A sudden and rapid spike has taken gas prices in Carthage and Southwest Missouri to near all-time highs, with no obvious reason for the increase, according to the Auto Club.

In preparation for a new location in Carthage and helping more local young parents for future generations, LifeChoices is gearing up for a fundraiser.

A revamped Carthage Chamber of Commerce Business Expo 2013 kicked off with Chamber members and guests invited to preview the 66 booths at the May Business After Hours, Thursday at the Congregation of the Mother Co-Redemptrix Auditorium, 1900 S. Grand.John Hoffer Dodge is sponsored the Business After Hours on Thursday.

Jasper County Assistant Prosecutor Norman Rouse said a fund, set up by former Sheriff Archie Dunn by the company that handles phone calls by inmates in the Jasper County Detention Center for the sheriff's use, was illegal, but Dunn's attorney disagrees.

Get your calendars and make your reservations now.

Most little kids dream at one point in their childhood of becoming a firefighter and driving around saving people in those big red (or yellow) fire trucks.

A chance to reach out and help others outside this nation will take place Saturday, May 4.

Between 40 and 50 people packed the Jasper County Commissioners' office at the Courthouse in Carthage to voice their opinion on a proposed public nuisance ordinance for rural areas of the county.

Area Master Gardeners were recognized at the annual graduation and recognition event earlier this month in Carthage.

A living relative of James Sylvester Scott, the ragtime composer and Carthage native, will attend the Carthage Historic Preservation's Phelps House Ragtime Ball III, slated for 7 p.m.-11 p.m. Saturday at the historic home on Grand Avenue.

The nuisance ordinance debate in Jasper County became a battle of dueling rights on Tuesday.