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| SBJ announces competition theme for 2012 >> Miscellaneous | s-smith |
| JOPLIN - High school students in southwest Missouri are invited to submit entries for the annual Society of Professional Journalists essay contest. The Department of Communication at Missouri ...more |
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| Need support for a cause? Go to Change.org >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Change.org is a website that empowers people to fight for what they believe is right. With corporate personhood an issue, the site, dubbed a "grassroots campaign for change" has shown that they are ...more |
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| MoDOT travel info map app is now available >> Miscellaneous | sally-o |
| JEFFERSON CITY - Just in time for the busy holiday travel season, the Missouri Department of Transportation has launched a smartphone application that will allow users to check state road conditions ...more |
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| Pro Musica-Joplin wins NEA $10,000 grant >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Pro Musica, the organization that provides free concerts for Joplin and the 4-state area, was chosen as one of 162 small to mid-sized art organizations to receive a $10,000 grant from the National ...more |
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| MoDot warns of growing number of pedestrian deaths >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri transportation officials are concerned. After just nine months in 2011, the number of pedestrian traffic deaths is nearly equal to those experienced in 2010. In fact, during ...more |
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| Family gatherings are a wealth of information >> Miscellaneous | d-burton |
| by David Burton
Young and old family members typically get together for holidays between mid-November and the end of the year. That makes this the perfect time of the year to collect oral ...more |
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| ...always room for one more >> Miscellaneous | c-brown |
| Zepplin is a young male neutered cat that loves to play with other cats. So, having another cat (doesn't he or she deserve a pal?) is no excuse for not adding this handsome cat to your home.
The ...more |
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| Hunters reserve deer meat for the needy >> Miscellaneous | mkelley |
| Deer hunters can help the needy by participating in a state-run program. The Share the Harvest program provides a way for deer hunters to donate venison to the many Missouri families who are in need ...more |
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| Golden City currency note surfaces >> Miscellaneous | wavydavy |
| GOLDEN CITY - Dave Sorrick of In God We Trust LLC has announced the purchase of “The Golden City Hoard”. The purchase of this large collection of coins and currency was completed in September, 2011. ...more |
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| Graham/Talent report raises alarms >> Miscellaneous | kjsmith |
| Washington, D.C.— Former Senator Bob Graham (D-FL) and former Senator Jim Talent (R-MO), chair and vice chair of the Bipartisan WMD Terrorism Research Center (The WMD Center), today (Oct. 12, 2011) ...more |
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| Have you seen a bird interacting? >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| The Celebrate Urban Birds project at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is launching a contest whose goal is to show some of the ways birds interact with each other, with humans and/or with other ...more |
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| Poor are getting poorer >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| The number of Missourians living in poverty or without health insurance increased dramatically, while earnings dropped, according to preliminary state Census Bureau figures released today (Sept. 13, ...more |
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| Defining personhood legislatively >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| When faced with a question of protecting human life, on the issue of the personhood of the child in the womb, presidential hopeful Mitt Romney was the only candidate to back down, according to ...more |
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| Convoy of Hope heads to North Carolina >> Miscellaneous | jeanne-h |
| Springfield – Convoy of Hope has deployed members of its disaster response team to North Carolina as Hurricane Irene bears down on the East Coast as a Category 2 storm. The disaster response team ...more |
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| Bidding for Sheryl Crow's roadster tops estimate >> Miscellaneous | staff |
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The vintage car, pictured at right, a sexy white convertible with a 1,897 CC SC 4-cylinder engine, that singer Sheryl Crow bought in 2005 that became a family favorite was auctioned off today ...more |
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| Branson film company seeks backers >> Miscellaneous | cballen |
| Allen Family Films, a Missouri based production company, recently announced intentions to shoot a new feature film in the Branson area. This new family-friendly film, in the vein of recent releases ...more |
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| POETRY app now is available on all mobile devices >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| CHICAGO — The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is pleased to announce that its POETRY app is now available for the first time for Android and iPad. The free app has been updated for ...more |
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| Vegephobia at Walmart >> Miscellaneous | moneta |
| It troubles me some when the Walmart cashier isn't able to identify mushrooms, asparagus, or sweet potatoes. I don't think of those as strange vegetables, but apparently ALL vegetables were strange ...more |
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| Jostens to replace lost JHS diplomas in tornado >> Miscellaneous | c_owens |
| Jostens, a leading supplier of graduation memorabilia, has announced a replacement program for Joplin High School diplomas lost in the May 22 tornado.
Anyone who lost his or her Joplin High School ...more |
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| Photography contest winners are announced >> Miscellaneous | jduffey |
| More than 60 entries from photographers aged 6 through 60 (and then some) made up the field of the first annual Nature in the Park Photography Competition held in Springfield. Winners were announced ...more |
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| Marijuana initiatives are presented for approval >> Miscellaneous | niandra |
| Two measures which would regulate cannabis for adults in a manner similar to alcohol, allow medical use with the approval of a physician and create an agricultural hemp industry, were filed with the ...more |
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| Oklahoma Turnpike to have limited travel >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| If you're thinking about heading to Oklahoma via Interstate 44 and the Will Rogers Turnpike any time between July 5, 2011, and next summer, you might want to take note of a major repair project that ...more |
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| In defense of Joplin >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| We received this letter addressed to the Hon. Eric Cantor (R-VA), majority leader of the House of Representatives
Dear Congressman:I live close to Joplin, Missouri as well as do business there. My ...more |
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| Federal support for storm shelters petitioned >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Lisa Bondeson a nurse from Maine and a MoveOn member, has created a petition that should be of interest to people in our area.
Believing that storm shelters provide a high level of protection from ...more |
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| Crowder vet-techs have pets for adoption >> Miscellaneous | c-brown |
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Meet "Cheddar." He is a 5-month-old neutered orange and white domestic shorthair cat, who loves to play. He is waiting for your loving attention.
Crowder College Vet-Tech Program is looking to ...more |
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| Accusations against St. Louis priest are true >> Miscellaneous | rmoore |
| The Archdiocesan Review Board has concluded that the recent charge of abuse against Father John Wieberg, a priest at the Archdiocese of St. Louis who died in 1963, is "serious and credible," ...more |
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| Vendors wanted for Boomtown Days in June >> Miscellaneous | cgerdes |
| PLEASE NOTE THAT BOOMTOWN DAYS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 9-11, 2011, IN JOPLIN HAS BEEN CANCELED.
Boomtown Days, Joplin and the 4-state's premier festival event, is now accepting vendor applications ...more |
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| Tweet - danger in singing like a bird >> Miscellaneous | beres |
| The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will be in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, for a hearing in a legal battle over the ...more |
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| Help national parks solve their problems >> Miscellaneous | kpalacio |
| A new Web-based program is helping national park enthusiasts to track and comment on projects at parks nationwide. Using this tool, the George Washington Carver National Monument would like to invite ...more |
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| Qualifying for the American Opportunity Tax Credit >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| The American Opportunity Tax Credit, the new federal education tax credit, is available for both 2009 and 2010, according to a reminder by Jim Krudwig, director of the Small Business and Technology ...more |
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| Are you LinkedIn? >> Miscellaneous | d-burton |
| LinkedIn can be a powerful tool for savvy small business owners. Although LinkedIn doesn't get the headlines Facebook does, this social networking site offers opportunities to increase business ...more |
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| MADD seeks to re-define image >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) currently is in the process of analyzing results from an online attitude and awareness survey. According to Chris Orzechowski, vice president of marketing for ...more |
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| ACLU and others seek to block Arizona law >> Miscellaneous | maria-a |
| PHOENIX - At a hearing today in a federal court in Phoenix, the American Civil Liberties Union and a coalition of civil rights groups argued that Arizona's discriminatory new law, known as SB 1070, ...more |
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| NAACP condemns Tea Party bigotry >> Miscellaneous | cfleming |
| KANSAS CITY, MO – Over 2,000 NAACP delegates recently unanimously passed a resolution—as amended—called “The Tea Party Movement,” asking for the repudiation of racist Tea Party leaders.
The ...more |
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| Akin finds dead bodies exhibit objectionable >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
| by Mari Winn Taylor
Ethical debate regarding Body Worlds and its breakaway version BODIES - The Exhibition has been festering since their first appearances in 2004 and 2006, respectively. Dr. ...more |
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| Edited film shows illegal alien protestors >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Americans for Legal Immigration PAC is releasing a video clip today that shows an illegal alien supporter in Arizona claiming that shovels and axes will be used against Americans. It was said just ...more |
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| MoDOT releases airport directory >> Miscellaneous | sally |
| JEFFERSON CITY - The 2010-2011 Missouri Airport Directory produced by the Missouri Department of Transportation is now available to the public without charge.
The directory, a flight-planning ...more |
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| Book about rural schools has been updated >> Miscellaneous | staff |
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The book, A History of the Rural Schools in Greene County, Mo., has been updated by the author, David Burton, pictured at right, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the book's original release in ...more |
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| MoDOT archives maps for public use >> Miscellaneous | staff |
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Missouri's historical road maps are now available online. Thanks to the Missouri Department of Transportation's mapping and engineering policy groups that built the archive highway maps for ...more |
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| Creating DVDs from VHS tapes >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| A simple way to convert old VHS tapes to DVDs has been a popular question for the CNET Community, according to comments from Lee Koo, CNET Community manager.
Most responses from members of the ...more |
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| Did this man case one bank but rob another? >> Miscellaneous | blewis |
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A lone white male entered the Commerce Bank, 1311 S. Madison, Webb City on July 10, 2009, brandished a handgun and demanded money from the bank tellers. After retrieving the money and placing it in ...more |
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| Spam is circulating from IRS inpersonators again >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Beware of spam whose origin is apparently outside of the country (various return paths noted). The message is entitled "Notice of Underreported Income" and it suggests that it is coming from the ...more |
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| Impaired driving: what inhibits the practice? >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
| Effective August 28, 2009, new legislation signed by Gov. Jay Nixon and sponsored by Rep. Darrell Pollock (R-146) requires the Missouri Department of Transportation to establish a drunk driving risk ...more |
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| MoDot striping crews face narrow escapes >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| JEFFERSON CITY - MoDOT crews will be out improving Missouri roads throughout the summer months. Drivers have been asked to buckle up, watch for signs, slow down and stay alert when driving through ...more |
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| Bicknell organizes junket to Middle East >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Branson entertainers Stephen Feemster, Bristol Sosa, Kim Barber and Gene Bicknell, owner of The Mansion, are members of a group on a humanitarian junket to the Middle East.
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| Getting rid of deadwood >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| There might be another guy in front of your post office grabbing your arm again, this time to sign a petition to place a term limits initiative on the November 2010 ballot.
The initiative ...more |
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| Bird counts reveal decreasing populations >> Miscellaneous | hugh |
| Washington, D.C. – The first ever comprehensive report on bird populations in the United States recently was released by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. It shows shows that nearly a third of ...more |
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| Agencies tout the need for flood insurance >> Miscellaneous | a.hunter |
| JEFFERSON CITY — Flooding can occur almost anywhere if enough rain falls in a short period of time. Residents of Missouri know only too well the devastating effects that flood can have on lives and ...more |
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| Two motorists killed in I-44 crash >> Miscellaneous | blewis |
| Joplin Police received a call of a collision occurring just west of the Hearne's Blvd exit of I-44. The accident occured just before 10 a.m. on October 6, 2008. A motorist was driving eastbound in ...more |
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| This summer remember to put ICE in your cellphone >> Miscellaneous | hfoster |
| JEFFERSON CITY -Gov. Matt Blunt today encouraged Missourians to participate in the In-Case-of-Emergency (ICE) cell phone initiative.
"This initiative has strong potential for saving lives," Blunt ...more |
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| How clean and green is your vehicle? >> Miscellaneous | staff |
| Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching the SmartWay Leaf Campaign to encourage consumers to purchase SmartWay-certified cars and trucks. SmartWay is an ...more |
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| Off your butt; create a disaster plan >> Miscellaneous | robinson |
| Are you one of the ones who have procrastinated in developing a tornado disaster plan? Gov. Matt Blunt in the wake of the recent string of tornadoes that hit Southwest Missouri wants to remind ...more |
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| Be on the look-out for the spotted knapweed >> Miscellaneous | d-burton |
| Spotted knapweed, a weed that produces a toxin via the roots that kills plants within its root zone, has been showing up in the Ozarks with the potential to be a major problem by displacing native ...more |
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| Tropical plant discovered in Newton County >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
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The first sighting of Impatiens pallida for Newton County has been made. Dr. Stephen L. Timme, admittedly while not really looking for it, discovered it on June 26, 2006, along the wooded trail on ...more |
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| Oklahoma museum receives large comics donation >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
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Michael Vance, noted author and curator of the Oklahoma Cartoonist's Collection, displays the newest additions.
The Toy and Action Figure Museum, home of the Oklahoma Cartoonist's Collection, ...more |
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| Telemarketer-solicited charity calls piss me off >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
| My phone doesn't disturb me very often these days. The number is on the State of Missouri's No Call List, the brainchild of Attorney General Jay Nixon. So, when it rang the other day with a ...more |
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| CODEPINK calls for voter reforms >> Miscellaneous | jeanb |
| Many citizens believe that our electoral system is in dire need of an overhaul from unreliable electronic voting machines and millions of uncounted ballots to partisan secretaries of state and ...more |
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| Blogging is mainstream now >> Miscellaneous | d-burton |
| Personal web blogs may challenge the news media,” said Chris Dean, coordinator of University of Missouri Extension’s Tri-Lakes TCRC in Reeds Spring, MO, back in October of 2003.
It was ...more |
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| Tips for genealogy research provided >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
| Where to Start Family History in This Technological Age--
Perhaps, no hobby or research effort has benefited more from the Internet than genealogy, according to David Burton, civic ...more |
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| Like 45-rpms, floppies are becoming antiques >> Miscellaneous | d-burton |
| Floppy disk drives will soon be history on computers from Dell and other manufacturers. Apple's iMac computers eliminated floppy disks when they were introduced nearly five years ago. Now Dell plans ...more |
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| Blogs--the new technology >> Miscellaneous | d-burton |
| One of the most interesting trends to surface on the Internet is known as the blogging, according to Chris Dean, coordinator of University Outreach and Extension's Tri-Lakes TCRC in Reeds Spring. ...more |
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| Restaurant review: Osteria Gran Sasso >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
| Just steps from the southern corner of 4th and North Elm in Pittsburg is the location of an old mill that has been converted into a family restaurant called Osteria Gran Sasso. Operated by two ...more |
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| Links >> Miscellaneous | mariwinn |
| Joplin Links
City of Joplin
Joplin Police Department
Joplin Chamber of Commerce
Joplin Convention and Visitors Bureau
Joplin Public Library
Joplin Little Theatre
Joplin Museum
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| Quote of the moment >> Miscellaneous | anonymou |
| I know there is something like a cold fish, but when a person like that starts to warm up a bit, he still stinks.
"You read about all these terrorists, most of them came here legally, but they ...more |
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