Joplin News

JOPLIN, Mo. -- The opening line of a review about Mel Gibson's movie "The Passion of the Christ" reads "highly controversial and enormously successful."

The Environmental Protection Agency wants to remodel 20th from Main Street to Campbell Parkway to make it more "pedestrian-friendly," also proposing setting up a traffic roundabout at 20th and Murphy.

Joplin entered its American Legion baseball game with visiting Carthage on Tuesday night with a seven-game winning streak.

CARTHAGE, Mo. -- Team Joplin has a decent start in its quest to wrangle the Horton Smith Cup back from Springfield.

Bright Futures Joplin received a $1,000 donation from Beimdiek Insurance. It came from a Facebook voting contest held by Beimdiek and Bright Futures was one of four organizations chosen by fans to receive the money.

Joplin voters WILL get to decide on curbside recycling after all. Monday night, the City Council voted to reconsider its vote earlier this month that let a proposed April election on curbside recycling die.

JOPLIN, Mo. -- Missouri Southern State University officials say the Joplin school is looking for a new president.

JOPLIN, Mo. -- A New Mexico man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing a developmentally disabled 8-year-old girl in Joplin.

JOPLIN, Mo. -- "SIX YEARS," by HARLAN COBEN: Jake Fisher is a tall, handsome political science professor at Lanford College.

Adults and children from the Joplin area will have their chance to make the Guinness World Records next Tuesday, June 18 at Missouri Southern State University.

A former employee of an agency that administers disaster relief funds is among two other Joplin residents indicted for wire fraud following the May 2011 tornado.

Joplin can kiss nearly half a million dollars goodbye since they can't tax you on out-of-state vehicle purchases anymore.

On June 17th, 2013 the Joplin Police Department has received several calls in reference to a suspect who has been impersonating an Empire Electric Company employee.

JOPLIN, Mo. -- Randy Evans has been named market president for U.S. Bank in Joplin, succeeding Clifford Wert, who is retiring July 1 after a 40-year banking career.

JOPLIN, Mo. -- The names of two people killed in a weekend crash in Joplin have been released.

JOPLIN, Mo. -- Charges of first-degree assault on law enforcement officers have been filed against a Joplin man who attempted to run over two police officers during a traffic stop.

A Joplin woman confined to a wheelchair is thanking Mercy Hospital for allowing her to enjoy the little things in life again - like being outdoors and taking car rides.

JOPLIN, Mo. -- Two Joplin area representatives have been named to a committee that is to examine how effectively and efficiently state departments are operating.

A person who tried to run down two Joplin police officers is in the hospital after they shot him early Sunday morning.

After the Moore, Okla., tornado killed 23 people and injured 377 others on May 20, the 12-month period with the fewest tornadoes in U.S. history came to an end.