Local author Larry Wood will conduct a book signing from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Always Buying Books, 5357 N. Main.

Federal officials say Oklahoma residents with medical marijuana cards will be prohibited from obtaining gun permits after voters recently approved the medical use of the drug.

The Emmanuel Baptist Church in Webb City will hold its seventh annual “Let Freedom Ring” event at 5 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Park to celebrate Independence Day.

A story in today’s Weekend section of the Joplin Globe incorrectly reported the date of an upcoming ZZ Top performance at Downstream Casino Resort.

GROVE, Okla. — Portions of the Wolf Creek arm of Grand Lake and the Wolf Creek boat ramp will be temporarily closed for racing events.

Employees at Carthage Health and Rehabilitation Center marked the longest day of the year, Thursday, June 21, with a balloon release to raise awareness of people suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease and the families who are caring for those people.

Employees at Carthage Health and Rehabilitation Center marked the longest day of the year, Thursday, June 21, with a balloon release to raise awareness of people suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease and the families who are caring for those people.

Riding a bike across the United States is obviously an extreme feat of endurance. Carthage resident Randy Ridings is hoping to take that feat of endurance to another level — riding an amphibious, human-powered vehicle across the country diagonally, from Oregon to Florida.

    A Missouri man is likely to spend decades in prison for a series of armed robberies that ended with the death of another suspect.     Federal prosecutors say 23-year-old Deonte Collins-Abbott of Grandview Missouri pleaded guilty Thursday to robbery and firearms charges.      Collins-Abbott admitted to eight armed robberies in early 2016, though federal investigators believe he was involved in at least 27.      The crimes …

When Kelly Johnson, a volunteer at the Joplin Humane Society, took Fondness, a Labrador mix, out on their last run together Thursday morning at the Frisco Greenway Trail, it was a bittersweet moment.