Joplin News

The city of Joplin recently paid $5,000 to a 25-year-old black man who was struck in the face by a white police officer while he was handcuffed, according to a newspaper report.

A "Soft Rot" has come to town. Sleuth Foot Ltd., a New York-based film company, was in downtown Webb City on Thursday to shoot scenes for an upcoming movie.

Something was not quite right about it. Headed east on 26th Street, near the Wisconsin Avenue intersection, shortly after midnight Wednesday, the three women thought something was not quite right about the car ...

WEBB CITY, Mo. - A Joplin man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after the vehicle he was driving crashed Monday night, resulting in the death of a passenger.

A water conference will be held Sept. 11 and 12 at La Quinta Inn, 3320 Range Line Road in Joplin.

Arson is suspected in a fire that heavily damaged a man's home early Wednesday in Joplin, according to fire Chief Gary Trulson.

Attendance at Joplin's public pools is way up when compared to last year. As of Wednesday, Joplin's pools had served 22,835 patrons.

A Joplin man has been charged with one felony count of involuntary manslaughter after the vehicle he was driving crashed and killed a passenger on Monday.

Are you going batty for today's opening of "The Dark Knight"? Celebrate the opening of one of the summer's most anticipated films by putting your knowledge of the Caped Crusader to the test.

An 8-year-old boy who went missing from his aunt's home July 7 has been found in Missouri.

An agreement that would provide developers renovating the Bagcraft building with $175,000 in grant money will be discussed tonight by the Joplin City Council.

Following a self-imposed inter-departmental investigation, Joplin police have reached a settlement with the man who was beaten by an officer while in jail.

A Joplin man was injured in a motorcycle accident at 1:30 p.m. Sunday on Missouri Highway 90, two miles east of Noel in McDonald County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

The city of Joplin recently paid $5,000 to a 25-year-old black man who was struck in the face by a white police officer while he was handcuffed, according to a newspaper report.

Those congregating at a Joplin church Aug. 1-2 will be among an estimated 80,000 women to see, hear and be inspired by dynamic Christian author and speaker Beth Moore.

Though he acknowledges that the state can have only a limited impact on gasoline prices, Jeff Harris said Thursday that he wants to see Missouri consumers protected from the costs of "hot fuel." The Democratic ...

Two former Joplin residents pleaded guilty Thursday in Associate Division of Jasper County Circuit Court to one count each of misdemeanor stealing for their roles in an alleged home-repair scam.

Globe/T. Rob Brown Sonya Franks, Chance Program coordinator with the Economic Security Corporation, takes some notes Tuesday at a homeless camp in Joplin.

Theodore Ginnery has spent the past 28 years in prison for two child-sex offenses he committed in Joplin in the late 1970s.

A Jasper County crash that occurred at dusk Monday resulted in serious injuries to a Joplin man and minor injuries to a child, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported.