Real-estate magnate Donald Trump held his biggest lead yet in a new CNN poll of Republican primary voters released Monday, a day ahead of the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses that he looks set to dominate.
Term-limited State Rep. Tom Flanigan joined a crowded field running for the Republican nomination for the Eastern District Jasper County Commission seat being vacated by the retiring Jim Honey.
Some of the candidates for Joplin City Council and the Joplin Board of Education were required to file campaign finance reports with the Missouri Ethics Commission last week, the first filing deadline for the state agency.
A bicyclist from Carthage sustained serious injuries after being struck by two vehicles at 7:05 p.m. Saturday on Fairview Road half a mile west of Carthage in Jasper County, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported.