Tune in early this week as a lot is happening on Tuesday! Catch the Missouri Bicentennial celebration with an Ice Cream Social in Central Park at 5 pm, the special meeting of Mercy Carthage Board and the Carthage R-9 Board of Education at 6 pm, and Carthage City Council meeting at 6:30! In other news, we will share a few popular headlines and a weekend full of events. Finally, the weather is everything you would expect in August in Missouri - hot & humid with a chance of rain someday.

Take a deep dive into all the headlines or find a full calendar of events at Carthage News Online.