The Neosho City Council voted on first reading Tuesday evening to deny an annexation request from the Trinity Learning Center, located at 19937 Quapaw Lane.
Crowder College President Dr. Alan Marble is headed to Missouri Southern State University, while former Crowder President Dr. Kent Farnsworth has been tabbed to take over Marble's position at Crowder.
Tonight, the Neosho City Council will consider on first reading a request to rezone property at 735 East McKinney Street to C-3, commercial business district.
They are small. They are cute. When polished, decorated, and covered with ornamentation, they are worthy of showing off. They are PT Cruisers, automobiles which were made by the Chrysler Corporation from 2000 to 2007.The vehicle was described by the company as a "retro-styled compact...
An open house is planned for a new quilt shop, and in conjunction, there will be a poker run.Mom’s Backdoor Quilts, 219 N. Gilman (Highway 86), Wheaton, will be Saturday, May 25. The Harley’s Performance Poker Run will be held with registration at 9 a.m. first bike out 10 a.m.,...
Granby Police Chief Jacob Kelley was given the green light to hire four reserve police officers.The request was granted during Tuesday night’s council meeting at the Granby City Hall.Granby Mayor RL Arnall noted the reason for the request...
Health insurance rates for school district employees may rise, if the increases are approved by the Neosho R-5 Board of Education Monday.The school board is set to meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the administration center, the former Neosho Neighborhood Rec Center, 418 Fairground Road.
The continued growth of Crowder College was on display Saturday morning, as the graduating class of 2013 and their supporters packed the Bob Sneller Gymnasium full for the college’s 48th annual spring commencement ceremony.The college had 568 students apply for graduation this spring.
Christi Sims has done a lot for helping foster children in Newton and McDonald counties for a number of years. And for her efforts, she was recently presented with the Sarah Jane Snow Award from the Friends of Newton and McDonald Counties Department of Social Services."Christi is a...
Natalie McInturff received a special Mother’s Day gift on Friday afternoon at the Neosho Area Chamber of Commerce’s office, as she was named the chamber’s May Day Mom.Her daughter, Reagan, a second grader at Goodman Elementary School, wrote an essay during a recent...
A Thursday rainstorm may have left the field at Bob Anderson Stadium too wet to hold a graduation ceremony, but it didn’t stifle the excitement of the graduates and their supporters who filled the Neosho High School gymnasium to capacity Friday evening for the school’s 2013 commencement ceremony.
Neosho citizens expressed concerns at a town hall meeting Thursday evening about a possible sports complex being constructed on city land next to the Neosho Golf Course.
After a federal grant helped the Neosho Police Department to fund one of its four new hires in the current budget year, the department is again seeking that same grant to put another officer on Neosho’s streets.
Tonight, the Neosho City Council will decide between voting to surplus or to demolish the vacant, city-owned two-story house, located at 521 N. Wood St., in Morse Park.
A woman with Neosho ties is on the popular NBC show The Voice and she is one of the final 16 contestants.Caroline Glaser, 19, of the St. Louis area, is the granddaughter Neosho residents Bob and Carlee Johnson, and the daughter of Josh and Mitzi (Johnson) Glaser.
An update on plans for an upcoming two-story, 18-classroom addition to Neosho High School was presented by two architects Tuesday as the Neosho R-5 School Board met for a work session.
With a donation, the towns of Stark City and Newtonia now have a backup 100,000 kilowatt generator for the two towns' water supply well."It was bought through the Missouri Department of Conservation, for the fire department to ensure that we had power when power went down " Stark City...
The rainy weather didn’t hamper visitors from attending the annual Art in the Park event at George Washington Carver National Monument, held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.Activities were moved inside the visitor’s center because of the damp weather.
The Neosho R-5 School District hosted a training course on Friday at the district’s administrative building intended to help district administrators know how to prevent or react to an active shooter on their school campus.The training, funded by a Department of Homeland Security grant,...
The Crower College Board of Trustees considered on first reading a nearly $55.9 million preliminary budget for the 2013-2014 fiscal year in a Friday morning board meeting.The budget reflects approximately $4.8 million more in expenditures for the coming fiscal year than in the current budget,...