A new page in local history is being written with the launch of a project to restore three of Joplin’s most significant historic houses and open them to the public as a living museum.

The Joplin Board of Education on Tuesday night authorized an increase of just more than 4 cents to the 2017-18 tax rate.

MONETT, Mo. — When U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill said someone had accused her of hosting town hall sessions only in places where people liked her, the crowd in Monett laughed.

CARTHAGE, Mo.— Students learning English as a second language in the Carthage School District will have a simpler but more challenging path to the mainstream academic track this year. The Board of Education on Tuesday approved several new policies, including…

CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Carthage City Council on Tuesday advanced a measure to allow the Carthage Municipal Golf Course more leeway in setting prices, which officials hope will boost revenue at the course.

A former Republican speaker of the Oklahoma House who has been a strong supporter of reducing the state’s prison population has been appointed by Gov. Mary Fallin to the state’s Pardon and Parole Board.

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Christy Graham’s son was born deaf and blind with cerebral palsy, and his brain was in a constant state of seizure.