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Joplin Swim Team coach Kathy Mendez believes the Stingrays’ successful season will continue on Saturday and Sunday as they strive to defend their Joplin Invitational title.Mendez, who’s in her fifth and final summer with the Stingrays, left the impression on Thursday during a telephone conversation that wins are secondary
PITTSBURG, Kan. — Lifelong Pittsburg resident John Lair has volunteered 850 hours in the past year with Special Olympics — that’s the equivalent of 106 eight-hour workdays. Doing so earned him the title of one of 30 “All Stars Among Us,” awarded by Major League Baseball and People Magazine last week in a national effort to recognize community volunteerism.
The summer is starting to turn around for Tyler McNeely and the Joplin Outlaws. In fact, Thursday night couldn’t have been much better for the duo as they dropped the Mac-N-Seitz Athletics 6-5 in a come-from-behind victory in MINK League action at the Joplin Athletic Complex. McNeely powered the comeback, thanks to a go-ahead solo home run in the fifth inning — the first homer the Outlaws have ...
CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — The Joplin Miners were battling Nevada late Thursday night in a losers’ bracket baseball game of the Missouri District 15 AA Tournament.Neosho knocked off third-seeded Joplin 13-5 earlier Thursday to finish the first round.Carthage pushed across a run in the bottom of the ninth inning to budge McDonald County 12-11 in another first-round game that had been suspended on ...
My wife and I were standing near one end of the iron bridge. Our kayaks were sitting nearby with our gear neatly stacked aboard. Waist-high weeds made the path that led to the water nearly impassable, prompting Karen and I to apply another coat of bug repellent before going on.
It will be at least several weeks before the Ottawa County District Attorney’s office can determine whether criminal charges will be sought against a Willard, Mo., man whose tractor trailer allegedly plowed into multiple vehicles Friday afternoon, killing 10 people.
Joplin’s police chief, Lane Roberts, invited members of the NAACP on Thursday night to encourage people to call him or a police commander if someone feels unjustly stopped by police.
A niece of a Carthage couple slain last year confirmed Thursday that a St. Louis private investigations firm hired by relatives assisted in the probe that led to the arrests and charging of two suspects in the crime.
CARTHAGE, Mo. — If a state crime lab had been built locally last year, said Sheriff Archie Dunn, then the murders of Robert and Ellen Sheldon might have been solved more quickly.
Joplin yielded a bumper crop of swimmers and golfers so far this summer that the parks director says may have been sprouted by economic conditions, warm temperatures and an investment in recreational amenities.
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