Noel News

A Noel man has been charged with one count of voluntary manslaughter after allegedly shooting and killing another Noel man last month.

A woman is dead after a weekend crash, and police say a convicted drunk driver was at the wheel.

A Noel man is in custody after allegedly crashing a vehicle and killing his passenger following an attempted stop by Joplin police early Sunday morning.

An Oklahoma lawmaker plans to champion legislation stiffening punishments for drunken drivers in honor of a man who was killed in an alcohol-related accident last year in Noel.

Two Noel residents were injured in a single-car accident at 7:35 a.m. Thursday on Hilltop Road, two miles west of Noel in McDonald County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

A Weir, Kan., resident was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 12:25 a.m. Tuesday on 520th Avenue, less than a quarter-mile west of 190th Street, according to the Crawford County Sheriff's Department.

"Happy Days" Part 2: The CAR! Posted Sunday, September 13, 2009, at 9:03 AM << Previous Read comments Respond This photo from my former classmate, Judy Adkins Gregory, gives a clear view of the car used to pull our Laverne & Shirley float in the Stoddard County Parade in 1960.

The Jasper County Health Department will offer a seasonal flu clinic and pneumonia immunization from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. today.

A husband and wife were arrested Wednesday night in connection with the fatal shooting of their son-in-law on the streets of Noel, but they were released on bond a short time later without any charges being filed.

Two people have been arrested in connection with the Monday night shooting in Noel of Alexander Street.

The McDonald County Sheriff's office is investigating the shooting death of a 29-year-old Noel man.

An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday on the body of a man shot dead on the streets of Noel on Monday night.

By Wally Kennedy wkennedy@joplinglobe.com Marshall Long, who lives along Indian Creek in McDonald County, listened carefully Wednesday night as speaker after speaker talked about the pressure that is being placed on the Ozark aquifer to provide increasing amounts of water in the Tri-State Area.

Start the player to watch Brenda Montgomery talk about the death of her son, Aaron Gillming, after Ricky Crase pleaded guilty in Newton County Circuit Court to two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Gillming and John Lackey.

A total of 130 units of blood was collected at the American Red Cross bloodmobile which visited Nevada last week.

PINEVILLE, Mo. - The charges are mounting against a former reserve deputy with the McDonald County Sheriff's Department who is accused of having sexual relations with underage girls from Noel.

With Memorial Day behind us, don't be surprised to see the local rivers flooded with canoes and rafts.

PINEVILLE, Mo. - A reserve deputy with the McDonald County Sheriff's Department has been charged with sexually abusing an underage girl, or girls, and tampering with a witness.

A former reserve deputy with the McDonald County Sheriff's Office has been charged with two counts of statutory rape, one count of child molestation and one count of witness tampering.

A Noel woman was taken to the hospital after a crash in McDonald County. Amber Wolfe, 19, sustained moderate injuries.