Two artists returned to Joplin recently to help set the stage for next week’s 2026 World Street Painting Festival on Route 66. ContinueArtists preparing for World Street Painting Festival
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Two artists returned to Joplin recently to help set the stage for next week’s 2026 World Street Painting Festival on Route 66.
If all goes as planned, this area will become home to the world’s largest collection of 3D street paintings after international artists conver…
Missouri Southern State University’s athletics administrative assistant Lisa Severe went to head softball coach Hallie Blackney in August and …
She doesn’t get a lot of publicity or attention, but as associate head coach of the Missouri Southern State University softball team, Lexi Kin…
The Carl Junction High School girls finished third with 68 points at the Class 4 Sectional 3…
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The Joplin Jailbirds, a collegiate league baseball team, will start swinging this week.
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Sparklight recently donated $1,500 to the Joplin Humane Society following its “Connect for a Cause” campaign. During the monthlong campaign, Sparklight donated $10 for every new Sparklight Mobile line activated in participating communities, helping fund food, shelter and care for pets awaiti…
Officials from the city of Joplin and Missouri Southern State University gather Thursday at the Buchanan Home on the MSSU campus to celebrate its 100th anniversary and the restoration work that has been done over the past 16 years. The home is the Ralph L. Gray Alumni Center and houses the M…
The group 100 Women Who Care-Jasper/Newton Counties on Monday gave Economic Security Corp. a check for $5,575 for its Community Action Ride System. CARS is celebrating two years in operation this year. Shown are (from left) Cavanaugh Studyvin with ESC, and Valerie Doerr, Amy Kauffman and Cin…
Joplin School District employee Erin Rakes was named 2026 Support Staff of the Year during a Joplin High School varsity baseball game Thursday. Rakes serves as the administrative assistant for the district athletics department. Pictured are (from left) Superintendent Kerry Sachetta, Rakes, M…
Missouri Southern State University held its annual Student Research Symposium on Wednesday to showcase innovative student research and creative scholarship from across academic disciplines.
The Knights of Columbus Don Roderique Council 7307 presented a donation Monday to staff and students at the Joplin School District’s Duenweg Education Center. The donation was part of the council’s annual Tootsie Roll Drive and will be used by the school to provide additional educational and…
Pinwheels on the front lawn of the Joplin Police Department represent every child abuse call officers responded to in 2025. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and the pinwheels will be displayed through the end of the month to encourage people to be aware of child abuse happenin…
Jasper County Eastern District Commissioner Jimmy Morris (cewnter) and his wife, Megan Morris, speak with State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick at Saturday’s Lincoln Day event for Republicans in Jasper and Newton counties. About 400 people attended the event held at Calvary Baptist Church in Jopli…
The 2025 Golden Apple Award winners for 2025 were (from left) Erin Geeding, McKinley Elementary; Ann Landrum, New Heights Christian Academy; Brad Douglas, Joplin High School; and Stephanie Lynch, Soaring Heights Elementary. Nominations for the 2025–2026 Golden Apple Awards have opened.
Members of the Missouri Farm Bureau, local FFA chapters and Missouri Farm Bureau Insurance agents came together to support Ronald McDonald House of the Four States during Thank a Farmer Day on Monday. In-kind donations for the event totaled $1,340, while monetary donations totaled $1,950. Co…
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