Nearly every Georgian knows about James Oglethorpe, who founded the Georgia colony in 1733. Middle school students learn to ...

Pulitzer Prize nominee and author Michael Wallis will be in Joplin and Carthage on July 17 and 18. He will host a brief ...

Dugard, who is well-known as co-author with Bill O’Reilly of the 13 “Killing” book series, including “Killing Lincoln” and ...

Keontay Ingram and Ja'Marcus Ingram, former Carthage Bulldogs and current NFL players, who are back in town for their annual ...

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, the Byzantine Emperor who preferred books and who offered us a detailed account of Byzantine ...

Plus: a new novel from Gary Shteyngart, a true story of a shipwreck, and a memoir from a wrongly incarcerated inmate who was ...

The next quarterly meeting of the Hancock County Historical Society will focus on local poets reflecting the issues and struggles of 19th century county residents.

Over centuries, the Roman Empire conquered almost the entirety of Europe, giving generation after generation the chance to ...

The life and legend of one of Carthage’s native daughters, Belle Starr, is the focus of a new book. Starr, originally known as Myra Maybelle Shirley, was famous by the time of her death in Indian ...

The Joplin Museum is having a few great events coming up within the next couple of months so Kelly and Paula came in today to ...

Souter has enjoyed his Mr. Juneteenth duties over the last few weeks at several community events. According to Tray Allen, ...

She loves history, taught it in school, and helped preserve it as a historian in the Carthage and West Carthage area. But, Lynn Thornton is ready to step away from it.