County investigates acquiring Inverness High School

The Hill County Commission Monday discussed the possibility of acquiring Inverness High School through delinquent taxes with the intention of using a brownfields grant to clean-up the property before selling it in a bid.

The building hasn’t been used as high school since the 1980s, with Joplin and Inverness consolidating into a district with Joplin housing the high school and then that district consolidating with Chester to form the Chester-Joplin-Inverness district.

Greg Woods and his family have expressed an interest in obtaining the Inverness property and have said they are willing t...