Officials say Los Angeles County has reached a $4 billion agreement to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile ...

JOPLIN, Mo. (KOAM) — Visit Joplin revealed a new mural on Friday, April 5 at the Route 66 Mural Park in downtown Joplin! The mural titled “ Route 66 Tri-State Corridor ” shows 25 landmarks along the ...

The Route 66 Mural Park in downtown Joplin is the new home of the Route 66 Tri-State Corridor mural. The mural showcases 25 local landmarks along the Mother Road — including historic sites like the ...

A Jasper County man faces multiple charges after authorities say he illegally recorded people inside a popular Joplin fitness ...

A Jasper County man is charged with multiple felonies following an investigation into the nonconsensual recording and ...

On March 31st, 2025, the Joplin Police Department SWAT Team was utilized to serve a narcotics search warrant at 1000 S. Texas ...

Impeached Mayor Dan Rife lost his legal bid to return to office Wednesday when Cole County Circuit Judge Cotton Walker ruled that Rife “has not met his ...

Potentially deadly flash flooding, high-magnitude tornadoes and baseball-sized hail could hit parts of the Midwest and South ...

A Phoenix man was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Southwest Missouri, including the Joplin area. Joseph A. Gilbert, 42, was sentenced ...

On this first day of April, which is also Child Abuse Awareness Month, a tradition continued outside the Joplin Police ...

A Springfield-based charity that distributes food to food banks in Joplin and throughout Southwest Missouri said it will lose an estimated $3 million worth of food this year because of cuts by the U.S ...

Joplin residents will see their sewer rates go up. Starting Tuesday, small-volume sewer rates will increase from 2.7 percent ...