On Friday, Ron Richard was doing something people probably won't see him do much for a while after this weekend – prowling the lanes of his bowling alley at Fourth Street and Maiden Lane in Joplin.

During the final notes of the Sugar Bowl halftime show, celebrating the game’s 75th anniversary, the 105 members of the Neosho, Mo., High School Wildcat Band put their instruments down and picked up large 2-foot-by-2-foot mirrors.

The 20 future nurses may be on winter vacation, but that doesn’t mean learning has taken a break. Lake Regional Health Systems held a two-day nursing camp attended by 17 high school students and one college student with interests in a future career in the health care industry.

A project to protect fish from being injured or killed in the turbines at Bagnell Dam has been completed, putting to end a nearly four-year process. Several hundred feet of netting has been installed across a portion of Bagnell Dam to act as a barrier and keep fish from running into the turbines.

A Neosho man has received three back-to-back life sentences in the shootings of two Neosho police officers and for firing at a state trooper in March 2007.

About three months ago, Patricia Ross awoke to find herself sitting on the floor with her back against a wall. She didn’t know how she got there, but it afterward became apparent that Ross, 78, had fallen flat on her face.

What? It's already time to make New Years' resolutions? Didn't I just break all mine a week or so ago? Oh well, time to get busy re-challenging myself –– making myself a better person.

The headline on the front page of the newspaper last week caught my eye – it said "Bailed-out bank bosses cash in big."

Dena D. Riley, a co-defendant in the 2006 videotaped rape and torture of two women, pleaded guilty Monday to the murder, kidnapping and sexual abuse of Marsha Spicer.

An Eldon man who was stripped down to a T-shirt and pair of shorts was arrested for possession of narcotics after being stopped on a traffic violation.

The fingers usually point at Illinois senior guards Trent Meacham and Chester Frazier when things go wrong. Against a Missouri team that reached the rankings Monday, Meacham and Frazier finished their Braggin' Rights careers with an undefeated record. And some inner satisfaction.

What do you get when you mix the holidays, a little community support and a lot of enthusiasm? The flavor of the day at Culver’s.

Tiger Woods, Annika Sorenstam and Jack Nicklaus have carved an impressive niche at the Bighorn Golf Club in Palm Desert, Calif. But those golfing legends have to take a backseat to Suzi Comstock.

A home is a complete loss after a fire started in an outdoor cathouse. A lightbulb and towels placed inside the cathouse ignited the fire.

The research park that is expected to attract bioscience firms from around the world got off to a modest start Monday morning – with a large public gathering attended by, among others, the University of Missouri Provost and the president of the Kansas City Area Development Council.