Carl Junction News

Implementation of a new program aimed at targeting students who work and may be at risk of dropping out of school will be discussed by the Joplin R-8 Board of Education during a meeting Tuesday night.

I am writing to say hello from Rhode Island. I am in the seventh grade at Goff Junior High School in Pawtucket, R.I. For my geography project I chose your state, Missouri, to do an oral report on.

A year ago, Americans wholeheartedly endorsed "change" promoted by then Democrat candidate Barack Obama.

Charges were being sought Wednesday against a suspect who is believed to have shot and wounded another man at a work site in southern Delaware County.

Webb City and Carl Junction voters on Tuesday approved bond issues that will use some federal stimulus funds for capital projects in their school districts.

Panera Bread in Joplin sold 17,421 pink ribbon bagels during October for breast cancer awareness and will donate $4,355.25 to the Hope 4 You Breast Cancer Foundation, Sarah Burkybile of the foundation said Tuesday.

Webb City and Carl Junction voters today approved bond issues that will use federal stimulus funds for capital improvement projects for their school districts.

Preparations for City Hall's part in the "Joplin Holiday Experience" are coming together a stitch at a time, thanks to the volunteer efforts of a couple of Joplin seamstresses.

Postmaster Sharon Clark has surpassed her goal of selling $10,000 worth of breast cancer stamps during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.

Pink bagels, pink hair, pink parades, even pink newspaper pages reminded us during the month of October that breast cancer is a problem in our nation, in our community, and for some of us, in our own homes.

The big day is almost here! Just two more days and the streets will be littered with little trick-or-treaters. All three of us Drummond women will be out in force.

Globe/T. Rob Brown Paula Baker, an official with the Ozark Center in Joplin, shows off a pink hair extension she planned to sport in connection with Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.

As the city of Joplin goes about seeking ideas and suggestions for future park and recreation amenities in Joplin, we would recommend working closely with Joplin School District officials.

A statutory rape charge against a Carthage man was dismissed recently at the request of the Jasper County prosecutor's office.

A grand opening of the Thomas Station Trail and pedestrian bridge over Center Creek will take place in Carl Junction beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Nov.

A pre-trial conference for Robert and Laverne Dupont and Joplin River of Life Ministries, defendants in a federal fraud case is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, Oct.

It sounds like an episode of the crime show "CSI". Local authorities say a new law that allows them to collect DNA from certain criminal suspects helped solve another crime.

A Carl Junction man was injured in a two-vehicle accident at 12:14 p.m. Wednesday on Interstate 44 near Joplin, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Using a movie theme, Monett High School students brought a celebratory air to downtown Monett on Friday as people lined Broadway for one of the town's two parades of the year.

Matt J. Whitworth, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Wichita, Kan., man and a Carl Junction, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a $1.2 million mortgage fraud scheme.