“Pickles” is the favorite for daily readers of Joplin Globe comics, followed by “Zits.”

The most reprinted newspaper editorial is “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus,” which first ran in The New York Sun on Sept. 21, 1897.

Workers constructing the new Dairy Queen Grill & Chill in Webb City are really getting with it. This restaurant could have an opening in late February or early March.

GRANBY, Mo. — Just a few years shy of 150 years ago this year, a local miner by the name of John C. Temple and his 8-year-old son, Otto, pushed a handcrafted wheelbarrow, weighed down by 50 pounds of lead…

An existing regional economic development organization has a new name, new leadership and new economic-growth objectives, it was announced Friday.

GROVE, Okla. — “Put one foot in front of the other” is more than a line from a famous Christmas song for one Northeast Oklahoma man.

Murder case defendant Lafayette Starr has turned down a plea offer that would have sent him to prison for 30 years with an opportunity for parole after serving 85% of the term.

Four of 13 Joplin residents who have indicated interest in running for Joplin City Council have been certified as eligible to run.

It’s OK if, at first glance, visitors to the Franklin Technology Center mistook senior Jack Carter for a star athlete on Thursday.

NEOSHO, Mo. — For almost 20 years, the lobby of the Neosho Freeman Family YMCA has remained essentially unchanged with a square information desk welcoming members.