Experts launch effort to prevent flood deaths (The Joplin Globe)

Heavy rains in 2007 and 2008 in Missouri triggered dozens of water rescues involving people who, for the most part, chose to cross flooded roads in vehicles. For six people, that was a fatal choice.

Inmate-housing revenue declines in Cherokee County (The Joplin Globe)

COLUMBUS, Kan. — For the first time since the new Cherokee County Jail opened in 2005, revenue from housing out-of-county inmates has declined.

Police warn elderly of fraud scheme (The Joplin Globe)

The Joplin Police Department is alerting elderly residents to be on the lookout for a fraud scheme involving home repairs after the bank of an elderly Joplin woman notified police of a possible scam Tuesday.

2008 weather full of heavy rainfall, tornado outbreaks (The Joplin Globe)

In a year when cities around Missouri set or came close to records for rainfall, the town of Miller got some of the worst of it.

Former wards challenge attorneys’ fees w/ copy of lawsuit (The Joplin Globe)

Some former wards of Rita Hunter, who until Wednesday was Jasper County’s public administrator, have filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of taking money from their estates to pay attorneys for the county office.