The elevator in Jasper County’s 130-year-old courthouse in Carthage could be operational again in a few weeks. County officials received an email this week from the contractor for the repairs, KONE, ...

About 3:30 a.m. Wednesday reports of a house fire, 2100 block of East 12th, rural Carthage, Mo. alerted E-911.

There’s a new face in the Jasper County Circuit Clerk’s Office. Previous officeholder Melissa Holcomb stepped down from the ...

One person has died after a shooting in Carthage Saturday night. According to the Carthage Police Department, around 11:30 ...

Jasper County health officials warn now is the time to take extra precautions to avoid the growing number of flu cases.

A 22-year-old man is dead and a Joplin man is facing a charge of second-degree murder after a party in north Carthage turned into a fight that ended with gunshots. Police on Monday identified the ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. — An adoption tree is giving generous shoppers a chance to help build a brighter Christmas. The Jasper County Public ... on the main floor of the courthouse in Carthage.

Former Carthage City Administrator Greg Dagnan and the political action committee Carthage Citizens United filed a joint stipulation in Jasper County Circuit Court on Monday asking Lawrence ...