Seneca News

Globe/B.W.Shepherd More than 500 cyclists lined up at Schifferdecker Park on Saturday morning for the Much MO Bettah Tornado Alley 110.

NEOSHO, Mo. - The Newton County prosecutor's office filed an additional charge this week against a rural Joplin man now suspected of molesting two underage girls.

Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident at 6:30 p.m. Monday on Coyote Drive, six miles south of Joplin in Newton County, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.

Police were looking Thursday for a suspect in the shooting of a 26-year-old man Wednesday night outside an apartment building in Joplin.

A fire that caused extensive damage to a Neosho home Tuesday afternoon is believed to have been caused by an electrical problem.

They drive their personal vehicles out onto farm roads, hills, church parking lots and other places with a good view.

A facilities committee has recommended the Seneca School District pursue a $10 million bond issue in November for construction of a new elementary school and additions to the existing high school.

There were a lot of "Gone FIshin" signs on doors today in Neosho . More than 300 kids from Joplin , Carthage and Seneca visited the Neosho Fish Hatchery.

A 10-year-old boy who nearly drowned this week in a popular creek swimming hole was in good condition Wednesday.

Three people were injured this morning in Newton County when their vehicle ran off the road and struck a tree, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.

The Greater Ozarks Chapter of the American Red Cross has received three grants to help assist the approximately 250 families left homeless by a tornado earlier this month in Newtonia, Seneca and Neosho.

So, what should we fear more? The drain on oil or the "energy survivalists" who are stockpiling because they believe the planet is beyond saving.

On Friday, the Missouri General Assembly adjourned the legislative session without further restrictions on reproductive health and access to abortion care.

The City of Joplin is headed in the right direction with its plan to tie city walking and bike trails together.

"This picture says a lot. I thought it very interesting the storm's placement of the flag.

By Seth Putnam news@joplinglobe.com As if victims of the May 10 tornado don't have enough to worry about, their personal belongings have begun turning up all over the region.

Family photos. Address labels. Tax receipts. A 1965 deed to property. All fell from the sky after Saturday's storm system spawned a huge tornado that killed more than 20 in Oklahoma and Missouri and blew ...

SENECA, Mo. -- Stunned survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities Sunday after tornadoes tore across the Plains and South, killing at least 22 people in three states and leaving ... via The Montgomery Advertiser - News

“No one else is in a life-threatening condition”

Michael Chertoff, secretary of Homeland walks down a street in tornado damaged Picher, Okla., Tuesday, May 13, 2008. via Southeast Missourian

“There's no other term for Tyler than hero”

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." - John 15:13 At 5 feet 5 inches and 130 pounds, Tyler Casey was barely big enough to control the force of a powerful fire ... via The Norman Transcript