A Carthage man accused of throwing urine on a woman will head to the Missouri Department of Mental Health instead of a courtroom. A Jasper County judge committed Trey Bowman to state custody after ...

PITTSBURG, KAN. - On Sunday, May 3, 2026, at approximately 7:21 PM, an officer from the Pittsburg Police Department responded to 600 Memorial Drive in reference to a burglary that occurred at the ball ...

Liberty Utilities is asking Missouri regulators to approve a small decrease in one part of customers' electric bills, but that would only partially offset a much larger rate increase that began this ...

A Liberal, MO man was killed in an accident involving a bicycle in Barton County late Friday morning. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 11 a.m. on Route K in Liberal.

A man from Carl Junction is becoming Jasper County's newest circuit judge. Gov. Mike Kehoe has appointed Troy Salchow for the job in Missouri's 29th Judicial Circuit. Salchow is the founder and owner ...

Lumos has acquired ALLO Fiber's network and customer accounts in Joplin, the company announced Friday. The deal does not include ALLO's operations outside Joplin. ALLO will continue serving customers ...

Sparklight awards $250,000 annually through its Charitable Giving Fund Grants support digital literacy, hunger relief and community development. More than $1.3 million has been awarded to 300+ ...

The City of Joplin and Republic Services are reminding residents inside Joplin city limits about important changes to solid waste services, which took effect on October 1st. "It's really important ...

A second former GOP Kansas governor is now supporting the democrat in the state’s U.S. Senate race. Mike Hayden is endorsing Adam Hamilton. Hayden, who served as governor from 1987 to 1991, announced ...