Lamar News

We start today, as we often do, with the latest must-read stimulus story from the Associated Press.

On this day in 1948 Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey to the surprise of pollsters and newspapers, in the greatest presidential upset in history.

In this Oct. 27, 2009, photo, O'Sullivan Industries, Lamar, Mo, employed 700 workers before it closed in 2007.

The Associated Press 1 comment Employees, Kenny Mooney, Bob Williams, and Matthew Kuticka, who work for JLA Construction of... Employees, Kenny Mooney, Bob Williams, and Matthew Kuticka, who work for JLA Construction of Repbulic, Mo., work on a retaining wall that is part of an overpass being constructed over Highway 71 south of Lamar, Mo, on ...

In times like these, when agriculture producers struggle to make ends meet, it is important to reflect on the huge benefits agriculture has given the citizens of the United States and the rest of the world.

A Golden City man suffered serious injuries Wednesday night when the car he was riding in crashed, according to the Missouri HIghway Patrol.

Steve and Jayma Burrow, of Webb City, Mo., announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Whittney Burrow, to Jason Stockdale, son of Marilyn Stockdale and the late John Stockdale, of Lamar, Mo.

A western Missouri town plans to use gas from a landfill to produce electricity to power homes.

Offered the opportunity to support two embattled GOP senators, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell passed it up.

The flares at the Prairie View Landfill have been burning excess methane for years.

Globe/Roger Nomer Isaac Foster, 5, pays St. Mary's member Donna Pashia on Saturday for a basketball during a citywide garage sale.

John Franklin Manco was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for setting fire to St.

A Weir, Kan., resident was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 12:25 a.m. Tuesday on 520th Avenue, less than a quarter-mile west of 190th Street, according to the Crawford County Sheriff's Department.

An 82-year-old man is believed to have drowned while fishing Sunday at a stone quarry in western Barton County.

A Barton County man was found drowned Sunday afternoon after going fishing at a strip mine, according to a Missouri State Water Patrol report.

There are days when, like everyone else I suppose, I really hate my job. Take Thursday.

A Lamar man was seriously injured on Monday night when his vehicle ran off the road and struck a culvert.

CARL JUNCTION, Mo. - A Joplin company has been tabbed by the Carl Junction City Council to handle a sewer project in the Briarbrook subdivision.

The Missouri Supreme Court will not hear Jim Edward Ryan's appeal of his conviction for the May 25, 2005, murder of his brother-in-law John Kullie in Lamar Heights.

From staff reports news@joplinglobe.com Nine people were sentenced this week in federal court in Springfield for their roles in distributing millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine in Barton County and the surrounding area.