The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO N.E. Okla. & S.E. Kan.

Business owners divided on plan to raise sales tax

2010-05-10T23:15:56-05:00

At Beitzinger Hardware, 722 N. Broadway, the tax increase that some legislators want for Kansas is a hard sell right now.
“This country is still in a recession. Even though some people think it is out, it’s not,” said John Beitzinger, owner.

Two teens die from shooting in Delaware County

2012-02-10T14:12:23-06:00

Two teenagers died from wounds sustained in a shooting Thursday afternoon east of Afton.

Pittsburg troupe presents ‘The Glass Menagerie’

2012-02-03T13:18:15-06:00

It’s performed by one of the smallest casts in recent Pittsburg Community Theatre history, but “The Glass Menagerie” will be no less impactful, says Director Linden Little.

Masonite to add 65 new jobs in Pittsburg

2012-02-03T12:46:36-06:00

The company moved its glass insert line from Toronto, Canada in 2008. In 2011, the company completed purchase of the 310,000-square-foot property at 603 E. Jefferson St. from the city. Masonite currently employs 135 in Pittsburg.

Ortho Four States provides plans for medical office building in Galena

2012-01-09T15:15:46-06:00

Representatives with Orthopaedic Specialists of the Four States today presented plans for a $5 million, 30,000-square-foot medical office building to piggyback on its $13.5 million specialty hospital, already under construction.

200 jobs to be lost with salad plant's closing

2011-12-08T13:26:24-06:00

The Orval Kent Food Co. food processing plant will close at the end of January, leaving 200 permanent and temporary employees without a job, said Kent Kring, an Orval Kent Vice President.

Fireworks business interested in Superior’s vacated plant

2011-11-15T13:03:52-06:00

The Pittsburg City Commission and the Economic Development Advisory Committee will hold special meetings Wednesday to consider a forgivable loan application by Jake’s Fireworks, a locally-owned pyrotechnics distribution company, for $300,000.

Columbus factory dismisses employees, with more to come

2011-07-25T15:34:16-05:00

Around 70 of RSI Home Products Manufacturing Inc.’s 110 employees were dismissed Friday, with the remaining 40 to be let go by the end of September.

Tip leads to arrest of bank robbery suspects

2011-07-22T14:44:25-05:00

A Webb City Parks Department employee is credited with reporting suspicious activity that eventually led to the arrest of two men suspected of robbing a Weir bank.

Announcement to be made about unsolved murder

2011-05-31T13:42:36-05:00

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and Delaware County district attorney’s office are reporting the pending arrest of a suspect in the disappearance and presumed murder 15 years ago of Barbara Ann Willard.