Two restaurants and a convenience store on the south side of Carthage closed their doors in recent weeks.
The KFC and A&W restaurant 2117 S. Garrison Ave., the TacoTown restaurant, 2230 Fairlawn Dr., and the T’s Corner convenience store, 2807 S. Grand Ave., all closed their doors on or before New Years Day.
A sign on the KFC restaurant door encouraged patrons to go to the KFC in Webb City.
Rick Maynard, spokesman for the KFC corporate headquarters, said the franchisee, Peter Rook, with Table Rock Restaurants, had closed the Carthage restaurant for “business reasons.”
Maynard said he did not have any more information about the closure on Friday.
A sign on the TacoTown restaurant said it was for sale because of the owner’s poor health.
Montine Ness, wife of the TacoTown’s owner, Tony Ness, said he had suffered from ill health for the past year and could not recover while running the restaurant.
