City of Joplin

The World Street Painting Festival features eight international artists and two from the U.S.

The City of Joplin relaunched its public transit system after a 2 1/2-year suspension.

Mayor Keenan Cortez has great pride for the city of Joplin. He says he wants to maximize residents' experiences every single day he’s mayor.

The Joplin Homeowner Rehabilitation Program-2 allows up to $25,000 per applicant in certain zones of the city.

A survey is available now through Survey Monkey.

The land at 1201. S Byers, where Vita Nova Village wants to construct its tiny housing community, was up for sale in April at a Jasper County Sheriff’s auction, however, no one bought it, and the city of Joplin took ownership of it.

The tire drop-off will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Joplin Recycling Center.

The person chosen for the general seat will serve until April.

The examination of Joplin’s financial records and management practices won’t get underway until next summer at the earliest and could take as long as a year to complete.

If approved, it would be the second time Joplin residents have re-authorized the Capital Improvement Projects tax after it was first approved in 2004, going into effect the following year. Recent tax increases have been a mixed bag — Proposition Public Safety in August of 2022 and the Memorial Bond in April of the same year failed.