The Rotary Club of Joplin will conduct its second annual Rotarian of the Year Award presentation at noon Thursday in the North End Zone Facility at Missouri Southern State University.

PITTSBURG, Kan. — The terms of three Pittsburg city commissioners will expire in January 2020, and people interested in filing for one of the open seats must register with the Crawford County clerk by noon Monday, June 3.

A discussion of fire and police recruiting and retention issues and benefits will be taken up by the Joplin City Council.

The owner of apartment complexes in Joplin and Galena, Kansas, as well as 10 other states, has been sued, with the federal government saying disabled accessibility is lacking.

The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks will hold a series of blood drives to address a shortage of stores for O-negative, AB-negative and B-negative blood types.

CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — Alberta Corrinne Grosse, the valedictorian at Carl Junction High School in 1940, soon will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity — the chance to see her great-granddaughter, Maici Craig, graduate from the district with valedictorian honors nearly eight…

Joplin High School’s graduation is set for 3 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center on the campus of Missouri Southern State University, 3950 E. Newman Road.

Joplin’s community arts organization Connect2Culture is close to having the $14 million needed to build the 46,000-square-foot Harry M. Cornell Arts and Entertainment Complex, according to President Clifford Wert.

The Joplin Board of Education’s long-term facilities committee will meet Monday to form a subcommittee that will be asked to prepare a report for the rest of the board on the school district’s building stock, maintenance needs and more.

The Joplin Globe publishes summaries of routine and follow-up inspections performed by the Joplin Health Department.