A longtime Joplin police officer, J.D. Love, who was regarded by his peers as a community unifier, has died. He was 88.

Missouri Southern State University kicked off its 2025 football season with the first day of practice Wednesday. A number of ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

Emancipation Days, held last weekend in Joplin, was a celebration of freedom and community, and a homecoming for many.

Webb City’s quest for a trip to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, came to an end Monday with a 13-3 loss to Kearney, Nebraska, in the Midwest ...

A big piece of the puzzle for the Joplin Outlaws in the summer is having host families to house some of the visiting athletes ...

NEOSHO, Mo. — The annual Free Watermelon Feed, hosted by the Republican Women of Newton County and the Newton County Republican Central Committee, is slated for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug.

The Leadership Joplin Class of 2025 celebrated the completion of its “Bass and Boomtown” mural Monday on the east wall of ...

The Joplin Outlaws, defending Mid America League champions, secured a berth in the finals with a 5-4 win over the fourth-seeded Texarkana Rhinos Tuesday night in Abilene.

Applications close Sunday, Aug. 31. Applying is free and open to all writers and writers’ groups, including published and non-published, emerging and established writers, those working in any ...

A judge says Sean “Diddy” Combs can’t go home from jail to await sentencing on his prostitution-related conviction. The judge ...

P lans for a renovated Ewert Park were unveiled Friday in advance of the annual Emancipation Days celebration.