(JOPLIN, Mo.) St. Johns Regional Medical Center will host its ‘Care Fair’ Friday. Miranda Lewis, a spokesman for the hospital, said, “all proceeds from the event will be split between the United Way of Southwest Missouri and the St. John’s Co-worker Sunshine Fund.” She says “The Sunshine Fund offers assistance to St. John’s co-workers who [...]
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(JOPLIN, Mo.) United Missouri Bank, located on the Southern end of Maiden Lane was the scene for an armed robbery around noon today. The Joplin Police Department was called to the scene at 11:53 and the suspect was brought into custody “not long after the call came in,” says Lt. Brain Lewis. The man, Cody [...]
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(SPRINGFIELD, Mo.) Scott Eckersley, the democratic candidate for the seventh congressional district, announced Tuesday that he would move forward with a 10-county tour. The “Give ‘em Eck” tour will start next Tuesday, nine weeks from election day, and spread until September 17. Eckersley will spend a day in each county, where on each stop, he [...]
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(JOPLIN, Mo.) Firefighters responded to a call Monday morning at the Oxford Partk Appartment comples on 34th Street and Texas Avenue. “It went up fast,” said one witness. The witness also reported to TFJ a significant delay between an initial call and first responders arriving. Apartment buildings C and B were effected. The fire started in [...]
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Back in March, I got a comment from a woman on Facebook that has stuck with me. I actually came across it while going through old screenshots on my iPhone last night. I must have thought her comment to be interesting – and probably exploited it to some friends. I laughed it off personally, and even sent [...]
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(JOPLIN, Mo.) Third Thursday attracted hundreds of visitors to downtown Joplin Thursday night to enjoy art, music, and food.
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