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Congressional votes of the week (April 28-May 4)

Posted on May 6, 2023 by The Joplin Globe

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

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Your news: Announcements from One Joplin, PSU and more

Posted on May 6, 2023 by The Joplin Globe

One Joplin Literacy Resource Drive

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JHS students organize mental health fair during stressful time

Posted on May 5, 2023 by The Joplin Globe

Hoping to start a tradition of helping those who are struggling with their mental health, Joplin High School students on Friday organized a fair that included several local resources, massage sessions and one fluffy support dog.

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Alliance leads discussion about illicit drug use in Joplin

Posted on May 5, 2023 by The Joplin Globe

Fentanyl, a strong opioid, is changing the face of drug use and abuse across the country and in Joplin.

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First-year report: MOSO CAPS offers 'great benefit' to high school students

Posted on May 5, 2023 by The Joplin Globe

Students, educational leaders and business partners of the new MOSO CAPS program have all provided a positive assessment of its first year of operation, they told the Globe in multiple interviews.

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Missouri lawmakers send Parson $2.8B to expand Interstate 70

Posted on May 5, 2023 by The Joplin Globe

Missouri lawmakers have passed a more than $50 billion state budget just hours before their deadline. The budget package approved Friday includes a whopping $2.8 billion to expand Interstate 70 to three lanes across the state. Lawmakers took up Republican…

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Lamar man handed 30-year sentence in meth-trafficking case

Posted on May 5, 2023 by The Joplin Globe

LAMAR, Mo. — A judge sentenced a 32-year-old Lamar man this week to 30 years in prison for trafficking in methamphetamine, ordering that he serve the time in the state’s long-term drug treatment program.

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Wally Kennedy: Gambino's Pizza open; Flat Creek still hiring

Posted on May 5, 2023 by The Joplin Globe

Always game for a salad and pizza buffet for lunch, I checked out the new Gambino’s Pizza in Airport Drive on Wednesday, a day after its opening.

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Bill Caldwell: Young Wyatt Earp was Lamar's town constable

Posted on May 5, 2023 by The Joplin Globe

Few lawmen in the Old West are as storied as Wyatt Earp. He became a character in fictionalized dime novels in the 1880s.

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Kansas loses legal fight over voting law passed in 2021

Posted on May 5, 2023 by The Joplin Globe

Kansas has lost a legal fight over one of the voting laws that its Republican-led Legislature passed in the wake of the 2020 election. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Vratil ruled Thursday that it was unconstitutional to make it a crime…

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