A home of their own (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
In Amanda and Gary Ivy's view, Memphis is a land of opportunity. Career ambitions beckoned the young married couple to the city from Gary's tiny hometown of Middleton, Tenn.
Architect has a bright IDEA for furniture (Miami Herald)
An architect from the Dominican Republic buys materials from Italy and France and has them assembled in China. The result: an international, contemporary product sold at IDEA Home Furnishings. Founded by Anselmo Di Virgilio Hernandez in 2005, IDEA recently opened a 6,800-square-foot store in Cutler Bay following the success of its first store in Miami's Brickell area.
Former water superintendent: ?Somebody was asleep at the wheel? (The Joplin Globe)
A former operations superintendent with the Missouri American Water Co. in Joplin says she believes a Jan. 10 boil order for much of Joplin should never have happened.
Dick Keezer: Book takes readers to 'Lofty Places' (The Joplin Globe)
NEOSHO, Mo. ? Shoal Creek Heritage Preservation projects are just that. A few Neosho residents formed the group about 10 years ago to recognize individuals, businesses and organizations that have made a concentrated effort to educate the public about the heritage of the Newton County area.
Middle-school shooting suspect claimed he wasn?t targeting anyone (The Joplin Globe)
Thomas White hated school. The 13-year-old boy believed he was failing four out of his six classes at Memorial Middle School. He felt it had got him ?into trouble at home,? and he didn?t see anyway to improve his grades.
Neighbors split (The Joplin Globe)
GALENA, Kan. ? Rachel Baldwin last week was hauling a load of brush in a wheelbarrow and heaping it onto what appeared likely to become a burn pile.
City to discuss uses of windfall, loan for airport hangars (The Joplin Globe)
NEOSHO, Mo. ? Neosho officials will be looking at the city?s finances within the next several weeks and weighing questions that include how to use settlement money from cell-phone companies and whether to apply for a loan for construction of hangars at the airport.
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