The people working at USPS in Pittsburg KS were AMAZING! Soooo satisfied with the service here…read more They were pleasant and charismatic- and they had smiles that were simply contagious. They should absolutely be given raises, or at least commended for their bubbly and fun energies!!! I never use yelp - that should speak for itself. Brittney Buel

I have a family member staying in one of the many addiction treatment centers in Pittsburg, Kansas…read more The center is fairly new but very large and on a main street in town . We do not live in this town and my family member went hours away just to attend this facility of his own free will . He was given very few instructions other than to show up and be sober on a certain date and time . Once he got to the facility he realized he needed some simple things like a washcloth and a few other items. I was given an address so that I could mail those items and I did. 2 weeks later, my family member still has not received them even though when I track the package it indicates that it was absolutely left at the post office per the additional 30 some dollars that I paid to have it arrive there priority mail. Why was it not left at the addiction treatment center? I get strange and vague answers . They obviously have a mailing address. They obviously have utilities turned on there and they receive bills there as well as packages from time to time . But we were specifically told that a staff member would go down to the post office and pick up any packages they had waiting. I was not given a PO box. I was given a street address on Michigan street. I called to clarify all of this and I put more things together in a box and mailed them off again with overnight mailing fees. At this point this is getting to be an exorbitant situation financially. And wouldn't you know that this next item did not arrive either! I spent the additional money so that it would arrive there before Christmas because obviously if you have a family member in a treatment center, their morale around the holidays or New Year's Eve is going to be kind of tricky. The package says it was delivered at 11:04 this past Saturday and as I type this my family member still does not have the package. Believe it or not I sent out a third one because again, it's my only Outlet to try to reach this family member and I love them! I did not want them feeling discouraged on new years which was this past Tuesday and Wednesday . I put another package in the mail Monday with an overnight fee and it says it arrived tuesday. Wednesday was New Year's Day so there was no mail service and today? It says it was delivered and yet there is nothing. My family member is so livid that they want to walk out of the addiction treatment center and they are so demoralized but I'm afraid they might actually just do that! This is not just a small community but it's specifically a small community with an extremely high percentage of opioid and alcohol addicted residents in addition to people like my family member who came from out of town for treatment in one of the many fenderly or state-funded facilities . How is it possible that these people trying to get healthy cannot receive essential mail to keep their morale up and to reinforce that they have loved ones at home?? I can understand that the US Postal Service doesn't put any emotional importance or weight on what I just described, but how is it that such a large privately owned facility and the Postal Service have not connected to try to resolve this problem , which clearly goes outside the bounds of this facility because there are similar complaints to mine going back as much as 7 years!!

The city of Joplin is a nice sized town for a small town community!…read moreIt is near the borders of Kansas and Oklahoma! I remember Joplin being a pit stop for my family driving from Kansas City to Coffeyville!!! Joplin's history is the famous Route 66 and the outlaws Bonnie and Clyde!! There were zinc and lead mining back in the day as well! Fast forward to May 22, 2011, Joplin had a devastating EF-5 Tornado that went thru their town. They made headlines on their coming together and rebuilding their community. For a small town, it has many restaurants, coffee shops, grocery stores, shopping, hardware stores, churches, and much more. It's a short drive to Springfield for another option! I've enjoyed my visit! The people are very friendly. The town is beautiful.

At the beginning of the race I was Joplin for position. But now I'm just glad to still be in the…read morerace. A very long time ago I had a very good friend in Joplin. He arranged for me to play my first concert in the city and it seems like the whole town showed up. Afterwards I spent part of the night canoodling with a beautiful spectacular girl who I still think about to this day. It was one of those magical nights and I have never forgotten it. Not long after my visit my friend passed away. It's very confusing and complicated but it was ruled a suicide. It was pretty grisly and horrible. I still have good friends that live here but there is a shadow over the town and my heart ever since. Then a couple of months later a devastating tornado wiped out a huge portion of the town and caused many casualties. There will always be a special place in my heart for Joplin and someday I look forward to my return.

I asked a girl from here for her carthage, carthsex, and carthlocation…read more Carthage is a decent-size city just to the east of Joplin. It's sort of a suburb but it really is a town unto itself. It's not as big or diverse as Joplin but it has a similar feel and Small Town Missouri has its charm - and Carthage exudes that. I've been here several times now and I'm sure I'll be here again before long.

Really neat little "Town". Lots of really neat things to look at. Truly a work of art. Beautiful…read morenostalgia. Check out all the details.

We found Red Oak II while out on a drive, one afternoon while visiting the area…read more This intentionally built community is the brain child of the late Americana artist, Lowell Dean. Built during the late 1980s, Dean bought, disassembled and moved the bulk of the buildings onto the property, and reassembled them board by board in their present locations. The blacksmith shop, along with a pharmacy, gas station and others. The most recent addition in 2014, a train station moved onto the property, complete with an HO scale locamotive, with coal car and cabosse out front on tracks. There are a few pre civil war structures on the property as well. The gallery houses Deans works over the decades, some of his original paintings, along with prints, figurines, posters, stickers, and collectibles. His wife, Rose is there most days and is friendly and knowledgeable on his work, life and building red oak 2. 4 Stars worth your time and effort, a photographers dream and if you like things americana and quirky 01314

I looked into hosting a party at the Phelp's House, and was very excited about it, but ended up…read morehaving to cancel due to the house manager, Tommie Baldwin, being very rude and not honoring certain things in the contract. When I first reached out about renting the house I specifically asked when the final headcount was needed (rent is based on your number of guests), Tommie told me we pay rent the day of and it's based off RSVPs. Originally, I was planning for around 50, but found my list had grown by the time I took a tour. The day of the tour there was 4 in our group, all of us are planning the party together and so obviously some of the others had questions/comments as we went along. As we were touring it became very obvious that Tommie was very particular about some things, which is fine, but also not very professional. At one point she realized the person that had rented the night before forgot to change a thermostat by three degrees, and said "hmm, I'll have to think about how much of their deposit to keep" right in front of us all! So, there doesn't seem to be a schedule or table she goes by when determining if a deposit should be returned, it seems to be based off her mood at the time. We had inquired about using certain chairs that the contract lists as available to all renters, and we were met with "Why? Why do you want those when there are plenty of these others" in an incredibly rude tone. I asked if parking was allowed at the church next door, she responded with "That is a school, not a church!" with more attitude than was necessary. For the record, the building says "church", so...yep. We went ahead and signed a contract and left a deposit check before leaving after the tour. One of the other people with me asked if we would be given a copy of the signed contract, and her response was "Why would I do that? You have a copy of the blank one, it would be a waste of my time to copy every contract. We then asked if we could take a picture of it, and she said we could of the front and signature pages, so we went ahead and took pictures of the whole thing. That should have been our sign to say never mind, but we were very excited about the space. The very next day I was contacted by Tommie saying she was uncomfortable going forward with the contract unless my answers to her questions were satisfactory. I was confused because our party is nothing out of the ordinary. She was upset our guest list had almost tripled since I had first inquired about the place, even though I had previously addressed that in an email. She was also upset to find out it would be a joint birthday party, why that mattered I'm not sure. The number of people being celebrated shouldn't matter when rent is based off the number of guests. She then accused us of trying to throw a wedding disguised as a birthday party to avoid paying for the wedding packages all because we had asked if we could use the gold chairs and brown chairs mentioned in the contract. I was floored. The contract clearly lists those items as available for use to anyone who rents. According to Tommie those chairs are reserved for weddings only and are not to leave the third floor, but like I said, that's not how the contract reads, so she tried to modify an already signed contract by saying we weren't allowed to use them, even though it would have been our responsibility to return them to where we got them. I informed her she should probably have the wording in the contract changed because there were several inconsistencies. Following the phone call Tommie told me she would hold our check for a week before depositing it in case we decided on a different venue, which is exactly what we did. I emailed her back asking when I could pick the check up, and after a few snarky responses she said she would let me know the next day when she would be available. The next day comes around and the only thing I had received from her was another snarky email. She ignored a follow up from me asking what time I could get the check; she also ignored a phone call and voicemail from me. She waited until 4:40pm to text me saying she'd left the check on the porch and sent a picture of the location. There was no "can you pick up during these times?", no "are you okay with me leaving the check on the porch?"; it was incredibly unprofessional. I tried finding a way to contact someone else from the Carthage Historical Preservation (the group that owns the house), but unfortunately all ways of communication lead back to Tommie. The whole experience was incredibly disappointing. The house itself is amazing and I definitely recommend taking a tour if you're into history and historical houses, but definitely tread lightly with the house manager if you are looking to have an event there, know that she is not a fan of people actually reading the contract and expecting her to honor it, there is no other contact person, and document everything.

Such a very cool & unique house. Great for small get togethers such as a small wedding reception…read more This is actually where my wedding reception was held. If you rent the upstairs ballroom it was more money so we opted just for the main floor plus the wedding party got to use the 2nd floor to change. Definitely a cool place if nothing else to take a tour of and learn some of the history.