Keenan Cortez, who has served 15 years as a volunteer in various positions for the city of Joplin, was appointed Monday night to fill the City Council seat vacated by the resignation of Jim West.
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Two Joplin women arrested after a shoplifting incident Saturday at the Target store in Joplin have been charged with armed robbery.
A reported domestic assault Sunday afternoon remained under investigation by police on Monday without any charges having been filed.
NEOSHO, Mo. — A judge ordered a 20-year-old defendant to stand trial on a rape charge Monday following testimony of his alleged victim at a preliminary hearing in Newton County Circuit Court.
NEOSHO, Mo. — Dwight Ferguson recalled in court Monday how three people showed up five months ago at his residence near Seneca, demanding to know where his "dope" was while one of them severely beat him.
Rates for Joplin trash pickup and curbside recycling will go up April 1.
A federal program that’s helped preserve the iconic Route 66 Highway for nearly two decades by providing cost-share grant assistance is officially coming to an end in the fall, and its final grant season is now open to applications until Friday, April 12.
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Standing shoulder to shoulder at their respective microphones, the final two contestants of The Joplin Globe's 42nd annual spelling bee exhaled simultaneously.
Missouri Southern State University is in the process of hiring a coordinator for its Green Dot program, thanks to a grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
MONETT, Mo. — Thrivent Community Spring River Group seeks volunteers to help pack a shipment of supplies for deployed members of the military.
Spencer Dawson, a junior at Missouri Southern State University, has been selected to be a part of this year’s Oxford University Choral Singing Summer School.
The third annual Wildcat Glades Trail Race is set for 8 a.m. Saturday, starting near Wildcat Park, 201 Riviera Drive.
PITTSBURG, Kan. — Poet Allison Blevins will read from her own work at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Governors Room in the Overman Student Center at Pittsburg State University.
Community Blood Center of the Ozarks has reported less than a three-day supply of all negative blood types and requests blood donations soon.
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It was a clean sweep for fifth-grade students Monday morning at The Joplin Globe's 42nd annual spelling bee.
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NEOSHO, Mo. — Vietnam veteran George Powers, of Pittsburg, Kansas, who served 21 years in the U.S. Army, decided to make time for himself on Saturday during the Neosho National Fish Hatchery’s eighth annual Rainbows for Veterans fishing derby.
Richard Massa was among the most influential teachers on the Missouri Southern State University campus, said past MSSU President Julio Leon, noting the strong ties he had with many of his past journalism students.
Members of the Joplin City Council are to fill the panel's open seat at a meeting Monday.
The following road and bridge projects are underway:
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The Joplin Globe publishes summaries of routine and follow-up inspections performed by the Joplin Health Department.
The following are five of the top stories published in the Globe during March 11-15. In case you missed them, here's a recap:
This February, I challenged myself to read all of the Coretta Scott King Author Award winners and honorees in the Joplin Public Library’s Children’s Department. I ended up reading two out of three, but they were both excellent.
• MANHATTAN, Kan. — Two area students have been announced as receiving scholarships to Kansas State University Global Campus for the spring 2019 semester.
At first glance, you might mistake Fritz the cat for Fritz the skunk.
Why did your ancestors move from one region of a state to another region in the same state in the 1830s to 1860s? If the move occurred in Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Indiana or Illinois, the answer might be that they were moving to new areas that developed and prospered along can…
If you’ve been thinking about building your next home but feel overwhelmed by the process, The Home Builders Association of Southwest Missouri can help you get started.
If romance books are primarily a genre for women, then the male equivalent would be what are called “men’s action-adventure” books.
In celebration of personal growth, I’d like to present a story. It starts with the vastly differing personalities of two children; it ends with a parenting epiphany. It goes like this.
“May you always be up to malarkey, shenanigans and full of blarney because life is more fun when you’re up to something.”
MINDENMINES, Mo. — A professional photographer, Jerry Brooks always travels with a camera.
For a week, everywhere I went around town, someone reminded me of the time change — that we should make our clocks spring forward. “Don’t forget!” they kept saying. Every year, no matter how many kindly encouragements I hear, I get to twirling and I almost always forget to make the change.
I used to play “Destiny” and “Destiny 2” for the loot: new weapons with interesting perks, new armor with helpful qualities, etc.
Fun, food, fellowship and turkey stories are the norm at thousands of National Wild Turkey Federation Hunting Heritage fundraising banquets held annually across the United States.
CARTHAGE, Mo. — Forget Punxsutawney Phil and his shadow. Cuddly rodents don’t mark the coming of summer. Drive-in theaters opening for the season, however ...
PITTSBURG, Kan. — Sure, Mark Nizer started out as a world champion juggler. And because he’s a funny guy, he added comedy to his act. But it’s the innovative use of 3-D technology that truly sets him apart from his peers.
CARTHAGE, Mo. — There’s little disputing that Ken Ludwig is Neil Ruggeberg’s preferred playwright.
Tegan Whited admits she wouldn’t be directing the latest Joplin Little Theater production if it weren’t for key pieces of information printed on Page 81 of the theater’s official history book.
It’s difficult to watch something die a slow death.
Savanah Mandeville’s work lately has kept her snickering like a middle-schooler. She is developing a list for an adult spelling bee in which contestants will spell words that aren’t exactly curse words but aren’t very kid-friendly, either.
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They sacrificed to serve their country during times of war, and in many cases they've now been retired from the military for decades.
PITTSBURG, Kan. — A Pittsburg man was taken into custody Friday by local authorities after he was identified as a suspect who was allegedly involved in multiple child sex crimes, according to a news release issued by the Pittsburg Police Department.
A Monett man was struck and killed in a car-pedestrian accident at 9:30 p.m. Friday on Lawrence Farm Road 2140, about 3 miles north of Freistatt in Lawrence County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
A Burgess man who was struck and killed by a train earlier this week on a Kansas City Southern Railroad track has been identified as Jerry A. Faucett, 57, the Barton County Sheriff’s Office stated Friday in a news release. Burgess is a village in Barton County.
While World War II started in Europe in 1939, it was two years before the attack on Pearl Harbor. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who saw that the U.S. would be involved in the conflict, promoted policies for American military preparedness and programs as the Lend-Lease plan to provide mate…
Though it's been less than a week since Joplin's former city manager Sam Anselm left the job, community leaders did not need much time to define what they believe the priorities should be for the person who next takes the city helm.
If you need help with your computer, there's a new shop that has opened on Main Street that might be able to help.
Today is St. Patrick’s Day, and to celebrate I will do what I usually do on this holiday.
CARTHAGE, Mo. — Kirk Cameron was a centerpiece of the American living room from 1985 to 1992 as the teen idol of the TV sitcom “Growing Pains.”
Gazing at the photo of the Peppermint Beach Club in Virginia Beach, I was transported to my youth growing up in Norfolk, Virginia, and my long summer days at the beach with my best friend, Leigh.
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Jasper County officials cut a ribbon and conducted an open house Friday at the new Juvenile Services Center in Joplin in anticipation of an April 1 opening date for a structure that will house what they see as a nationwide leader in juvenile justice.
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