JOPLIN, Mo. — Mercy Hospital welcomed New Year’s babies at two local hospitals within minutes of each other. Yesterday at ...

Mercy Joplin welcomed its first birth of the new year when Riella Miles was born at 1:58 p.m. on January 1st.

JOPLIN, Mo. (KOAM) -- The first bundle of joy has arrived at Mercy Joplin. According to Mercy, Riella Miles is the first baby born at Mercy Joplin in 2025. She was born at 1:58 p.m. on January 1.

Elaine Marie Guss, 65, of Fort Scott, died at 10:56 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo. Elaine was born June 16, 1959 in Santa Monica, Calif., to Vernon and Katherine Guss.

A man from Baxter Springs, Kan. suffered serious injuries in a rollover crash on NW 100th Rd and Bethlehem Rd early New ...

An accident that left a southwest Missouri man in serious condition is being attributed to ice. The accident took place ...

With about two and a half months to go before the start of the 2025 Carthage High School baseball season, the new home for ...

The owner of a popular Grand Lake restaurant died in a fatal car crash on Sunday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. Matthew Sowers, 41, of Grove, was pronounced dead at the ...