The top Missouri House budgeter and the state’s public colleges and universities have worked out a deal to limit tuition increases in exchange for steady state funding.     The only exception to the tuition hike limit is Missouri Southern State University in Joplin.     Republican House Budget Committee Chairman Scott Fitzpatrick on Tuesday said most schools have agreed to cap tuition hikes at 1 percent.      In exchange, House members…

By her own admission, Taylor Yuhas consumes a lot of sugar and artificial sweeteners — maybe too much.

Four Joplin residents, including a Joplin High School student and a mother of students in the district, on Tuesday night asked the Joplin Board of Education to support a “walk-up movement” they said would combat bullying, promote mental health and,…

Schoolteachers in Oklahoma plan to move forward with a statewide walkout on April 2 despite a revenue package meant to increase teacher salaries that passed this week in the House of Representatives.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Ozarks Food Harvest, a Springfield-based food bank, received 280,800 eggs as a donation from Opal Foods on Tuesday.

By an 8-1 vote the Carthage City Council approved a change to its zoning code that will allow tattoo studios in parts of the city zoned for general business instead of relegating them to areas zoned for adult entertainment. Another resident asks the council for help with feral cats around her home.

Nearly seven years after it first became a symbol of hope for the tornado-stricken Joplin community, the Spirit Tree has fallen.

NRMC Foundation to Host 15th Annual Golf Classic Nevada Regional Medical Center Foundation will host the 15th annual Caring with Pride Golf Classic May 11th at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course.  This year’s players and sponsors are working to help the Foundation fund capital projects for the NRMC 2019 fiscal year. Monies from past events have helped to fund purchases such as new patient beds and the digital sign placed on the main hospital campus on south Ash St…