Jasper News

A Webb City man suffered serious injuries early this morning when the ATV he was driving struck a guard rail and ejected him.

CARL JUNCTION, Mo. - Students at Carl Junction High School are among those at several Southwest Missouri schools participating in the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's "Kits 4 Kids" drive.

The Missouri Foundation for Health has provided a grant of nearly $300,000 for local health advocates to promote exercise and nutrition.

Globe/Roger Nomer Jerome Doan uses a mirror as he works on his form while exercising this week at the Beimdiek Student Recreation Center at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin.

Economic Security Corporation of Southwest Area announced today that they are currently seeking applicants for their home rehabilitation project in Jasper County.

Joplin Globe Two men convicted of robberies in Jasper County were sent to prison Monday, while the defendant in a third robbery case changed his plea to guilty in Jasper ... 0 comments Want to leave a comment? You must log in or register to leave comments.

A Jasper resident pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Springfield to possessing and distributing child pornography over the Internet.

A Jasper County farmer was re-elected to the Missouri Farm Bureau board of directors and several other southwest Missouri people were recognized during the group's 95th annual convention.

JASPER, Mo. - Nelson Brothers Quarries, near Jasper, is one of nine companies and individuals to be referred to the Missouri attorney general's office for legal action for alleged violations of Missouri's air conservation law and regulations.

Enid Isabel Smith, 89, of Marshfield, died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, at the home of her son in Marshfield.

A 24-year-old man received a suspended sentence Monday for stealing a gun last year from the Old Cabin Shop near Carthage, the owners of which were murdered in their home less than three weeks later.

A Jasper man was indicted Monday by a federal grand jury in a child-pornography case.

A Jasper, Missouri man is indicted by a federal grand jury for possessing and distributing child pornography.

KTTS A man from Jasper has a federal charge with receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet.

A Jasper resident has been charged in federal court with receipt and distribution of child pornography over the Internet.

United Way of Southwest Missouri has announced that applications are now available for their Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Jasper and Newton Counties.

About 240 acres of former mining land in the western part of Jasper County will be cleaned up by Doe Run Co., the Environmental Task Force of Jasper and Newton Counties learned Wednesday.

Missouri Southern State University's Law Enforcement Academy has scheduled firearms a safety training course to satisfy the training requirement for the Conceal and Carry statute in Missouri.

The field may not be finalized, but enough is known to allow us to take a preliminary look at who they are, how the Kennedy legacy might work to their advantage, and how each might or might not end up as the next U.S. senator from Massachusetts.

From the metro desk, here are a few of the headlines you will find in Wednesday's Joplin Globe and online at joplinglobe.com. Parson's soldier killed in Afghanistan More area troops prepping to deploy to Afghanistan Joplin City Council to discuss fees, annual budget at meeting tonight Carl Junction council to consider uses of former senior center ...