Sam Butcher, beloved creator of everything Precious Moments, never spoke a word during the rededication ceremony held Thursday afternoon in front of the chapel.

On his way to a business meeting in Italy, Precious Moments founder Sam Butcher stopped at a tiny Italian village and spied an even tinier chapel. The memory of that structure was instantly seared into his mind’s eye.

Republicans and Democrats shared the stage at Eagle Picher Industries in Joplin on Wednesday as Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed a new job-creation bill.

Steve Dougan has found himself in a situation he never thought he would be in: His search dog is missing.

Bikers from around the state gathered at West 60 Cycle on Saturday for the Bikers Against Child Abuse (B.A.C.A.) Missouri State Rally hosted by the local chapters.

Get a brand new car, someone else pays for your gas, insurance and maintenance, and all you have to do is drive it and write about driving it.

We agree with Missouri Department of Transportation Director Pete Rahn when he says changing the mandatory motorcycle helmet law makes no sense.

While no cases of the H1N1 flu virus, commonly known as swine flu, have turned up in Southwest Missouri, a Jasper County Web site is providing information specifically about this and other forms of flu.

Michael T. Shepherd, 49, of Camdenton, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey on Wednesday to three years and four months in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Shepherd to pay $2,103,998 in restitution, which includes $27,258 in restitution to former employees for IRA plan contributions.

For violent offenders, it won’t just be fingerprints and a mug shot at the booking station anymore.

One year to the day, hundreds of area residents came together Sunday to officially dedicate the memorial to the May 10, 2008, tornado victims.

With power knocked out to about 200 homes, Carthage residents had to improvise when it came to entertaining children and staying busy until power crews could make the rounds.

State leaders stopped in Carl Junction on Saturday as part of a tour of areas damaged by the “inland hurricane” that swept through southern Missouri early Friday morning.

For Lyndel and Katherine Arnall, the past year has been quite an adventure. Or at least that’s the way they look at it. One year ago, the rural Neosho couple came home from a Saturday day trip to find their home smashed into a pile of unrecognizable debris, the result of a E-F4 tornado that tore a wide swath from one end of Newton County to the other.

When children from Mark Twain Elementary school in Carthage, Mo., released hundreds of balloons last Tuesday, tiny notes tied to each multi-colored ball urged the nameless and faceless strangers who might find them to write the students back if they could.