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Thomas Ross, who won the Republican primary for 161st District state representative August 4 is being held without bond in the Joplin Municipal Jail.…
(From the Joplin Police Department) On September 2, 2026, around 02:59 a.m., the Joplin Emergency Communications Center began receiving 911 calls repo…
A motion for bond reduction for a Joplin man being held without bond on statutory sodomy and delivery of marijuana to someone under 17 is scheduled fo…
A 9 a.m. September 29 arraignment is scheduled for former Mercy athletic trainer Ryan Keith Palmer, 53, Carthage, who was bound over for trial Wednesd…
A misdemeanor animal abuse charge was filed in Barton County Circuit Court today against a Golden City man who allegedly kicked a cat to death. Accord…
A mediation session for former Carthage golf superintendent Aaron Borland's wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the City of Carthage and current and fo…
A grand jury indictment of a Joplin man on a federal weapons charge was unsealed today in U. S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. M…
(From Barton County Prosecuting Attorney Mike Smalley) On August 24, 2026, the Ozark Drug Enforcement Team, Lamar Police Department and the Barton Cou…
(From the U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri) A Nevada, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court yesterday for a fraud scheme and fili…
The Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney's office charged a Pierce City woman with five felonies following an August 10 traffic stop. The initial cour…
Former Shoal Creek Drive Village treasurer Katrina Gourley (DOB 1982) will not be doing any time after pleading guilty to embezzling today in Newton C…
By Rudi Keller Missouri Independent The Missouri Supreme Court set Sept. 2 for arguments in the appeals of two ballot measure cases, including a refer…
A Willard man is being held without bond in the Jasper County Detention Center on enticement of a child and sexual trafficking charges after allegedly…
Today is the last day for The Regal Northstar 14 theater in Joplin is closing today. The theater, which opened December 18, 1998 as Hollywood Theaters…
(From the McDonald County Sheriff's Office) On August 19, 2026, the McDonald County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at a residence located…
The Mount Vernon R-5 School District had every reason to fire former maintenance director Roger Brown, according to a response to Brown's lawsuit file…
The Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney's office filed a felony child abuse charge against a rural Carthage woman who allegedly locked her 4-year-old s…
The McDonald County Prosecuting Attorney's office filed a first-degree involuntary manslaughter charge today against a Pineville man in connection wit…
A grand jury indictment of Eric Brenden Benton, 41, Anderson, for being a felon in possession of a firearm was unsealed today in U. S. District Court…
