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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Politics
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Carl Junction City Council discuss ethics complaint against mayor
CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — An ethics complaint against the mayor of Carl Junction was front and center during Tuesday night's city council meeting (5/20). The complaint was recently filed against CJ Mayor Mike Moss by council member James Shanks. Moss is accused of repeatedly referring to female city employees as 'Steve's harem' — referring to City Administrator, Steve Lawver. City Attorney, Mike Talley said Tuesday night, the city has received four more complaints against Moss from city employees, and that the best course of action would be to have a due process hearing. Talley has also spoken to Nate Dally with Lauber Municipal Law about taking on the role of outside counsel for the city. Dally, of course, resigned last year as city attorney in Carthage during its turmoil. A decision from Lauber could come this week. A former city employee addressed the council during tonight's public comments portion of the meeting. 'As a citizen of Carl Junction for 17 years, as well as a former employee of the city and a woman, I can only hope that you guys do not take these comments or the disrespect towards these women and the employees of our city lightly. In doing so, I can only hope that you see that this is not just a one-time thing, but a continuous issue, and that you take the next step in the right direction for the sake of our community,' said Former CJ City Employee, Brandy Castlebury. Moss, who continues to decline to comment, has hired William Fleischaker as his attorney. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Climate
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Carl Junction intensifies tornado cleanup with citywide debris pickup
CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — More resources are coming online to help clean up in the wake of the Carl Junction tornado. The city of Carl Junction will handle a debris pickup for vegetation piled at the is for trees and branches only, which should be cut into manageable leaders are also considering other options for the cleanup, including extra help during the previously scheduled city-wide cleanup May 3rd. Catie Cummins named Carl Junction High School athletic director NWS confirms Easter tornadoes left trail of damage from Kansas to Missouri Carl Junction community unites for cleanup after powerful storm Carl Junction schools to close Monday due to storm damage PHOTOS: Easter Sunday storms damage homes, infrastructure in the Four States They say gathering downed trees and branches seems to be the biggest need. 'Five-foot lengths, that type of thing. And we'll be coming by and getting—we're going to get some dumpsters centrally located here, so that people can bring any of the other debris, you know, they can bring and dump into those, too,' said Steve Lawver, CJ City Admin. The EF-1 tornado damaged trees, outbuilding and roofs on a diagonal path in Carl Junction starting on the west side and running northeast. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Carl Junction community unites for cleanup after powerful storm
CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — 24 hours after a storm passes through town, damaging homes and businesses, cleanup in Carl Junction is already underway. Within minutes, neighbors were helping each other, and today, that work continues. PHOTOS: Easter Sunday storms damage homes, infrastructure in the Four States Video from the Carl Junction School District shows the collapse of a playground shelter at the second and third grade building, and strong winds at Bulldog Stadium just to the north of that. Viewer photos sent in moments after the storm show damage to homes, dozens of trees, and power lines down throughout town, and flooding. City Administrator Steve Lawver tells us that within moments of the storm, people were out helping each other. Today, the sun was out, and cleanup work continued. Carl Junction Fire Protection District Chief Joe Perkins says while that's happening, firefighters are still working to determine exactly how much damage was done to the community, because that could play a role in recovery efforts. 'To make sure that we don't qualify for state or federal aid, and then we'll allow the powers that be to take a look at that and coordinate with SEMA and decide what's applicable, what's not,' said Chief Joe Perkins, Carl Junction Fire Protection District. 'People were out of their houses already and starting to pick up stuff. It's just almost instantaneous as to when the storm as to when the people start helping each other,' said Steve Lawver, Carl Junction City Administrator. Anyone wishing to volunteer with recovery efforts is being asked to check in with volunteer coordinators at the Carl Junction Community Center. That's located at 303 North Main in Carl Junction. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
