Seneca News

NEOSHO, Mo. - A rural Seneca man was charged Friday with sexual abuse of a 4-year-old boy, who this week was taken to a hospital after complaining of an injury.

Seasonal flu vaccines for children are becoming hard to find at some 4-State clinics.

The vote of no confidence for Bruce Speck is an embarrassment for Missouri Southern State University.

Two major construction projects for the Seneca school district remain on track to be completed in August, according to Rick Cook, superintendent.

A rural Seneca woman charged with animal neglect received two years probation but will face new restrictions on her animal ownership under a sentence handed down Tuesday, the Newton Prosecutor's office said today.

Sentencing has been delayed pending a mental evaluation of a rural Seneca man who bilked an elderly Joplin woman out of more than $16,000 last year.

SENECA, Mo. - The city of Seneca will assume expenses for repairing a historic footbridge over Lost Creek on Main Street, even though the state of Missouri owns the rights to the walkway.

Love can often be a wonderful yet confounding thing. The stuff of ballads and sonnets, of books and, unfortunately, hundreds of generic romantic comedies, it is the driving force behind much of life.

NEOSHO, Mo. - A former commissioner for the Seneca Special Road District was assessed a suspended sentence Monday on a conviction of stealing more than $14,000 in district funds.

A Neosho motorist was seriously injured in a one-car crash Sunday night on Route Y, five miles east of Seneca, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

NEOSHO, Mo. - A former employee will pay back part of the money she stole from the Seneca Special Road District, according to a plea deal approved Monday in Newton County Circuit Court.

NEOSHO, Mo. - Newton County likely will use at least some of the low-interest bonds available through the federal stimulus program, but it will review requests from local communities that want to participate in that program, county officials said Thursday.

A cluster of storms producing heavy rain in Newton County has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood warning until noon for the county.

It seems that President Obama has stuck his nose where it doesn't belong - again.

I have read several articles about the "tea parties." I think what they are doing is exciting.

By Mike Pound mpound@joplinglobe.com The chief of the Carl Junction Fire Protection District said there have been no problems since his district assumed fire-protection and emergency-response duties for the village of Airport Drive earlier this month.

A renovated courthouse star, in our view, is the crowning touch to a number of recent improvements that have been made to the Jasper County Courthouse.

SENECA, Mo. - A mixture of interest-free and low-interest bonds will save the Seneca School District an estimated $2.5 million over the next 15 to 20 years.

Seneca firefighter Tyler Casey died May 12th, 2008 after warning people in the path of a tornado.

The death toll from the tornado on Saturday night rose to 16 in southwest Missouri on Monday.