Some Missouri students will soon be taking a stand on being tobacco free.

A man found dead in his home Tuesday was related to the victims of a double homicide Oct. 12 just west of Carthage.

Jon Ekey made it official. The lanky William Chrisman senior is officially a member of the Illinois State University Redbirds.

Last week, I was about as serious as I know how to be — when it came to the 2008 elections, anyway.

In Ecclesiastes, we read that there is a season for everything and a time for every purpose. I find myself often reflecting on those words of wisdom as I race through my days and rush through the seasons. 

It won’t be long before winter sets in and the inevitable happens - the power goes out. Being stuck without electricity or trying to drive in a winter storm can turn from inconvenient to dangerous in no time. Being prepared can make it a little easier when an emergency strikes.

Crowder College officials will meet with agents from the State Emergency Management Agency on Thursday to discuss funding for construction of a three-story storm shelter on campus.

Seven-year-old Bethany James of rural Carthage, Mo., fell in love with a horse named Duke, got to eat lunch high up in the Rocky Mountains, slashed her way through water rapids, made friends with a young married couple from Italy, thrilled at the action from her first professional rodeo, and even got to see a raging forest fire up close and personal.

The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department said it has narrowed its list of suspects in the Oct. 12 deaths of a Carthage couple.

For the first time since 1954, Southwest Missouri, specifically Jasper County, will be represented in one of the highest offices in the state.

We can all breathe a little easier now.

Hundreds of area residents gathered Monday at Joplin Regional Airport's new terminal for a last-minute rally by Republican Mike Huckabee to get out the vote for Republican candidates on the state and national ballot.

A dispute between neighbors boiled over Saturday and resulted in one neighbor accused of spraying the other with bear repellent, police said. Morgan County deputies were called to a residence in Rocky Mount, Mo., early Saturday morning after a report of an assault in progress.

A bench trial has been set for a former Southwest Missouri mayor and pastor facing three felony charges of child enticement.

We have been told that Tuesday, Nov. 4, is the most important election in our lifetime. I thought I heard those save words four years ago, and four years before that, and four years before that, and four ... well, you get the point.