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.

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

America League four-team playoffs having secured the No. 1 seed with a 47-15 record, six games ahead of the second-place Abilene Flying Bison (40-20).