Noel News

Food prices are up, gasoline prices keep climbing, insurance, health-care costs, all are more expensive, all this at a time when good jobs are scarce and we are heading into a recession/depression. Most ...

A rural Southwest City man will stand trial on a charge of first-degree murder, a judge ruled Monday.

Jim Morris, public information director for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, is right when he says, "Americans have a mania about lists and rankings." School officials hate rankings, for ...

PINEVILLE, Mo. - A judge has denied a suit by Noel Marshal Ellsworth "Ozzie" Amos seeking to have the city of Noel pay more than $11,730 in attorney fees and other costs he incurred while successfully defending ...

The un-official start to summer brings people from all around to Pineville, Missouri for a lazy day on the river.

A Noel man was seriously injured this morning in McDonald County when he lost control of his vehicle on a gravel roadway and struck an embankment, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. via Springfield News Leader

A WANAKA teenager, who admitted driving at speeds up to 170kmh just 11 days after being disqualified, has been jailed for two months. via The Otago Daily Times

Residents of Stoddard and McDonald counties affected in the mid-March flooding have until Saturday to visit their local Disaster Recovery Centers, announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency. via Federal Emergency Management Agency

“We don't have any business right now”

NOEL, Mo. - When heavy flooding on the Elk River broke open a temporary sewer pipe owned by the city of Noel, the owner of nearby River Ranch Resort said he wasn't worried about it affecting business. via Joplin Globe

“If you want to go splash around in the water, you should probably wait a month and wait for the pools to open.”

When the floodwater eventually recedes, it will probably leave behind a large swath of muck, trash and stagnant water, environmental regulators and health officials warned Friday. via STLtoday

A Sarcoxie woman was injured in a two-vehicle accident at 7:45 p.m. Monday on Highway 59, four miles north of Diamond, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. via Joplin Globe

“We believe it was due to a disturbance at the property there.”

By Jeff Lehr jlehr@joplinglobe.com SOUTHWEST CITY, Mo. - A rural McDonald County man is facing a charge of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of another man Sunday night at a home between Noel and ... via Joplin Globe

Author Bill Noel will be at the Moveable Feast for Friday discussing his book "Folly." In this colorful, light, funny mystery set on the quirky island of Folly Beach, in the shadows of historic Charleston, the ... via Myrtle Beach Online

“There would be a gap, a hole, that we would slowly have to fill back in some way.”

Noel, Mo. - Esmerelda Gamino stands behind the counter at Rosa's Mexican Store and chats in Spanish with customers who come in search of their favorite tortillas, peppers or hot sauce. via STLtoday

The Senate has confirmed a new attorney general. During the hearings, this nominee appeared to condone torture, especially waterboarding, yet he was confirmed by a majority of the Senate, which included all of ... via Joplin Globe

The One Worlders at the United Nations several years ago enacted "Agenda 21." This Agenda 21 is, of course, codes enforcement. via Joplin Globe

A mandatory boil order for Joplin's drinking water has been issued as officials test it for bacteria. via Southeast Missourian

All of the presidential candidates except one are touting some kind of taxpayer-funded universal health care. via Joplin Globe

A McDonald County man was sentenced Monday to three years in prison for sexually abusing three underage girls over the past seven years. via Joplin Globe

The flow of wastewater into Elk River from a broken sewer main at Noel was stopped late Saturday, Mayor Paul Gardner said Monday. via Joplin Globe