AM1230 The Talker

A late night fire destroys a building in Joplin’s North town. Calls came in at about  9:30 PM  to Joplin 911 Dispatch. The home in the 300 block of north Joplin was fully engulfed in flames. Crews battled the blaze for several hours before it was finally under control. The fire is currently under investigation. …

A Democratic party candidate for the 7th District U.S. Representative seat from southwest Missouri is calling it quits. Teresa Montseny, who is running against incumbent Billy Long, says she is leaving the race due to health problems and family issues. The announcement was made by a spokesperson for her campaign. Even though she’s bowing out, …

How does a pay raise sound — let’s say a raise of 9 percent? There may be an international pandemic going on, thousands of people unemployed across the nation but times aren’t too hard for the Joplin City Council to consider giving an across the board pay raise to city workers. The proposed 9% increase …

Wages are going up for full-time employees at Hobby Lobby. The firm will be raising its minimum full-time hourly wage to $17 effective Oct. 1st. In 2009, Hobby Lobby was one of the first retailers to establish a nationwide minimum hourly wage well above the federal minimum wage and has since raised its minimum wages …

The Republican nominee for Kansas’ open Senate seat has called for quick action to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Rep. Roger Marshall also dismissed his Democratic opponent’s disavowal of the Green New Deal so often during a Saturday debate that she admonished him to “stop deceiving voters.” Marshall repeatedly attacked Democratic …

WICHITA, KS – A re-enactment of rough and tumble days of the Old West that became a little too real over the weekend. Performers were supposed to be using blanks in their pistols near the Old Cowtown Museum in Wichita. Even so, a 24-year-old victim was shot in the upper body and had to be …