Carthage School District statement regarding firearm incident

There has been a lot of publicity and comment about a firearm being discovered in a locked vehicle on our high school parking lot. We take issues like this very seriously in order to ensure the safety of our students and staff members.The CHS administration and the Carthage Police Department conducted a thorough investigation in the matter. The superintendent has followed district policy in reviewing the information that has been presented, including meeting with the parents and the student i…

K-103 reconstruction begins @ Weir

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) has started a project to reconstruct K-103 (Main Street) from Lincoln Street to Jefferson Street inside the city of Weir.The first phases of the project involved installing storm sewer pipes on city side streets. The project has moved to the K-103 reconstruction phase, which includes grading, surfacing and the placement of new pavement markings. K-103 at Weir is closed to through traffic, with a short signed detour on Dreher, Catalpa and Madison …

Neosho man arrested for burning without a permit

On April 28, 2015, at 6:44 am, the Joplin Police Department responded to the 800 block of Main in the east alley for a dumpster fire. The dumpster is owned by Service Recycling, 1015 Illinois, Joplin.Officers contacted witnesses in the area that reported that Michael R. Banks, 57, Neosho, Mo., had confided to them that he had set the fire. Banks was said to be wearing a fireman ball cap, and fireman jacket.Officers located Banks and he freely professed to having set the fire. Banks was arrest…