The Newton County prosecutor's office filed six felony counts Wednesday against a Neosho man in connection with recent thefts of electrical wire and boxes from barns and well houses in the southeast sector of the county.

A committee has told the Tulsa County Public Facilities Authority that the city's old baseball stadium should be rented or leased while plans are made for future development of the site.

Newtonia's historic Civil War battlefields will become part of the National Park Service as a new park or placed under the management umbrella of the Wilson's Creek Battlefield near Republic once a National Park Service study is completed, probably within the next year or so.

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A study about whether Newtonia's Civil War battlefield sites will join the National Park Service and a documentary highlighting Native American involvement in the first Newtonia battle are both on tap for next year.

Neosho Daily News A new documentary depicting the first Civil War Battle of Newtonia is now under way.

On Wednesday the Quapaw Tribe and Downstream Casino presented $40,000 to the Newton County Tourism Council.

The official unveiling of Carthage artist Sherry Pettey's mural of the city of Newtonia was held this afternoon in the Newtonia Community Building.

A major new player in the local dairy industry and strategies brought into the area from New Zealand were discussed at last week's meeting of the Monett Kiwanis Club.

A major new player in the local dairy industry and strategies brought into the area from New Zealand were discussed at last week's meeting of the Monett Kiwanis Club.

Joplin Globe The Missouri Department of Transportation is reporting water over the road - near intersection with Route O on Route 86 in Newton County.

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