http://joplintristate.biz en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:16:48 GMT Daily feed of articles http://joplintristate.biz/Main.asp?SectionID=18&SubSectionID=23&ArticleID=1767 Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks - Jasper & Newton Counties has set the stage for its third annual Biscuit Run and Gravy Walk TOP STORIES Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:03:00 GMT http://joplintristate.biz/Main.asp?SectionID=18&SubSectionID=23&ArticleID=1766 Arvest Bank announced this week that it has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets and liabilities of Union Bank. TOP STORIES Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:57:00 GMT http://joplintristate.biz/Main.asp?SectionID=18&SubSectionID=23&ArticleID=1765 The Wildflower, 1832 E. 32nd, presented a $6,500 donation to Ozark Center for Autism this week. TOP STORIES Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:56:00 GMT http://joplintristate.biz/Main.asp?SectionID=18&SubSectionID=23&ArticleID=1764 The deadline to apply for U.S. Small Business Administration low-interest economic injury disaster loans is Feb. 9. TOP STORIES Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:00 GMT http://joplintristate.biz/Main.asp?SectionID=18&SubSectionID=23&ArticleID=1763 With more than 22,000 complaints, violations of Missouri's no-call law was ranked No. 1 in Attorney General Chris Koster's list of the 10 most common consumer complaints and scams reported to his office in 2011. TOP STORIES Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:02:00 GMT http://joplintristate.biz/Main.asp?SectionID=18&SubSectionID=23&ArticleID=1762 Missouri Southern State University has named John Groesbeck the new dean of the Robert W. Plaster School of Business Administration. TOP STORIES Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:01:00 GMT http://joplintristate.biz/Main.asp?SectionID=18&SubSectionID=23&ArticleID=1761 Missouri Gas Energy filed a motion with the Missouri Public Service Commission to reduce its cost of gas - as of Feb. 13 - from 61-cents per hundred cubic feet to 52-cents. TOP STORIES Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:01:00 GMT http://joplintristate.biz/Main.asp?SectionID=18&SubSectionID=23&ArticleID=1760 Charles W. Eminger, owner of Superior Construction in Joplin, has agreed to a settlement in a fraud case leveled by the Missouri State Attorney General's office related to the May 22 tornado. TOP STORIES Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:00:00 GMT http://joplintristate.biz/Main.asp?SectionID=18&SubSectionID=23&ArticleID=1759 Plans are underway for Joplin's first-ever St. Patrick's Day Parade and Festival. TOP STORIES Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:45:00 GMT http://joplintristate.biz/Main.asp?SectionID=18&SubSectionID=23&ArticleID=1758 Kansas City-based UMB Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: UMBF), which operates two UMB Bank branches in Joplin, recorded $106.5 million in year-end profits, the first time the company's net income has surpassed $100 million. TOP STORIES Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:44:00 GMT