http://www.joplinglobe.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sun, 11 May 2008 21:04:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_132210533.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_132210533.html Artist Bob Tommey hopes that when Carthage High School students troop into their new high school next year, they will pass by his interpretation of their school mascot. After presenting his idea to the R-9 school board, Tommey sculpted a model of a tiger, moving with a relaxed gait down an incline of rocks. Sun, 11 May 2008 21:03:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_132210346.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_132210346.html A former Carthage resident who has ties to Miami, Okla., and Pittsburg, Kan., is in the running to be the new city administrator at Branson, according to Branson Mayor Raeanne Presley.The two finalists for the job are Dean Kruithof, deputy city manager at Fort Smith, Ark., and Dan Galloway, city manager at Stillwater, Okla.Kruithof was born in Carthage, raised in Miami and worked in municipal administration in Pittsburg. Sat, 10 May 2008 21:27:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_131212632.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_131212632.html CARTHAGE, Mo. — Tornado sightings and torrential rain brought an early end to a ceremony to honor a deceased Civil War veteran at Park Cemetery on Saturday. Fri, 09 May 2008 00:12:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_130001320.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_130001320.html Fri, 09 May 2008 00:08:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_130000940.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_130000940.html Thu, 08 May 2008 23:28:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_129232937.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_129232937.html CARTHAGE, Mo. — Though complimentary of changes made in the past year at the Carthage Humane Society, members of the Carthage City Council’s budget committee on Thursday night did not endorse a request to double city funding to the organization. Thu, 08 May 2008 19:58:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_129195914.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_129195914.html CARTHAGE, Mo. — Despite amendments added by a House committee, state Sen. Gary Nodler said Thursday that he still is hopeful that legislation can be passed this session that would increase penalties for odor problems from businesses such as Renewable Environmental Solutions in Carthage. Wed, 07 May 2008 22:37:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_128223756.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_128223756.html CARTHAGE, Mo. — A proposed city budget — after more than $2 million in cuts — will be the focus of a meeting at 6:30 p.m. today by the budget committee of the Carthage City Council. Wed, 07 May 2008 21:29:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_128213004.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_128213004.html Emma France can go back to California after David Mouton, Jasper County probate judge, on Wednesday set aside orders that made the 95-year-old former Carthage resident a ward of Rita Hunter, the county public administrator. Wed, 07 May 2008 21:12:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_128211306.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_128211306.html Cyril Klava knows it’s going to be loud because she’s lived with a storm siren in her neighborhood for a while. It’s just that this one is almost in her back yard. Wed, 07 May 2008 00:03:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_128000423.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_128000423.html Tue, 06 May 2008 15:39:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_126163350.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_126163350.html A hearing is set for Wednesday on Emma France’s request to end her guardianship by Rita Hunter, Jasper County public administrator. But it is unclear whether the session in circuit court will focus on that issue or on motions that each side has filed concerning questioning that was to take place before the hearing. Mon, 05 May 2008 22:07:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_126220720.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_126220720.html David A. Hagensieker did not intentionally benefit from Carthage city sewer services without paying for them, his attorney, William Fleischaker, told a Jasper County jury during opening statements Monday in Hagensieker’s trial on a felony theft charge.But Assistant Prosecutor Nate Dally insisted that Hagensieker did steal city sewer services for a motel and bar outside the city limits over a three-year period from 2003 to 2006. Sun, 04 May 2008 21:45:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_125214534.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_125214534.html There was a time when Ruth Kolpin Rubison would rise at 5 a.m. to travel through western Kansas and eastern Colorado, selling advertising for a small radio station in Goodland, Kan. She often would not make it home until midnight. A brief stint with another station in Garden City, Kan., led her to a more lucrative position with a radio station in Dodge City, Kan. She was earning just $75 a week, but she was determined to follow a path that one day would lead to ownership of her own radio station. Thu, 01 May 2008 22:38:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_122223612.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/carthage_jasper_county/local_story_122223612.html CARTHAGE, Mo. — While acknowledging that state action is increasingly unlikely, Jasper County officials will wait until the end of the legislative session before deciding whether to act on an ordinance targeting sexually oriented businesses.