Nearly one year ago the bronze statue titled "Two Kids on Bench" was stolen from outside the Joplin Public Library. It has not been recovered. A replacement statue has officially taken its place thanks to donations from community members and the Kiwanis Club.
Nadine Strossen, New York Law School professor emerita, past president of the American Civil Liberties Union and constitutional law expert, will be next in the Steven McCollum Distinguished Speakers Series