President Bush on Thursday signed a measure which authorizes a study by the National Park Service (NPS) to determine the feasibility of either creating a new Civil War battlefield at Newtonia or bringing those battlefield lands under the management of the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield near Springfield.

Eighteen Westview School students entered Westview gymnasium on Thursday as eighth graders and left as graduates, heading for high school in either Neosho or Seneca.

Quest students from the Gifted Program at East Newton School District did very well at a recent competition.

Another young woman has come forward with allegations that a local self-proclaimed pastor sexually abused her several years ago.

Neosho residents are primed to vote Aug. 5 on an $8.5 million bond issue proposal that would fund improvements to the city’s wastewater system.

Preliminary results from an autopsy performed on a body found in an eastern Newton County field Monday evening revealed the person had been shot in the head.