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City wants to buy weather radios for those without

Phil Jones had been working on a construction project outside his house all day on May 22 and was unaware that a tornado watch had been issued. Once he was inside, though, his weather radio went off, and he learned that a warning had been issued.

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October 22, 2008

Anonymous The Joplin Globe Wed Oct 22, 2008, 11:18 PM CDT

Two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident at 8:50 a.m. Wednesday on Owl Road, four miles east of Neosho in Newton County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Elizabeth L. Rogers, 23, of Neosho, and Sasha L. Short, 21, of Monett, were taken to Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, the patrol said.

They were passengers in a northbound car driven by Donna D. Matheson, 44, of Neosho. It was struck by a southbound Jeep driven by Stefanie L. Wright, 19, of Granby, when Wright’s vehicle crossed the center of the road, the patrol said.

n A 13-year-old Verona boy was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 5:40 p.m. Tuesday on County Road 2210, two miles west of Verona in Lawrence County, the state patrol said.

Brent H. Downs was taken to St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, the patrol said.

Downs was a passenger in a westbound pickup truck driven by Caleb P. Downs, 16, of Verona, that left the road and struck a culvert, the patrol said.

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