Carterville News

Long-time readers of The Turner Report know that my posts Wednesday on Judge Richard Copeland's decision to place Darren Winans, jasper, on one year of unsupervised probation a few months before Winans allegedly murdered Bob and Ellen Sheldon of Carthage, are not the first ones I have written about the judge.

Fireworks were being blamed for a blaze late Tuesday afternoon that ultimately ignited some bales of paper and damaged the exterior wall of a recycling business in Webb City.

The first use of Jasper County's new reverse 911 system was a learning experience, according to Rich Nordell, executive director of the Jasper County Emergency Services Board.

Truck traffic to and from an EPA project in Jasper County draws complaints from residents county roads are crumbling under the weight of trucks.

Seeking any relatives regarding a very old adoption that took place in Jasper Co, MO some time between 1923 and 1925.

CARTHAGE, Mo. - A request that the city of Duquesne be allowed to annex 20th Street just in front of a new Joplin middle school was endorsed Thursday by the Jasper County Commission.

I want to comment on Allen Shirley's latest rant . His verbiage can't disguise the plain truth.

Joplin police are investigating a sexual assault reported over the weekend. An 18-year-old woman reported Friday that sexual intercourse was forced on her May 30 at an address within the city.

A 33-year-old woman is facing felony drug charges following her arrest Thursday night at a Joplin motel.

It's hard to beat the feeling of completing a home-improvement project. When we make something better than it was - whether it's a coat of paint, new shrubs in the yard or something as major as a new room - the satisfaction is two-fold. We enjoy the appearance of the new feature, and we relish the pride in saying, "I did that." A neighborhood in ...

In the spirit of trying new things, our group, Natural Disaster, signed up for the Joplin Boomtown Days Battle of the Bands competition and was selected as one of the nine bands to perform beginning 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 12, at Landreth Park.

Globe/T. Rob Brown Boy Scout John Nugent attaches a wooden bird-nesting box to a tree near the Missouri American Water intake plant along Shoal Creek in Joplin.

The results of the 2009 annual National Association of Letter Carriers National Food Drive has been announced.

Drivers who were caught in Friday's storm had their hands full. A semi-truck block traffic on US 71 Highway a half mile north of Nevada, Missouri after it ran into a guardrail on a curve.

A sever thunderstorm that blew through the Joplin area this morning shortly after 7 a.m. The storm produced dime-sized hail and winds in excess of 50 mph.

High winds ripped across the Tri-State Area about 7:10 a.m. Friday, causing widespread property damage in many communities, including Joplin.

Joplin's annual outside audit recommended more tracking of financial details that affect how much the city owes developers in tax increment financing districts.

To improve on the news, I have a couple of suggestions that I feel would be helpful to me and I hope the general public in understanding what is going on around us in the United States.

In today's political climate, we're told there are two opposing forces or viewpoints: liberal vs.

Two women suffered serious injuries and two others less-serious injuries Friday in a three-vehicle crash on Missouri 96 in Lawrence County, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.