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Carl Junction Bluegrass Festival

This is the poster child of festivals.

It’s Friday night, and I pull my minivan up to the ATM. I’m as fired up as a high schooler…

I begin to relax as I press my back into the solid wooden booth seat, enjoying the privacy provided by…

Pirate’s Plunder. Superman. Tizzy Lizzy. These sound like names of amusement park rides that would make your belly flop.

Where can you go to cool off in Joplin (besides the pools)?

Noble columns and graceful stone statues resembling ancient Greek deities create elegant touches to the exterior of this building. Its…

Back in grade school, my friends and I formed a club called the Busy Bees. Our goal was to perform…

Her eyes are fierce and focused as she aims for the netted enclosure. She steps inside and stares fixedly at…

The main road running east to west across the south side of Joplin is officially known by a number: 32nd…

You know the feeling you get when the underdog that you’ve been rooting for wins the race? That’s the same…

There are happy hours, live music, comedy, open mics, karaoke, painting, and even a hookah lounge to tempt residents, visitors…

If it weren’t for its eye-catching exterior, painted chili pepper red, you might not notice the boxy, ordinary-looking building on…

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