Ewert Park News Today

A new exhibit at the Joplin History and Mineral Museum highlights the story of Joplin’s Black community, especially at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.

JOPLIN, Mo. — Just After 10 a.m. Saturday reports of a two vehicle crash at 7th and Illinois/Murphy Blvd alerted Joplin E-911.

City department heads on Wednesday detailed sales tax spending for their projects to residents who serve on the city’s Capital Improvement and Public Safety Sales Tax Oversight Committee.

Joplin city department heads on Wednesday detailed sales tax spending for their projects to residents who serve on the city’s Capital Improvement and Public Safety Sales Tax Oversight Committee.

The Joplin City Council on Monday will consider final approval of a contract with Olsson Studio for a splash park at Ewert Park.

This is a shoutout to the Joplin Parks and Recreation staffers for all the good work they do keeping our city parks in shape for visits.

A contract that would commission a local firm for the engineering and final design of the Ewert splash park and other park renovations has been advanced by the Joplin City

Mark Phillips, an organizer of the Kingdom Reunion, set for 4 to 8 p.m. on Saturday in Landreth Park, bills the event as a “Christian family reunion,” with speakers, free

Betty Smith, a Joplin resident since 1929 who experienced and aided with peaceful integration of Joplin schools and the community, was recognized Monday at a meeting of the Joplin City

Betty Smith, a Joplin resident since 1929 who experienced and aided with peaceful integration of Joplin schools and the community, was recognized Monday at a meeting of the Joplin City