Crime & Courts
Former Cherokee County deputy pleads guilty to child pornography charge
A 2:30 p.m. June 29 sentencing is scheduled in U. S. District Court in Kansas for former Cherokee County deputy Garrett Gayoso, 25, who pleaded guilty…
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Nevada couple charged with sex crimes against children
(From the Vernon County Sheriff's Office) The Vernon County Sheriffs Office conducted a search warrant at 16562 S.1713 Rd lot 19 Nevada Mo. Friday eve…
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Parents charged after 1-year-old taken to Mercy Carthage after ingesting marijuana
A couple is being held on $50,000 bond after their one-year-old boy was taken to the emergency room at Mercy Carthage after ingesting two grams of a m…
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Granby man charged with child molestation, statutory sodomy
Ronald Eugene Spears, (DOB 1963), Granby, was arraigned today in Newton County Circuit Court on charges of child molestation and statutory sodomy char…
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Carthage residents arrested, stolen trailer recovered
(From the Jasper County Sheriff's Office) At approximately 9:54 p.m., Sunday detectives developed information regarding a trailer that had been taken…
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17-year-old driver hits, kills Jasper man in car-pedestrian crash near Strafford
A Jasper man was killed in a car-pedestrian accident 8:46 p.m. Saturday on Evergreen Road two miles east of Strafford. According to the Highway Patrol…
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Joplin man charged with child molestation, statutory sodomy
A Joplin man has been charged with child molestation and statutory sodomy for crimes that allegedly took place between January 1 and March 31, 2020. A…
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Neosho sex offender charged with statutory sodomy
The Newton County Prosecuting Attorney's office charged a Neosho man with statutory sodomy March 20. An arrest warrant was issued for Luther Wayne Sam…
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Wrongful death lawsuit filed against Freeman
A Nevada man whose wife died following a March 27, 2024 surgery at Freeman West Hospital, Joplin, filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday in Jasper Co…
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Joplin man charged with two counts of child molestation
The Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney's office filed two child molestation charges against a Joplin man Friday. An arrest warrant was issued for Mich…
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Neosho man killed in crash on 86
Seth Zerbel, 31, Neosho, was killed in a one-vehicle crash 12:22 p.m. today on MO 86 1/8 of a mile east of Neosho. Zerbel was pastor at Joplin Grace C…
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Joplin woman bound over for trial on three counts of child abuse
Victoria Elizabeth Word, 32, Joplin, was bound over for trial after waiving her preliminary hearing today in Jasper County Circuit Court on three coun…
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State Auditor to examine former Westview superintendent's misuse of district funds
Twenty months after The Turner Report broke the news that former Westview C-6 Superintendent Misty Hailey was spending district money for her and her…
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Joplin man charged with animal abuse after allegedly starving, dumping dog
A misdemeanor animal abuse charge was filed Monday in Jasper County Circuit Court against a Joplin man who allegedly starved his dog and then dumped i…
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Neosho man granted change of venue to McDonald County for child molestation, statutory sodomy case
A Neosho man's trial for statutory sodomy and child molestation was moved from Newton County Circuit Court to McDonald County Circuit Court today afte…
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Joplin man indicted for meth trafficking
A grand jury indictment of a Joplin man on a charge of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute was unsealed today in U. S. District Co…
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Oklahoma woman charged with felony DWI after hitting, killing Seligman man
The Barry County Prosecuting Attorney's office filed a felony driving while intoxicated-death of another charge Friday against Jordan Renee Arevalo (D…
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Carthage traffic stop leads to federal indictment of Sarcoxie man on weapons charge
An October 3, 2025 Carthage Police Department led to today's unsealing of a federal indictment against Skylar Wyrick, 25, Sarcoxie, for being a felon…
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Joplin man indicted on cocaine, weapons charges
A federal grand jury indicted Tierall Devean Sherrick, 30, Joplin, on charges of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute on October 30, 2025 a…
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Grand jury indicts Joplin man on federal firearms charge
A grand jury indictment of a Joplin man for being a felon in possession of a firearm was unsealed today in U. S. District Court for the Western Distri…