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There's a new way for graduates of Joplin high schools to stay together. The Joplin Schools Alumni Association has been f...
A Joplin school started celebrating its birthday today. Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School is turning 20. Academic Dean ...
Joplin High School and the Joplin middle schools will be getting seven laptop computers through Lenovo Computers and the Miss...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon visited Jasper R-5 High School today to recognize the school district for academic excellence and...
The Webb City location of Crowder College is growing. College officials annoucned a 22,000 square foot expansion today. Cyndi...
It was a special day for one fourth grade student at West Central Elementary School. Karen Alvarado was honored with the Scho...
When CJ Huff became Joplin School Superintendent in 2008, the first thing on his to-do list was raise the graduation rate. Th...
There's now a place to get Joplin High School merchandise. Eddie's Closet opened today at the Joplin School Administr...
Joplin firefighters are participating in a week long structural collapse incident course taught by the University of Missouri...
About this time of year, students start thinking about summer vacation. It's not a luxury those working to rebuild five J...
Neosho School District officials held an active school shooter safety drill last week. Staff participated in hands-on demonst...
State Farm Insurance has helped a Joplin nonprofit group..and no one had to sing to get the help. Art Feeds has received a &#...
Governor Sam Brownback says he's asked the Kansas higher education system to take on additional work, and it deserves to ...
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback will visit Pittsburg State University Wednesday afternoon. PSU Director of Government and Commu...
Mercy Hospital Joplin and the University of Missouri Medical School are re-starting a partnership that lets third year medica...
An effort by Missouri Southern State University's president to remove mention of its international mission from state law...
Last month, bullying got in the face of Carl Junction residents. Luke Nugent, an 8th grader, took his own life after apparent...
A program to train University of Missouri medical students as rural health care providers will be unveiled in Joplin Tuesday....
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College has received the gift of real estate. The college announced Saturday they've received a...
Crossland Construction company has given $100,000 to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College for construction of a Multipurpose...
A lawsuit filed against the Joplin School District has been settled out of court. You'll remember Urban Metro Development...
Wednesday night, the Joplin School Board approved 18 bids toward the construction of the new high school and Franklin Technol...
There's a special event happening in Carl Junction tomorrow night. Lisa Knutzen tells News Talk KZRG about the 13th annua...
It'll soon cost a little more to attend Crowder College. Vice President of Finance, Jim Cummins, tells News Talk KZRG tui...
It's registration week for future Joplin School District kindergarteners. Special Services Director Lisa Orem tells News ...
It's never too early to learn technology. The Southeast school district in Cherokee is the first in the region to include...
The American Red Cross is recognizing people in the community who are Everyday Heroes. They range from the Joplin Fire Depart...
Local community leaders, members of the public, and Crowder College staff gathered this morning at the college's Neosho c...
You wouldn't believe the things you can make clothes out of. Students in Joplin High School's Fashion class showed of...
For months, it was known as Elementary School Number 2 or The Elementary School at East Middle School. Tuesday night, the Jop...
Tonight the Joplin School Board will vote on a plan to change the boundaries for some elementary schools and change which mid...
The Joplin School District held a community input session Monday, with teachers and community members getting together to dis...
Art Feeds will be helping reach more children in Joplin. Next week, the group will add Cecil Floyd Elementary School students...
A three million dollar federal grant for rebuilding Franklin Technology Center will be a big help for rebuilding Joplin. So s...
The framework of the new Joplin High School is starting to rise. Construction crews put up the first steel beams this morning...
Students, parents, and teachers are volunteering their time at Jefferson Elementary School in Joplin this week to create an o...
Students at Joplin's Columbia Elementary School learned about various careers Wednesday. Columbia Principal Sarah Mwangit...
The Joplin School District hosted three meetings about redistricting Tuesday night. The District wants to change the boundari...
There's going to be an election in Galena in June on a school bond issue. Monday night, the Galena School Board approved ...
The Joplin School District is looking into creating a health center for students. The clinic would be either a mobile clinic ...
A Kansas House committee has approved a sweeping anti-abortion bill that prevents groups providing abortion services from bei...
Oklahoma House Democrats and some school superintendents are renewing their opposition to plans by Republican leaders to slas...
Pittsburg State University kicked off their annual Community Campaign, which salutes businesses in Crawford County that partn...
A reception was held Monday for Joplin School Superintendent Doctor CJ Huff, in recognition of being one of four finalists fo...
How will the sequester affect Missouri? Webb City State Representative Charlie Davis tells News Talk KZRG he's not sure h...
The Galena School District wants to expand. They've looked into what it would cost to build a new gym and make other impr...
Deciding not to decide yet. The Joplin School Board Tuesday tabled a vote on redistricting for elementary school boundaries a...
A Kansas Senate committee has narrowly rejected a proposal by Governor Sam Brownback to hold back third-grade pupils who aren...
If you're planning to spend some time boating this spring and summer, there's a Missouri boating safety certification...
The Kansas Senate has approved a proposed amendment to the state constitution to prevent the courts from deciding disputes ov...
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College will host the 53rd Regional Science Fair on Friday. Junior high and high school students fr...
Dozens of Joplin elementary and middle school parents attended a meeting Monday night to learn about a plan to change distric...
The cost of higher education just got a little higher. Missouri Southern State University's Board of Governors Friday app...
An investigation by the Southwest Missouri Cybercrimes Task Force led to an employee of the Joplin School District being arre...
Teachers at Joplin South Middle School were taught this afternoon by their students. The students gave lessons on technology-...
A Neosho elementary school is one of eleven in Missouri to receive an Exemplary School award from the state Department of Ele...
The Joplin School Board got to see a proposal for redistricting elementary and middle schools at a special meeting Tuesday. U...
One of Missouri Govenor Jay Nixon's proposals in last week's State of the State speech was extending the state's ...
The state of Kansas received a record number of applications for concealed carry permits in January. Attorney General Derek S...
Missouri first-graders would have to take a gun safety course under a bill being considered by a state Senate committee.Sen. ...
It's Catholic Schools Week in America, and that means a lot of happenings for Joplin Area Catholic Schools. Spokeswoman R...
A bill about to be voted on in the Missouri House would give school districts the ability to opt out of having to pay the pre...
The president of the Missouri State Board of Education has resigned after a second lawsuit accused him of using his position ...
Earlier this month, David Wallace with Joplin's master developer Wallace Bajjali said he was going to speak to a college ...
The Joplin School Board is looking over suggestions for improving school safety and security. Those ideas came from a task fo...
This is the last year high school dropouts will be able to earn their Missouri High School Equivalency Certificate before a t...
Work will begin this fall on what's being called an eco-home in Joplin. It's being built by GreenTown Joplin with hel...
An Asbury family is getting some help from the community through an upcoming event in Carl Junction. Gary Stubblefield of the...
Opening day is fast approaching for some Joplin schools being rebuilt after the May 2011 tornado. Superintendent Dr. CJ Huff ...
Following last month's tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, the Joplin School District decided to set up a safety review task...
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is calling for a fresh round of aggressive cuts in state income taxes and changes in the state ...
The Joplin High School Marching Band made a special appearance on the Katie Couric show this morning, via Skype,to thank Barr...
A three-judge panel has ruled in favor of parents and schools who say the state's formula for funding education is uncons...
An education advocacy group in a new report is critical of Missouri's policies for its schools.The report released Monday...
They may need to make some room in the Joplin Schools' trophy case. Superintendent Doctor CJ Huff is one of four finalist...
No guns for Missouri teachers. Governor Jay Nixon has come out in opposition to legislative proposals that would allow teache...
Racism. That's how Atlanta-based Urban Metropolitan Development explains the criminal charges against them for work done ...
Last Friday's tragedy in Newton, Connecticut has people thinking about the safety of their schools. Joplin School Superin...
Authorities say at least 26 people, including 18 children, were killed Friday when a gunman opened fire inside a Connecticut ...
Over a hundred kids in the Neosho area will have a more Merry Christmas this year, thanks to the Neosho Police Department'...
A Tax Increment Financing District for the redevelopment of Joplin looks to be one step closer to a reality. Joplin Schools S...
Tuesday is the first day you can file paperwork to run for the Joplin School Board. Superintendent Doctor CJ Huff tells News ...
They're close to an agreement. At a special meeting Monday, the Joplin School Board has authorized Superintendent Doctor ...
There's a new scholarship for music majors at Missouri Southern State University. It's a fully endowed scholarship ca...
The Joplin School Board will meet Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock to talk about the proposed Tax Increment Financing Distri...
There's no TIF for Joplin yet. The committee studying a Tax Increment Financing district, or TIF, did not vote on the mat...
The Neosho School District has hired a new superintendent. Dan Decker, the current superintendent in Aurora, will move to Neo...
A rare Friday night public hearing drew a big crowd to Joplin City Hall tonight. The subject: whether to create a Tax Increme...
Joplin kids in grades K-through-5 will be warmer this winter. They've been given winter hats and sweatshirts by Johnson, ...
The decision on putting a Tax Increment Financing District, or TIF, in Joplin won't be made until next week. A vote was o...
The Joplin School Board did not vote to approve a proposed Tax Increment Financing District at Tuesday's regular meeting....
Rethinking time sounds like something a science fiction writer or scientist would do. Joplin school administrators, teachers,...
Students in Joplin Schools who have personal issues or concerns they need to talk about can now do so confidentially -- throu...
The Joplin School District wants to make sure the costs of relocating the High School out of a flood plain add up. Superinten...
A new report says elementary schools in Kansas and surrounding states have reduced, or even eliminated, science education in ...
Over 1500 Joplin students in grades four through eight are being honored this week as Academic All-Stars. They're being r...
Officials with the Joplin School District will be meeting with City officials soon about a proposed tax increment financing d...
Land for a new Joplin elementary school has been signed over by Mercy Hospital to the district. Superintendent Dr CJ Huff tel...
Should Missouri raise taxes on tobacco and cigarettes by $0.73 per pack? That's one of the big questions on the ballo...
Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg and the Mount Carmel Foundation are getting a grant to provide more concussion testing for ...
There's no denying the Joplin High School 11th and 12th grade campus at Northpark Mall is impressive, especially since it...
Technology was a main topic of last night's Joplin School Board meeting, talking about a proposal to provide iPad tablet ...
St. Mary's Catholic Elementary School in Joplin's holding a "Fall Fun Day" this weekend. Lauren Brown tells...
Jopliln East Middle School students learned about fire safety today. Kathy Weaver's science class learned how to use a fi...
The Missouri athletics department is tightening employee use of school-issued credit cards after an audit found a series of i...
$250,000 has been donated for scholarships at Pittsburg State University. Kathleen Flannery, executive director of PSU...
The Neosho School Board has approved building ten new classrooms at the high school. Superintendent Alma Stipp tells News Tal...
Bright Futures Joplin has won an award from the US Department of Education. The Together For Tomorrow Challenge recognizes co...
Two men are in custody for burglary at the Carthage Junior High School. Police Captain Randee Kaiser tells News Talk KZRG aut...
Text messages to a female student are what cost a Neosho High School teacher his job. The teacher, who's not being named,...
The Joplin School District will be applying for an Economic Development Administration, or EDA, grant. Superintendent Doctor ...
A Joplin church that was destroyed in the May 2011 tornado has been rebuilt on the same site. The Church of Jesus Christ of L...
Missouri Southern State University in Joplin is teaming up with the National Guard. President Bruce Speck tells News Talk KZR...
Two local colleges are teaming up. Missouri Southern State University will start teaching some classes at Crowder College'...
Joplin Schools were in lockout mode for about an hour this afternoon..meaning students weren't allowed outside and school...
The state Board of Education is delaying the release of a new system that grades Oklahoma's schools.Officials had planned...
Catholic School leaders in Joplin are gearing up for an annual fundraising campaign. Renee Motazedi of the Joplin Area Cathol...
Almost eleven million dollars in FEMA grants for the Joplin School District has been formally approved. These grants will go ...
An author from Arkansas got some laughs and smiles from students at Royal Heights Elementary School in Joplin today with a pr...
Kindergarteners in Joplin are getting new coloring books featuring Eddie The Eagle. The books were produced by the Joplin Sch...
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says 18-year-old voters who attend public high schools can show their school identifica...
Democratic leaders are questioning Governor Sam Brownback's decision to appoint a task force to find efficiencies in Kans...
It's never to young to start learning about charity. Jefferson Elementary kindergarten and first grade students held a be...
The Joplin School District's Superintendent was named the best in the state Saturday night. Dr. CJ Huff was given the Sup...
Before Tuesday's regular meeting, the Joplin School Board discussed what to do with the "Hope High School" sign...
Building a new school is pretty complicated. Joplin School Superintendent Doctor CJ Huff tells News Talk KZRG there's bee...
One of Joplin's elementary schools has launched an effort to get kids thinking about college. Jennifer Statler, a kinderg...
There may be some issues between the Joplin School District and FEMA. Congressman Billy Long tells News Talk KZRG he was dist...
If you like high school marching bands, you'll want to be in Webb City on Saturday. The 8th annual Webbstock Marching Fes...
More students are attending Crowder College than ever before. Fall semester enrollment is 5,590, up three percent from last f...
Missouri Southern's Industrial Engineering Technology program had a reason to celebrate Tuesday. The IET program is now f...
Slowly but surely, new schools will be built in Joplin. Work is underway to build schools to replace those destroyed in the M...
7th graders at Joplin's East Middle School aren't getting letter grades this year. Instead, their progress will be gr...
A Joplin business gave back to schools in Joplin, Carthage, and Seneca today. Haley Carter of Oasis Salon and Day Spa tells N...
A Joplin landmark and rallying point after the May 2011 tornado will soon be moving to a new home. The sign used to read &quo...
Crowder College in Neosho is holding its annual Constitution Day Monday afternoon. Joan Wilson, chair of Crowder's Social...
It used to be that if your dad came to school, it was for a teacher conference or you were in trouble. It's different at ...
The meaning of 9/11 differs from person to person and generation to generation. Third graders from Joplin's Jefferson Ele...
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback was in Pittsburg Monday, visiting Pitsco Education, which won the Governor's Exporter of th...
St. Mary's Catholic Church in Joplin will find a new home in the Wildwood Ranch development... but what about St. Mary...
Here's an update on the legal wrangling between the Joplin School District and the company hired to demolish school build...
The Joplin School District's seeing more students take the ACT college entrance exam than in years past. The Missouri Dep...
The Boy Scouts of Missouri will be holding a scouting drive on September 6th. District Director Brian Haverstick tells News T...
school needs classrooms, books and students. It also needs a name, and the elementary school being built next to the new Jopl...
You'll be getting a bigger property tax bill for Joplin Schools. At Tuesday night's School Board meeting, the Board a...
"Over 200 new kids, it's exciting. That says our community is going to be our community again."Joplin Assistant...
Oklahoma education officials say they plan to have a new A through F grading system for public schools up and running by Octo...
Crowder College is getting an extra $95,000 for their new nursing program in McDonald County. Spokeswoman Cindy Brown tel...
A local university's getting some high praise. The Princeton Review's annual regional-best list of four-year colleges...
Two buses pulled into McAuley Catholic High School in Joplin today that didn't have any kids on board. The buses are gift...
Area high school football teams will have dress rehearsals tonight for next week's regular season kickoff. Joplin will ho...
Office Depot helped Joplin School District students get a good start to the school year, announcing a donation of 1,000 sackp...
Joplin High School students will be part of a documentary hitting theaters next year. Jason Pollock, director of "Undrop...
"If I were going to paint you a picture of what it should look like, I'm not sure I'd do anything different.&quo...
Kansas has until next spring to revise the way it evaluates teachers to factor in students' performance on standardized t...
Joplin School District teachers and staff got a warm welcome this morning at the Joplin Holiday Inn Convention Center for the...
Crowder College has added yet another campus. Officials held a ribbon cutting for the college's new Carthage campus on Ri...
Work on the new Joplin High School is getting started, but it will be a while before you see signs of a building. Joplin Scho...
The first day of classes for Joplin Schools is Wednesday, August 15. Beginning August 7, schools throughout the district will...
Joplin School District students entering the 6th grade this year are getting a preview of what middle school is like this wee...
The annual Bright Futures "Stuff the Bus" school supply drive for school districts in Joplin, Webb City, and Carl J...
The first batch of bonds to finance the Joplin School District's school rebuilding was sold Tuesday. Greg Bricker with th...
Missouri Southern State University has unveiled a master plan for changing the campus over the next 25 years. University Pres...
There's going to be a blood drive in Joplin Wednesday in honor of a Joplin High student who's dealing with his second...
Freeman Rehabilitation and Sports Center is offering something for area athletes."Free athletic physicals next Monday an...
A Joplin program that helps children heal through art has received a $10,000 grant and could end up with a $100,000 g...
The Kansas State Board of Education is requesting an additional $450 million in state spending on public schools for the ...
Joplin High School is going to be featured in a documentary. Assistant Superintendent Doctor Angie Besendorfer tells News Tal...
Missouri Southern State University and the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce want to create super leaders. It's a new progr...
The Joplin School District will be selling $62 million dollars in bonds, as authorized by voters in April. But they won&#...
Almost 167 million dollars. That's the budget the Joplin School Board approved at Tuesday night's regular meeting. Su...
Emotional scars from last year's deadly tornado are still painful in Joplin, particularly for kids. That's why a grou...
Missouri's public colleges and universities will be taking a state budget cut for the third straight year. Governor Jay N...
A dental college in Kansas? That's the suggestion from a task force appointed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The task fo...
Students at public universities in Kansas will pay as much as 6.9 percent more for tuition this fall.The Kansas Board of Rege...
The Joplin School Board has a new member. Dawn Sticklen was appointed Wednesday to replace Ashley Micklethwaite, who resigned...
A Pittsburg business has been recognized as the Governor's Exporter of the Year. Pitsco, Incorporated received the award ...
Kansas education officials say negotiations with the federal government are moving the state closer to obtaining a waiver fro...
A Joplin institution is celebrating a birthday today. 70 years ago today, Ozark Christian College was started in Bentonville,...
Candidates for local offices in Kansas have until Friday to file for the August primary. Their races are not affected by the ...
There's going to be a new superintendent for the Girard schools. The USD 248 Board of Education has suspended Superintend...
There's officially an opening on the Joplin School Board. Ashley Micklethwaite turned in a letter of resignation Tuesday,...
Summer school for Joplin students is almost here. Director of instructional services Jason Cravens tells News Talk KZRG summe...
A contractor who was hired to demolish three tornado-damaged schools in Joplin is now accusing the school district of racial ...
Webb City High School got a good report card from US News and World Report. They've ranked Webb City the 16th best high s...
The Joplin School District's getting some help from the feds. Missouri US Senator Claire McCaskill tells News Talk KZRG t...
Joplin School District officials broke ground on Irving Elementary School Tuesday. Board President Randy Steele tells News Ta...
Mercy Hospital Joplin donated their 50-acre campus at the tornado-destroyed St. John's Hospital to several Joplin entitie...
President Obama and Governor Nixon had to wait their turns before speaking at the Joplin High graduation. Seniors like Siri A...
Students, faculty and staff of the Joplin Area Catholic Schools will gather Tuesday afternoon at the former site of St. Mary&...
Joplin High School's class of 2012 will graduate Monday night. The ceremony at Leggett and Platt Center will feature spee...
A message on a T-shirt given to students in Sarcoxie has become controversial. Fifth graders in Sarcoxie's DARE program w...
The Joplin School Board held a special meeting Thursday to get updates on pending litigation. One lawsuit involving the Jopli...
The Joplin Area Catholic Schools are holding a memorial concert this Saturday to remember last year's deadly EF-5 tornado...
It might cost more to attend Pittsburg State University next fall. PSU is asking to raise in-state undergraduate tuition by 1...
Legislation allowing Missouri school districts to sell advertising space on buses has been stopped by a Senate committee.The ...
A Joplin church's donation today will allow every student at Cecil Floyd Elementary to take a book of their choice home w...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has authorized $2.8 million dollars for the Joplin School District."More than $2.3 m...
May 22nd is going to be a busy day for the Joplin School District. Spokeswoman Kelly Price tells News Talk KZRG they plan to ...
The Joplin School District is getting some financial help from the State of Missouri for building safe rooms as well as other...
Another week, another award for Joplin Schools Superintendent Dr. CJ Huff. He'll be receiving the 2012 Bob Grossman Leade...
Missouri lawmakers have sent the governor a $24 billion budget a day ahead of a constitutional deadline. The budget given...
The Kansas House has rejected an effort to repeal a 2004 law allowing some illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at publ...
Students at Ozarks Technical Community College in Springfield will now be able to use their credits for a degree at Missouri ...
Baxter Springs voters approved an 8 million dollar school bond issue Tuesday. Superintendent Dennis Burke tells News Talk KZR...
The Neosho School Board has hired a new superintendent. Alma Stipp, the Neosho District's assistant superintendent for cu...
On May 22nd, 2011, Joplin lost 12,000 trees. Saturday, the city got 10% of those replanted in one day, thanks to a volunteer ...
The Pittsburg School District's new after school elementary program is apparently a hit. Assistant Superintendent Brian B...
Pittsburg State technology education students donated two dog houses to the Joplin Humane Society today. Associate Professor ...
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has approved a plan by the state Department of Education to set up an A-through-F grading syste...
Now that the Joplin School District is looking for a new contractor to finish demolition work on the tornado-damaged high sch...
Some Missouri Southern students have fixed up a waiting room for kids in the Jasper County Courthouse. Senior Shavonne McCoy ...
Joplin East Middle School students took a trip to the London Olympics today, with the help of Ptitsburg State University'...
The damage from last summer's fire at the Neosho pool house is being repaired and the facility should be ready to open in...
The Joplin School Board is looking for a new contractor to demolish schools damaged in last year's tornado. The board vot...
The parents of a Seneca High School student are suing the school district over hazing at a football camp. Paul and Kristi Smi...
The Joplin School Board heard the latest updates on plans for three new school buildings at Tuesday's regular meeting. Su...
A bill allowing ads to be sold on and inside school buses has passed the Missouri House and is now before a Senate committee....
There might be another lawsuit regarding the demolition of Joplin High School..this one from the School District. Earlier thi...
The Neosho School District will have to start looking for a new superintendent. Dr. Richard Page has announced he'll be t...
It's a familiar tune:(click for audio)Brooke Weir and Taylor Smith are part of the Joplin Area Catholic Schools productio...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is restoring about $6.8 million that he previously cut from the state's public education ...
The Missouri House has approved a bill that would allow advertising on school buses to help districts cover transportation co...
A contractor based in Atlanta, GA is suing the Joplin School District for over $600,000. Troy Langley, President of Urban...
The Joplin School District's being sued by a contractor that says they're owed over $600,000. Urban Metropolitan ...
A Missouri Senate committee wants to seek federal stimulus money to help unemployed workers finish their college education. T...
The Joplin School Board has a new leader. Randy Steele was elected president of the School Board Wednesday during a board mee...
As for the Neosho School Board, Steven Douglas and Phil Wise were elected to three-year terms. Incumbent Tim Lewis placed thi...
It was close, but Joplin voters approved a $62 million school bond issue on Tuesday. 4982 voted Yes, 3655 voted No, but a...
