The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO Local News

Water company cites reconnections

2012-02-10T21:48:10-06:00

The May 22 tornado has caused a dramatic drop in water usage for the Missouri American Water Co., but things are starting to turn around — one reconnection at a time.

Survivor of ’78 Connor collapse dead at age 64

2012-02-10T20:55:47-06:00

A big story in the history of Joplin was the 1978 collapse of the Connor Hotel at Fourth and Main streets. Alfred Summers, the man at the heart of that story, died at 6:41 a.m. Friday at St. John’s Mercy Hospital in Joplin after an illness. He was 64.

County asks for dismissal of sheriff’s suit

2012-02-10T20:49:39-06:00

The Jasper County Commission is the final authority in budget allocations, including those from the county’s Law Enforcement Sales Tax fund, county lawyers have argued in a motion recently filed in Jasper County Circuit Court.

Winter weather back in forecast

2012-02-10T22:23:52-06:00

The arctic front that passed over Missouri on Friday will bring cold temperatures to the region tonight.

Weather service upgrading radar at Springfield station

2012-02-10T22:22:16-06:00

The National Weather Service radar station at Springfield will be out of service for about two weeks to permit the installation of dual-polarization technology.

MSSU, PSU to conduct financial-aid events

2012-02-10T22:06:40-06:00

Missouri Southern State University in Joplin and Pittsburg (Kan.) State University each will conduct events Sunday to help high school seniors with completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

Authorities term deaths of teens murder-suicide

2012-02-10T22:00:39-06:00

Authorities say a teenage woman apparently shot her estranged boyfriend several times before turning the gun on herself and taking her own life.

Mike Pound: One man in America wants his robo call

2012-02-10T17:23:46-06:00

I like to think I have pretty thick skin. If I didn’t, all the emails I get with the subject lines that read “Hey moron” would bother me. But they don’t, so I do.

Proposed Kan. abortion ban blocked by abortion foe

2012-02-10T15:21:06-06:00

An influential anti-abortion legislator is blocking the push for a ban on abortion in the Kansas Constitution, highlighting a split among abortion opponents over tactics and frustrating the group advocating the “personhood” proposal Friday.

Kansas House GOP issues tax plan

2012-02-10T15:19:51-06:00

House Republican leaders are proposing a plan to cut Kansas income taxes, removing one key objection to an earlier proposal from Gov. Sam Brownback.