Jasper County News

A Joplin man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to child porn charges this week.

JOPLIN, Mo. He knows the voice the moment he picks up the phone. It’s the tone that sets him back.

A message on a T-shirt given to students in Sarcoxie has become controversial. Fifth graders in Sarcoxie's DARE program were given shirts that had messages for Jasper County Sheriff Archie Dunn's re-election campaign.

Ben Alton from the Global Green Building works in conjuction with Convoy Of Hope on leveling a floor in a home they are building for people whose homes were destroyed when a tornado hit almost one year ago in Joplin, Missouri.

Route 43 at Big Lost Creek in Seneca is scheduled to close on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, following the Memorial Day holiday weekend to allow contractor crews to replace the bridge, according to an announcement by the the Missouri Department of Transportation.

Rob Chappel had done the job hundreds of times before.Car crash, drug overdose, homicide or suicide — he’s the guy who certifies death in Jasper County.

Jefferson City, Mo. - Attorney General Chris Koster has filed criminal charges in Jasper County against Jeffrey Wolfson and Gloria Diane Schoeller for allegedly defrauding Joplin homeowners out of a total of $38000 in the wake of the May 2011 tornado.

Two men are facing drug charges after a meth lab was found in a Webb City apartment Tuesday.

Almost one year ago the town of Joplin, Missouri was devasted by a tornado that ended up being one of the worst disasters in US history.A Causing an estimatedA A $1,347,882,644 dollars in damage, the destruction from the tornado was the biggest insurance payout in Missouri's history.

After spending almost a month attempting to work within the system, I am taking my case to the court of public opinion.

By Debby Woodin news@joplinglobe.com Two new sirens have been installed, and two more are to be replaced, according to Keith Stammer, Joplin/Jasper County emergency management director.

A couple of local "smoke shops" were raided by police earlier this week. Corporal Larry Stout of the Jasper County Drug Task Force tells News Talk KZRG what they were looking for at the Mr.

Three men from Carthage have been arrested in connection with four burglaries in Jasper County.

A Webb City man will spend the next eight years in prison after a vicious assault on his son and girlfriend.

By Debby Woodin news@joplinglobe.com JOPLIN, Mo. -- Joplin will proceed with a vote on a proposal to take in Silver Creek Village.

Carthage Police say they have the man who killed Mario Gonzalez on April 25th. 45-year-old Juan Mendoza was arrested Friday.

Joplin tornado survivors who returned to their homes have been getting notices from the Jasper County Assessor's office that their property values are going up.

By Susan Redden sredden@joplinglobe.com The Jasper County assessor's office last week began sending out notices to the owners of more than 2200 properties -- many in the Joplin tornado zone -- alerting them to increases in the value of their properties.

Jasper County Sheriff's Deputies making a sex offender check arrested a Joplin man Tuesday on drug charges.

Fifteen area residents have completed the University of Missouri Extension Master Gardener training in Carthage.