Today in the news: US military performs zombie apocalypse training
News to knowThe U.S. military began training today for a zombie apocalypse. Seriously. The training is part of Navy special-operations forces and Marine exercises at an anti-terrorism summit. Brad...
View ArticleJasper school expansion, community safe room nears completion
On May 22, 2011, two hours before the massive tornado ripped through Joplin, hundreds of Jasper residents were gathered in one room for the Jasper High School graduation.If that storm had veered north...
View ArticleHundreds celebrate I-49 re-designation
As a kid, Mickey Bulger, Carterville, remembers watching as builders expanded the then-two-lane U.S. Highway 71, now Missouri 171, from Carthage to Webb City to a four-lane highway.
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View ArticleTwo killed in wrong-way crash
Two people were killed and four were injured in a crash on Interstate 44 involving a vehicle traveling west in the eastbound lanes, hitting another vehicle.
View ArticleOutage affects AT&T cellular customers
Cellular phone service was out the Carthage, Joplin and Springfield areas, western Missouri and most of Kansas for about two hours Thursday morning, forcing people to scramble for ways to communicate.
View ArticleCarthage man, wanted in Tulsa, caught in Carl Junction
The registered sex offender from Carthage who was wanted for allegedly groping and attacking women in the Tulsa, Okla., area last week, was caught Friday evening in the Carl Junction area.
View ArticleSarcoxie school board member John Lewis charged with possession of child porn
A Sarcoxie school board member was charged on Friday with possession of child pornography in the federal district court in Springfield. John Lewis, 67, Sarcoxie, was charged in a criminal complaint...
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