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.

PITTSBURG, Kan. — The work of senior art students at Pittsburg State University is being exhibited in “Familiarity” in Harry Grug Gallery through May 12.

The 16th annual Freeman 5K and Walk for Autism will kick off at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Bill & Virginia Leffen Center for Autism, 2808 S. Picher Ave.

Forum replays The Joplin School Board candidate forum will be broadcast at 7 p.m. Tuesday on KGCS-TV, which is available on Channel 21 and on regional cable television systems. The video also is posted on YouTube on the “KGCS Missouri…