A crowd braved freezing temperatures to watch the fourth annual Sparkle in the Park lighting ceremony in Carthage’s Central ...

An offbeat Thanksgiving parade in Southwest Missouri is adding glitz and glamor this year. For its 14th annual Lighting of ...

After finishing one game below .500 last year, the New Heights girls basketball team looks to rely on a strong base of ...

Ron Richard was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians in Jefferson City on Monday. A bust of the late Joplin lawmaker ...

A Joplin man was sentenced Tuesday to 74 days in jail and was fined $500 in the deaths of eight puppies left in a closed plastic tote outside the Joplin Humane Society. Seth Vaile, 30, 2108 Harlem Ave ...

A Kansas City man with a long record of prison sentences for drug trafficking has been charged with four counts of assault against Joplin police officers on Sunday during a ...

A tax abatement and redevelopment plan for a historic building that was originally a livery stable in downtown Joplin’s early ...

Missouri Southern State University pole vaulter Emily Presley set a new level of excellence in women’s track and field with ...

Hand-painted holiday scenes with recognizable Joplin features will be lit Tuesday night at Joplin City Hall. The winter scenes are painted to resemble stained glass art by Neosho artist Sandra ...

A Joplin man was shot and killed Sunday night by a Jasper County deputy dispatched to quell a disturbance, according to the Jasper County Sheriff's Department.

Dan Rife’s lawsuit to stop the Carthage City Council from removing him from his position as mayor will move to an evidentiary hearing sometime in the next ...

What inspired your interest in family history? Was there a particular ancestor in whom you were interested? Did you have a ...