Webb City News

Forest Park Baptist Church is no stranger to Christmas programs, and neither is Mark Clements, the Joplin church's worship pastor.

Globe/T. Rob Brown Brooklyn Elkins sports a scholarly look Monday while wearing a graduation cap fashioned out of construction paper as she works on a kindergarten assignment.

It won't be long now before some important improvements come to Madison Street between Sunset Creek and 13th Street in Webb City.

There always have been politically leaning community newspapers and the reason they are leaning one way or the other is simple economics.

"Several years ago, I was standing in line at Walmart in Webb City, Missouri, ready to pay for my purchases," Connie says.

The history faculty at Missouri Southern State University will receive part of a nearly $1 million federal grant to improve the quality of teaching at elementary and secondary schools in Southwest Missouri.

WEBB CITY, Mo. - About 15 business people and homeowners stopped by City Hall late Tuesday afternoon to discuss with local officials and state Transportation Department representatives proposed projects on Madison Street and the establishment of a Transportation Development District to fund the work.

WEBB CITY, Mo. - Grady Beckham is tired of having a system of septic tanks in his neighborhood instead of a sewer system.

With four young children, a farm to run, and limited financial resources, Rachel Wilson needed some art supplies that were close to home and cheap.

Globe/Roger Nomer Three-year-old Noah Sullivan holds back a sneeze Tuesday as he receives the H1N1 flu vaccine in nasal-spray form at Access Family Care in Joplin.

The Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety met Thursday to discuss goals for the next year.

Webb City and Carl Junction voters today approved bond issues that will use federal stimulus funds for capital improvement projects for their school districts.

The war in Afghanistan started over eight years ago, yet soldiers are coming off the mostly deadly month there.

Globe/Roger Nomer Bob Foos , longtime editor of the Webb City Sentinel, works at his house on Monday.

Rep. Bryan "Big Gun" Stevenson, R-Webb City, collected more in lobbyists' gifts, $623.86 in September, than the other five legislators combined, according to documents posted today on the Missouri Ethics Commission website.

By Emily Younker eyounker@joplinglobe.com Officials with Carl Junction and Webb City school districts on Tuesday will ask voters to let them cash in on federal stimulus funds available for construction projects.

Globe/B.W. Shepherd Vilma Berga helps hang a sign for a 5-kilometer walk Saturday at Landreth Park.

Joplin Globe WILLARD, Mo. a ' The higher seeded prep volleyball teams triumphed in the first three matches in the Class 4 District 12 Tournament on Monday night.

WEBB CITY, Mo. - Ron Lankford, superintendent of Webb City schools, has been named 2010 Superintendent of the Year by the Missouri Association of School Administrators.

By Emily Younker eyounker@joplinglobe.com WEBB CITY, Mo. - The City Council on Monday night approved a 36 percent increase in sewer rates, effective Nov.