Neosho News

NEOSHO, Mo. - A rural Seneca man was charged Friday with sexual abuse of a 4-year-old boy, who this week was taken to a hospital after complaining of an injury.

Take a walk down one of Neosho's trails that wind alongside Hickory Creek in the expanded Morse Park, and you're likely to run into several other walkers, both two- and four-legged. You will see people riding bikes and families enjoying the picnic pavilions.

NEOSHO, Mo. - City Manager Jan Blase on Friday acknowledged the city used a state loan provided to Neosho solely for the construction of new airport hangars to "make payroll and pay our bills." He had told the Globe earlier in the week while being interviewed on another matter that the city was sometimes "scrambling" to make payroll.

Jason Hackmann and his wife, Jennifer, were vacationing in the West Indies eight months ago, looking for a good read in a pile of books they had brought to the beach.

A state investigation leads to the firing of a sex offender working for the State of Missouri in Joplin.

A McDonald County, Mo., inmate walked away from the jail Friday morning. Sheriff Robert Evenson said caution be used by anyone coming in contact with Wayne a oeWoodya Salwasser.

For the past decade, the Neosho School District has taken the opportunity in November to say "thank you" to seniors with an annual banquet.

NEOSHO, Mo. - A Newton County man, accused last year of molesting a young girl in 2006 and 2007, was arrested and charged this week with molesting the same girl and a second victim since the original charges were filed.

A resident of Liberal was killed when the tractor he was driving was struck by a car at 5:45 p.m. Monday on Route K, seven miles west of Liberal in Barton County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

NEOSHO, Mo. - Four people are vying for two seats on the Neosho City Council that will come up for election next year, but the field could become larger.

A short circuit is being blamed for a fire Sunday night that caused about $5,000 worth of damage to a Neosho house.

A Joplin man received a suspended sentence Friday in Jasper County Circuit Court on a conviction for possession of an illegal weapon.

The cause of a Thursday afternoon fire that damaged a detached garage at a home south of Joplin remains under investigation by a state Division of Fire Safety worker.

A Joplin man was charged Thursday in federal court with having illicit sex with a minor while traveling with an American missionary group in Cyprus two years ago.

NEOSHO, Mo. - A Neosho city councilwoman Tuesday night obtained a delay in the proposed destruction of administrative records until further review.

Some Newton County, Missouri residents have another shot at an H1N1 vaccination.

"Money doesn't grow on trees!" is an expression that my parents used over and over with my sisters and me as we were growing up.

Eight members of the Finley River Fine Artists Gallery in Ozark exhibited artwork at the Thomas Hart Benton Regional Art competition in Neosho, Oct.

The National Weather Service deems the strong winds Thursday afternoon that suddenly struck Neosho a microburst.

A 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air two-door hardtop was the first car to travel around a new roundabout that leads to a $2.3 million overpass on East South Street.