Mo. striving to make welcome center an attraction with mural

Saturday, July 26, 2008

JOPLIN, Mo. -- Hoping to make the state's new Welcome Center along Interstate 44 near the Oklahoma border an attraction, transportation officials have asked artists for their ideas for a custom mural.

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