Authorities are searching for a missing toddler in central Kansas.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt spent more than $120,000 in taxpayer funds last summer for a trip to Italy that included a meeting of G-7 ministers and a private tour of the Vatican.

Jenelle “Longman” Frette, 72, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2018 at Carthage Health & Rehab.

Verna “Louden” Brown, 97, passed away March 18, 2018 at her home in Carthage.

Tom Loyd, 67, of Columbia, MO, passed away unexpectedly on March 14, 2018.

James Robert “Jim” Chittenden, 61, passed away on March 19, 2018, at his home. He died of complications of pancreatic cancer.

Lola Catherine “Johnson” Wright, 97, passed away Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at her home in Colorado Springs, CO.

Carthage is known as something of a mecca for artists, and one family is moving to Carthage in hopes of bringing a new kind of art — one that is currently effectively banned under the city code.

     The Granby, Missouri School district is partnering with the Springfield Art Museum for a special project.      The museum provided supplies for students to make a sculptural mural.     Elementary and junior high kids are creating masks which will be placed on the school’s cafeteria wall and painted to look like an American flag.     The project lets student contribute their own individuality.      &qu…

Four area photographers were honored as winners in the 2018 PhotoSpiva competition at a ceremony this past weekend.