Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones has supported a cut in income taxes. The state senate has already passed a bill that would provide relief from income tax, but increase sales tax.

Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri held an open house to showcase another rebuilt home from the tornado. A brand new home was unveiled Monday on Harlem Street to Marilyn Brown.

The 36th Annual Joplin Globe Spelling Bee featured 84 students between 4th and 6th grade from Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. The winning word - paladin - correctly spelled by Jaden Gallagher...

A teenager is dead after apparently shooting herself at Roanoke Park in Joplin.

A 24-year-old Parsons man was questioned and later released after a weekend burglary and arson.

A fundraiser will be held Saturday, April 6 at Southeast High School in Cherokee to help the family of Callie Whaley.

On Wednesday March 20 water service may be interrupted between 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Adams Street, Grant Street and Wheeler Street, between north High Street and north College Street.

A group of painters get together to create wonderful art with a candy theme.

An Anderson, Missouri man guilty of robbery and assisting in the drowning death of a Grand Lake area banker dies in prison.

A Sarcoxie Missouri woman dies in a Friday night accident.

About 50 area businesses head to the Carl Junction Community Center for 2nd annual business expo.

Joplin Police are searching for a possible armed suspect.

An Oklahoma bill would allow students more religous freedom in public schools. The state chapter of the ACLU says the proposed law is nothing more than a political stunt.

The Joplin Family YMCA Human Services facility is closing it's campus at the temporary housing units. A celebration was held Friday for the closing with tornado survivors, partner agencies...

Missouri Gas Energy has filed a request to reduce its cost of gas. The request put in to the Missouri Public Commission would reduce the cost by about 4 cents per 100 cubic feet.

The Missouri state treasurer has put some unusual items on display from his unclaimed property vault. Some of the items could belong to residents in Southwest Missouri.

Former Picher residents are taking on an appraisal company they say undervalued their homes in a $40 million federal buyout. Now, they are taking on the appraiser as one.

A man in custody in Chanute is accused of shooting at two vehicles on Thursday March 14, including one that had a nine year old boy in it.

News release issued by the Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (Miami, OK) - The American Cowboy Rodeo Association (ACRA) has named Rodeo Miami as the 2012 Rodeo of the Year. The Top 20 contestants in

From creating blueprints to installing air conditioning units, some Franklin Tech students have been donating their time and know how to help save Watered Garden's time and money...

Joplin officials have come up with a way to showcase the city's landscape and talented residents.

A Baxter Springs, Kansas student won the VFW Patriot's Pen Essay Contest at the local, district and state level, and also received the State of California Award of $500.

At a signing ceremony on Thursday, Mitch Wear penned his intent to play Sprint Football at the Academy.

According to authorities a 28 year-old man broke into the apartment and assaulted the resident. That resident then stabbed the intruder in the face with a kitchen knife in self-defense...