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The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office executed multiple narcotic related search warrants early Friday morning. Just after dawn, Sheriff’s Deputies and Investigators executed search and arrest warrants at 300 East Pine, 314 East Sycamore, 502 South Washington and 300 East Pine, all in Weir, as a result of a months long investigation into the distribution and possession of methamphetamine.

JOPLIN, Mo – Authorities in Joplin investigate the cause of a Friday morning house fire. Fire fighters responded to the fire at a home on North Jackson in the North Heights neighborhood around 9:15 Friday morning. Authorities say everyone got out of the home safely. TULSA, Ok – Authorities...

A traffic nightmare start date has been announced.. MoDOT says they plan on replacing the Range Line Bridge over the railroad tracks near Sutherlands starting Monday July 18th. This 6 million dollar project will make the bridge higher, wider, and will have sidewalks on both sides. But the bridge will...

In 2018, a rash of students were dying by suicide in southwest Missouri. The Neosho School District wasn’t immune. “We were averaging about a suicide-and-a-half a year,” said Jim Cummins, the district superintendent. “And we knew that that couldn’t continue.” The district of roughly 4,600 students launched “a full frontal assault” to address the issue, […] The post Missouri AG, Georgia nonprofit communicated for months before school subpoenas appeared first on Missouri Independent.

JOPLIN, Mo. — The City of Joplin’s Annual Independence Day Celebration will be held at Fred G. Hughes Stadium at Missouri Southern. Food vendors will open at 5:30 next Monday (7/4) in the stadium parking lot. Gates to the stadium will open at 7. Live music with “The...

TULSA, Okla. — A 23–year-old Miami, Okla. man was sentenced to federal prison Friday for a 2017 attack that left the victim paralyzed from the neck down. In February this year a federal jury found Jace C. Williams, of Miami, Okla. guilty of maiming in Indian Country and assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country.

JOPLIN, Mo. — Liberty Utilities Central said crews are working to restore power to more than 2,800 Joplin customers. The outage was caused by a fallen tree and took out power just before 1p.m. today. Liberty said line crews isolated the area and are making sure there are no...

NOTE: 1 p.m. Sunday, Liberty crews are currently working to safely restore power to more than 2,800 customers in Joplin, Missouri. UPDATE: Liberty Utilities Central states, “The outage was caused by a fallen tree. Our line crews have isolated the area and are working to ensure there are no other issues. Most customers should have their power restored soon. Some...

JOPLIN, Mo. — While many of us associate the 4th of July with fireworks, members of a local church associate it with pies. We’re talking about the annual July 4th Pie Sale at Byers Avenue United Methodist Church in Joplin. They’ve already started baking pies for the sale.

The Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has voted to endorse Proposition Public Safety, which will appear on ballots in Joplin on August 2. A yes vote on Prop Public Safety would improve funding for Joplin’s police and fire services through a proposed property tax increase. If...

JOPLIN, Mo. – Some 4-State residents met today to protest the recent SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe V. Wade. The group met today at 7th and Rangeline. Protesters say they feel that basic human rights are being infringed upon and more could follow. “We are getting a lot of...

JOPLIN, Mo. — You may know we have mental health services in the Joplin area, but each facility serves a different need. “There really isn’t a wrong answer,” said Del Camp, Chief Clinical Officer. Ozark Center Chief Clincal Officer Del Camp at Freeman Health System says the different local options for service depend on your […]

Good early Monday morning, everyone. After putting up with the summer heat and humidity for almost the past 2 weeks, we FINALLY got our cold front to give us some rain and t-storms to cool things down. While we did have a couple random severe t-storm warnings late Saturday night and early Sunday morning, the vast majority of those t-storms stayed below severe levels. For areas that really saw the rain come on down (especially in southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri north of 126), we had radar estimated rain amounts push between 1 and 3 inches on the high end. On the average, those that saw rain had around half an inch before we dried out Sunday afternoon.

Gravy’s Place 14U Galena Softball team finished their season as Southeast Kansas 14U League Champions Thursday night against Baxter Springs 3. With a 13-0 undefeated record, the team wrapped up the tournament with an 8-2 victory over the Lions. “Hard work and dedication truly paid off tonight,” said Coach...

JOPLIN, Mo. — High school students are learning from professionals for a unique symphony experience. This afternoon the “Summer Symphony” performed at Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School. Today’s concert was focused on movie magic and featured film scores from “Snow White and the seven dwarfs,” “The Godfather”...

4-State residents have been spending their sunny days at Wildcat Glades in Joplin, enjoying the water, trails and nature.

The Oklahoma man was recently sentenced to prison, authorities said.

Altamont, KANSAS – According to the state officials, the artwork of Kansas student Jihyeon Han will be used to promote National School Bus Safety Week in October after Han’s drawing was named the overall winner of the 2021-2022 National School Bus Safety Poster Contest. Officials have announced that...