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Attorney general files suit against California contractor
Attorney General Chris Koster on Thursday filed a lawsuit against a California man, alleging he failed to provide construction materials and home repair services that had been paid for by victims of the Joplin tornado.
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Organizers ambitious in goals for this year’s Heart Walk
Organizers of the Four-State Heart Walk, to be held in September in Joplin, are ambitious: Last year’s event raised about $27,000, while this year they have set a goal of $50,000. So far, $17,500 has been raised. Among the donors to date: Two students at Nevada High School who put on a fundraiser in February as a class project and brought in $2,500.
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Parents of triplets embarking on Heart Association campaign
To the casual observer, it sounds odd: One of their triplets has a heart defect, and Jayme and Chris Harper are grateful. “It could have been much worse,” Jayme said. “We just thank God every day she’s alive. We’re grateful. Be thankful for what you have, and not what you don’t have.”
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MSSU board approves $76.4 million budget
Spending in the fiscal year 2014 Missouri Southern State University budget is projected to exceed revenues by more than $2 million. The budget approved Thursday by the Board of Governors projects total expenditures of nearly $76.4 million, compared with the current budget, which lists $73.4 million in spending.
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Business park interchange advances; land acquisition could start in July
Construction of a new interchange at Interstate 44 and Prigmore Avenue to serve the Crossroads Center Business and Distribution Park was added Thursday to the Transportation Improvement Program for Southwest Missouri.
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Foundation launches Joplin School District Alumni Association
The Joplin Schools Foundation today will announce the development of the Joplin Schools Alumni Association, which will accept the class of 2013 as its first official members.
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Mike Pound: Community rallies to raise money for students
By all accounts, Zoey Bray is a reserved, quiet sort of kid. The freshman at Sheldon High School is so reserved, in fact, that her mother suggested she join the school’s Future Business Leaders of America club. It turned out to be a good suggestion.
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Wal-Mart reports slight increase in earnings, sales
The world’s largest retailer on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $1.14 per share and net income of nearly $3.8 billion on sales of $114.2 billion. That compares with earnings of $1.09 per share and net income of $3.74 billion on total sales of $113.0 billion for the same period one year earlier.
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Work could begin soon on new Interstate 44 interchange east of Joplin
Construction of a new interchange at Interstate 44 and Prigmore Avenue to serve the Crossroads Center Business and Distribution Park was added Thursday to the Transportation Improvement Program for Southwest Missouri.
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Seneca students to remember classmate by participating in Joplin run
Kayleigh Teal will be remembered Saturday by several participants and bystanders in the Joplin Memorial Run. They can be recognized by their teal-colored shirts reading “Running in Memory of Kayleigh Teal.”
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Attorney general files suit against California contractor
