At five months pregnant, Kayla Marmaud started putting her name on waiting lists for child care.

The Joplin Globe publishes summaries of routine and follow-up inspections performed by the Joplin Health Department. Businesses that are inspected either pass or fail based on violations found during the time of inspection. Those violations fall into two categories:

Nature abhors a vacuum.

PINEVILLE, Mo. — The Pineville square has a new business, a coffee shop offering that pick-me-up for early risers as they make their way to work.

The Joplin School District has named new assistant principals and a dean of students at three elementary schools, while the Joplin Area Catholic Schools system also announced a new elementary principal.

IDABEL, Okla. — A southeast Oklahoma newspaper on Thursday released what it says is the full recording of county officials discussing killing local journalists, lynching Black people, animosity with the district attorney and more.

A 27-year-old man from Anaheim, California, waived a hearing Thursday on charges that he sexually abused an underage girl about nine years ago in Carthage.

Joplin-area first responders will receive more than $334,000 in federal grant money, according to an announcement from the state of Missouri.

PITTSBURG, Kan. — The third annual Pittsburg Earth Day celebration will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in downtown Pittsburg.

WEBB CITY, Mo. — The Webb City Farmers Market will open for the spring season with a kickoff from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the pavilion in King Jack Park.