The United Way Day of Caring will take place Friday, May 16, and begin at the Whitney House at the Precious Moments Lake at 7 a.m. where breakfast will be served before traveling to the different agencies.

This event is a day that community volunteers help non-profit agencies with needed tasks and physical needs.

Severe storms, including what meteorologists believe was a powerful tornado, ripped through the Tri-State area leaving a minimum of four people dead in Newton and Jasper counties.

Bill Davis, chief meteorologist at the National Weather Service Office in Springfield, said a 16-year-old girl was reported killed when a tree fell on her four miles east of Carthage.

When visiting New York City, one of the top things to see is the Empire State Building.
Not only will Kari Kaughman see the Empire State Building this fall, but she will be attending college in the family facility.

Kari, the 8th ranked academic senior at Carthage High School this year, will attend Kings College in New York City and will major in Politics, Philosophy and Economics with a focus on the media.

Sophia Loren of Women and Beauty once wrote, “When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.”

However, for 37-year-old Cindy Lungstrum thinking twice isn’t an option. This mother of six has a little more work to do than the rest of us.

The Carthage Humane Society will get more money than it did last year from the city, but it's not what the group asked for.

Jacob Martin, the 9th ranked academic senior at Carthage High School, is following a tradition established by both his parents and both his brothers.

While some business was conducted, much of Thursday's annual meeting of Leggett and Platt shareholders was spent saying farewell to two directors with a combined 107 years with the company.

Changes have been announced at Precious Moments that will affect the current and future operation of the park.

Not very often does one get the opportunity to celebrate in a cemetery.

Tria Thomas, daughter of Dina and Andy Thomas of Carthage is not your typical daughter of a renowned artist.

A tour bus from St. Paul, Minn., carrying 19 tourists, ran off the west side of Chapel Road about one-half mile from Precious Moments Park at approximately 10 a.m. today injuring three people.

Many churches in Jasper County are now aware of the potential for a pandemic flu thanks to a packet of information mailed out last month.

Storms on Wednesday and Thursday morning dumped heavy rains across the area, pushing streams and rivers toward flood stage.

Rainy, muddy conditions in early spring of 1903 caused a number of problems that interfered with the usual routines for many New City families and for rural residents of the nearby area.

Not many people can say that being at work feels like home.