A Joplin woman will spend time behind bars for her involvement in a murder. Carla Jo Ward, 50, is sentenced to 10 years in ...

The Joplin Police Dept Detectives utilize social media to ID persons of interest in recent cases by requesting assistance from the public.

A 37-year-old Joplin man has pleaded guilty to meth-trafficking and weapon charges in a plea deal that could send him to prison for 10 years.

Just before 12:45 p.m. Saturday reports heavy black smoke, a structure fire in the 1300 block of West 5th alerted Joplin ...

That piece, “Maple Leaf Rag,” crowned Scott Joplin the “King of Ragtime Writers.” Born near Texarkana, Texas, likely in 1867, ...

A north Joplin neighborhood was filled with music on Saturday. It’s the annual North Heights Porchfest event, hosted by the ...

It’s homecoming weekend for the Missouri Southern Lions. Spectators took to the sidewalks of downtown Joplin for the ...

Some streets in downtown Joplin will be closed Saturday morning. Missouri Southern’s homecoming parade begins at 10 a.m.

To this day, Janis Joplin is one of the crucial figures in the ’60s flower-power movement. With hit songs such as “Me and ...

A Joplin woman, charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from an elderly blind woman, pleads guilty to the ...

Want a say in Joplin's architectaul look? A Public Meeting to discuss the North Heights Neighborhood Architectural Survey ...

A devastating tornado destroyed property and took lives in Joplin in 2011. The city has made a remarkable recovery in the ...