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Missouri communities divided over spreading meatpacking sludge
GRANBY — About a year after Blair Powell built his dream home in the southwest Missouri Ozarks, a noxious smell wafting from the farm next door ruined his son’s wedding reception in their backyard. “It just was ungodly,” Powell said. “Just the worst, horrible, horrible smell. Eyes were...
Food Basket Brigade Donation
A generous gift was given from La-Z-Boy Midwest in the amount of $10,000 to the Newton County Food Basket Brigade. Several groceries can be purchased in December for families in Newton County because of great donors in the Neosho area. Donations can be sent to the Newton County Food Basket Brigade at PO Box 925, Neosho, MO 64850. (L-r) Angela James, Ron Dunaway, Nick Talbert, Hattie, Ann Hamlet, Marla Hixson, Gary Marshall, Spencer Dobbs, and Larry Judd.
Communities divided over spreading meatpacking sludge
GRANBY — About a year after Blair Powell built his dream home in the southwest Missouri Ozarks, a noxious smell wafting from the farm next door ruined his son’s wedding reception in their backyard. “It just was ungodly,” Powell said. “Just the worst, horrible, horrible smell. Eyes were...
Davy and Natalie Lloyd were laid to rest this earlier week tops Shannon’s Big 3 this week
Big story #3 – About 9:30 a.m. Monday reports of a tractor-trailer overturned near 38-mile marker i-49 alerted Newton County E-911. Redings Mill Fire, Newton County deputies, and Newton County Ambulance responded. Missouri State Highway Patrol and MoDot were notified.
Duquesne Road bridge upgrade completed with ARPA funding
NEWTON COUNTY, Mo. — A big-ticket project to upgrade a Joplin area bridge is complete. Newton County workers inspected the Duquesne Road bridge just south of I-44 today. The structure had been deemed dangerous, with 90 percent deterioration. ARPA funding allowed the county to tackle new safety features including...
Pineville man bound over on charges from Joplin arrest
Jun. 5—NEOSHO, Mo. — A Newton County judge has ordered a Pineville man bound over for trial on firearm and stolen property charges he picked up earlier this year in Joplin. Judge Jacob Skouby decided at the conclusion of a preliminary hearing Monday in Newton County Circuit Court...
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