Carthage

Butterball says it plans to cut operations at its Carthage processing plant next spring, costing about 450 jobs.

Authorities say a 47-year-old man was shot and killed by law enforcement officers after a police chase near Carthage.

A man was arrested on New Year's Day after he allegedly took a truck and drove it more than 100 miles with a sleeping passenger and a goat inside.

A 33-year-old Mexican national has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison without parole for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Missouri.

Authorities say a suspect in the killing of a co-worker at a southwest Missouri residential care home is believed to have died in a vehicle fire.

A 23-year-ol Neosho man has pleaded not guilty in the death of a man during an apparent road rage altercation.

Authorities say a 10-year-old southwest Missouri girl who was fatally shot died after a boy found a hidden handgun and "unintentionally" mishandled it.

Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Carthage, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet.

Authorities say a body pulled from a river is that of a southwest Missouri man who has been missing since a police chase earlier this month.

CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) — Police have arrested two people in the death of a girl in Carthage. A woman and a man were arrested Saturday. Carthage police say officers responded to a call about an unresponsive child at the home. Officials say police will recommend the two suspects be charged with child abuse and child endangerment...