Webb City News Archives

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.

Steve and Jayma Burrow, of Webb City, Mo., announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Whittney Burrow, to Jason Stockdale, son of Marilyn Stockdale and the late John Stockdale, of Lamar, Mo.

The cause of an early Friday fire that destroyed an upholstery shop in Webb City remained undetermined, according to fire officials.

An afternoon of performances by vintage regional bands is planned Sunday to benefit a Webb City bass player.

Globe/Roger Nomer Carson Trent, 12, and Tyler Talley 12 , from Central City Christian Church, scrape a bannister as part of the Hearts and Hammers project on Saturday.

WEBB CITY, Mo. - A $350,000 tax credit from the Missouri Department of Economic Development puts a $1.5 million fundraising goal within reach, said Cookie Estrada, executive director of the Joplin Family Y. "It might take us over the hump," Estrada said.

A southwest Missouri man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for killing his father.

A 30-year-old man must serve 16 years in prison for punching his father and killing him a little more than a year ago in Joplin.

Residents who organized to battle a sexually oriented business near Sarcoxie say they hope that action on a city ordinance to control such operations in Webb City might prompt the Jasper County Commission to look again at a proposed countywide measure.