PITTSBURG, Ks. — Just one more week of the NCAA Division II softball regular season with teams playing this weekend and next weekend. It's time for the regional rankings. The rankings haven't been released yet but the teams that will be in on the Central Region rankings have been released Wednesday morning. The number ninth-ranked []
MONETT, Mo. — On Wednesday evening, the Monett Cubes hosted the Lamar Tigers in a Big 8 showdown. Monett looked to snap a three-game losing streak and Lamar tried to increase their win streak to three. The Cubs rallied from behind and survived to defeat Lamar 8-7. Monett improved to 8-6 on the season while []
JOPLIN, Mo. — A group of retirees travels around Joplin, looking at nonprofit volunteering options. Lori Brock has been spending a lot of time on this bus lately. Over three weeks, she'll visit nearly thirty Joplin area nonprofits that would love to have her as a volunteer. "We started hearing about the Miracle League Field []
CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Carthage City Council takes no action to move forward with impeachment proceedings against Mayor Dan Rife and the termination of City Administrator Greg Dagnan. Tonight's meeting was the third in eight days since the new council was sworn in. More than 80 people were in the room. Following the presentation of []
JOPLIN, Mo. — Some local young photographers have their art on display The Photo-Spiva Kids and Teens exhibit is now up at the Harry M Cornell Art Complex. It's been an annual event for about 16 years now. This year, 16 kids participated in a photography and photo-shop class back in February where they learned []
PITTSBURG, Kan. — A gathering of county commissioners from across the Sunflower State is underway in Pittsburg Nearly 80 commissioners, attended day two of the three-day Kansas Commissioners Conference. The event is in its 48th year, and gives commissioners a chance to network and discuss developing an effective county. Topics cover ethics and accountability for []
JASPER COUNTY, Mo. — March was the busiest month ever for marijuana sales in the state - totaling more than 124 million dollars. "The sales would be somewhere around $2 million. So far a month on average," said Leslie Haase, Joplin City Finance Dir. Sales of recreational marijuana in the city of Joplin, based on []
JOPLIN, Mo. — Joplin Schools has announced the appointment of Stacey Tracy as the new Director of Special Education, effective July 1, 2024. Tracy, who has been serving as the interim director since January of this year, will formally assume her new role within the district. Since joining Joplin Schools in 2017, Tracy has held []
LAMAR, Mo. — Work is underway to get one of the area's last drive in theaters back up and running. The Barco Drive-in Theatre is preparing for it's 75th consecutive season of 'Movies Under the Moonlight'. Wednesday, cranes came out to put up the two support structures for the theatre's brand new screen. A severe-storm []
JOPLIN, Mo. — A national retail chain opens its doors on Joplin's busiest road. It's called Ollie's, a store that bills itself on low prices for overstock and closeout items. They held a ribbon cutting to kick off business Wednesday morning. The store is near 15th St. and Range Line Rd., sitting in the strip []
PITTSBURG, Ks. — The Pittsburg Purple Dragons baseball team was back at home to face SEK opponent the Coffeyville Golden Tornadoes Tuesday evening. The Purple Dragons pull away from Coffeyville to win 11-2. On the mound for Pittsburg, Jett Burgess pitched seven innings, allowed two runs on five hits and struck out 11 batters on []
PITTSBURG, Ks. — The Pitt State baseball team returned home Tuesday afternoon to host Emporia State in a midweek conference matchup. The Gorillas fell just short 9-7 to Emporia State. Pitt State dropped to 27-15 on the season and 17-10 in the MIAA. The Hornets jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of []