CARTHAGE, Mo. — Voters will decide whether the Carthage School District will build a performing arts center on the high school campus after a special meeting of the Board of Education on Wednesday, two days after a tie vote of…

An upcoming event hosted by the Joplin Interfaith Coalition seeks to familiarize the public with the plight of displaced people living in the area. “Refugees in Our Community” will introduce some of these families and the organization that helps them.

Noel Gaulin expects to see children of all ages at Saturday’s presentation of “The Call of the Wild” in Joplin — including children in their 70s and 80s.

Today in the Globe newsroom we focused on a literary dog.

Jurors have started deliberating in the federal criminal case of a man who told them that a death threat he made against U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner came from God. Chase Neill said Thursday that the threat was prompted by the…

CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Jasper County collector’s office in the Carthage courthouse will close for remodeling for about a week starting Monday.

CoxHealth has announced two new appointments at its hospitals in Barton County and Monett.

A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights has filed a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s abortion ban, saying lawmakers openly invoked their religious beliefs while drafting the measure and thereby imposed those beliefs on others who don’t share them. The…

The Chilly 5K, a popular local run and fundraiser for the Joplin Family Y, returns next month.

Sara Jackson has been named interim assistant principal at Irving Elementary School in Joplin, the school district announced Thursday.