A three-year-old boy is recovering after suffering only minor injuries when he was hit by a car and thrown several feet on Friday in the 800 block of Oak Street.
It probably isn’t classified as a hobby, but 91-year-old Harry Ripley has found the cure for his retirement boredom.
It’s been a tough summer for the Carthage parks department crews when it comes to repairing damage caused by vandals.
Matthew Laurin, the man who pleaded guilty on Monday to murdering Robert and Ellen Sheldon in their rural Carthage home in 2008, committed suicide in his cell in the Jasper County Jail on Wednesday, according to Jasper County Sheriff Archie Dunn.
With the new school year just around the corner, several area agencies are sponsoring back-to-school programs to make sure area kids in need have supplies ready to go.
Thanks to a $1,500 donation, the “Big Mack” is one step closer to a complete restoration.
For the Sheldon family, it wasn’t the ideal outcome, but they took some comfort in knowing that one of two men accused of killing their parents will spend the rest of his life in jail.
Tom Schweich and Allen Icet both have qualities they feel will make them effective and successful as the Missouri state auditor.
Matthew Laurin, 21, Springfield, plead guilty Monday to two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of first-degree burglary in the Oct. 11, 2008 slaying of Bob Sheldon, 70, and his wife, Ellen Sheldon, 71, at their home on Black Powder Lane immediately west of Carthage.
A small child was taken by medical helicopter to a hospital in Springfield on Friday after he was hit by a mini-van and thrown about 20 feet.
Right now it’s just rooms and carpet, but the building just off the Square already feels more like home than Area Community Health Emissaries Dental Clinic’s current location.
For the third time this summer, the Carthage Municipal Park Pool was forced to close because of a particularly gross kind of vandalism.
People have been doing it for years, but now it’s official: the YMCA is referring to itself as “The Y.”
With the construction of Carthage R-9’s Technical Center South nearly complete at Carthage High School, some officials have their eye on what they can accomplish in the old facility – Tech Center North.
A dispute between the city of Carthage and an Oklahoma electric cooperative over an easement at the Fair Acres Sports complex won’t be resolved anytime soon despite the relative simplicity of the case.
For the third time this summer, the Carthage Municipal Park Pool was forced to close because of a particularly gross kind of vandalism. Carthage Parks Director Alan Bull said the pool was closed on Thursday after officials discovered that vandals had struck, something that has become alarmingly routine this summer. Bull said he hopes to reopen the pool on Friday.
Three weeks ago between 3,000 and 4,000 people packed Municipal Park for three events on a Saturday night, a big crowd for sure.
The Aug. 3 primary is coming fast and the 10 men who want to take over for Roy Blunt as the U.S. Congressman from Southwest Missouri are working hard to capture the hearts and minds — and votes of area residents.
After a few final tweaks, an ordinance to legalize caretaking of feral cat colonies in Carthage is on its way to City Council thanks to a 3-1 vote by the Public Safety Committee on Monday.
