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With the help of local generosity, the Carthage Area United Way reached beyond the goal for 2011.
Annie Johnson learned how to write her name in Arabic, Daffol Ott taught students how to speak a few German phrases and Juan Lopez was happy to speak about his native Guatemala.
Minutes after reaching an agreement to end a filibuster effort that lasted nearly 15 hours, the Missouri Senate endorsed legislation early Thursday that would change the state's workplace discrimination laws.
A ministry started by a former Carthage coach five years ago has helped a lot of area youngsters develop into top-notch basketball players while instilling strong Christian values.
Your daily news briefing, with the video of the day, the top news and the quote of the day.
Second graders at Steadley Elementary School in Carthage got the chance to be sports reporters for a while and interview a Major League Baseball player.
The Carthage Fire Department could have in its inventory a rebuilt fire tanker and the first, all new fire engine added to the fleet in decades by the end of the summer.
The play “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” written by Sarah Ruhl, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31 – Feb. 4 in the Bud Walton Black Box Theatre at Missouri Southern State University.
Every customer at McDonald's has a chance to share a heart.
Administrators of Catholic schools threw their support Tuesday behind a proposal that would allow students in failing public schools to receive scholarships for private schools subsidized by state tax credits.
Faced with yet another round of likely state budget cuts, the University of Missouri system wants to increase tuition next year by 7.5 percent at its flagship Columbia campus and even more at its campuses in St. Louis and Rolla.
Help on filing income taxes is available again this year at the VITA tax site, located at the Family Neighborhood Literacy Center, 706 Orchard St., Carthage., for low to medium income persons.
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City officials say they hope to replace all 11 existing storm sirens in Carthage in time for the start of the height of severe storm season in May.
An opinion issued by the Missouri Attorney General’s office on Jan 20 leaves a long-standing practice, giving county sheriffs across Missouri money they control, in doubt.
Eight months after a tornado laid waste to much of this city, Joplin is wrestling with an emotional question: Should the community market its devastated neighborhoods to tourists?
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon enthusiastically endorsed plans Tuesday for a new Midwestern oil pipeline, emphasizing its potential for thousands of construction jobs while drawing a contrast with President Barack Obama's recent rejection of a separate cross-country pipeline.
