The Missouri Department of Transportation has set Oct. 6 as the date to open the last stretch of the Range Line bypass between Missouri Highway 171 in Carterville and Interstate 44.

From foot racing with gambling on the side to diving and swimming exhibitions to amateur stage shows to the amazing invention of moving pictures to gambling as a personal past-time to competition in military drill and town band challenges to an expanded version of such old ideas as the county fair, the New City in the early part of the 20th Century found a new sense of expression and growth in every direction.

Tickets for the Boots, Bands and BBQ which will kick off this years Maple Leaf Festival will go sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept 6, at the Carthage Convention and Visitors Bureau.

An extra incentive has been added to “The Great Carthage Re-Leaf” program.

The Jasper County Sheriff's Office is holding a car wash to raise money for its Shop with a Deputy program to help children in poor families in Jasper County get gifts for Christmas.

Bare spaces, discarded decks and the debris left over from a dozen hasty departures are all that's left in about a dozen spaces at the Country Club Mobile Home Park on Airport Drive east of Carthage.

Just spend five minutes with Betty Bell and you know she’s an actress. You could almost swear she was cradled in a traveling trunk.

Shoppers in Jasper will have a new place to shop for basic consumable merchandise at everyday low prices when Dollar General opens its new store at 462 E. Mercer.

A Jasper County resident came to the Jasper County Commissioners seeking help for residents of a mobile home park that was shutting down.

For the 31st consecutive year, artists throughout the Midwest will show their talents at the annual Midwest Gathering of the Artist Show Sept 12, 13 and 14 at the Carthage Memorial Hall.

The Carthage man accused of chasing a vehicle that eventually crashed on Civil War Road, killing three people, was arraigned Wednesday in Jasper County Circuit Court.

The remnants of a hurricane that killed dozens in the Caribbean and threatened New Orleans on the heels of the third anniversary of Katrina will visit Southwest Missouri this week.

The popularity of Carthage's local fall festival has forced organizers to make changes to rules and events and promise stricter enforcement of other rules.

Gary Nodler certainly picked an interesting national convention for  his first one.

More than 60 years ago, thousands of B-17 Flying Fortress bombers filled the skies over America and Europe.