Diamond News

A Jasper County judge assessed an Illinois man two years in prison Friday for sexual misconduct with a child over the Internet.

HARMONY -- Susan Marie Reiss of Diamond, Mo., passed away Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, at her home following a long battle with cancer.

A Monett woman sustained serious injuries in a single-vehicle accident at 8:59 a.m. Friday on Route J, one mile east of Diamond in Newton County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Richard Allan Bratt, 57, of Diamond, was charged in a federal criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Springfield.

The U.S. attorney's office for the Western District of Missouri filed a complaint in federal court today against the suspect in the armed robbery Friday of a bank in Neosho.

Nine people were injured in several area traffic wrecks since Friday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol issued the following reports: A Monett woman was hurt in a one-vehicle crash at 8:59 a.m. Friday a mile east of Diamond on Route J in Newton County.

A woman from Monett suffered serious injuries today after running her car off the road in Newton County.

A suspect in a bank robbery Thursday in Neosho reportedly has confessed to his involvement in a number of armed robberies in the region, including three this year in Joplin one in Webb City.

A Joplin man died and his adult son was seriously injured Friday morning when their car slammed into the back of a stopped tractor-trailer in Newton County.

A Missouri state trooper was one of the first on the scene of a fatal crash after he heard the crash while investigating another accident 100 yards away.

A Diamond teenager has been charged with first-degree burglary in Joplin. Police were called at 12:12 a.m. Tuesday to the 1800 block of West 22nd Street concerning a burglar having been caught at the home.

LaVaughn Ryker isn't quite sure why she started decorating her house in red, but once she started, she never quit.

A Jasper County judge sentenced a Centralia man and prior sex offender to 30 years in prison Monday for engaging in sexually explicit and luring online chats with a sheriff's detective posing as an underage girl.

A Jasper County judge sentenced a Centralia man and prior sex offender to 30 years in prison Monday for engaging in sexually explicit and luring online chats with a sheriff's detective posing as an underage girl.

A Jasper County judge sentenced a Centralia man and prior sex offender to 30 years in prison Monday for engaging in sexually explicit and luring online chats with a sheriff's detective posing as an underage girl.

A teen from Diamond was injured today after the car she was riding in crashed in Newton County.

By Mike Pound Globe columnist mpound@joplinglobe.com This Saturday, some nice people will saddle up for Magic Moments Riding Therapy of Diamond.

NEOSHO, Mo. - Newton County likely will use at least some of the low-interest bonds available through the federal stimulus program, but it will review requests from local communities that want to participate in that program, county officials said Thursday.

It was the "Missouri Miracle" that made Columbia resident Jim Peek think that a response to a community need was in order.

Missouri State University announced today that it received more than $20 million in nearly 200 grants in fiscal year 2009, as additional resources for the university.