Pack the room!After hearing that six members of our city council voted to fire Judy Brigham at their last meeting, I was shocked. Since it was an adjourned budget hearing, I had no idea their…

Saturday was yard work.Sunday, laundry and cooking.And Monday, tackled the basement.Ah, does this desk job feel good. How many of you took Labor Day, literally? AMERICANS are hard-working people as compared to other cultures. The…

Dear Editor,I am troubled by the story of Judy Brigham’s firing and am trying to understand it.  Here is the best analysis I can piece together from the newspaper reports:An intelligent man new to the…

Earlier this week U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins was in Pittsburg, where she was met by a frustrated audience, according to an article in the Joplin Globe.Many had complaints about the United States’ continued involvement with…

ST. PAUL — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s football team opened its 2011 season Thursday. The Wildcats lost 54-6 to St. Paul after trailing 36-0 at halftime.In the third quarter, Keagan Boyd finished a Wildcat drive…

Ironically, the two news stories hit the headlines on the same front page. “Hurricane Cost Seen as Ranking Among the Top Ten” and “Federal Austerity Changes Disaster Relief.”Irene may run up a repair and replacement…

Cutting the payroll tax puts more money in the pockets of wage-earners which stimulates the economy. Right? In theory, yes; in practice the verdict is not yet in, but doubts abound.In an insightful column in…

In what many had thought would be a night to finally wrestle the city budget, Tuesday night city council members instead took down one of their own — City Administrator Judy Brigham.Oh, yes, they passed…

Dear editor,This continuous sniping over the ambulance service is pathetic. Whoever is behind it if you think you’re gaining anything from it you are one petulant and delusional little popinjay!Joplin lost one hospital, multiple schools,…

Devastating floods still swirl through cities and towns all along the Atlantic coast. Hurricane Irene continues to dwindle, but the heavy rains that came with her have sent creeks and rivers boiling out of their…