A Joplin man is among those arrested and charged as a result of what the FBI is calling “an unprecedented nationwide operation to protect our children and mark April’s National Child Abuse Prevention ...

Six months into the Joplin Police Co-Responder Program, the police chief says “use of force” incidents are down significantly ...

A nationwide, FBI-led crackdown called ‘Operation Restore Justice’ resulted in the arrest of 205 child sexual abuse offenders ...

The defending Class 3 District 5 champion Joplin High School boys tennis team took a step toward another district title and a chance to host a first-round state championship match with a 5-1 ...

Economic impact to the Joplin area from a recent sports tournament brought to the city by the Joplin Sports Authority amounts to about $890,000, the Joplin City Council was told at a meeting ...

Joplin projects underway — or soon to be — total $97.5 million, the Joplin City Council was told Monday night. Of that amount, nearly $58 million is to be paid from grants and $34 million is ...

Update: The victim has been identified as Carissa Perryman, 29. A woman was shot and killed in east Kansas City Monday afternoon, after police said a fight with another woman led to gunfire.

Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area. This article is being continuously updated. You'll find a running list of past incidents at the bottom of this story.

Imagine a Kansas where your vote isn’t a faint echo lost in partisan noise but a powerful force shaping the future. This is the promise of fusion voting, a system Kansas once embraced and can ...

YATES CENTER, Kan. — The Kansas state fire marshal determines the cause of a fire in March that wound up destroying a nursing home. 'A sliding doors moment': Donald Trump appears backed into a ...

Boys tennis players from all over Kansas punched their ticket on Friday or Saturday to next weekend’s state tournament. Official results from regional tournaments can be found through KSHSAA ...