Magazine News
Cookin’ with Heart!
By Kathleen Swift • Photos by Kaitlin Felder Traci Cliffman has always had a passion for cooking. “Some of my best memories are being in the kitchen, cooking and sitting around the table with family.” So, it made perfect sense when Traci was ready for a career change,...
Love in the Workplace Wade and Tyffanie Rogers – Blacklist Ink and Blacklist Laser
By Amy Howe You own Blacklist Ink and Blacklist Laser, located next door to each other on Main Street in Joplin. Please describe your businesses and the different roles you each play. Wade: Our businesses complement each other. We are able to send people over to the...
Love Through the Decades
By Kaitlin Felder Michele and Chris Knight 2000 - present Michele and Chris Knight found each other in 1999, at a club in Joplin, Missouri. Michele was 26 and Chris was 30 when they were going out with their friends at the club. A year later, Michele married...
Taste of the 4 States- Undercliff Grill & Bar
By: Amy Howe Most of us can be found driving on Interstate 49 between Neosho and Joplin, Missouri, but if you venture off onto the road less traveled and take Old Highway 71, you’re in for a treat. As you wind around Shoal Creek, you’ll arrive at Undercliff...
Go Ahead and Stare – the Teacher Says it’s OK
Field notes and photos by Jeff Cantrell Spring fever and indoor anxiety may arrive early to our local classes. The schools’ classroom windows may be a strong-pulling magnet for the educators’ gaze, as well as their young scholars. It is common-ground belief among...
For the Love of Running Ritchharts’ ‘perfect marriage’ grows through weekly 5k’s
By Sarah Gooding Photos by Savanah Mandeville Runners throughout the Four-State Area know Russ and Kathy Ritchhart, who can be spotted at runs around the region almost every weekend. Kathy, 60, and Russ, 70 in April, have been running together for 10 years and credit...
Mother Tucker’s Pizza and More in Lamar
By Kathleen Swift When you find yourself in Lamar, Missouri, you are bound to notice several changes and new businesses just south of town. Near the golf course, one new restaurant you want to be sure to try is Mother Tucker’s Pizza. The restaurant is located...
Love in the Workplace Jon and Sarah Abernathy Abernathy Roofing & Construction
By Savanah Mandeville Photos by Amy Howe What role do each of you play in your business? Jon: Sarah plays the role of anything in the office. Payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, all of the financial side of the business. Sarah: Jon’s role is ......
The Pie You Can’t Deny
By Kathleen Swift Photos By Artistic Expressions Photography Every morning before many of us are having our first sip of coffee, Carla Crawford and her daughter, Twyla Housh, are making the famous pies for Big R’s Bar-B-Q. They’ll have dozens of homemade rolls rising...
Nicki and Levi Layton: Love Forever
By Kathleen Swift By all accounts, Nicki and Levi’s wedding was a day of fun. Held at the Civil War Ranch Arena in Carthage, Missouri, the couple geared everything about their wedding as a celebration of love. Levi and Nicki went to high school together, but...
The Leatherworker: Diane Friend handcrafts one-of-a-kind leather sheaths and more
By Savanah Mandeville Diane Friend is no stranger to the great outdoors. She and her husband, Rick, live for bow season, black powder season and the modern firearm season. Diane’s also known to catch crappie, bass, catfish and trout. The couple’s own...
Why I Run ’He Learned to Walk. She Learned to Run’
By Sarah Gooding A chance comment, in the midst of supporting her brother through learning to walk again after breaking his neck in a four-wheeler accident, changed Missy Chaney Curtis’ life forever. “My brother, Larry, had to learn to walk again after...
Faces & Places
Grand Lake Association 65th Annual Banquet
The Grand Lake Association hosted its 65th annual banquet at 6:30 pm Monday, December 17, at River Bend Casino and Hotel, 100 Jackpot Drive in Wyandotte. The evening featured a cocktail hour beginning at 6 pm, dinner, remarks from GLA President Ray Claggett,...
Show Me The Ozarks Check Presentation for Hope 4You Breast Cancer Foundation
Show Me The Ozarks Magazine presented a check of $2,500 to the Hope 4You Breast Cancer Foundation. The magazine helped raise money by hosting the 9th Annual Pink Carpet Covers for a Cause Benefit held at Mercy Hospital Joplin. The all-day event took place in October...
Faces&Places – Freeman Health System Annual Volunteer Christmas Party
Freeman Health System hosted its annual volunteer Christmas party at 5:30 pm Thursday, December 13, at Freeman Business Center, 3220 McClelland Blvd., in Joplin. This special event is an opportunity for Freeman to honor the many volunteers who bring compassion and...
Carthage Chamber of Commerce: Casino Royale Banquet
We made it relatively unscathed through another holiday season. So, it’s time for a nice break, right? Not for long … It’s time to plan your finest retro James Bond-y type wear for the annual Chamber Banquet, this year with a Casino Royale theme. We’ll shine the...
Threads of Gold for Ronald McDonald House
Threads of Gold for Ronald McDonald House By Kathleen Swift For the past year, “Because of You” has become Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Four States expression of choice in celebration of the people who have supported its mission and its programs for the past...
Shred-a-Palooza
ShowMe CJ The Carl Junction Area Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Region M Solid Waste Management District, invites you to the second annual Shred-a-Palooza! This is your opportunity to safely dispose of personal and business documents, to safeguard your...
CHASE THE CHILL COMES TO JOPLIN
CHASE THE CHILL COMES TO JOPLIN It’s a simple concept: help the community chase away winter’s chill by spreading a little warmth to those who need it most. Citizens of Joplin will do just that during Chase the Chill, a free yarn bombing event that distributes...
2018 Apple Butter Makin’ Days Schedule
2018 Apple Butter Makin’ Days Schedule FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 Before dawn Apple Butter Makin’ begins on courthouse lawn Round Grove Baptist Church All day KIDZONE at Senior Center Parking Lot (north of the square) 6:30-9...
Downtown Joplin Alliance First Friday Wine Share
Downtown Joplin Alliance First Friday Wine Share The Downtown Joplin Alliance teamed up with Neal Group Construction to host the September First Friday Wine Share. The event was held at 215 S. Wall in a 107-year-old building that has recently been given a new...
Circles-Joplin Check Presentation
Circles-Joplin Check Presentation Three local organizations presented donations to Circles-Joplin at a special check presentation ceremony at 6 pm Thursday, August 30. Circles-Joplin is a non-profit organization aimed at eliminating poverty in the community....
Pink Ribbon Gala
Pink Ribbon Gala Three cheers to another beautiful evening honoring our sisters in pink! The seventh annual Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks Pink Ribbon Gala was held Friday, July 20, at 6 pm in the Grand Cedar Ballroom at Indigo Sky Casino. The evening featured...
Bros in Bras for a Cause
Bros in Bras for a Cause: McCune-Brooks Healthcare Foundation Benefit for Mammogram Program By Savanah Mandeville [[[Breakout box: When: Nov. 10 at 6:30 pm Where: Cherry’s - The Woodshed, 311 S. Main St., Carthage Tickets are...