Joplin News

A Southwest Missouri man has pleaded guilty in Oklahoma federal court to using counterfeit poker chips to steal thousands of dollars from an Indian casino in Northeast Oklahoma.

Elections will be set to fill two vacancies on the Joplin Police and Fire Pension Board after both Fire Department representatives announced their resignations Tuesday at a meeting of the panel.

Candidates interested in running for a seat on the Joplin school district's board of education may begin filing to do so today, district officials said.

A Missouri appeals court has upheld a decision of the Joplin City Council that granted a special-use permit to Parker Mortuary to install a crematory.

Globe/T. Rob Brown Leslie Simpson, director of the Post Memorial Art Reference Library, opens the plastic wrapper on a copy of her new book, A'Now and Then and Again: Joplin Historic Architecture,A' on Thursday afternoon at the Joplin Public Library.

Joplin Globe Through the years, Joplin has been blessed with many local clubs and organizations.

TV A low percentage of parents are taking advantage of free H1N1 flu shots at Joplin schools.

The Joplin School District has set a date for the move into the new South Middle School.

Gov. Jay Nixon on Wednesday announced his legislative proposal for overhauling the way Missouri handles drunken-driving cases, a month after he convened a summit to discuss ways to improve how drunken drivers are prosecuted, punished and treated.

Joplin police have released the name of a Carthage man killed in a one-car crash late Tuesday afternoon.

A Joplin mortuary, as the result of a court ruling, will proceed with plans to operate a crematory.

Globe/Gary Crow Greg Witte, Miami city worker, makes sure the cityA's salt and sand trucks are in working order.

Globe/T. Rob Brown Camera operator Jonah Jabour directs College Heights Christian School senior Andrew Bass as he passes an offering plate last week during taping for A'The 700 ClubA' on the Christian Broadcasting Network.

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A ministry in Springfield and Branson that grew out of a vision by JoDee Herschend is expanding into Joplin next month.

A Joplin man and woman have been charged with stealing a picture of George Washington that hung outside the prosecutor's office in the Bates County Courthouse in Butler.

Three more Joplin residents are making plans to run for Joplin City Council. All three have picked up nominating petitions to seek a general council post, bringing to five the number of candidates who may be on the ballot for one of the three general council seats to be filled.

Joplin Globe Advance the player to view a slide show of photos taken Tuesday during Joplin's Christmas parade.

Globe/T. Rob Brown Victor Batarseh, mayor of Bethelehem, speaks Tuesday at Turnaround Ranch in Joplin.

Family and friends said goodbye on Sunday to a Joplin soldier who gave the ultimate sacrifice.