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By Annelise Hanshaw Missouri Independent What began as a public hearing on a parental rights bill quickly went off the rails on Tuesday as the Missour…
By Erin Hynes Columbia Missourian Twenty states have enacted laws prohibiting the use of unique merchant category codes to distinguish firearm purchas…
By Annelise Hanshaw Missouri Independent A bill requiring public schools screen all students to determine if they qualify for gifted education by the…
By Sawyer Bess Columbia Missourian A bill that would lower the minimum wage for minors was pitched by its sponsor last week as a way to help small bus…
By Noah Symes Columbia Missourian A bill to move school board elections to November and extend members’ terms got a public hearing Tuesday in the Miss…
By Jonathan Shorman Stateline President Donald Trump’s calls this week to “nationalize” elections capped a year of efforts by his administration to ex…
Texas Roadhouse, 3317 S. Range Line Road and Joplin Greenhouse and The Coffee Shop, 2820 E. 32nd Street failed Joplin Health Department inspections Th…
“What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?” Mark 8:36 (NIV) Have you ever prayed for someone and then realized much lat…
By Annelise Hanshaw Missouri Independent Missouri’s Western District Court of Appeals unanimously tossed out part of Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’…
With the continuing controversy over methods being used by ICE in its efforts to deport non-citizens, "Make ICE Unwelcome" rallies have been scheduled…
The Human Bean, 2608 S. Main Street, and Subway at Road Ranger, 2101 S. Prigmor Avenue, failed Joplin Health Department inspections, according to info…
By Molly Gibbs Columbia Missourian U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley on Tuesday called the shooting of an ICU nurse in Minneapolis “very troubling” and added that…
By Scout Hudson Columbia Missourian A Missouri House bill aims to increase the physical education requirements for K-12 students. Introduced by Rep. B…
By Rudi Keller Missouri Independent The push to reinstate Missouri’s presidential primary suffered a defeat Tuesday when the House Elections Committee…
The Joplin Globe is moving. I'm sure this news shocks some of you who didn't realize the Globe was still in business. The Globe announced today it's m…
Three establishments passed Joplin Health Department inspections Wednesday, according to information posted on the department website. The businesses…
Lucy's Mexican Restaurant, 2705 S Range Line Road, failed its Joplin Health Department inspection today. The restaurant received three priority violat…
“Be joyful always, pray continually . . .” I Thessalonians 5:16-17 (NIV) A man was baptized in my hometown a few years ago. That’s wonderful but not n…
Collin Asbell, 35, Carl Junction, was sentenced to three years and one month in prison during a hearing Thursday in U. S. District Court in Springfiel…
A Neosho woman was sentenced to three years in prison for fentanyl trafficking during a hearing Thursday in U. S. District Court in Springfield., Afte…
