Jasper, MO

Louise Secker will replace Thomas Ross as the Republican nominee for Missouri House District 161, after Ross allegedly tried to have drugs planted on Secker before the primary.The Legislative District Committee unanimously selected Secker during a meeting Saturday, according to the Jasper County Rep

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Jasper County, Missouri, is now under a countywide burn ban, expanding burning restrictions just one day after the city of Joplin implemented its own ban because of increasingly dry conditions.Commissioners announced the ban Tuesday, effective Sept. 1, citing an increased risk of wildfires and uncon

Several Southwest Missouri waterways showed potentially unsafe bacteria levels during recent testing, including one Jasper County creek with a reading nearly seven times a federal safety benchmark.A report from Environment Missouri found Sycamore Creek in Newton County exceeded the benchmark on all

A 36-year-old Oronogo man died Thursday after the Chevrolet Silverado he was driving ran off County Road 230 and overturned in Jasper County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that the crash occurred on County Road 230, south of Ivy Road, in Oronogo. The crash was reported at 7:22 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 13. The patrol […] The post Jasper County rollover crash kills Oronogo man appeared first on KTTN-FM 92.3 and KGOZ -FM 101.7.

With dangerous summer temperatures rising across Southwest Missouri, staying cool is a critical public health concern. To help residents find relief, local municipalities, libraries, and non-profit organizations across Jasper and Newton counties have designated public facilities as official cooling