Some members of the City Council question whether city ordinances could be more stringently enforced to try to combat homeless people sleeping on the streets and creating other nuisances for residents and businesses.

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:

The Joplin Health Department has started the summer fogging for mosquito control.

Details of a proposed change to a more recent version of a property maintenance code will be given at a City Council work session Monday night.

LAMAR, Mo. — Just junk. To neighbors down the road, to fellow farmers in need of a cleanup, even to friends and family, artist Angie Gastel’s chosen medium is just junk.

Remodeling has been completed of first-floor offices in Joplin’s City Hall, where an enlarged neighborhood improvement staff will be located for easier public access, City Manager Nick Edwards said last week.

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week.

PITTSBURG, Kan. — Heartland virus disease, a rare tick-borne illness, has been identified in a Crawford County resident by the county health department and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the agencies announced Friday.

ORONOGO, Mo. — Following a vote nearly two years ago, natural gas customers in Oronogo will have a new provider starting June 22, as the city utility transfers to Spire.

Accounting student wins prestigious national award