• Carthage city employees & FD weigh in on city council

    CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Carthage Fire Department and some Carthage city employees have written letters voicing their support of the mayor and city administrator. We've told you about the fighting happening at city hall. The city employees' letter says they haven't seen Mayor Dan Rife or City Administrator Greg Dagnan do anything wrong. The city []

  • Carthage city employees express ‘no confidence’ in seven city council members

    CARTHAGE, Mo. — Carthage city employees draft a letter expressing quote, "no confidence" in seven members of the city council. The letter, being circulated by employees of the Carthage Police Department, Parks Department, Public Works, and City Hall says: We, the undersigned employees of the City of Carthage, submit this letter to express our unanimous []

  • City of Albuquerque hosting Earth Day Festival

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The celebrate earth day, the city of Albuquerque is hosting Earth Day Festival NM Sunday, April 21 at Sid Cutter Pavilion at Balloon Fiesta Park from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. The theme for this year's event is "Planet versus Plastics." There will be over 125 booths at the event full of []

  • Carthage city employees voice support for administration

    CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Carthage City Council takes no action to move forward with impeachment proceedings against Mayor Dan Rife and the termination of City Administrator Greg Dagnan. Tonight's meeting was the third in eight days since the new council was sworn in. More than 80 people were in the room. Following the presentation of []

  • Cleveland city employees now have to confirm they know policies

    The FOX 8 I-Team has found all City of Cleveland employees now have to confirm they know city policies.

  • Man accused in child rape case was Youngstown city employee

    A man who was indicted this month by a Mahoning County grand jury on child rape charges was an employee of the Youngstown Police Department and resigned his position amid the investigation of the charges against him.

  • Albuquerque neighborhood seeks city’s help with homeless encampment

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Some residents in an Albuquerque neighborhood are frustrated with a homeless encampment set up right next to their homes and businesses. For more than a year, one neighborhood has been dealing with a homeless encampment at a vacant property on Utah and Chico off of Central. According to neighbors, the camp sometimes []

  • Albuquerque City Council moves to speed up downtown housing development

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque City Council has approved a measure aimed at speeding up housing development downtown. The resolution puts permanent housing projects within the downtown center into the city's FasTrax program at no additional cost. Right now, project approvals and construction permits are done on a first-come, first-serve basis but developers can pay an extra []

  • Albuquerque City Councilor pushes for upgrades at International District park

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A troublesome park in the International District could soon be getting a makeover in hopes of giving families in the area a safe place to gather. "The community center here is very vibrant, very well-used, people love their community center," said Albuquerque City Councilor Nichole Rogers. A popular community center is butted []

  • Joplin City Hall building expansion follows new employee additions

    JOPLIN, Mo. — Things are getting a whole lot busier at Joplin City Hall. That includes the building itself. Construction is continuing to reshape office space, centralizing neighborhood services on the first floor and adding extra offices on the higher levels. They're needed for the new employees added in recent months - everything from a []

  • Woman charged with shooting city employee at Cleveland Public Works garage

    A woman accused of shooting and seriously injuring a Cleveland streets department supervisor now faces charges.

  • Albuquerque residents express concerns over city’s direction in latest survey

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Albuquerque has released its annual survey conducted in February with 400 participants, unveiling mixed responses among Albuquerque citizens regarding the challenges facing their city. 63% of respondents expressed concern with the current direction of Albuquerque. A significant major point in the survey was crime, the latest survey results show 56% []