Jasper County News

A science teacher at Carthage High School says he warned state and county officials five years ago about high levels of E. Coli in Jasper County waters, but no one seemed to care.

KTTS A man from Jasper has a federal charge with receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet.

A man accused of shoplifting at Kohl's department store in Joplin picked up a felony drug charge as well Thursday afternoon when security employees reported seeing him attempt to discard some pills in his possession while being held for police.

A woman testified Wednesday that a Joplin man punched her so hard in the face during a disturbance outside a fast-food restaurant that she is now blind in one eye.

The Missouri Office of Administration has announced that it had awarded a contract to Federal Construction, Inc., for construction of the new Missouri Highway Patrol Crime Lab in Jasper County.

A woman suffered serious injuries late Saturday when her car ran off the road and overturned.

The Jasper County Sheriff's Department believes that investigators solved a series of burglaries and thefts from vehicles in the Hickory Hills subdivision west of Joplin with the arrest Sunday of a 31-year-old man.

Felony charges have been filed against two men who were arrested by Joplin police on suspicion of being in possession of a stolen vehicle.

By Jeff Lehr jlehr@joplinglobe.com A 27-year-old man received a suspended sentence Monday in Jasper County Circuit Court on an arson conviction for setting his home near Carthage on fire for insurance gain.

Health departments operated by Joplin and Jasper County governments, along with Access Family Care, will team up to offer their first H1N1 flu vaccine clinic next week, officials said Tuesday.

Two Joplin men pleaded guilty Monday in Jasper County Circuit Court in separate child-pornography cases with slightly different plea agreements.

Globe/T. Rob Brown Jasper County Deputy James Marler uses a metal-detecting wand Thursday to check David Roland, of Joplin, at the entrance of the Jasper County Courts Building in Joplin.

An Oklahoma man pleaded guilty Wednesday in a federal sexual-predator case developed in Jasper County via an Internet sting, and a Joplin man was charged the same day with possession of child pornography as a result of another cyber-crime probe.

JOPLIN, Mo. - A Jasper County jury found that the owner of a Joplin salvage business was not financially responsible for the death of a man who was crushed by a storage box.

Investigators with the Southwest Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force and special agents with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency executed a search warrant on October 20, 2009 at 107 S. Patterson Ave, Joplin.

A Tulsa man pleads guilty to attempting to entice an underage girl for sex. According to the report Robert Graef, 29, drove from Tulsa, Oklahoma to Jasper County, Missouri to have sex with who he thought was a 13-year-old girl.

A man accused of causing severe brain damage to his girlfriend's 15-month-old daughter by slamming her head on a tile floor and pushing her down two flights of stairs was ordered Thursday to stand trial on a felony assault charge.

A Sarcoxie man is facing charges that he shot his brother Wednesday morning at a residence in northeast Jasper County.

A felony assault charge against a Joplin man was dismissed Wednesday when his alleged victim failed to show up in court to testify against him.

Land in northern Jasper County near a site once eyed for a landfill now is being evaluated as a possible wind farm location.