Join Joe Hadsall for our weekly recap podcast, featuring the biggest local news stories from the past week. Music: "Happy Alley" by Kevin MacLeod, www.incompetech.com.

Join Joe Hadsall for our weekly recap podcast, featuring the biggest local news stories from the past week. Music: "Happy Alley" by Kevin MacLeod, www.incompetech.com.

Isabel Read, an eighth-grader at Carl Junction Middle School, talks to us this week about the series of tutorials she has made for students about how to use apps and other online tools in assignments, including how she got started and what she has learned while helping others learn. Music: "Happy Alley" and "Destiny Day" by Kevin MacLeod, www.incompetech.com.

Carl Francis, city administrator for Webb City, joins us to talk about use taxes, how Webb City was able to have one approved by voters and how much it contributes to city revenue. Music: "Happy Alley" and "Jarvic 8" by Kevin MacLeod, www.incompetech.com.

This week we look in depth at Senior Hill in Neosho, the almost 50-year tradition of seniors painting a road outside their high school. Larry Bergner, director of the Newton County Health Department, talks about whether the event is a possibility under disease-prevention guidelines. Music: "Happy Alley," "Danse Morialta" and "Jarvic 8" by Kevin MacLeod, www.incompetech.com.

This week singer Randall Shreve talks to us about how controlling the coronavirus has affected his business, There are a surprising number of silver linings on this cloud, however, including the effect on his songwriting and how live-streaming shows a future beyond the pandemic. 

In this week's episode, we go behind the scenes in the newsroom and talk to features editor Kevin McClintock, who talks about how coverage of the coronavirus pandemic has dramatically changed our features pages. Music: "Happy Alley" and "Destiny Day" by Kevin MacLeod, www.incompetech.com. 

Thanks for your patience! What a Week, Joplin will return in full force next week with a full episode featuring something really nifty. Music: "Happy Alley" by Kevin MacLeod, www.incompetech.com. 

This episode of Candidate Casts features Steve Urie, running for a Zone 3 seat on Joplin City Council. For more information about this series, go to joplinglobe.com. Music: "Jarvic 8" by Kevin MacLeod, www.incompetech.com.

This episode of Candidate Casts features Phil Stinnett, running for a Zone 3 seat on Joplin City Council. For more information about this series, go to joplinglobe.com. Music: "Jarvic 8" by Kevin MacLeod, www.incompetech.com.