Webb City News

Globe/Roger Nomer Three-year-old Noah Sullivan holds back a sneeze Tuesday as he receives the H1N1 flu vaccine in nasal-spray form at Access Family Care in Joplin.

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

Webb City and Carl Junction voters today approved bond issues that will use federal stimulus funds for capital improvement projects for their school districts.

The war in Afghanistan started over eight years ago, yet soldiers are coming off the mostly deadly month there.

Globe/Roger Nomer Bob Foos , longtime editor of the Webb City Sentinel, works at his house on Monday.

Rep. Bryan "Big Gun" Stevenson, R-Webb City, collected more in lobbyists' gifts, $623.86 in September, than the other five legislators combined, according to documents posted today on the Missouri Ethics Commission website.

By Emily Younker eyounker@joplinglobe.com Officials with Carl Junction and Webb City school districts on Tuesday will ask voters to let them cash in on federal stimulus funds available for construction projects.

Globe/B.W. Shepherd Vilma Berga helps hang a sign for a 5-kilometer walk Saturday at Landreth Park.

Joplin Globe WILLARD, Mo. a ' The higher seeded prep volleyball teams triumphed in the first three matches in the Class 4 District 12 Tournament on Monday night.

WEBB CITY, Mo. - Ron Lankford, superintendent of Webb City schools, has been named 2010 Superintendent of the Year by the Missouri Association of School Administrators.

By Emily Younker eyounker@joplinglobe.com WEBB CITY, Mo. - The City Council on Monday night approved a 36 percent increase in sewer rates, effective Nov.

Dr. Ronald Lankford, superintendent of the Webb City R-VII school district, has been named the Missouri Superintendent of the Year by the Missouri Association of School Administrators.

The congregation of Christian Life Center has taken Pastor Appreciation Day to new heights.

Mikayla Bassett is recovering from the flu. Unlike other 5-year-olds, she won't be heading back to school once she's well.

Additional federal criminal charges are expected to be filed against the former owner of an Anderson group home where a fire in 2006 ultimately took the lives of 11 people.

By Greg Grisolano ggrisolano@joplinglobe.com The sale of an office building that once was home to the local Area Agency on Aging could put $150,000 back in the AAA's coffers, which is where state officials say the money belongs.

A middle-aged gunman. Medium build to heavy-set. In an older model white car, often parked close enough to be spotted when he fled.

By Jeff Lehr jlehr@joplinglobe.com NEOSHO, Mo. - A suspect captured following a bank robbery Thursday morning in Neosho is drawing interest from investigators of unsolved robberies in Webb City and Joplin.

Globe/T. Rob Brown Senior Josh Carter and other students at College Heights Christian School are studies in concentration as they take a practice ACT on Tuesday in an English class taught by Kim Hamilton.

Connie Romero, of Webb City, lives on a tight budget. Her monthly cost for utilities is between $47 and $50, she said, with $19 to $20 of that going toward sewer service.