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PITTSBURG, Kan. - Law enforcement personnel have determined that in the past year, 300 more high-school students in Southeast Kansas began wearing their seat belts as the result a student-led campaign that was piloted last year in Crawford County.

From staff reports news@joplinglobe.com Pupils in several area Kansas school districts achieved the Standard of Excellence on the Kansas Statewide Assessments administered last year, according to the Kansas State Department of Education.

GALENA, Kan. - Pittsburg State University head football coach Chuck Broyles is to meet with his boss next week in the wake of having been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Joplin Globe Services for John Cleaver, a former area soldier who was killed last week in Afghanistan, will be conducted at 3:30 pm Sunday in the Galena 0 comments Want to leave a comment? You must log in or register to leave comments.

By Joe Hadsall jhadsall@joplinglobe.com LaTausha Reed was prepared for the release early this morning of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon." For about a month before the movie's release, she had been wearing her "Twilight" T-shirts. For the screening of the movie at 12:01 a.m. today, she planned to dress as Alice Cullen, one of the sparkling vampires in ...

COLUMBUS, Kan. - Though still in an early stage, a Cherokee County program has so far kept 58 pounds of prescription drugs out of water systems.

A Jasper County jury found that the owner of a Joplin salvage business was not financially responsible for the death of a man who was crushed by a storage box.

Three Galena residents are facing drug charges in Cherokee County District Court.

A Jasper County jury began hearing testimony Tuesday in the trial of a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by family members of a man who was killed when a large storage box toppled onto him two years ago in Galena, Kan.

Evidence is thrown out in the case against a local tobacco wholesaler and his business partners.

The Galena, Kansas fire department was in Riverton on Tuesday with their new trailer designed to teach kids fire safety.

By Jeff Lehr jlehr@joplinglobe.com LAMAR, Mo. - Search warrants served by sheriff's deputies this week on two homes near Liberal led to the seizure of several suspected stolen items and two meth labs, and the arrest of seven people.

A federal judge has tossed out key evidence in the case against a Kansas tobacco wholesaler and his business associates who are accused of trying to avoid paying $25 million in cigarette taxes to Oklahoma and Indian tribes.U.S. District Judge Monti Belot ruled Thursday that a Kansas Highway Patrol officer had no reason to suspect that the driver of ...

GALENA, Kan. - Property owners in Galena will see a reduced property tax bill next year from the city.

If you're in northeastern Oklahoma or southeast Kansas this weekend, you have an opportunity to check out the music of The Road Crew , a country group that dedicated an entire album to Route 66 a few years ago.

GALENA, Kan. a ' Investigators have ruled the death of a 19-year-old Coffeyville, Kan., woman a homicide, according to KOAM-TV. The television station based in Pittsburg, Kan., says the Tri-State Major Case Squad has been asked to assist in the investigation.

GALENA, Kan. - The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and Coffeyville Police Department on Wednesday joined the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department in investigating the death of a young Coffeyville woman.

Globe/Roger Nomer Home Depot volunteer Stacy Skinner paints a changing table for the childrens' room at the Galena Police Department on Friday.

The new medical office buildings in Galena, Kansas are quickly rising on the east side of the city.

No cause of alarm. Galena Mayor Dale Oglesby on Tuesday night warned the City Council that a mining void below the surface of Short Street represented a serious public threat via the potential for a cave-in. Exploratory excavation on Wednesday determined otherwise.