Carthage News

With four young children, a farm to run and limited financial resources, Rachel Wilson needed some art supplies that were close to home and cheap.

By Jeff Lehr jlehr@joplinglobe.com The efforts of a home in Carthage to recover some portion of more than $250,000 embezzled three to four years ago by a bookkeeper now rest in a lawsuit filed against the bank that held its checking account.

The Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety met Thursday to discuss goals for the next year.

By Susan Redden sredden@joplinglobe.com CARTHAGE, Mo. - An accountant who is an officer with the Carthage Humane Society will be asked to attend the next Carthage City Council meeting to explain reports that prompted some criticism of the group that oversees the local animal shelter.

I always try to at least skim the comic section each day. Not only is it good for a few smiles or chuckles, it's reaffirming that we all share the same faults and foibles - and we can still laugh at ourselves.

The National Transportation Safety Board announced that the motor coach accident that occurred in Sherman last year was caused by a tire failure, which was not the result of fact that it was retreaded.

The Missouri Office of Administration has announced that it had awarded a contract to Federal Construction, Inc., for construction of the new Missouri Highway Patrol Crime Lab in Jasper County.

By Jeff Lehr jlehr@joplinglobe.com A 27-year-old man received a suspended sentence Monday in Jasper County Circuit Court on an arson conviction for setting his home near Carthage on fire for insurance gain.

Globe/T. Rob Brown Jasper County Deputy James Marler uses a metal-detecting wand Thursday to check David Roland, of Joplin, at the entrance of the Jasper County Courts Building in Joplin.

The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department says a recent study has found tourism had an economic impact worth $6.1 billion in the state in 2008.

The Missouri Office of Administration has awarded a contract to Federal Construction, Inc., for construction of the new Missouri Highway Patrol Crime Lab in Jasper County.

A Tulsa man pleads guilty to attempting to entice an underage girl for sex. According to the report Robert Graef, 29, drove from Tulsa, Oklahoma to Jasper County, Missouri to have sex with who he thought was a 13-year-old girl.

An Oklahoma man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield to attempting to entice via the Internet someone whom he believed to a be a 13-year-old girl and to crossing state lines to have illicit sex with her.

A Joplin man fails to appear in court on a murder charge, and is now a fugitive from the law.

A man accused of causing severe brain damage to his girlfriend's 15-month-old daughter by slamming her head on a tile floor and pushing her down two flights of stairs was ordered Thursday to stand trial on a felony assault charge.

CARTHAGE, Mo. - Clydesdales, Cobras, crafts, cars - and crowds - will be the order of the day on Saturday for the final day of the 43rd annual Carthage Maple Leaf Festival.

A Sarcoxie man is facing charges that he shot his brother Wednesday morning at a residence in northeast Jasper County.

CARTHAGE, Mo. - Plans are being made to fill the vacancy created by the death of Chad Wampler, Carthage public works director, who died Sept.

The Missouri insurance department says its mediation efforts have helped return almost $11 million to consumers who filed complaints about insurers.

For the past six and a half years, Brian Bisbee's work area has been any place he happened to be inside the former Carthage Crisis Center.