Joplin Metro News

The Missouri State Highway Patrol's report on an accident Aug. 6 on the edge of Duquesne that took the life of a Bois D'Arc teenager has reached the Jasper County prosecutor.

A Joplin man who shot at Jasper County sheriff's deputies who were pursuing his vehicle two years ago on 32nd Street pleaded guilty Monday to assault on a law-enforcement officer and was sentenced to 15 years ...

Globe/B.W. Shepherd Bob Hicklin, owner of Hicklin Asphalt of Carthage, moves a load of rock at the new Cottman Transmission Shop site.

A report of prowlers about 6:30 p.m. Monday at Babst Roofing on Langston Hughes-Broadway sent an officer to the 700 block of East Central Street.

A Webb City man was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on a felony charge of robbing a grocery store of two bottles of vodka.

A Missouri State Highway Patrol investigation has cleared two Joplin police officers of any wrongdoing in the shooting Saturday night of an armed, suicidal man.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has issued a report saying two Joplin police officers were justified in the shooting Saturday night of a former lieutenant with the Jasper County Sheriff's Department.

A Bois D'Arc woman who suffered serious injuries Wednesday morning in a single-vehicle crash in a farm field in Jasper County has died, according to a report from the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Joplin police are investigating the robbery of a downtown convenience store Monday night and a possible robbery attempt at a convenience store on Range Line Road several hours earlier.

Joplin police Officers Ben Cooper and Freddie Alaniz have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into the shooting Saturday night of a former lieutenant with the Jasper ...

Three people were killed and three were injured in a single-vehicle accident at 9:45 p.m. Sunday in the 600 block of Civil War Road in Carthage, according to the Carthage Police Department.

Jasper County Sheriff Archie Dunn confirmed the identify of the man shot by Joplin police Saturday as that of Milton Ganz.

Joplin police are forced to use their weapons when a man points a hand-gun in their direction.

Some local residents have asked the Joplin City Council to consider establishing a farmers' market.

A Jasper County judge found that 15 year old Thomas White of Joplin lacks the capacity to assist in his own defense.

By Jeff Lehr jlehr@joplinglobe.com Defendants in two Joplin felony-assault cases were ordered bound over for trial Wednesday after their alleged victims testified against them at preliminary hearings in Jasper ...

The Jasper County prosecutor's office has decided to defer for 90 days the prosecution of a man accused of setting a Joplin apartment on fire in April.

Joplin police believe a 78-year-old man was beaten to death inside his home by his son, who was arrested Monday night and charged with second-degree murder.

A Joplin woman who was arrested Friday on a warrant alleging parole revocation has been charged with felony drug possession.

A 90 year old celebration was disrupted by gun fire. According to Joplin police, shots were fired at Emancipation Days in Joplin at about 3:30 Sunday morning.