Hear that sound? It’s a game of musical stores being played by Carthage businesses looking to expand and upgrade. Just look at Cindy Chilton’s Decor & More, now relocated from the former All Things Grand store at 1204 Grand Ave. to the former Cherry’s Custom Framing and Art Gallery at 310 Howard St.
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Andra Bryan Stefanoni: The world comes to Pittsburg stage
Man whose name still on ballot remains in jail
Even with nine seats on city councils listed on Tuesday’s election ballots in Cherokee County, only one contested race developed this spring. While that lone contested race did not develop in Baxter Springs, another question did. While Stan Pickering’s name remains the only one on the ballot for the 1st Ward council post, uncertainty now looms over him being able to serve even if he were to receive the most votes over a write-in candidate.
Susan Redden: Washington gridlock spurred candidacy
Social media changing political campaigns
The days of kissing babies and canvassing neighborhoods from door to door may have gone the way of the rotary-dial phone and “I Like Ike” campaign buttons. This is the era of social media, when Facebook, Twitter and other technology-based platforms are this era’s answer to the whistle-stop campaigns of yesteryear, but the goal remains the same.
Common Core under attack from legislators, parents
Coast-to-coast relay for Boston to reach Southwest Missouri on Monday
Oklahoma’s poet laureate to hold free workshop in Miami
New objects seen, but still no evidence of jet
PERTH, Australia — A day after the search for the Malaysian jetliner shifted to a new area of the Indian Ocean, ships on Saturday plucked objects from the sea to determine whether they were related to the missing jet. None were confirmed to be from the plane, leaving searchers with no sign of the jet three weeks after it disappeared.
Rep. White seeking means to speed up issuance of death certificates
State Rep. Bill White, R-Joplin, has introduced legislation that would require the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to develop an electronic death registration system and make its use mandatory. “We have an ongoing problem of taking a tremendous amount of time for families to get death certificates,” White said. “When you have a case that happens that a family does not get one, it creates lots of different problems.”