Chuck Copple News Today

JOPLIN, Mo. (KOAM) — The newly elected Joplin City Council members were sworn in Monday evening, April 8, 2024. Outgoing Mayor Doug Lawson firstly presented appreciations to outgoing council members.

During the April 2, 2024, General Election, citizens of Joplin voted on several Council positions and “Proposition Progress,” the Capital Improvements Sales Tax

A five-year effort to bring Joplin high-speed internet service cleared a hurdle Tuesday night when the City Council gave first-round approval to a contract with Nebraska-based Allo Missouri.

A banner program in which Joplin city government allows organizations and neighborhoods to display banners on streetlight poles is to undergo an upgrade.

A bid for Joplin airline service by the existing carrier, SkyWest, will be recommended as the one to accept for renewal of federally subsidized airline service.

One of two revised plans to build a new downtown public safety center for police, jail, city court and the main fire station received City Council support at a work

Action was taken Monday night by the Joplin City Council to ask voters to renew a three-eighths-cent capital improvements sales tax in the April 2 election.

A decision to fund expensive electrical equipment work at the downtown police, fire and courts building drew comments from some Joplin City Council members concerned about public perception.

Members of the Joplin City Council have asked to return a Sunnyvale neighborhood stormwater project back to its original time for construction after approving a two-year delay earlier this year.

JOPLIN, Mo. (KOAM) - Joplin citizens interested in running for a City Council seat in April 2024 may pick up their nominating petitions from the City Clerk starting Tuesday, November