3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (326+ words) The city of Joplin has strengthened its regulations for large data centers, including a requirement aimed at reducing water use as officials prepare for the possibility of a major data center development. Troy Bolander, director of Joplin’s Planning, Development and…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (152+ words) Three Joplin residents were arrested Wednesday after police served a narcotics search warrant at a home on South Wisconsin Avenue. Joplin police Capt. Austin Wolf said the department’s SWAT team and detectives went to 1302 S. Wisconsin Ave. following an ongoing…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (144+ words) A decision was made Thursday on which Congressional Map will be used for the November elections. The choice was whether voters in the state would use the map from 2022 or the more recent map of re-drawn congressional districts. Jasper County…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (162+ words) The suspect told officers he was under the influence of meth at the time. In Nevada, a man is in jail after the pistol he said he found in an alley went off and shot his friend. It happened Monday…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (250+ words) A Joplin woman is jailed after police say she repeatedly held her child underwater in a hotel swimming pool, leaving the boy crying and gasping for air. 23-year-old Bionka Jasmine Cooper is charged with first-degree domestic assault following the Sunday…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (143+ words) Colonel Michael A. Turner, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, provides the following preliminary statistics related to the Labor Day holiday: Eight people died and 82 were injured in 213 traffic crashes during the 2026 Labor Day holiday counting period, which began at…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (261+ words) Sept. 7 statement on Neosho crash: NTSB is investigating the crash of a Zenith CH701 on Sept. 7 near Neosho, Missouri. The preliminary information we have is the plane crashed into a field under unknown circumstances. An NTSB investigator is en route to…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (208+ words) Two people from the Neosho-area were killed Monday afternoon when a small experimental aircraft crashed near Camp Crowder. Authorities were electronically notified of a possible plane crash around 1:40 p.m., but initially didn’t know where the aircraft had gone down. Authorities searched…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (198+ words) Joplin could soon charge data centers a $1,000-a-year business license fee as the city continues to refine its rules for the rapidly growing industry. The proposal is scheduled for a first reading before the Joplin City Council on Tuesday. Under…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (102+ words) A woman from Joplin was killed Friday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash in southeast Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 4:30 p.m. on U.S. 69 Alternate, about two miles north of K-66 Highway near Riverton. According to the crash report, a…...