A steering committee involving sports and tourism stakeholders could support any of four proposals for a convertible sports and events center recommended by hired consultants, the Joplin City Council was told at a meeting Monday night.

WYANDOTTE, Okla. — The Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma held a grand opening for its Ohio River Valley Splash Pad on Monday.

The Joplin School District has been awarded a $600,000 grant from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to support resources for homeless students.

A long history Joplin historian Brad Belk said the Redings Mill Inn was originally built in 1872 as a private home for the founder of Redings Mill, John S. Reding, and his family and remained a private residence until 1926.…

CARTHAGE, Mo. — Chuck Bryant, general manager of Carthage Water & Electric Plant, was elected to a second three-year term on the board of directors of the American Public Power Association and will now serve in a top leadership role…

Joplin’s two Rotary clubs recently announced new leaders.

Bright Futures Joplin has been awarded a $3,000 grant from the Frederick and Rebekah Hughes Charitable Trust.

Freeman Hospital West will host a blood drive for the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday in its conference rooms, 1102 W. 32nd St.

Southwest Airlines is adding a former Republican senator to its board of directors. Southwest said Monday that Roy Blunt, who represented Missouri in the Senate and before that the U.S. House of Representatives, joined the airline’s board on Sunday. That…

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