Participants in this year’s Relay For Life spent Tuesday evening kicking off the event with snacks, refreshments, visiting and karaoke.

With more than $34,000 to spare, the Carthage Area United Way met and surpassed its 2007 goal of $300,000.

February 4-8 has been celebrated as National School Counseling Week.

In conjunction with the R-9 School Board of Education appreciation week, Pleasant Valley Elementary School celebrated Tuesday as Reading Round Up Day.

The year 2007 for the Carthage area will go done in history as one of unpredictable weather,  historic constructions and sudden resignations.
But for Carthage High School football fans, there is no question as to what the top story of 2007 is – a 23-22 victory over the Webb City Cardinals.

Officer Doug Dickey, Keith Costley, Lenny Davis, Mike Turnbull and Tom Moore sing during the Carthage Jr. High Christmas assembly.

Members of the community participated in the Parents as Teachers Playday Dec. 6 at the First Church of the Nazarene.

Members of the community gathered to enjoy the artwork titled “A PIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION” and “Fabric Collage,” by artists Donna Roberts and her daughter Kelly Moreland.