Joplin News

Some Joplin students are teaming up to provide support for soldiers deployed to Afghanistan and to their families.

A Joplin man was charged Thursday in federal court with having illicit sex with a minor while traveling with an American missionary group in Cyprus two years ago.

The U.S. Attorney's office has charged Colby Williams, 24, of Joplin, Missouri, with having sex with a then 14 year old girl.

By Derek Spellman dspellman@joplinglobe.com PINEVILLE, Mo. - A former clerk in the McDonald County prosecutor's office will stand trial on a felony charge of stealing after allegedly faking cancer and then taking donations for assistance, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Officers on patrol spotted a stolen vehicle on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, parked in front of 1008 W. 2nd St.

JOPLIN, Mo. - The faculty of Missouri Southern State University has overwhelmingly approved a vote of no confidence in university president Bruce Speck.

Emergency crews were called to the Tanglewood Apartments on East 32nd Street Monday afternoon.

Facing criticism and questioning from faculty members, as well as a no-confidence vote, Missouri Southern State University President Bruce Speck last week said he remained somewhat bewildered as to the source of at least some of the frustration.

The Jasper County Sheriff's Department believes that investigators solved a series of burglaries and thefts from vehicles in the Hickory Hills subdivision west of Joplin with the arrest Sunday of a 31-year-old man.

Felony charges have been filed against two men who were arrested by Joplin police on suspicion of being in possession of a stolen vehicle.

The call room at Aegis Communications in Joplin greeted the tour group with festive orange and black balloons and streamers, and wispy spider webs strung from the ceiling.

Proud of our Past...Shaping our Future' This is more than a catchy phrase in Joplin these days.

Joplin police are investigating a stabbing and assault early Wednesday at a convenience store on Range Line Road.

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Health departments operated by Joplin and Jasper County governments, along with Access Family Care, will team up to offer their first H1N1 flu vaccine clinic next week, officials said Tuesday.

Two defendants accused of unrelated robberies in Joplin pleaded guilty Monday in Jasper County Circuit Court.

Joplin Globe WILLARD, Mo. a ' The higher seeded prep volleyball teams triumphed in the first three matches in the Class 4 District 12 Tournament on Monday night.

Big R's is Joplin's best barbeque place by far. Located off the main road, you may want to note the address: 1220 East 15th Street, Joplin Missouri 64804 so you can put it in your GPS system to find it.

Two Joplin men pleaded guilty Monday in Jasper County Circuit Court in separate child-pornography cases with slightly different plea agreements.

Globe/T. Rob Brown Jasper County Deputy James Marler uses a metal-detecting wand Thursday to check David Roland, of Joplin, at the entrance of the Jasper County Courts Building in Joplin.