
• Council advances conduct code for city employees
• Bank buys 3,000 breast cancer stamps
• Mike Pound: Thai restaurant seeking regular customers
• Autopsy on shooting suspect underway
• Supreme Court hears arguments in military funeral protests case
• High court to hear military funeral protest case
• Civil trial in Oklahoma I-44 turnpike deaths begins
• Man from Guam makes cross-country trek for Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Kansas shootout suspect may have ties to Jasper County burglary
• C.J. council discusses golf cart regulations
• Missouri Water Patrol: Iowa man dies in Lake Taneycomo
• Ozark Community College to expand in Hollister
• One confirmed dead in Springfield plane crash
• State hospital group comes out against SQ 744
• Joplin to disburse sewer bill money
• MSSU administrators warn of tuition hikes, program cuts
• Mike Pound: Dentist gets to the tooth of the matter
• Lockwood girl to be honored by runner in marathon
• CID gains time for golf course purchase
• Speaker promotes welcoming strangers
• Fed-up girlfriend calls 911 on pot-smoking beau
• Springfield allows chickens to roost within city
• Nixon touts interest-free bonds at Missouri school
• Walnut season starts slow in southwest Missouri
• NEO to offer new construction program
• SMB buys 3,000 breast cancer stamps; C.J. postmaster closer to goal of $10,000 sold
• Jasper County officials weigh tax district proposal
• Semi collides with train at Oklahoma intersection
• Southern snags nearly $402,000 grant
• Crawford County students cited for seat belt program
• Arizona fugitives indicted on capital murder counts in deaths of couple with area ties
• Dogs, cats, crabs receive blessings
• Climatologist: Parts Oklahoma abnormally dry
• Hispanic presence grows in Carthage School District
• NEO receives $2 million grant for Native American Education
• History of Walter Woods preserved
• Sister of Mercy to host program on Sudanese refugees
• Missouri voter registration deadline is Wednesday
• Missouri tracking black bears for study
• VP Biden to attend Springfield fundraiser
• Man dies in go cart accident in Southwest Missouri
• Insurance study ranks Missouri 16 for deer strikes
• Neosho council to weigh ethics code for employees
• Little Rock woman to run in Mother Road Marathon in honor of her late Joplin brother
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Attention runners — another 5K for a cause in offing
• Jo Ellis: Fishing might be just an excuse for lake clan
• Oklahoma ballot ranges from schools, official English
• Students in Southwest Missouri protest call to ban books
• Boo! Some Okla. cities moving Halloween Oct. 30
• WIC contract, purchases of right of way on Joplin council agenda
• City preparing for annual surplus property auction
• EPA awards $600,000 to area tribes
• Appraisals set to begin for Treece buyout
• Continuing pay for suspended Southwest City officer draws protests
• Barnyard Days to become fundraiser for foundation
• New community center a hit with Carl Junction residents
• Growing number of high schoolers now taking ACT
• Ozark Center for Autism offering news programs
• Mike Pound: Scapegoat would come in handy sometimes
• Mother contemplates exhumation in girl’s playground death
• Antique boats to be launched on Grand Lake
• Appraisers to start work in Treece
• Former Joplin Police Officer named to position with Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Hope, center expand
• Indian center gets $6M from governor’s office
• Freeman to offer exams, muffins
• MSSU cheer clinics slated for Oct. 9
• Feds say Robert Dupont a flight risk, want him taken into immediate custody
• Lawsuit settles claims over O’Sullivan ruling
• Jury convicts Las Vegas man of cocaine trafficking
• Death of witness affects Newtonia burglary case
• Schools prep area students for casino jobs
• Bright Futures takes closer look at poverty in Joplin schools
• Joplin School Foundation eyes student hunger issue
• NOW kicks off Friday at Miami
• Former pupil at two-room school hopes to save it
• DuPonts found guilty of health care fraud
• Forest program set at nature center
• Springfield schools crack down on dirtiest dancing
• Tickets on sale for Celtic concert
• Report: Kansas wheat stocks reach 23-year high
• Missouri medical school hit with new sanctions
• Joplin schedules public auction
• EPA awards grants to Northeast Oklahoma tribes
• Green confirmed as US attorney for eastern Oklahoma
• Missouri further opens judicial selection process
• Mike Pound: Ready-to-bake apple pies a good thing
• Trial in cocaine haul opens in Neosho
• Fired Alba clerk pleads guilty to embezzlement
• Mike Pound: Sign of days gone by is going
• Ribbon-cutting ceremony opens Turkey Creek Trail
• Seneca school, city receive $75,000 park grant
• Springfield district sued over student searches
• Democratic candidate for U.S. House lashes out at Republican pledge
• Empire asks state regulators for rate increase
• Mike Pound: Personal experience changes outlook on ‘Wear Pink’ parade
• Neosho council approves $15 million budget
• Joplin School Board talks graduation, buildings at retreat
• Joplin council adopts 2.5 percent pay hike
• PSU steers 2011 Baja SAE Kansas engineering competition to campus
• Cassville, Monett getting to DREAM
• Forsee expects tuition hike at Missouri campuses
• Dooley supports city-county merger
• Cost, size of new wildlife museum doubles
• Carl Junction district to see upgrades
• Joplin Fire Department receives newest fire-fighting weapon
• Joplin School Board to discuss vision at retreat today
• $14 million Cherokee County budget proposed for 2011
• Laurin suicide remains of interest to attorneys for Winans
• Study finds texting laws don’t reduce crashes
• Missouri cold medicine database going online soon
• NTSB identifies driver fatigue, vehicle “incompatibility” as factors in 10-fatality acci
• Sheriff’s deputy, canine honored
• American Water receives grants
• Kansas county 1 of 2 in nationwide prison effort
• Universities and colleges preparing students for casino jobs
• College Heights to dedicate new classrooms
• Processing underway at new regional lab
• AP Exclusive: Medal winner tells of halting attack
• Community breakfast set in Carl Junction
• Charges filed against smoke shop burglary suspect
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Time planning highway saves regrets later
• Jo Ellis: ‘Lee & Grant’ gives meaning to local history
• National board to review fatal I-44 crash
• Monett, Cassville named DREAM cities
• Recommendation: Don’t sacrifice city health benefits
• Mike Pound: Seasons change; some other things don’t
• Bluegrass bands draw crowd to Carl Junction
• Motions to suppress denied in toddler murder case
• Pittsburg area community responds to food drive
• Joplin police identify victims of fatal crash
• Great Day of Service draws 2,500 volunteers
• Area soldier to receive Bronze Star for actions in attack in Afghanistan
• Program to feature Brazilian music
• Field-to-freezer session scheduled
• Barnyard Days to get makeover
• Former New Mexico governor pushes for pot legalization
• Volunteers spruce up Joplin-area houses
• Joplin senior one of nation’s forensic elite
• New faces, names fill campaign coffers of Blunt, Carnahan
• Brad Belk: Joplin moved high-tech with two TV stations in 1954
• Parents University learning tool for families
• Neosho board extends superintendent’s contract
• Summit Street Opry on tap at Girard
• Mixed signals for home building’s rebound in region
• St. John’s renames walking track Mercy Mile
• Neosho R-5 school board extends Page’s contract
• Mike Pound: It’s only a game ... except that it’s really only business
• Aurora woman accused of stealing $250,000 from two employers
• From landfill to lights, Lamar uses waste to generate electricity for town
• Crowder’s MARET Center poised to clear another hurdle
• Roy Blunt visits Newton County GOP
• Mike Pound: Free beer headline prompts two questions: When? Where?
• Amazon focus of annual symposium at MSSU
• Jasper County historian remembered
• Female candidates discount sexism as factor in campaigns
• Energy conference under way
• Dave Woods, The Booze Beat: Dana Divine and the Bo Peep remembered
• Aretha Franklin cancels Kansas City appearance
• DNR says 49 systems in Mo. failed to test water
• Kansas Silver Haired Legislature to convene
• Oklahoma congressman Boren welcomes new baby
• ‘Hope 4 You’ awards grants to help those with breast cancer
• Mike Pound: Lamar parish close to having a new St. Mary’s
• Highway 69 Association says freeway top priority
• Joplin council grants funding for nonprofits
• Picher wetlands back on the table
• Audit says Mo. schools could have gotten $21M more
• Blunt, Carnahan to meet in two debates for Senate
• Missouri Supreme court to consider Jasper County adoption fight
• Blunt to speak at new headquarters today
• Carnahan to speak Saturday at Truman Days
• NTSB to discuss turnpike accident that killed 10
• PSU students roll out for job fair; some employers see turnaround
• Downstream launches soap-recycling program
• Webb City center to highlight Route 66 heritage
• Carl Junction council tackles taxes, pygmy goats
• Galena, Columbus approve 2011 city budgets with spending, tax increases
• Court rules Cherokees can’t join water protection suit
• Bedbugs found in Oklahoma State U. residence
• Former pastor Randy Baldridge accepts Alford Plea on forgery charges
• New York firm to redo grounds around Gateway Arch
• Coffeyville Community College suspends president
• Missouri issues more than $1M in health insurance fines
• Mike Pound: Dance is life, and book collects all the lessons learned
• Neosho council advances austere budget
• Council majority defeats move to ax assistant post
• Crowder surpasses 5,000-student mark
• Dry weather may diminish fall colors
• Enrollment tops 106,000 at Mo. community colleges
• Kansas jobless rate rises, but good news also seen
• MSSU reports enrollment increase
• Smoking ban discussion resurfaces in Webb City
• Tar Creek conference kicks off Wednesday
• Adviser leaves Missouri Gov. Nixon’s staff for union
• Henry to chair opposition to education ballot question
• Parent has concerns about Republic school district
• Carthage man sentenced to prison for child abuse
• Council approves fire station site
• Ex-group home operator denies trying to hide anything
• Construction crews closer to completing new vo-tech school
• Commissioners hear complaints about fireworks detonations
• Mike Pound: K.C. Chiefs look halfway good
• St. Louis-area school named after Obama
• Judge rejects challenge to Missouri tax measure
• Carnahan wants Fox News lawsuit resolved quickly
• Family, friends await arrival of 203rd today
• Witnesses allege Robert Dupont ran River of Life Ministries in violation of federal law
• More than 2000 volunteers expected for Great Day of Service in Joplin Sunday
• Joplin welcomes home 203rd battalion
• Couple with Down syndrome tie the knot
• Jo Luck, former Joplin woman, named 2010 World Food Prize Laureate
• Budget, policy issues await Joplin council members during budget sessions
• Carthage school officials seeking volunteers to help plan district’s future
• Kansas regents endorse proposal to use sales tax money for loans
• ‘CSI: Nevada’
• Duenweg’s Celebration Day ‘like a reunion’
• Newton County couple’s custody of 10 foreign children in jeopardy
• Couple with Down syndrome to marry
• PSU could get $1 million as part of plan to restore college buildings
• Volunteers to build LifeChoices addition
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Wesley House food drive slated for next weekend
• Jo Ellis: Variety of activities will keep Carthage visitors, locals busy
• Joplin City Council to take action tonight on site for westside fire station
• Nearly one-fourth of permit holders discharging into Spring River fail state inspections
• MSSU alumni tour renovated mansion
• Next year’s Jasper County budget could be similar to 2010 spending
• Construction to begin for high-speed rail between St. Louis and Chicago
• Arcadia cuts police force from budget
• Jasper County 9-11 board notes shift in call volumes, but not staff reduction
• Joplin Schools forms district PTO
• Seneca schools move forward with policy changes
• Commerce students wage war on cancer
• Armed man robs Great Southern Bank
• Odyssey takes crime victim to work with criminals in Joplin
• Joplin forms district PTO
• Mike Pound: ‘Worst Person’ mantle passes from Kevin to Ken
• BOG frowns on satisfaction survey
• Heating prices low; tax credits help pay for new systems
• Missouri’s toddler immunization rate lowest in US
• Weather official: hailstone appears to be record
• Oklahoma group says teen pregnancy rising in state
• Gingrich to speak at Missouri Western
• Missouri House fails to override veto
• Storm damages roof of school gymnasium in Columbus, Kan.
• JPD plans weekend crack down on drunk driving
• Downtown streets to close for Third Thursday
• Texan pleads guilty to robbing Miami, Okla., bank in June
• City of Joplin plans giveaway of wood chips
• Mike Pound: Cooking up something good in the Let’s Eat section
• Church not threatened by lawsuit by IHOP
• Dance clubs’ owner charged with stealing from partner
• 203rd troops on their way home
• Kansas City wants $2.1M award for judge applicant tossed
• Fugitive from Indiana caught in central Missouri
• Historic mansion in SW Missouri up for sale
• Emergency services board notes shift in dispatching
• Audit says KC-area town broke speed trap law
• Police say business broke new laws for strip clubs
• Group organizes to support ‘conservative’ candidates
• Racial overtones cited in assault-trial testimony
• Plan for buildings to reach Joplin board by end of year
• Hundreds turn out for job fair
• Mike Pound: Miss M’s philosophy? ‘Just keep living’
• Webb City, Carterville cleanup project nearing completion
• IHOP sues prayer center over use of same name
• Hepler man dies in mowing accident
• Webb City district to receive gift in teachers’ honor
• Pittsburg City Commission to put sales tax back on ballot
• Defendant, charged with felony assault, takes plea deal
• Tri-State Water Resource Coalition forms utility commission
• Preliminary results: Joplin School District to miss mark this year
• Chiefs’ ‘MNF’ game was for the younger
• Neosho outlines $15 million budget
• Briarbrook CID board forms committees
• Kansas students beat national average on SAT
• No Space Needle at 2010 Oklahoma State Fair
• Organizers to discuss bodies exhibit
• Jobs fair attracting companies and trade schools
• American Majority Action opens headquarters today
• Mike Pound: Mother-daughter tangle an event to avoid
• Costumed teen draws police attention
• Jasper County restricting inmate mail to postcards
• MSSU sports teams help with charity’s move
• Groundwork laid for artists alliance
• 10-year mission nets Pittsburg State $122.7 million
• Sex offender sentenced to prison for living near day-care center
• Enrollment, APR top school board agenda
• Area authorities nab suspect in Colorado case after three-day manhunt
• Money flows from outside Missosuri to back dog measure
• Missouri House leader: Spend, don’t save federal money
• KC's Union Station now reporting $1M surplus
• Restaurants to donate proceeds to United Way
• Missouri students beat national average on SAT
• Law enforcement searching McDonald County for fugitive
• Area schools fare well in annual review
• Suspect wanted for attempted murders arrested in McDonald County after three-day manhunt
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Constitution, national anthem on Pittsburg agendas
• Jo Ellis: Great landscapes require annual fall chores
• Joplin business gets loan to make paint balls
• Two-lane Bella Vista bypass to get under way next year
• MoDOT completes four interchanges as part of upgrading U.S. 71 to interstate status
• Day of caring benefits area charities
• Couple celebrate 70-year marriage, lasting friendship
• Families delight in Prairie Day
• ‘Water is becoming a big deal’
• Mike Pound: It’s a beautiful thing what lobbyists do
• Oklahoma hand transplant recipient has another surgery
• Federal officials approve regional Missouri Civil War plan
• Missouri wants $100K stimulus back from film festival
• Blunt, Carnahan differ on oil, energy policies
• Atheist billboard provokes Oklahoman Christians
• Missouri House to attempt veto override of money bill
• Tea party activists opening Joplin headquarters
• Consultant: Companies seek small towns for growth
• Joplin City Council members bicker over evaluations
• Officer: Forstes were warned that they could be charged
• Students see tech labs in action
• Firefighters to do final inspection of new truck before delivery
• City, school district to form closer bond
• Local schools observe anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks
• Jury finds in favor of former Jasper County officials
• 10,000 expected for Tea Party rally
• Report: Corrosion unchecked at Gateway Arch
• Southwest Missouri school board upholds book ban
• Grant funds awarded for upcoming musical events in Joplin
• Joplin lands American Eagle airline service
• Joplin Residents are Facing Foreclosure. The NFCC Can Help.
• Flood watch in effect for Northeast Oklahoma
• Bike ride, event at PSU Veterans Memorial to commemorate 9/11
• Neosho man sentenced to life plus 227 years for rape of woman
• Mike Pound: Change will do Ronald McDonald House good
• Escapees caught while breaking back into jail
• Bank robber draws 10 years in prison
• Mike Pound: House donation opens doors at Boys & Girls Club
• E-mail remarks offend some council members
• Man accused in traffic deaths pleads not guilty
• Bike ride, PSU event at Veterans Memorial to commemorate 9/11
• Speakers: Community, economic development are inseparable
• Police: New streetlights reducing crime in Joplin
• Small egg operations in Kansas notice increase in demand
• Storm that killed two in Texas continues north
• Kansas Fair hosts preparedness day
• Natural causes cited in Oklahoman’s death
• Freed Neosho post office burglar says Missouri court system is broken
• Future Missouri teachers may get smaller pensions
• Missouri gov. expects tax credit review by Thanksgiving
• Results of secondhand smoke study to be released
• Authorship of medical certificate at issue in Rita Hunter’s malicious prosecution trial
• The Responsible Bathroom Water Conservation Tour
• Neosho council appoints two to ethics board
• Softball fields to get lights
• Jury hears testimony in Rita Hunter trial
• Webb City roundabout proposal inches forward
• Two McDonald County inmates caught sneaking back into jail
• DuPonts waive jury trials in both civil, criminal cases
• Suspect arrested in attacks on college students
• Official: Missouri wreck that hurt 26 caused by smoke
• Missouri man named commander of AMVETS
• Large tract of land in Southeast Kansas will be donated to state for public hunting
• Local MDA telethon brings in $523,000
• Mike Pound: Religion has become everybody’s business
• Diamond man faces forcible-rape charge
• Webb City smoking ban heads to voters
• West Nile case reported in St. Louis County
• Former union president sentenced for bribery
• Association to study how Kansas schools are funded
• Little Balkans Days draws crowds aplenty
• Joplin’s depot difficulty
• Mike Pound: Dining room table put to work on Labor Day
• Neosho committee proposes using sales tax funds for spec building
• Two events to focus on prairie life
• Sewer plant work ‘on schedule,’ manager says
• Crews spend weekend dismantling unused water tower
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Volunteers at heart of Pittsburg festival
• Jo Ellis: Hospital auxiliary plans fundraising sale
• MoDOT makes $1.9 million available to area communities
• Joplin woman continues fundraising for MDA
• Union Depot timeline: Not in use since 1969
• Expectations grow for higher education despite less funding
• Successful Hunger Challenge results in mobile food pantry
• County approves operating plan for storm shelter
• Joplin city staff to pitch softball field bids during Tuesday meeting
• Richard urges veto override on federal funding measure
• Brazil semester gets under way at Southern
• Ottawa powwow offers free dancing, music
• Questions remain about international mission at Southern
• Mike Pound: Professional rib-eating serious sport
• County approves operating plan for storm shelter
• Retrial results in tougher sentence for '97 case
• Man attempts suicide after receiving 5 life sentences
• Defendant takes stand in retrial
• Historic site to present program on Bleeding Kansas
• Blunt brings NRA officials to town for campaign event
• Sentences meted out in Miami death in home-invasion
• Southeast Kansas residents to help refine list of future highway projects
• Judge orders Nebraska officials to pay Westboro fees
• LaBarge reports record earnings, sales for quarter, full fiscal year
• Mother Road Marathon attracts hundreds from many states
• Severe weather possible tonight
• EMS air safety eyed after Arkansas accident
• Joplin woman suing school district
• Mike Pound: Diamond squad brings cheer to students in need
• Retrial of slumber-party rape case begins
• Mother Road Marathon draws nearly 1,000 runners
• Rep. Jenkins talks about health care reform, partisanship
• Lamar residents urge county officials to preserve trees on courthouse lawn
• Artist recycles library’s roof
• KDOT focusing on 2 options for passenger rail
• Newton County completes phase one of jail upgrade
• Graduate of NEO named national commander of American Legion
• Hearing delayed for accused Missouri lawmaker
• Ex-Kan. AG’s ethics case postponed until February
• Double hand transplant patient shows new hands
• Drury University loans bikes to students
• Parking garage at St. John’s to be demolished
• Missouri joins federal database for vehicle titles
• Missouri judge orders real estate tax on fall ballot
• Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club to offer flu shots
• Mid-America Auto Lifts in Aurora gets Missouri tax credits
• Philip Willcoxon named new Ozark Center CEO
• Grove High School locked down after stabbing
• President ends U.S. combat role in Iraq
• Neosho council updates residents on posed budget
• Carl Junction man honored as finalist for teacher of year
• Sheriff’s deputies enforcing new law on adult businesses
• AAA: Slow economy won’t throttle Labor Day travel
• Mike Pound: Texting and driving is -------
• Jenkins addresses residents in Baxter Springs appearance
• Search to begin for new director of Missouri department
• Missouri Supreme Court declines defenders’ case
• Two small earthquakes recorded in central Oklahoma
• Applicants for Kansas Supreme Court face deadline
• Fund repayments expected to be part of budget outline
• Mike Pound: A moment of cheeseburger greatness
• Police: Arsonist at work in Quapaw
• Grand jury indicts man in Lamar bank robbery
• Lawsuit against Rita Hunter to go forward Sept. 7
• Albuquerque police say evidence gathered in Joplin could take a month more to process
• Jasper County commissioners set tax levies
• Picher residents prepare for depositions
• Deputy placed on leave
• Mike Pound: A great game at a great park with great friends
• Search under way for new DNR director
• Impact of drought felt by farmers
• More agencies, Ozark Cavefish now factors in MARET Center project
• Cherokee County Commissioners work on 2011 budget
• Search on for new Missouri DNR director
• Oklahoma Soldiers leave to teach agri practices to Afghans
• Dove season opens in Kansas on Wednesday
• Elk restoration meetings draw 300 in southern Missouri
• Duenweg woman killed in car accident
• Carthage adoption case may make it to Missouri Supreme Court
• Feed The Children investigates founder over loan
• Cash for showing up? Some Missouri schools trying it
• Local arts patrons eye proposed center
• Hatchery targets late September for opening of new center
• Exports boost bottom lines of area companies
• Newton County 911 to move in November
• MSSU’s themed semester starts Monday
• Plans for 7th District debates unsettled, despite proposals
• Off-duty Christian County sheriff’s deputy arrested
• CAP: Not anti-smoker, just anti-smoke
• Vets reflect on sacrifices of war
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Flapjack fundraiser nets $2,600
• Jo Ellis: Health department duties spreading wider
• Kansas driving manual steers some drivers wrong
• Joplin Workshops loses Freeman contract
• Groups say coal-ash site in Oklahoma tainting water
• Public defenders group takes appeal to high court
• Judge refuses to stop Missouri law on sexual businesses
• 91-year-old tabbed as parade grand marshal
• Neosho council approves 42.25-cent property tax
• Mike Pound: Heard any good ‘your economy’ jokes lately?
• Baxter Springs clinic plans January opening
• Gospel Sing
• Newly effective state laws include measure to control adult businesses
• Motion for venue change overruled in lawsuit against Rita Hunter
• Freed prisoner faces challenge to make new life
• Joplin’s CVB director retiring
• Wandering goat fascinates eastern Missouri town
• Schools: Wyandotte girl’s death a safety reminder
• Missouri State Fair says more than 300,000 visited
• Missouri judge considers adult business lawsuit
• Numbers run gamut: Joplin, Carthage, Neosho report enrollment gains; Carl Junction, Webb City counts
• Mike Pound: PSU groundskeeper receives Royal treatment
• Joplin area Muslims gather for Ramadan
• Judge to rule today on lawsuit challenging sex-business controls
• Fire victims starting over; outpouring of help ‘a godsend’
• JLT seeks more info on posed center: Theater group enthusiastic about cultural village idea, just wa
• Mike Pound: Store still serves as gathering place
• Officer charged with manslaughter free on recognizance bond
• Tax rejected, Delaware County jail releasing some inmates early
• Drivers with seatbelts to get $1 for 2 weeks
• 4-year-old autistic boy focus of neglect case
• 40 turn out to support posed arts and entertainment center
• Private school embarks on expansion project
• UMB Bank robbery suspect identified
• Carthage council to seek state historic designation
• Officer charged today with manslaughter free on recognizance bond
• New group to promote safety at Missouri schools
• Oklahoma schools removing item linked to girl’s death
• Beerfest fundraiser on tap
• Baxter Springs Council approves water-rate increase for big users
• Joplin UMB bank robbed; suspect arrested
• BREAKING NEWS: Southwest City officer charged with involuntary manslaughter in shooting death
• Carl Junction board approves tax increase
• Mike Pound: Group hopes to restore former Round Prairie School
• U.S. Rep. Boren to face veterinarian in 2nd District
• Postal burglar could go free
• Man’s last statement to be given to defendant
• Red Cross seeks money for fire victims
• ‘Fire all over’: Four suffer minor injuries in apartment blaze
• Groups mobilize to aid Joplin apartment fire victims
• Carl Junction teacher nominated for top teaching honor
• Kansas study panel drafting drunken driving plan
• Missouri River race gets under way after delay
• Red Cross establishes service center at Independent Living Center
• Webb City Council to consider ban on smoking
• Commission reconsiders plan to sell Medoc property
• Mike Pound: Dog days as predictable as seasons
• Flying Fortress lands in Joplin
• Initial autopsy finds no cause in girl’s death
• Crime-spree details revealed
• Kansas governor visits PSU auto tech department
• Pittsburg hospital gets ‘fresh face’
• Missouri Southern welcomes new students
• Jo Ellis: Civil War traveling exhibit coming to Powers Museum
• Experts use Miami’s soils for earthquake research
• Push is on
• Kansas woman drops suit challenging Nebraska flag law
• Missouri lawmaker challenges primary result
• OSU sets record for systemwide enrollment at 35K
• Casino competition in Sumner County heats up again
• Kansas tries to help more homeless students
• Kansas woman being tried for Nebraska funeral protest
• Missouri court orders release of convicted burglar
• Back to school means more freshmen at Mizzou
• BREAKING: Firefighters responding to building fire in southeast Joplin
• Andrea Bryan Stefanoni: Pittsburg trail project nearing completion
• Carl Junction roundabouts on hold
• Joplin could play key role if New Madrid quake hits
• PSU faces housing crunch
• Brad Belk: Baseball manager found best season with Joplin Miners
• PSU faculty welcome proposal for fine arts, performing arts center
• Accident kills Wyandotte teen
• Capital projects drive up bottom line in Joplin budget
• Family of murder victims looking for ‘new normal’ after suspects caught
• Bikers roar into Joplin for cycle celebration
• Carthage police chief recovering from transplant, eager to return to work
• Cultural arts center gathers momentum
• JROTC cadets try ‘realistic’ military drills
• Missouri judge considers real estate ballot measure
• For time being, health officials recommend avoidance of raw, undercooked eggs
• Scouts mark milestone with 100-hour campfire
• MSSU prepares for new year amid backdrop of gloomy outlook for state budget
• Enrollment likely to rise at Southern
• Ex-Carthage gas station facing civil penalties
• Police continue probing fatal playground accident
• Guilty pleas entered to two Joplin arsons
• Three men charged with Jasper County kidnapping
• Ozark Memorial Cemetery makes $28,741 payment, avoids public auction
• Interior secretary visiting Gateway Arch
• Kansas unemployment rate 6.9 percent in July
• Stephens College challenge: lose weight, collect $1M
• Baboon on loose? Turns out a hoax
• Website helps match up dorm roommates
• Former Carthage gas station faces civil penalties
• Oklahoma National Guard to deploy 3,500 to Afghan
• Wyandotte girl killed trying to get back on new playground equipment
• $170,000 embezzlement reported to Joplin police
• Mike Pound: Junior high not the same for everyone
• Arizona prison chief says state didn’t detect flaws before murderers escaped
• Electric rates going up and, most likely, up
• PSU faces tight budget as enrollment climbs
• Kansas casino developers eye next contest step
• Blunt, Carnahan campaigning at Missouri State Fair
• Missouri panel enhances guidance on criminal sentencing
• Couple fined for hosting teen parties with alcohol
• Seneca gets $6.6 million for wastewater plant
• DOT grants delay in airline bid decision that affects Joplin
• Blunt pulls campaign video showing World Trade Center site
• Neosho official: Budget proposal won’t include chamber contract
• Nevada Habilitation Center will close after residents go to community homes
• School, city agree on fire doors for North Middle School
• Joplin district starts year with more students and expectations
• Miami flood study to get high priority
• Missouri auditor releasing review of sex offender list
• Record number of Missouri grads took ACT college exam
• Fire hits campaign offfice of Missouri U.S. Rep. Carnahan
• MSSU to welcome freshman during Joplin downtown event
• Neosho man gets 30 months for Obama threat
• Webb City Superintendent Rossetti spends first day of school with students
• Neosho council receives OK to resurrect property tax
• Joplin man neither first nor last to be scrutinized in Albuquerque murders
• Sheriff’s Department to resume providing own dispatching services
• Carl Junction council OKs slight boost in tax rate
• Mike Pound: Local autism center provides gifts
• Baxter Springs board approves budget with slight tax decrease
• Mike Pound: PSU groundskeeper to realize dream
• Neosho school officials eye recreation center purchase
• Deputy says murder charges likely in Sarcoxie boy’s death
• Construction of softball fields could cost up to $2.1 million
• Area animal shelters still swamped
• Judge: Missouri funeral protest ban unconstitutional
• Family seeks missing PSU student
• Empire believes power plant ready
• Chickasaw Nation sinks $7M into refurbishing Okla. racetrack
• Finalists for Arch grounds’ makeover unveiled
• Missouri AG Koster convenes lake water quality forum
• Thousands await Kansas social services
• September opening forecast for tech center
• Long-time G.W. Carver re-enactor sets sights on law school
• Joplin council OKs slight tax hike
• Galena City Council proposes nearly $2.9 million budget for 2011 Higher spending, taxes included
• Columbus school board approves budget with decreased taxes
• Push to get rid of plastic bags gets boost in California
• School district working with city on fire-safety issue
• Eckersley, Long camps debate about debates
• Joplin Regional Prosperity Initiative seeking $2 million federal grant
• Tax increases proposed in Carl Junction
• Illinois worker wins $30 million verdict in diacetyl popcorn chemical lawsuit
• KC police say gang targeted other criminals
• Kansas delegation talks energy policy with oilmen
• Oklahoma judge says charter school can get state funds
• CORRECTION: Date of county’s annual tax sale
• More Kansans are using seat belts this year
• Columbia council to consider Taser ban
• Despite heat, record Kansas corn crop likely
• Mike Pound: Some menus devoid of snootiness
• Joplin property tax, proposed budget topics of hearings
• Ride raises funds for Red Cross
• Extent of Schifferdecker pool malfunction yet to be assessed
• Riverton board approves budget with tax increase
• $1 million grant to help bring history alive in Southwest Missouri school districts
• Proposal calls for recyclers to receive break on trash bill
• Jasper County’s tax sale in offing
• Local public defender office still ‘open,’ but stressed
• Teams play ball for 203rd unit
• Carthage couple battle for their adopted child
• Jo Ellis: Market offers local produce, baked goods
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Pittsburg workers build camaraderie, teamwork
• Pittsburg panel wrestles with decision, but holds levy flat for 2010-11
• Animal adoption center needs dog food
• Second black bear falls victim to vehicle in Newton County
• Heat wave to break soon
• State patrol wraps up probe of officer-involved shooting
• Corvettes cruise Route 66
• Man ruled competent for trial in SE Kansas death
• VA to use federal money to enhance Kansas cemeteries
• NTSB wraps up on-scene work at bus crash site
• Missouri school districts express doubt over funding
• Swing low: Joplin and other golf courses sees downward trend in play
• Group produces water-quality plan for Spring River
• Specifics still to come on federal jobs bill
• 9/11 cargo for memorial project on display
• Crawford County murder defendant found competent
• New school year to bring few changes
• Judge throws out Missouri some hunting regulations
• Mike Pound: What does it mean when Brett Farve sees his shadow?
• Softball event raises funds for soldiers returning from war
• Crawford County murder defendant found competent
• Joplin per capita income stays nearly flat
• Oklahoma prisons operating at 99 percent capacity
• Victims’ group asks OKC archbishop to reach out
• Missouri State Fair opening annual run in Sedalia
• Kansas firefighter cited in dispute over not removing hat
• Week after tragedy, school opens in St. James
• Joplin couple assisting authorities in murder of family members
• Homeless man suspected of robbing Joplin Walgreens
• Cherokee County school districts propose budgets; most include small tax reductions
• Sewer project launched at Jane
• Mike Pound: There used to be a ballpark in Baxter Springs
• Carl Junction CID board moves forward with bond plan
• Feral cat program adopted in Carthage
• Officer recounts brutality of assault
• Mayor: Jobs bill will not help Neosho
• Mike Pound: Savor the smoke, hold the sauce, if you please
• Arkansas search for fugitives a dead end
• Police chief, county commissioner troubled by inmate’s release
• Webb City construction projects to last into fall
• Joplin woman in stable condition; charges expected to be filed
• Police, firefighter layoffs take effect in Neosho
• Joplin police probe shooting of woman
• Arizona retrieving inmates housed at Oklahoma prison
• B-2 passes test
• Missouri Rep. Skelton criticizes Hartzler over military
• Jefferson City working on cemetery damage
• Couple killed by escapees grew up in McDonald County
• Plan for cameras to enforce insurance laws halted
• Missouri regulators back to work on renewable energy
• Adult businesses sue over Missouri strip club law
• Judge: public defenders must represent client
• Seneker, ‘old school’ former sheriff, dies at 75
• Mike Pound: Club is all dolled up with nowhere to go
• Joplin school board maintains levy rate
• County board discusses sheriff’s dispatching plan
• Boy Scouts to honor local businessman
• State panel to consider historic designation for downtown Joplin areas
• Charges against two Seneca football players dropped
• Carthage proposes 1.6-cent rise in city property tax
• Webb City school board to set levy
• Longtime Democrat dies at 81
• Carthage attorney, reformer of revenue department, dies
• Oklahoma revenue collections continue positive trend
• University charts 3-year strategic plan
• Commission adopts $4.3 billion road, bridge plan
• Relief from high temperatures available
• Health overhaul remains on Missouri voters’ minds
• Heat repeat: Year's third heat wave to continue through week
• Shooting victim identified
• Roper: Award a ‘great honor’
• Police investigating apparent shooting
• Online charter school sues Oklahoma Department of Education
• Debate stirs over electing Kansas Supreme Court
• Missouri group fights dog breeding ballot measure
• Drunken driver involved in injury accident in 2009
• Speaker outlines causes of school violence
• Liability concerns expressed over cemetery issue
• Andra Bryan Stefanoni: Still waiting for ‘lazy’ days of summer
• Jo Ellis: Musical icon sweeping into Carthage theater
• Black, white alike commemorate emancipation with Park Day
• Worlds of Fun announces $5 million makeover
• Heat index expected to hit 115 in Missouri, Kansas
• Carthage attorney, former revenue director dies
• Analysis: Blunt parsing $700B financial bailout
• Sign-up period for farm conservation program nears
• Kansas student-built homes idle in down market
• Amtrak: Ridership on Chicago-St. Louis line is up
• Big turnout at visitations for accident victims
• Red Cross cooling center open again
• Black, white alike commemorate emancipation with Park Day
• Carthage to consider allowing feral cat colonies
• Joplin school board to set property tax
• Pittsburg sales tax could return to ballot in November
• Crowder eyes fundraising projects for McDonald County center
• First day of school for Seneca delayed until Aug. 26
• Eckersley, Long agree on series of debates at county courthouses
• Wetland project at Downstream Casino under way
• Joplin’s assessed valuation falls
• Vietnamese traditions bring pageantry to procession; religious gathering attracts 60,000
• Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery faces several financial judgments
• Webb City band raises funds for accident victim
• Patrons fill Angel Cafe with hope
• Crawford County Fair attracts entries, hundreds of spectators
• Sex offender caught in Joplin on Tuesday faces federal charges
• Aegis to expand Joplin center
• Heat expected to return to area on Sunday
• Neosho police force could be halved
• Shoppers look to take advantage of sales tax holiday
• Russian grain export ban helps Oklahoma wheat farmers
• Missouri creates new job training program
• Sex offender caught in Joplin Wednesday faces federal charges
• Stuff the Bus ongoing
• Aegis announces plans to hire 250 people for Joplin call center
• Seneca delays start of school
• Carthage councilman files as independent to face presiding commissioner
• Lamar man charged with bank robbery
• Neosho to lay off up to 22 police, firemen
• Tribes launch health clinic project
• Two women charged in 10-year-old murder case
• Presentation to help sort facts, myths about big cats
• Joplin schools, businesses mobilize for school year
• Lamar man charged in bank robbery
• Missouri could get up to $400M for Medicaid, schools
• Missouri school bus crash
• Missouri tax revenues fall in July, sales weaker
• 1 of nation’s oldest elephants dies in Springfield
• Construction of $10 million Indian Health Clinic getting under way
• School buses collide causing two deaths near St. Louis
• Carl Junction accepts settlement with T-Mobile
• Chief of American Indian group charged with sex crime with child
• Blunt visits Joplin; Carnahan planning Springfield event
• Carthage brothers sentenced to terms in federal prison
• US official says poor nations need better help
• Water bottles found in stomach of dead alligator
• Galena council votes to fill vacancy
• Louisiana sex offender caught at Joplin bus stop
• Marian Days attendees to bring AC from home
• City looks to budget cuts, fee increases
• Expert: Museum collections warrant research center
• Victim’s father hopes Joplin yields answers
• Carthage doctor, brother, receive federal prison sentences
• Primary picks winner in many Missouri Legislature races
• Missouri Senate race focusing on Washington
• Death of Church Member
• Death of Church Member
• Death of Church Member
• Nursing Pinning Slated For Friday
• Earth Day Celebration - Tire, Appliance, Electronic Drop Off
• HOST FAMILIES NEEDED FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS
• Cross Cultural Connection
• Boomtown Days
• Fur Ball

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