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The Better Business Bureau has several healthful suggestions for those of us thinking about adding physical exercise to our fitness regimen. Ask . . . Make sure you’re healthy enough for an exercise program before you start. If you haven’t been active for a while, check with your doctor before starting anew. Investigate . . … The post BBB makes suggestions to potential gym, health club members appeared first on Newstalk KZRG.

Teachers are getting harder to find in Missouri. The Missouri Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education announced 26 strategies for dealing with the problem last week. Pay is a big issue. Missouri is 40th in the nation now. One strategy would be to change that to 26th. That would make average teacher’s salary around $54,000 … The post Missouri ponders ideas to improve teacher recruitment, retention appeared first on Newstalk KZRG.

Carthage R-9 School District voters may be asked to extend the current property levy to finance building and renovation at the Carthage Technical Center’s two campuses. The original location is on River Street in the north part of Carthage. The second, more recently built campus, rests adjacent to Carthage High School in the south part … The post Carthage voters may be asked for Technical Centers’ construction, renovation funds appeared first on Newstalk KZRG.

The 2020 St. Louis Cardinal Caravan rolled into Joplin on Saturday, Jan. 18th, bringing with it both current players and Cardinal alumni whose names are a part Redbird history. Players on the trip included Jordan Hicks, Lane Thomas, Junior Fernandez, Tom Pagnozzi and Al Hrabosky. The Cardinal group appeared before a large crowd of fans … The post St. Louis Cardinal Caravan features current players, all-time greats appeared first on Newstalk KZRG.

The annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. event will be held Monday, Jan. 20, 2020 at Missouri Southern State University. An evening event is scheduled, this year, in the North End Zone.  Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and refreshments will be served. The theme for this year’s event is Music….A Universal Stepping Stone Toward Peace. … The post MLK, Jr. Event Monday night at MSSU appeared first on Newstalk KZRG.

Two men from Joplin were arrested after the Joplin’s SWAT team found heroin, cocaine and a stolen firearm during a search warrant Thursday. Read the full press release below: On January 16th, 2020 the Joplin Police Department SWAT team served a search warrant for the JPD investigations bureau. During the search warrant multiple items of … The post Two arrested; heroin, cocaine, stolen firearm seized by Joplin SWAT Team appeared first on Newstalk KZRG.