Monday night the Joplin City Council voted to ban the practice of "homeless dumping" within city limits, passing a new ...

Joplin Police Chief Dr. Richard Pearson met with homeless advocates and organizations to discuss the latest petition ...

COLUMBIA — Columbia City Council members are set to consider banning pedestrians standing on most medians across the city — a ...

Joplin officials say they’ve confirmed numerous instances over the past two years of agencies from outside the city sending or bringing transients who have nowhere to stay and no connection to Joplin ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — Homelessness was a big topic at tonight’s Joplin city council meeting. One advocate speaking at the meeting called for both long-term solutions for homelessness, as well as immediate ...

Recent comments from UM System President Mun Choi have drawn attention to Columbia’s homeless community as part of a broader push for increased public safety downtown. During an address to University ...

The city is the collaborative applicant and city officials apply for grant funds on behalf of the St. Joseph Continuum of ...

Nervous Schaefer, the C-Street CID vice president, is an outspoken booster for the thoroughfare. She offered a walking tour of C-Street to show the condition of the buildings impacted by the delay, ...

A tiny-home community for homeless veterans is moving forward in Springfield. The project was voted down by city council in 2024. Veteran Harvey Hall is behind the project to provide housing for the ...