Granby News

A Jasper County judge on Monday sentenced a 48-year-old man to 10 years in prison for trafficking in crack cocaine.

The euphoria of 2008 is over: America is in a funk. Elected in November 2008 on a wave of optimism, President Barack Obama now finds himself governing an increasingly pessimistic country in recession while muscling through Congress a health-care reform overhaul and weighing whether to commit more troops to the 8-year-old Afghanistan war.

Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident at 12:55 p.m. Friday on Highway 60 in Granby, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

A 22-year-old woman was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 9:40 p.m. Monday on Route B at Sheldon in Vernon County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

"Money doesn't grow on trees!" is an expression that my parents used over and over with my sisters and me as we were growing up.

By Wally Kennedy wkennedy@joplinglobe.com The Missouri Department of Transportation will attempt to unload 23 properties, including eight pieces of land in Southwest Missouri, in a four-day blitz that begins on Nov.

Missouri's majority floor leaders say they will propose legislation next session aimed at trying to resolve lawsuits cities like Joplin face alleging stacked taxes.

Newton County authorities will again attempt to contact two women who previously accused the pastor of a rural Granby church of molesting them while they were underage, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Newton County authorities say a 19-year-old Granby man died after being shot in the head in a hunting accident.

GRANBY, Mo. - City officials say they hope their new police chief will restore stability to a department that has seen turmoil in recent months.

Back-to-school shoppers can save cash this weekend. Missouri's and Oklahoma's back-to-school sales tax holidays start today and run through Sunday.

NEOSHO, Mo. - Newton County likely will use at least some of the low-interest bonds available through the federal stimulus program, but it will review requests from local communities that want to participate in that program, county officials said Thursday.

GRANBY, Mo. - City officials say they hope their new police chief will restore stability to a department that has seen turmoil in recent months.

By Susan Redden sredden@joplinglobe.com A lawsuit was filed Friday on behalf of a Joplin man injured a week ago at an off-road-vehicle rally at a mud pit in Ottawa County, Okla.

Sen. Kit Bond has renewed Missouri concerns about federal efforts to restore an endangered fish on the Missouri River.

Missouri utility officials are expressing concerns that electric rates could increase sharply under federal climate legislation.

The recent Major League Baseball All-Star Game began with a moving tribute to the "All Stars Among Us." The individuals featured were everyday people living their lives in an extraordinary manner.

Webb City's public works department received a thumbs-up from an Environmental Protection Agency inspector during an unannounced visit last week.

CARTHAGE, Mo. - A Carthage man has been charged with forcible rape and sodomy for an alleged assault Wednesday night involving a 32-year-old woman.

GRANBY, Mo. - Granby's Board of Aldermen narrowly defeated a motion to reinstate the city's fired police chief in open session Tuesday night.