After the presents are unwrapped and the stockings taken down from the chimney with care, Joplin residents have an opportunity to recycle live Christmas trees.

My record picking games in Week 15 was 13-3 and I went 11-5 last week; 13-3 was my best performance in a full slate of 16 games this entire season.

The Joplin Police Department SWAT team was called out Monday afternoon to deal with a suspect who had fled police on foot and then barricaded himself in a home.