Extra Carthage police officers will be on the streets this weekend specifically to watch for drunk or otherwise impaired drivers as residents celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

This week begins a big month in the life of a Carthage teenager facing charges as a result of a car crash in 2006 that killed a Carthage High School student.

Colonel James F. Keathley announced that 14 employees, including three from Troop D, which works in Southwest Missouri, were honored at the Patrol's 18th annual awards banquet on April 19.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol will hold a sobriety checkpoint in Jasper County, but exactly where and when are a mystery.

Carthage police said no children were injured when a school bus rammed a car from behind on Fir Road near the intersection with Dr. Russell Smith Way.

Williams celebrates 30 years with Carthage Fire Department

Thursday, April 24, 2008, marks 30 years of service at the Carthage Fire Department for Roger Williams, battalion chief with the department.

An airplane owned by a skydiving company based in Nixa crashed shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday near the Mount Vernon Municipal Airport, leaving two people dead and two more seriously injured. The identity of the people in the plane has not been released as of late Saturday.

Carthage police arrested a suspect in a stabbing that happened on the west side of the city late Thursday.

A disagreement between the owner of a trucking company and his ex-partner led to Thursday morning’s murder – suicide in northern Newton County.

The new director of the Jasper County 9-1-1 dispatch center is the same man who has held the post for the past seven months.

A time of transition and change for the Carthage Police Department continued on Tuesday.

The 2007 Year End Report produced by the Carthage Police Department for 2007 is more than just a list of dry numbers and statistics.

On Wednesday, April 2, a fire completely destroyed the home of a local family.

Lynda P. Rush of Sheldon, Mo., was transported to Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Mo, after receiving moderate injuries in a crash Monday morning.

The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department is not taking donations for a new “crime task force,” and the people calling local residents seeking donations for that task force are committing fraud.