http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:44:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_326104820.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_326104820.html A couple of weeks ago during Silver Dollar City’s Christmas kickoff celebration the marketing team at the park gave me and a room full of other media types a preview of Tom and Huck’s River Blast. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:20:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325192225.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325192225.html A Springfield group, Missourians United for Choice in Healthcare, has the green light to circulate an initiative petition that — if eventually approved — could change health care in Joplin. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:35:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325233212.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325233212.html The first story about John Cleaver that pops into his mother’s mind is one from his high school years, when he was a competitor on a Scholars Bowl team. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:41:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_324153950.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_324153950.html A $33 million project to upgrade the Schaeffler Group USA Joplin FAG plant is nearing fruition.The Joplin City Council has advanced a proposal to grant the company $33 million in industrial revenue bonds to buy and install new equipment that will allow it to manufacture large ring bearings for wind generators. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:10:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325220739.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325220739.html Lorie McCreary, of Joplin, circulated the booths of merchandise and crafts Saturday night, bidding on a karaoke machine.“My son loves to sing,” she said.McCreary was one of about 250 people expected Saturday for what could be the last “Tradition of Trees’ fundraiser for the Joplin Family Y. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:21:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325222218.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325222218.html NEOSHO, Mo. — Two members of the Neosho City Council will investigate whether the council has been fully informed of the city’s financial condition in recent months.The probe comes after City Manager Jan Blase said the city had used a state loan reserved for new airport hangars to pay its bills. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:23:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325222336.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325222336.html In-state students at both Crowder College and Missouri Southern State University would not see a tuition increase next year under plans advanced by Gov. Jay Nixon.Under the agreement with Nixon that was announced Friday, Missouri’s community colleges would not impose a tuition increase on in-state students for the 2010-2011 school year. In exchange, their funding would only be reduced by 5.2 percent. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:26:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325212602.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325212602.html A fourth person has picked up a nominating petition for the Joplin City Council.Erik Wright, 28, 528 S. Jackson Ave., said he is considering a run for a general seat.Wright said he is interested in working on two specific projects if he were elected: redevelopment, and increased access to the Sunshine Lamp Trolley. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:24:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325212448.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325212448.html CARTHAGE, Mo. — A search will begin to select a new president of the Carthage Chamber of Commerce after John Bode submitted his resignation last week.Laura Phelps, president of the chamber board, announced the decision and said Bode had agreed to serve until a replacement can be found. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:21:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_324154056.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_324154056.html Back on the job after a two-week suspension in October, Mark Templeton has been given a second chance.Templeton, appointed in January to head the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, was suspended last month by Gov. Jay Nixon for providing the governor’s office with false information regarding the closing of beaches at Lake of the Ozarks.At the time, Templeton said the suspension was appropriate and concurred that the failure to close the beaches because of excessive bacterial contamination was “unconscionable.” Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:47:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325014752.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325014752.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:45:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325014617.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325014617.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:43:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325014422.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_325014422.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:35:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_324233613.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_324233613.html NEOSHO, Mo. — City Manager Jan Blase on Friday acknowledged the city used a state loan provided to Neosho solely for the construction of new airport hangars to “make payroll and pay our bills.” He had told the Globe earlier in the week while being interviewed on another matter that the city was sometimes “scrambling” to make payroll. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:10:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_324224029.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/joplinglobe/local/local_story_324224029.html NEOSHO, Mo. — Take a walk down one of Neosho’s trails that wind alongside Hickory Creek in the expanded Morse Park, and you’re likely to run into several other walkers, both two- and four-legged. You will see people riding bikes and families enjoying the picnic pavilions. Look closer and tucked into the brush-lined curves of the creek, you’ll find devoted anglers, fishing for trout. Described by some as the “best- kept secret in the Midwest,” what once was a flood plain has evolved over the past 16 years into a fishing dream spot and town jewel.