Carthage Press

The Carthage Press is a daily newspaper based in Carthage, Missouri, and is owned by GateHouse Media. It proudly claims to be "Southwest Missouri's Oldest Daily Newspaper," with its history tracing back to The Evening Press, which started in 1885. The newspaper's origins go even further back to 1872 when The People's Press was first published as a weekly in Carthage.

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Creating and Caring for Shade Gardens

3 weeks ago | carthagenewsonline.com | Melinda Myers

Those shady spots in the landscape can make it challenging to grow a beautiful garden. Fortunately, there are more plants than you may think that will thrive in low light. Monitor the amount of sunlight the area receives throughout the day, season, and year. You may be surprised that it gets more sunlight than you thought. Some plants, like spring ephemerals and even sun-loving spring flowering bulbs, receive sufficient sunlight early in the season before most trees leaf out.
Selection and Care of Living Holiday Trees

Dec 4, 2024 | carthagenewsonline.com | Melinda Myers

Dress up a potted dwarf spruce, Norfolk Island pine, lemon cypress or topiary Rosemary or lavender plant for the holidays and enjoy its beauty all year. Add a bit of garland and a few small ornaments for a festive effect. Norfolk Island pines have long been decked out and displayed for the holidays. Smaller specimens can be placed on a tabletop, and larger ones can be used as indoor floor plants when space allows. Grow Norfolk Island pines in a cool well-lit location free of hot and cold drafts.
Operation Christmas Child Drop-Off Location in Carthage Now Available

Nov 20, 2024 | carthagenewsonline.com | Samaritan's Purse

CARTHAGE, Mo. — Children in need are being blessed this Christmas season through the Samaritan’s Purse project, Operation Christmas Child. Individuals, families and groups have the opportunity to pack a shoebox gift filled with fun toys, school supplies, and personal care items and drop them off now during National Collection Week, Nov. 18 – 25. The Carthage drop-off location is at Forest Park Baptist Church, 2535 Grand Ave, Carthage.
Carthage man injured in collision on I-44

May 22, 2024 | carthagenewsonline.com | Randy Turner

A Carthage man was injured in a two-vehicle accident 11:48 a.m. today on westbound I-44 at Northview in Webster County. According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2022 Ram 3500 driven by Kenneth J. Foster, 58, Carthage, struck the rear of a slower moving 2021 Peterbilt truck driven by Slobodan R. Sokanovic, 46, St. Louis. Foster was treated for minor injuries at Cox South, Springfield.
Carthage couple charged, investigation continues after 4 children found living in cockroach-infested, feces covered 1-bedroom home

May 21, 2024 | carthagenewsonline.com | Randy Turner

The Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney’s office filed four felony counts of child abuse or neglect Friday against Carrie Jo Coleman (DOB 1986) and James Robert Cochran (DOB 1988). The charges came one month after the Carthage Police Department investigated reports of unlivable conditions for four children at the Colemans’ home in the 300 block of Clinton.
The Turner Report: Carthage city administrator sues city, council members, Carthage Citizens United

May 18, 2024 | carthagenewsonline.com | Randy Turner

Originally appeared on The Turner ReportCARTHAGE, Mo. — Claiming he has been targeted because of his success in uncovering corruption and graft in the Carthage Parks Department and Convention and Visitors Bureau, City Administrator Greg Dagnan filed a lawsuit against the city, city council members and Carthage Citizens United today in Jasper County Circuit Court.
Jasper County Marriage Licenses May 17, 2024

May 17, 2024 | carthagenewsonline.com | Randy Turner

Jon Michael Bryan, 46, Macomb, and Meghan Melynn Grieb-Fordyce, 33, Joplin Jacques Wedd, 46, Webb City, and Melissa Summer De La Rosa, 45, Webb City Cole Robert Morris, 26, Harrah, Oklahoma, and Rachel Elizabeth Bole, 28, Cherokee, Kansas Jerry Dean Bland II, 25, Duenweg, and Samantha Jade Albright, 24, Neosho Coulter Alexander Huddleston, 21, Baxter Springs, Kansas, and Hannah Marie Horn, 22, Baxter Springs, Kansas Aaron Douglas Griffith, 43, Joplin, and Jessica Sharon Miller, 36, Joplin...
Probable cause allegation: Carthage woman kept 5-year-old son naked and living in filth

May 16, 2024 | carthagenewsonline.com | Randy Turner

CARTHAGE, Mo. — A Carthage woman was charged with endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree, a misdemeanor, after allegedly leaving her 5 to 6-year-old son naked for days and sometimes leaving him alone while she walked around the neighborhood. The Carthage Police Department was called to a home in the 300 block of N. Garrison Tuesday after a neighbor saw both Rainel Christine Rozik (DOB 1979) and the child naked in the backyard, according to the probable cause statement.
Five Carthage, Lockwood residents injured in collision

May 12, 2024 | carthagenewsonline.com | Randy Turner

Five people were injured in a two-vehicle accident 4:15 p.m. Saturday at Oak Road and County Road 70 eight miles northeast of Carthage. According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2012 Chevrolet Malibu driven by Christina M. Palmer, 43, Carthage, failed to stop at a stop sign and struck a 2016 Honda Accord driven by Samuel J. Anibal, 24, Lockwood. Anibal, Palmer, a passenger in the Anibel vehicle, Lindsay A. Anibal, 24, Lockwood, and a passenger in the Palmer vehicle, Karena J.
Carthage woman injured as motorcycle hits dog on Chapel Road

May 11, 2024 | carthagenewsonline.com | Randy Turner

A Carthage woman was injured in a one-vehicle accident 10:15 a.m. today on Chapel Road one mile south of Carthage. According to the Highway Patrol report, a 1999 Harley Davidson driven by Zachary L. Haddock, 40, Carthage, struck a dog in the roadway. A passenger, Kimberly B. Tipton, 35, Carthage, was treated for moderate injuries at Mercy Carthage.