Zach Ewing: Maybe this isn?t as good as it gets (The Joplin Globe) It?s weekends like this that remind me why I love sports.The baseball pennant race is one of the most exciting, unpredictable and multi-faceted times of the whole year. The college football season, especially with double-barrel action like we had Saturday, can be just as fun ? yesterday, six of the top 13 teams lost, including a 41-21 defeat for Texas at the hands of surprising Kansas State and ......more...Jo Ellis: Celebration planned at Cave Spring School (The Joplin Globe) Before I came along and complicated matters, my mother taught in a one-room schoolhouse. I still have the brass bell she rang to call kids to class. And our esteemed editor attended Forest Mills, a one-room school (OK, I think it was two rooms and an attic) for several years....more... First Joplin-area juveniles enter dual-jurisdiction program (The Joplin Globe) MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. ? Convicted and sentenced as an adult for robbery and burglary, Aaron R. Lang, 16, of Joplin, is headed to a unique, secured-care treatment program for juveniles in Montgomery City. So is 16-year-old Scott Fue Yang of Seneca, recently convicted of burglary in an adult division of Newton County Circuit Court....more... Central Missouri game first in crucial stretch (The Joplin Globe) PITTSBURG, Kan. ? His team headed into a crucial two-week stretch, Pittsburg State football coach Chuck Broyles isn?t sugar-coating anything. ?We?re not very good against the rush,? Broyles said Thursday....more... Why a barren rock in the Atlantic is the focus of an international battle of wills (The Scotsman) Rockall has long been the focus of territorial disputes, which are about to intensify in a battle over oil and gas exploration rights, writes JOHN ROSS...more... 51 guns on our streets (Queensland Times) POLICE are desperate to find dozens of weapons stolen from an Ipswich gun dealer before they fall into the wrong hands. A joint taskforce comprising the Ipswich Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) and the Brisbane-based State Crime Operations Command (SCOC) has been set up to investigate the heist....more... Firearm safety classes can help families stay safe (Sun-Sentinel) Millions of Florida homes shelter children and guns. ...more... 'A potential disaster' (Lake County News Sun) The arsenal inside the Mundelein Police Department was impressive: A .50-caliber handgun known as the "hand cannon," a semi-automatic Uzi machine gun, antique rifles, an assortment of knives and .38-caliber handguns. And the weapons on display were only half of the 639 guns and rifles confiscated Friday from the home of Michael Sonka, 55, of 910 Granville Ave., Mundelein. ...more... Norsemen roll to 4-0 (The Joplin Globe) MIAMI, Okla. ? Unbeaten Northeastern Oklahoma A and M College shrugged off losing four of seven fumbles in posting its fourth victory of the football season late Saturday night.NEO, ranked 11th by the NJCAA, piled up 493 yards in offense ? 254 on the ground ? in handling Arkansas Baptist College of Little Rock 38-9 at Robertson Field....more... |