Another person has picked up a nominating petition for the Joplin City Council. Erik Wright, 28, 528 S. Jackson Ave., said he is considering a run for a general seat.

Globe/T. Rob Brown Muslims pray Friday afternoon at the Joplin mosque for the victims of the Fort Hood shootings.

Aaron Pilgrim, 37, was charged Thursday afternoon with 2nd degree murder. He is charged in the death of Ralph Ivy, 50, Updated Nov.

Three members of the City Council who have already said that they would run for re-election have picked up nominating petitions today to start the process.

The Joplin Police Department's special weapons and tactics team assisted the department's narcotics unit in serving a search warrant Tuesday at a home where more than a pound of marijuana reportedly was seized.

Two men were arrested and charged with robbery after an incident Monday afternoon outside the Oak Meadows Apartments in Joplin.

A Joplin man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Matt J. Whitworth.

Globe/Roger Nomer William A'BudA' Wirick, 305 S. High Ave., gestures Monday as he says he was wronged by the removal of cars and motorcycles that his storage barn contained before it was demolished under city order.

For any parent it is a nightmare, but if the worst case scenario of a child abduction ever becomes a reality some 4-State parents will be ready to fight back.

Globe/Roger Nomer Melvin Hutton on Thursday works at the Joplin Humane SocietyA's pet cemetery.

A walking trail in McClelland Park will be the focus of a public hearing set for tonight's Joplin City Council meeting.

Globe/T.Rob Brown Loney Marshall, a carpenter with Joplin Construction Design and Management, takes advantage of the recent warm weather to get work done on a Joplin home.

It's hard to say for certain whether consumer spending in Joplin has emerged from hibernation, but there is some evidence that might be happening.

The Joplin Narcotic's Unit served a search warrant at Motel 6, Room 209, 3031 S. Range Line Rd.

A Joplin man waived his right to a preliminary hearing Thursday in Jasper County Circuit Court on a charge of possession of child pornography.

A boyhood home of writer Langston Hughes has been purchased after foreclosure by a nonprofit community development group in Cleveland that seeks to preserve it.

By Susan Redden news@joplinglobe.com "I've been by here hundreds of times, and I never knew about this." That sentence, or some variation, was repeated Wednesday by many of those who gathered at a Civil War battle site north of Joplin.

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Three men entered the residence of Chuck and Linda Scammell Monday at approximately 10:45 p.m. All three were white; one is described as very tall, 6 foot 2 inches, medium build around 250 pounds with a sandy colored mustache, a second is described as5 foot 10 inches, very skinny, and the third is described as 5 foot 5 inches, heavy set and "kind ...

By Derek Spellman dspellman@joplinglobe.com A Cincinnati, Ohio-based architectural firm was tabbed Monday night to design a fire station for the far west side of Joplin.