Mar. 26—Three of four Joplin Board of Education candidates participated in a forum Monday night held by Missouri Southern State University’s new NAACP chapter. The forum at the Memorial Education Center in Joplin included former board member Derek Gander and current board members John Hird and Rylee Hartwell. Candidate Victor Sly did not attend. The […]
Mar. 23—The Joplin Health Department will offer First Impact, a free 90-minute traffic safety course, next month. The program will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, at the Joplin Public Safety Center, 5102 Swede Lane in Joplin. The course educates both parents and new drivers about Missouri’s Graduated Driver […]
Mar. 21—A Joplin City Council member, Mark Farnham, has filed as a candidate for Missouri House District 160. Farnham is midway through a four-year term to represent Zone 4 on the south side of the city. He will challenge Rep. Ben Baker of Neosho for the seat. Records of the Missouri secretary of state show […]
Mar. 13—A 40-year-old rural Joplin man received a suspended sentence and probation when he pleaded guilty this week to possession of a controlled substance in a plea deal dismissing a related felony count of domestic assault. Rickie L. Thompson pleaded guilty to the drug charge Monday in Jasper County Circuit Court in a plea bargain […]
Mar. 9—The Joplin Globe publishes summaries of routine and follow-up inspections performed by the Joplin Health Department. Businesses that are inspected either pass or fail based on violations found during the time of inspection. Those violations fall into two categories: —Priority violations are more severe and deal with improper food handling, storage and preparation. The […]
Mar. 4—NEOSHO, Mo. — A Newton County judge ordered a Joplin man bound over for trial after he waived a preliminary hearing Monday on a drug trafficking charge. Eric M. Barnard, 42, waived the hearing in Newton County Circuit Court on a charge of first-degree trafficking in drugs. A hearing date has yet to be […]
Jan. 16—Building permits in Joplin in December came to nearly $9.5 million, driven by two seven-figure projects. That brings the total for the first two months of the city’s fiscal year to nearly $23.3 million. (The city’s fiscal year runs from Nov. 1 to Oct. 31; the permits reflect only that construction taking place inside […]
Jan. 7—Winter arrives with a full bag of tricks for Joplin this week, including two storm systems that could bring snow and temperatures in the single digits later in the week, with wind chills below zero. Monday should still be warm but rainy, with temperatures the mid 40s, but with wind gusts of 40 to […]
Dec. 29—At this time of year, it’s not a bad idea to think about where we have been and where we might be going in the year ahead. I have been watching the local economy for a long time, and it appears to me that we have strong forward momentum going for us at this […]