Carterville News Archives

With his long, flowing, gray beard, Gandolf the Grey entertained thousands of people over the weekend at the Route 66 Renaissance Festival in Carterville.

Joplin Globe By Jeff Lehr A Joplin man was assessed suspended sentences Monday for two felony assaults stemming from an illegal-racing accident last year near Carterville that injured a Carthage woman and two of her children.

A Joplin man was assessed suspended sentences Monday for two felony assaults stemming from an illegal-racing accident last year near Carterville that injured a Carthage woman and two of her children.

It seems that President Obama has stuck his nose where it doesn't belong - again.

Joplin Globe, MO By Colby Williams The Joplin Renaissance Festival is back, though the name is a little misleading this time out.

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.