The United Community Fund of Neosho Area (United Fund) received $25,000 from La-Z-Boy in Neosho on Jun. 8, as the partnership between the two continues to help local non-profit organizations.
EXETER For the past 23 years, Jim Kaplan has been one of the hardest-working employees in Exeter Hospital’s cafeteria.
The 52-year-old arrives for a shift from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. five days a week, during which he clears and washes dishes. He can be a man of few words with strangers, but everyone at the hospital knows him.
“Whenever I’m at Exeter Hospital and see any doctor there, they always know Jim from the cafeteria,” his sister Lisa Press said. “My father joked once that more people know Jimmy than the CEO.”
When Jim was born with Fragile X syndrome, a genetic disorder characterized by mild-to-moderate intellectual disability, his mother Sue was determined to help him live as independently as possible. At the time, there were no schools for children with disabilities and she placed an ad in the Exeter News-Letter seeking other parents of children with challenges. Maureen Barrows, Jane McFarland, Mildred Wool and Sue Dillenbeck answered her call.
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House Bill 744 would modify the duration of certain protection orders.
April 16, 2021 7:47 PM Bronte Sorotsky
JOPLIN, Mo. – For survivors of domestic abuse, speaking up about experiences can be hard enough, but in Missouri, most protection orders in the state only last about a year, with few lasting two years.
Meaning many who are seeking protection from their abusers must appear in court with them year after year explaining their case.
One Missouri lawmaker is looking to change this. Missouri state representative Lane Roberts sponsored House Bill 744, which would modify the duration of certain protection orders.
“There’s a process in this bill that allows for a hearing. The hearing requires findings of fact by a judge. If through those findings of fact the judge determines that the abuser is dangerous to the victim, he or she can impose a protection order that could be as long as the lifetime of the respondent,” Roberts said.
Frieze Los Angeles at Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood. Photograph by Casey Kelbaugh.
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After a year in which fairs got cancelled across the country,
Frieze looks like the lone survivor. Come May, the fair company owned by
Hollywood behemoth
Shed, the fancy glass box at
Hudson Yards with a terrifyingly expensive retractable door thing. Rules for entry are super strict vaccine passport or PCR test required for entry but for those who get in, the highlights are voluminous, as the big galleries are not holding back.
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April 6, 2021 4:28 PM Chris Warner
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JOPLIN, Mo. – Total crime in the City of Joplin is down for 2020, which officials say the pandemic played a part in. But there’s one statistic that dropped, that’s causing concern.
“We’ve seen a reduction overall in crimes, we saw a reduction of about 9% total crime this year.” Joplin Police Chief Sloan Rowland says the pandemic and lockdowns played a role in reducing overall crime in the city. “Just a lot of less people were out on the street driving and having contact with our officers, so, it was definitely a different year.”