Sen. Ron Richard, Joplin, was one of 17 senators who voted to shelve Jane Cunningham's anti-teacher tenure law and form a committee that will study teacher pay. In an article posted on the Springfield News-Leader website, reporter Josh Nelson examines ... »
(From Cedar House Keepsakes) A year ago, Angela Smith could not have predicted that she would soon be opening a business tailored specifically to disaster survivors. But the course of Smith’s life, like that of countless others, was forever changed by ... »
(From the Missouri Association of School Administrators) Dr. C. J. Huff has been selected by the Missouri Association of School Administrators as the recipient of the annual Robert L. Pearce Award for 2012. Huff was selected by a committee of his pee... »
Recently, the Ozark Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America brought a unique gift to the Joplin community as they followed a long-held tradition of sharing the Peace Light with others. Now, the City of Joplin wants to share the light with our citiz... »
(From City of Joplin) For over one-thousand years, lamps have been continuously lit in the Grotto of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Israel. Twenty-two years ago another tradition began. A child from Upper Austria has lit two miners’ lamps from a Grotto lam... »
