JOPLIN, Mo. — Joplin’s historic “Union Depot” takes a step closer to finding new life. The Joplin Union Depot was established in 1911 but hasn’t been in use in 50 years. In February, students from ...

Joplin's Union Depot was declared one of Missouri's "Places in Peril" Wednesday night by the Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation. The list is compiled annually of endangered historic ...

After sitting empty 50 years, efforts by preservation proponents to find a new future for Joplin’s Union Depot have intensified. Members of the Downtown Joplin Alliance’s Endangered Properties Program ...

Feb. 17—The Joplin Union Depot has survived a series of twists and turns resulting from failed plans to renovate the building and attempts to condemn it. The first attempt on the property was in the ...

Feb. 3—When I look at the Joplin Union Depot today, I do not see it as it looks now. I try to imagine what it might have looked like when it opened in the summer of 1911. I see women wearing ...

Sep. 11—The Downtown Joplin Alliance will hold its next Downtown Now event from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Chaos Brewing Co., 112 S. Main St. Downtown Now is a quarterly event for downtown business ...