A 26-year-old woman was injured in a two-vehicle accident at 8:21 a.m. Tuesday on West Fourth Street near Tyler Avenue, according to a Joplin police report.
Shannon N. Townsend, of Joplin, was taken by ambulance to St. John’s Regional Medical Center, police said.
Townsend was driving an eastbound car that crossed the center line and struck a westbound truck driven by David C. Smith, 56, of Joplin, police said.
n Three people were injured in a single-vehicle accident at 11:59 p.m. Monday on East Newman Road near North Range Line Road, Joplin police said.
The driver, Summer D. Dean, 25, of Webb City, and two passengers, Stephen S. Jones, 20, and Aaron S. Dunn, 31, both of Joplin, were taken to Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, police said.
The eastbound pickup truck ran off the street and struck a railroad signal pole, police said.
n Two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident at 1:29 p.m. Monday on Interstate 44 in Joplin, police said.
The driver of one of the vehicles, Jeffrey S. Smith, 34, of Joplin, was taken by ambulance to Freeman Hospital West, police said. A passenger in the second vehicle, Mary F. Shinkle, 61, of Grove, Okla., was taken to St. John’s Regional Medical Center, the report said.
Smith’s westbound pickup ran into the rear of a westbound pickup driven by Wayne R. Shinkle, 64, of Grove, as Shinkle slowed to a near stop for traffic backed up because of construction, the report said.
Local News
<img src="http://www.joplinglobeonline.com/images/zope/policeandfire.gif" border=0 > Several injured in traffic accidents on streets in Joplin
- Local News
-
-
City wants to buy weather radios for those without
Phil Jones had been working on a construction project outside his house all day on May 22 and was unaware that a tornado watch had been issued. Once he was inside, though, his weather radio went off, and he learned that a warning had been issued.
-
Architects present preliminary JHS plans at community meeting
Reaction appeared mostly supportive Thursday night among the roughly 50 people who attended a community meeting at which architects presented their preliminary site plans for the future combined Joplin High School and Franklin Technology Center.
-
Confessed shooter testifies against co-defendants in Pittsburg murder case
Rickey Smith testified Thursday that as he came in the back door of Ryan Bailey’s home in Pittsburg with a 9 mm pistol in his hand, Bailey looked up from the couch in his living room.
-
School district’s proposed street-closing plan questioned
Plans to close some streets near the proposed Joplin High School drew questions, including a challenge from a former Joplin mayor, during a public hearing this week.
-
Neosho council approves new golf cart contract
The purchase of golf carts was back on the agenda this week for the Neosho City Council. City Attorney Steve Hays said there were errors in the financing terms that were part of a bid approved last month for the purchase of 55 gas-powered carts from E-Z-Go for $144,195, so the purchase of a new fleet was rebid.
-
Mike Pound: Spirit of competition evident during double-overtime game
When I played basketball in high school, I played in several very close games.
Now, some people who may have known me in high school are probably laughing right now and saying, “What Mike meant to say is that when he was in high school, he came very close to playing in some games.” -
Mo. optometrist filed $40 million refund claim
A southwest Missouri optometrist who filed a tax return claiming a $40 million refund has been sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison.
-
Okla. receives waiver from No Child Left Behind
Oklahoma’s top education official reacted with glee Thursday with the announcement that the state is one of 10 states being granted a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law that requires students be proficient in reading and math by 2014 — but focused on getting students to “just pass the tests.”
-
Kan. House approves bipartisan redistricting bill
Power in the Kansas House is likely to shift next year from rural parts of the state to the Kansas City area after members overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan bill Thursday for redrawing their districts.
-
Fugitive in 1993 British heist arrested in Ozark
A man suspected of stealing about $1.5 million from a security van in England in 1993 has been arrested in southwest Missouri.
- More Local News Headlines
-






