NEOSHO, Mo. — Four people are facing felony drug charges as a result of a search warrant served Tuesday by Newton County sheriff's deputies on a residence in Neosho.
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PITTTSBURG, Kan. — An investigation into two storage unit burglaries this month in Pittsburg led to the arrest Friday of two suspects on an array of burglary, theft and drug charges.
A Joplin Police Department special weapons and tactics team served a search warrant Thursday morning at a residence in central Joplin, seizing some narcotics and a stolen firearm, and arresting two suspects.
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Patrick Beranek, a 17-year-old junior at Joplin High School, has scored a perfect 36 on the ACT.
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COLUMBUS, Kan. — Cherokee County may soon declare itself a Second Amendment sanctuary, an expression of opposition to restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms.
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The Board of Governors at Missouri Southern State University has hired EFL Associates, a Kansas City-based executive search and recruitment firm, to help in the hiring of the university's next president.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The owner of a tourist duck boat that sank in a Missouri lake, killing 17 people, has settled its final pending lawsuit for an undisclosed amount.
PITTSBURG, Kan. — They loved Southeast Kansas so much, they’re back at it again for a second winter go-around in as many years.
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The consultant who is in Joplin to begin work on the second phase of the East Town Historic Resources Survey heard some neighborhood history during an initial meeting Thursday night.
The Jasper County prosecutor's office dismissed felony domestic charges of two defendants this week, citing a lack of cooperation on the part of the victim in one case and a loss of contact with the victim in the other case.
A 21-year-old Joplin man reported being robbed of his cellphone Wednesday morning by a man who assaulted him in Cunningham Park.
Joplin police officers responding to a report of suspicious activity Tuesday afternoon in the 3400 block of East Seventh Street located a stolen vehicle and arrested two suspects on vehicle tampering charges.
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A former Carl Junction school bus driver accused of having sexual contact with a student waived a preliminary hearing Thursday in Jasper County Circuit Court and was ordered to stand trial.
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Rebecca Harshaw, Missouri Southern’s dental hygiene clinical instructor, has heard her students say it over and over again throughout the years.
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CARTHAGE, Mo. — The graves of more than 40 people who likely had no family and were buried as paupers will now receive county care.
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A plan to waive some concurrent enrollment tuition fees at Missouri Southern State University aims to provide equity for first-generation and low-income students, university officials said Thursday.
Five years in the marketplace, and the little electrified BMW gets fancier and will travel further than its predecessor. First glance at the hatchback will no doubt bring forth a peculiar nod trying to compare it with something else on the road.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday that he plans to fight efforts to expand the number of people eligible for government health care, as a ballot initiative to do so gains momentum.
The lottery is a tax on the poor and people who can’t do math. Your chances of winning are bleak at best.
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Area residents will likely have to content with icy roads Friday morning on their way to work.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson's State of the State speech Wednesday was hailed by some, but others criticized what he didn't say.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday called for a new state savings fund and reaffirmed his support for gun rights in face of a spike in violence in the state's biggest cities.
An Arkansas man was killed in a single-vehicle accident at 10:25 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 44, about 2 miles east of Joplin in Jasper County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Pro Musica received a timely financial boost amid a 40th anniversary season that’s turning out to be one of the most popular in recent memory.
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NEOSHO, Mo. — The Newton County Commission has approved a budget similar to the 2019 spending plan in scope but with a significant carryover to boost its general revenue fund.
When we hear about data breaches, it seems like they are all big ones. The biggest breaches in 2019 were in the hundreds of millions of records that were hacked.
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A Jasper County jury deliberated about 25 minutes Wednesday before finding Ricky Marchbanks guilty of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the 2016 fatal shooting of his next door neighbor, Jeremy Neeper.
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Staff at the Joplin Humane Society say they are hopeful a dog that was stolen from the shelter on Tuesday may soon be found thanks to the power of social media.
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CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — Carl Junction High School senior Kennadi Stegall couldn’t help but beam with pride after she started a fire using a piece of flint and steel, a char cloth and a bundle of tinder in her Outdoor Pursuits class on Tuesday.
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Eleven residents have been certified to run as candidates for five seats on the Joplin City Council, according to City Clerk Barbara Gollhofer.
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While a Carthage man had a temper, the neighbor charged with fatally shooting him was known to carry a rifle around with him and told friends he might have to kill someone, according to testimony in the prosecution's case Tuesday against defendant Ricky Marchbanks.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A proposal to change the standard of proof in Missouri for punitive damage lawsuits drew opposition from trial attorneys in a state legislative committee hearing Tuesday morning, but it had support from some business and health care groups.
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NEOSHO, Mo. — Newton County voters on April 7 will consider passing a half-cent sales tax to benefit 911 services, and Neosho voters will consider an additional half-cent sales tax to fund its police and fire departments.
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Welcome back to my January 2020 reset, chock full of healthy recipes you’ll want to incorporate into your weekly rotation. This week, we’re talking super soups.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday permanently blocked a central portion of a 2016 voter identification law that it said had required a “misleading” and “contradictory” sworn statement from people lacking a photo ID.
My mother used to tell my sister Sue something important two times and would never tell me once. Or vice versa. Then, there was the time she locked herself out of her house three times. It could have been more because the third time she came to the bank to get my key, she told me she wasn't …
If an alphabetical tour of the United States isn’t on your horizon, don’t fret. I’ve got the next best thing.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican senators rolled out a plan Tuesday to ask Missouri voters to undo key parts of a nationally unique redistricting model that directs a demographer to draw new legislative districts with “partisan fairness” and “competitiveness" as top criteria.
Attorney General Mike Hunter said he’s seeking an unspecified amount of damages from McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health Inc. and AmerisourceBergen Corp. for failing to stop or report suspiciously large orders of opioids that clearly weren’t going to be used for legitimate medical uses.
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Joplin city officials were directed Monday night by the City Council to go forward with writing requests to receive proposals from consultants for uses and viability of the Ewert Park pool and Memorial Hall.
WEBB CITY, Mo. — A burglary suspect considered to be armed and dangerous was being sought after a Webb City home burglary, according to a police report.
A Tulsa man was charged with driving while intoxicated after he hit a Joplin police car that was parked at a traffic stop Saturday night on Interstate 44 in Joplin, according to a news release from the Joplin Police Department.
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Prosecutor Theresa Kenney told a jury Monday that Ricky Marchbanks got into an argument with his neighbor Jeremy Neeper four years ago over "something about a motorcycle."
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A Jasper County judge sentenced a Neosho man to eight years in prison Monday on a conviction for driving while intoxicated in an accident resulting in the death of a 33-year-old Kansas man.
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NEOSHO, Mo. — Neosho officials continue to work on finding the wherewithal to pay for maintaining the Independent Order of Oddfellows Cemetery, which it has acquired through an unforeseen twist.
Cox College, a Springfield-based nursing school, plans to open satellite campuses at Monett's Scott Regional Technology Center and Cox Medical Center in Branson next year, college officials recently announced.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran has joined other Republicans in cosponsoring a resolution that would allow senators to dismiss the House's articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
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CARTHAGE, Mo. — A Diamond man has been identified as the driver who was killed during an officers-involved shooting on Sunday evening in Carthage, according to a news release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol on Monday afternoon.
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Missouri moments told in art — hundreds of paintings by one of the state's most celebrated artists — could soon be online and free to the public.
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Missouri American Water Co. is currently involved in the “environmental permitting” phase of its project to construct a water-storage reservoir south of Joplin, company officials said last week.
A Pineville man was injured in an accident attributed to ice at 9:25 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 49, a mile west of Neosho in Newton County, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported.
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LOCKWOOD, MO - Evelyn Thelma Kukal, 94, passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2020. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Lockwood.
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