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.
A suspect arrested on Saturday led police in a foot race through Carthage’s historic downtown, scaling and then dropping off rooftops before being captured about an hour later.
Saturday was a day of shining cars, rocking music, tasty barbecue and, more than anything else, sweltering temperatures.
Dwayne Beaver has a new name for his storm spotter station.
The filing period opened on Tuesday for three seats that are up for grabs in November on the Jasper County Emergency Services Board of Directors.
A long-time leader and chronicler of history in Carthage has passed into history himself.
Hundreds of hands got shook in Memorial Hall on Monday night as politicians tried to convince their constituents why they should be in office.
Mud was the reason for the celebration, as 370 children along with their families and more than 70 volunteers packed a corner of the former Myers Park Airport on Saturday.
Local businesses tipped their hats — and their wallets — to the kids of the Jasper County Youth Fair this weekend.
Get ready for ice cream and politics.
At an early morning ceremony, officials with the Jasper County Youth Board and the Carthage Chamber of Commerce cut the ribbon on the George A. Kolpin 4-H Concession on the Jasper County Youth Fair grounds.
The annual Jasper County Youth Fair brings together hundredss of kids every year, and it’s marked by a week of fun, fellowship and typical fair fare.
The Jasper County Youth Fair kicked off its first full day on Tuesday, slowly filling the fair grounds at Municipal Park.
Attorney General Chris Koster said today a Jasper County audiologist has been charged with three felony counts of Medicaid fraud.
Robin Standridge is a mandated reporter. As a requirement of her profession — as the drug-free communities director for the Alliance of Southwest Missouri and as a director and organizer for several children’s organizations — she is required to report any instance in which she has a reasonable suspicion that a child is being abused.
The sight of children lunging into the streets for candy pitched from vehicles and floats in the Maple Leaf Parade will be a thing of the past if the Carthage Chamber’s Maple Leaf planning committee has its way.
Jasper County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the apparent self-inflicted death of Jason R. Piepenbrink, 33, Webb City, who was one step ahead of deputies who were looking for him in connection with a child molestation.
Terry McDonald stops by the Farmer’s Market on the Carthage Square at least once a week. He says he’s drawn to it because of the selection he gets — the kind of selection you won’t find at Wal-Mart.
Jasper County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the apparent self-inflicted death of Jason R. Piepenbrink, 33, Webb City, who was allegedly fleeing from them when they tried to arrest him.
