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Republican primary candidates to attend ice cream social Tuesday
The Republican Women of Jasper County will hold a free ice cream social, raffle and an opportunity to meet the primary election candidates Tuesday at Carthage Memorial Hall. Doors will open at 5 p.m., with the event beginning at 6 p.m. Candidates will be allowed to speak for three minutes.
Driver arrested after leaving the scene of a fatal crash in Newton County, Mo.; highway patrol identifies pedestrian killed
NEWTON COUNTY, Mo. (KY3) - The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the driver of a truck who left the scene of a fatal crash Friday night has been arrested Saturday morning. According to MSHP Troop D, the driver was arrested at a house in Carterville, Missouri in Jasper County. Troopers are on the scene collecting evidence.
New Traffic Pattern Coming to Route HH in Carthage Beginning Week of July 8
What: Access to Dr. Russell Smith Way from Jasper County Route HH (Fir Road) traffic will shift to the Route HH-to-southbound-I-49 ramp in Carthage. When: Beginning week of July 8 and remaining in this pattern for most of the rest of the intersection improvement project, sometime in early 2025. Traffic...
Explainer: Hot summer days + rain = hydroplane; SUV spins off I-49 into trees
JASPER COUNTY, Mo. (KOAM) — About 9:50 a.m. Wednesday morning with periods of showers across the area reports of an SUV hydroplane off I-49 near Carthage alerted Jasper County E-911.
Semi Full of Potatoes Overturns in Southwest Missouri
A semi truck accident in southwest Missouri causes a dicey problem. A tractor-trailer carrying 41,000 (forty-one thousand) pounds of frozen, diced potatoes overturned early this morning near Carthage, MO. Authorities say the big truck overturned to the right on I-49, traveling far enough that it blocked the west outer road...
Missouri Road Rage Suspect Apprehended Near Ohio-Indiana Border
ANTWERP, OHIO – In a coordinated effort, multiple law enforcement agencies successfully apprehended a Mississippi man linked to a road rage incident. The arrest occurred on Thursday, June 27, 2024, shortly after 4:00 P.M., when a commercial vehicle was intercepted on US 24, just east of the Ohio-Indiana state line.
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