Carl Junction News Archives

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.

Firefighters responded to two alarms Thursday afternoon, both of them possibly caused by lightning strikes.