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Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Tariffs impact local international grocers
JOPLIN, Mo. — We've heard a lot about tariffs in national politics, federal policy changes that are starting to make an impact locally. Students display broadcast skills at MSSU for Southern Media Showcase Massive transformation readies Route 66 site for community events Firefighters respond to house fire in west Joplin Rezoning for homeless housing in Joplin Missouri Job Center helps grads make smooth transistion into the job market That includes Joplin grocery stores featuring international products, like the Pineda Market. Owner Christopher Pineda says that impact is limited to certain items for now but expects that could expand before conditions level out. Other stores like Fox Farm Food say they're preparing for changes but have not seen any yet. 'We have not, as of yet, we expect that to change, of course, but we're just going to try to weather the storm. Just try to, you know, keep prices the same through it all. Hopefully it will balance out, get fixed,' said Tim Spry, Fox Farm Store Mgr. 'Some products that come straight from Mexico, or like the dairy or meat, or like hand sausages that come like specific brands come straight from Mexico. Yeah, the price has been up, like, a little bit, like, 3%,' said Christopher Pineda, Pineda Market Owner. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Politics
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Drive to recall Joplin City Council member gains momentum
JOPLIN, Mo. — The drive to recall a Joplin City Council member has officially turned in the first batch of petitions. Students display broadcast skills at MSSU for Southern Media Showcase Massive transformation readies Route 66 site for community events Firefighters respond to house fire in west Joplin Rezoning for homeless housing in Joplin Missouri Job Center helps grads make smooth transistion into the job market 100 signatures were submitted to the Jasper County Clerk in the effort to remove Ryan Jackson from his elected position. Of those, 86 met petition requirements that they live in Joplin city limits and are registered to vote. The recall will need about 6,700 signatures to make it to the ballot, something that hasn't happened very often in Jasper County. 'I have been County Clerk; this is my seventh year. And out of 24 different elections, we've only had two recalls that we've run, one that we've run and one that's being filed right now,' said Jasper County Clerk Charlie Davis. The recall effort started last week after a group of local voters objected to statements posted by Jackson regarding gender dysphoria. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Students display broadcast skills at MSSU for Southern Media Showcase
JOPLIN, Mo. — Some of the broadcast minds of tomorrow are honored at Missouri Southern. Wednesday, the annual Southern Media Showcase on campus. It's put on every year by Missouri Southern's communication department and highlights the works of hundreds of high school students throughout the region. Students display broadcast skills at MSSU for Southern Media Showcase Golden Lion Award: Jocelyn Wengert Golden Lion Award: Nina Nguyen Ones that focused on television and radio broadcast, music videos, podcasts, print journalism, and social media. High school kids also got to experience some of the many broadcast features available to MSSU students. 'But I also like to make it a learning experience for them, so we bring in experts from the field. And so we have had — had a sports broadcaster talk to them. We had Mike Olmstead who spoke to them about storytelling and producing videos. And then our keynote speaker is Paul Farnsworth with B&B Theatres, who's talking about, you know, social media marketing and being creative,' said Lisa Olliges, KGCS GM. The day ended with the annual awards ceremony. You can check out the list of winners here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
