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A new mural will be going up in the downtown district, this one a tribute to Route 66, like the present two that will be ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — Route 66 fans in Missouri now have a new specialty license plate that celebrates the “Main Street of America.” Over the last two years, volunteers with the Route 66 Association ...

Missouri had 292 miles of Route 66, running from St. Louis diagonally across the state through Joplin to Kansas. Today it loosely weaves along Interstate 44. The following highlights are the order ...

The Joplin Celebration Commission continues its work through 2026, planning for Route 66 Centennial and USA 250; the group ...

Disaster preparedness expert Patrick Hardy is using Joplin as his setting for a video about planning for and surviving a tornado or severe weather. Known by many as “Disaster Patrick,” Hardy was in ...

Joplin’s 152nd birthday and recognition of the city’s Irish fathers in observance of St. Patrick’s Day will be celebrated Monday with speakers who will make presentations at a Joplin City Council ...