Joplin

5 Missouri hospitals were just downgraded for their patient safety rankings.

There's a new most affordable city in Missouri and it's a bit of a surprise considering it's also known for other things including its rather spectacular waterfalls which are quite grand.

You can say what you want about Missouri, but it's impossible to deny the history that has happened across the state. That includes numerous infamous shootout locations where Bonnie & Clyde and gangster Pretty Boy Floyd were involved in deadly battles.

I cannot recall meeting any coffee that I didn't like. That being said, there are some Missouri places that apparently brew the java better than others. There's a recent ranking of the top 26 specialty coffee places in Missouri.

Tammy Zywicki was a college girl who had an exciting future ahead of her. It should have been a routine trip back to the campus she was attending, but it was anything but that. Now, the FBI wants to solve a nearly 32 year mystery of who killed Tammy Zywicki in Missouri.

I'm no economics expert so perhaps it should be no surprise that I was surprised at the city in Missouri that has the poorest middle class right now. But, I'm guessing there's at least a chance it might surprise you, too.

It's easy to let your imagination run wild when you're alone in the woods. But, what one Missouri man saw has also been seen by others. When he saw a giant shadow, he was terrified when he realized it had eight legs.

If you hike in a certain forested part of Missouri, you'll come across an abandoned building with a weird circular shape. Don't tell anyone, but it used to be an adult theater that showed naughty movies in the middle of the woods.

The spook light that appears near Joplin, Missouri has been a mystery for a century and a half with no scientific explanation as of this date. There is a new theory that claims ghosts aren't responsible for the mysterious lights that sometimes appear on the horizon in that part of Missouri, but something else entirely otherworldly.

Times are hard, but they are harder for some than others. There's one Missouri city that has the poorest middle class in the state and it has been through a lot over the past decade or so.