Joplin to host annual car show and art show

The 18th annual Joplin Art in the Park and 17th annual Joplin Car Show will be held this year Saturday, June 16, at Joplin Memorial Park, and organizers are still looking for a few vendors and want more car show entries.

The Art in the Park is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and includes kids’ activities, arts and craft vendors, food booths, a beer garden, live entertainment and a horseshoe tournament.

“(This year) there are a lot of new vendors … a lot of new homemade and personal handicrafts,” said Kassondra May, who is organizing the vendors for the event.

During Art in the Park there will also be a...