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Sunday Jul 5 | Joplin Globe

Open house planned for museum expansion

The Baxter Springs Heritage Center and Museum is preparing to show off its $500,000 expansion.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

Joplin Globe

Cherokee County panel backs marathon plan

COLUMBUS, Kan. - The Cherokee County commissioners on Monday expressed disappointment that none of the planned Mother Road Marathon in the county would be on sections of the original Route 66.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

Kansas.com

Contaminated Treece, Kan., could soon be ghost town

Bingham Transportation of Baxter Springs, Kan., has a lease to haul mine tailings from an Oklahoma Indian reservation property southeast of Treece, Kan., for construction use across the U.S. Gallery: Treece, Kansas Mining history has left town changed forever TREECE - And you know the sun's settin' fast, And just like they say, nothing good ever ...

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

KansasCity.com

Bond $3 million in death of student, porn model known as Zoey Zane

A man suspected of killing a Kansas college student who led a secret life as an Internet porn model is being held on a $3 million bond in Kansas following his extradition from Mexico.Israel Mireles, 26, made his first court appearance Friday before Butler County District Judge David Ricke in El Dorado.Mireles was extradited back from Mexico ...

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Sun Jun 14, 2009

Joplin Globe

Cherokee County sheriff enforcing compliance with vehicle-tag law

Cherokee County Sheriff David Groves said he is cracking down on county residents who have illegally registered their vehicles in other states.

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Fri Jun 12, 2009

Joplin Globe

Acoustic music festival slated

Six bands will be featured in free performances on the courthouse square on Saturday as part of the eighth annual Carthage Acoustic Music Festival.

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Wed Jun 10, 2009

SF Gate

Okla. cops seek help solving case of 2 slain girls

"I don't know why a person with information might not come forward," said Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica Brown, flanked by about 15 members of the girls' families at a news conference.

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Mon Jun 08, 2009

KOAM

Still no arrests one year after two girls gunned down on rural road

One year after the fatal shootings of two girls in northeast Oklahoma authorities say they are "one piece of information away" from making an arrest.

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Sun Jun 07, 2009

Joplin Globe

Web site offers tool to track lawbreakers in Cherokee County

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Department has established a Web site that allows users to more easily track sexual, violent and drug offenders who are registered with the state.

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Fri Jun 05, 2009

Joplin Globe

Pittsburg chamber bestows annual awards

PITTSBURG, Kan. - Las Vegas was the theme, and there were plenty of winners at the annual Pittsburg Area Chamber of Commerce banquet Friday night at Memorial Auditorium.

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Wed May 20, 2009

Joplin Globe

Retired Baxter Springs teacher selected for state hall of fame

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - Alma Cook was about to descend into the Grand Canyon with her husband, Paul, when she received a call on her cell phone.

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Wed May 13, 2009

KOAM

Residents working together to clean up debris

The southeast Kansas communities of Baxter Springs and Galena had their share of storm damage early Friday morning.

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Sat May 09, 2009

Fort Scott Tribune

Troublesome Bushwhackers

To say that the Confederate guerrillas/ bushwhackers who operated in Missouri and eastern Kansas during the Civil War were "troublesome is a bit of an understatement.

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Tue May 05, 2009

Joplin Globe

Couple face charges

Felony drug charges have been filed against a couple in Baxter Springs after a raid at their home.

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Sun May 03, 2009

Joplin Globe

Lawyer: Questioning techniques torture w/ water-boarding demonstration video

Chris Meek's clients have included accused war criminals. The Baxter Springs, Kan., attorney said some torture defendants at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia were convicted for much less that what is described in the legal memos and reports recently released about the interrogation of detainees in U.S. custody.

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Tue Apr 21, 2009

Joplin Globe

October fatality prompts action at school entrance

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - The speed limit will be reduced for motorists approaching the entrance to Baxter Springs High School beginning next school year both before and after school.

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Thu Apr 02, 2009

Joplin Globe

Talks on wholesale water district continue

RIVERTON, Kan. - Negotiations continued this week in an effort to get Cherokee County rural water districts on board with a wholesale water district seeking federal stimulus money.

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Sun Mar 29, 2009

Joplin Globe

In our view: Spending or saving?

Every household must address this issue. Do we buy a TV on credit or save until we have the funds to pay cash? For decades, we as individuals and collectively through our government, have opted for "instant gratification" and gotten the TV now rather than wait.

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Wed Mar 25, 2009

Joplin Globe

Relocation, tourism focus of chamber director

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. - The Baxter Springs Chamber of Commerce director on Tuesday presented a progress report to the City Council.

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Mon Mar 23, 2009

Fort Scott Tribune

Demonic Vipers

Throughout his tenure as the commanding officer of the Department of Kansas, Major General Samuel Ryan Curtis, was constantly faced with waging a war in three basic directions.

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