Lamar News

Lamar native Jack Sportsman's business, Jack's Ice Cream, Inc., is featured in an article in today's Northwest Arkansas Times: "The ice cream business is kind of a time-honored tradition," Jack Sportsman said.

From the metro desk, here are a few of the headlines you will find in Thursday's Joplin Globe and online at joplinglobe.com. A look at how nonprofits are faring during economic downturn Groundbreaking held for visitors center at fish hatchery Case of swine flu confirmed in Crawford County Republican primaries shaping up for 130th and 129th district ...

A Shell Knob woman was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 12:02 p.m. Monday on Route YY, four miles east of Shell Knob in Barry County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Pittsburg Morning Sun, KS Glenn and Karolyn Tinkey, of Lamar, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Larissa, to Seth Pipkin, son of Shawn and Dorea Pipkin of Arma, and Shawn and Shelly Starmer of Lamar.

LAMAR, Mo. - The big, green monster of a John Deere combine hummed along, leaving a golden cloud of chaff in its wake.

Wentworth College's Lamar Extension Site held its first commencement ceremony on May 30, at the Pentecostal Assembly Church in Nevada.

Independence, Mo., resident Dena Delores Riley, 42, entered a plea of guilty Monday in the kidnapping of a 5-year-old child from Kansas.

Globe/T. Rob Brown Bobby Qualls, crew chief for Lamar Outdoor Advertising, installs a poster flex on a billboard on West 7th Street in Joplin.

A study that identifies at least two sites, and possibly a third, where reservoirs could be constructed to alleviate future water shortages in Southwest Missouri will be unveiled during a news conference at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 7, at South Park Casino in Monett.

CARTHAGE, Mo. - The sound of music - country, western, bluegrass, mountain and folk - will fill the Carthage square Saturday.

John Manco waived his arraignment today in Barton County Circuit Court and pleaded not guilty to charges that include the torching of St.

Two people sustained moderate injuries after a crash in Barton County today. Meredith Sims, 25, a resident of Olathe, Kan., and Frank Schweighart, 50, a resident of Cash, Tex., were both taken to Barton County Memorial Hospital in Lamar.

From the metro desk, here are a few of the headlines you will find in this weekend's Joplin Globe and online at joplinglobe.com. State considers casino applicants in Wyandotte County Former Joplin resident to head Olympic Training Center Neosho to raze former First Baptist Church building These stories, local sports results and the Health & Family ...

A 32-year-old Shoal Creek Drive man was arrested on charges of second-degree arson stemming from a weekend house fire, according to the Redings Mill Fire Department.

Wild plant fans can learn more about prairie flowers during three sessions this month, in July and in August at Prairie State Park near Mindenmines.

Six more defendants have been sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine from California through Missouri.

Sentencing continues for several local defendants, in federal court this week for participating in a conspiracy to distribute millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine in Barton County, Mo., and elsewhere, said Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman.

LAMAR, Mo. - Citing a failure to proceed with a condemnation hearing for the former O'Sullivan Industries plant, the property's mortgage holder has filed a motion to dismiss the city of Lamar's lawsuit seeking to acquire the land and building.

LAMAR, Mo. - John Manco waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday in Barton County Circuit Court and was bound over for trial on charges that include the torching of St.

LAMAR, Mo. - Fifty years ago, Harry S Truman signed the guest book for the opening of the Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site in Lamar.