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The Joplin City Council has approved a plan for an industrial development project of acquiring and installing manufacturing equipment and allowing the city to issue its taxable industrial revenue bonds in the amount of $67,215,000. This agreement is with the Schaeffler Group at 3900 Range Line Road, who manufactures bearings for automotive and industrial applications. … The post Joplin City Council Busy Monday Night appeared first on Newstalk KZRG. […]

Vaterott College has shut down. The educational center sent a letter to all students notifying them of the closure Monday afternoon, citing changes in economic and regulatory conditions. Vatterott says the changes have made it difficult to secure additional funding or capital. This includes the Joplin location. Read the full letter below: December 17, 2018 … The post Vatterott College Shuts Down appeared first on Newstalk KZRG. […]

Lorrie McNowelly says her husband Lee would “have done anything to just make it home.” Kansas City Police tell News Talk KZRG that 20-year-old Lee McNowelly, of Independence, was found dead in his car early Sunday in an industrial area in the southeast part of the city. Lee was working as a security guard and … The post KC Security Guard Shot While on Duty appeared first on Newstalk KZRG. […]

(AP) A 41-year-old Kansas man has been sentenced to 109 years and six months in prison for abusing and killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son, whose body was found encased in concrete in the garage of a Wichita rental home they had lived in. Stephen Bodine was convicted of first-degree murder and other charges in the … The post Man who killed 3-year-old Kansas boy given lengthy sentence appeared first on Newstalk KZRG. […]

Grammy Award winner Jason Mraz serenaded her as she waited for a second double-lung transplant. Now, less than a week later, Madison Eileen Taliaferro has passed away in a St. Louis hospital. Madison, who suffered from cystic fibrosis, died Saturday after spending more than two weeks at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. She was only 12 … The post Teen With Cystic Fibrosis Dies Shortly After Star’s Visit appeared first on Newstalk KZRG. […]

The multi-year investigation involved state, federal and Canadian law enforcement agencies as well as conservation officers, eventually tied 14 Missourians to more than 230 charges in 11 counties, and included state and federal wildlife violations in Kansas, Nebraska and Canada. Now one of the men involved in the killing of hundreds of dear at night, … The post Missouri Poacher Gets Sentenced to Watch “Bambi” appeared first on Newstalk KZRG. […]