The biggest fall festival in the area kicks off nine days of activities on Friday in Carthage. “This is my third Maple Leaf, ...

Habanero’s Mexican Restaurant and Cantina opened on Tuesday in the former El Vaquero restaurant at 2412 S. Main St. The restaurant has received some much-needed attention inside and out with fresh ...

A Jasper County judge decided Thursday there is probable cause for a 47-year-old man from Little Rock, Arkansas, to stand trial on a charge that he stabbed another man Aug.

A 34-year-old man waived a preliminary hearing Thursday on charges that he assaulted three juveniles earlier this year at Cunningham Park in Joplin.

Police officers applied resuscitative measures to save the life of a 4-year-old boy they were forced to pry from the grasp of a man who purportedly was choking him during ...