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Spire to become Oronogo's natural gas provider June 22
The Joplin Globe, Mo. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJun. 10—ORONOGO, Mo. — Following a vote nearly two years ago, natural gas customers in Oronogo will have a new provider starting June 22, as the city utility transfers to Spire. According to ...
Podcast: Bonnie and Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd among outlaws active in Missouri in 1933
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA crime spree across Missouri in the summer of 1933 is the focus of a State Historical Society of...
Oronogo man injured in single-vehicle crash
The Joplin Globe, Mo.· 11 months agoMay 18—A 22-year-old man from Oronogo was injured in a single-vehicle crash at 6:16 p.m. Wednesday on County Road 240, about 2 miles northwest of Oronogo in Jasper County, according to the Missouri ...
Senior Spotlight: Oronogo resident helps keeps country's history alive
The Joplin Globe, Mo. via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFeb. 5—ORONOGO, Mo. — Former President Harry Truman has been dead for more than 50 years. The first president, George Washington, has been dead for 224 years. But sometimes they still walk among ...
EPA details planned cleanup in Carthage, eastern Jasper County
The Joplin Globe, Mo. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 24—CARTHAGE, Mo. — Area lead and zinc mining in the past century in Missouri was concentrated around Joplin, Webb City, Duenweg and Oronogo, but it also took place here and there across ...
EPA to host open house in Carthage to discuss pending mining cleanup
The Joplin Globe, Mo. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 7—Since 1995, the federal Environmental Protection Agency has been cleaning up mining waste and contaminated soils across Joplin, Webb City, Oronogo and Duenweg with generally some positive ...
‘Left alone’: How a U.S. resettlement failure led to an Afghan teen’s death in Missouri
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoA broken, overwhelmed system for resettling refugees left an Afghan family of eight isolated in a...
Public training sessions to be held for EPA jobs
The Joplin Globe, Mo. via Yahoo News· 7 days agoApr. 24—Expansion of the Oronogo-Duenweg Mining Belt Superfund site and other mine waste cleanup sites in the area has created jobs that need to be filled. To provide information about how to ...
2 killed in early morning crash on Barton County highway
The Joplin Globe, Mo. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 11—Two people were killed in a two-vehicle crash at 4:35 a.m. Saturday on Missouri Highway 43, 6 miles south of Liberal in Barton County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
2 men killed on railroad bridge near Carl Junction
The Joplin Globe, Mo. via Yahoo News· 6 months agoNov. 6—Two men were killed Sunday after being struck by a train in Jasper County. The victims were identified as Dacoda Bittner, 24, of Webb City, and Terry Long, 39, of Oronogo. According to ...