A jury was selected Wednesday to hear the trial of an Aurora woman accused of conking her husband with a baseball bat four years ago and stabbing him with a paring knife about a year later.

The great horned owl currently presiding over a park in St. Louis is named Charles. Mark H.X. Glenshaw, the naturalist who christened him, earned naming rights by becoming more familiar with the bird than anyone else.

A committee of Vision Joplin 2022 contends the city of Joplin needs to improve service in all its departments, but points specifically to its building and planning departments.

NEOSHO, Mo. — With an engineer giving the green light, the city of Neosho is one step closer to accepting ownership of the Transportation Development District’s road projects.

WASHINGTON — Some 50 aggrieved West Virginians carpooled for four hours and 250 miles Wednesday to confront the Mountain State’s congressional delegation in the nation’s capital.

Community members came to Outback Steakhouse in Joplin over the lunch hour on Wednesday to show their support for a Jasper County deputy sheriff, Nolan Murray, who was shot last week while serving a warrant in Joplin.

CARTHAGE, Mo. — As Carthage nears its 175th birthday, volunteers with a local history museum are gearing up to recount the city’s transformation from a rural settlement to a humming industrial hub.

On Friday, March 17 Mo-Kan Square Dancers are holding their St. Patrick’s Day Dance with John Eubanks calling.  The dance will be held from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the Home Ec Building at the Vernon County Fairgrounds.  Admission is $5 for adult dancers and $3 for youth dancers.  All area dancers are invited.  For more information, call the Harolds at 417-465-2242, the Millers at 417-395-2838, or the Eberts at 417-667-3069.