Duquesne News

Kenneth Frederick starts out his letter by telling everyone that he a rolling stop at an intersection with a police car right there in plain sight.

A former pastor of a Webb City church was sentenced to eight years in prison Friday for sexually molesting a girl for more than two years when she was between the ages of 9 and 11.

The former pastor of a Webb City church was sentenced today to eight years in prison for molesting a girl when she was 10 or 11 years of age.

The news story in the Sunday Globe about the cheerleading moms getting $350 traffic tickets in Duquesne reminded me of the time when I got stopped by the Duquesne police.

Globe/T. Rob Brown Piper Henry , a kindergartner at Columbia Elementary in Joplin, on Wednesday eats lunch with her classmates on the first day of school.

DUQUESNE, Mo. - Jessica Allender says she was just trying to get her daughter to cheer practice.

The City of Duquesne announces that the 20th Street and Duquesne Road roundabout is scheduled to be completed on Saturday.

A 21-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday for sexually abusing a girl under the age of 14 in Joplin more than two years ago.

A 21-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday for sexually abusing a girl under the age of 14 in Joplin more than two years ago.

A 21-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday for sexually abusing a girl under the age of 14 in Joplin more than two years ago.

Area public schools will be back in session as early as this week, and there are some important changes parents need to be aware of before dropping students off for their first day back.

A 21-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday for sexually abusing a girl under the age of 14 in Joplin more than two years ago.

Several communities in Jasper and Newton counties could receive almost $8.5 million in federal stimulus money for sewer work under a plan endorsed by the state Clean Water Commission.

Roy Huling, 60, who was pastor of First United Pentecostal Church in Webb City, on Friday pleaded guilty to felony child molestation in Jasper County Circuit Court.

An Anderson woman was injured in a two-vehicle accident at 3:34 p.m. Thursday on Highway 66, near Duquesne in Jasper County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

An Anderson woman was taken to the hospital this afternoon after a crash in Jasper County.

CARTHAGE, Mo. - A request by the city of Duquesne to annex 20th Street in front of a new Joplin Middle School set to open in August will wait for a recommendation from Sheriff Archie Dunn, members of the Jasper County Commission decided Thusday.

Globe/T. Rob Brown Barbara Moore, a library aide, unpacks books Wednesday at the new Joplin East Middle School.

In today's print edition, The Joplin Globe incorrectly reported the funeral date for a former Carl Junction soldier who died in Iraq last week.

After hearing pleadings from representatives of several area communities and one of Joplin's largest out-of-city sewer customers, the City Council agreed Monday night to impose a 30 percent surcharge rather than a 50 percent rate the panel previously had approved.