Jasper County News

CARTHAGE, Mo. - Jasper County voters will have plenty of candidates to choose from when they go to the polls on Aug.

Two former Joplin residents pleaded guilty Thursday in Associate Division of Jasper County Circuit Court to one count each of misdemeanor stealing for their roles in an alleged home-repair scam.

Theodore Ginnery will remain locked up. Indefinitely. A Jasper County jury deliberated 11 minutes Thursday before returning a verdict that the 62-year-old convict is a sexually violent predator who should ...

Authorities said a fast-food cup helped apprehend two teenagers suspected of stealing a Joplin woman's backpack and laptop Monday at a local fast-food restaurant.

Two men were arrested in an allegedly stolen vehicle after a traffic stop in south Joplin at 4:35 a.m. on Tuesday morning, according to a release from the Jasper County Sheriff's Department.

James Nathan Johnson pleaded guilty today to second-degree murder in the killing of Roger Price in Joplin two years ago.

WEBB CITY, Mo. - Dick Largent has been busy since retiring last fall from his position as planning and community-development manager with the city of Joplin last fall.

A new bill dealing with illegal immigration, signed by Gov. Matt Blunt on Monday, features a powerful provision that addresses the main reason it occurs: employment.

Joplin police recovered a stolen motorcycle early Thursday outside a convenience store on Maiden Lane and arrested a 27-year-old man allegedly in possession of it.

Two men were ordered bound over for trial Wednesday on charges that they forced their way into a woman's apartment in Joplin and took turns raping her.

The Jasper County Sheriff's Department is looking for two armed, masked men who invaded a home near Carl Junction late Monday night, demanding money.

A Carthage man suffered serious injuries Monday in a two-vehicle accident on a Jasper County road, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

The Joplin Globe's recent decision to begin weekly columns examining money in politics was a welcome one, but the execution of it has been lacking so far.

Two people were injured when the truck they were in ran off the road early this morning in Jasper County.

Police were looking Thursday for a suspect in the shooting of a 26-year-old man Wednesday night outside an apartment building in Joplin.

A Carthage man, accused of committing deviate sexual assault in April, pleaded guilty Thursday to a lesser offense and was assessed a suspended jail sentence.

Hurrah! Jasper County Presiding Commissioner John Bartosh last week publicly stated the need for planning and zoning in the county.

A Joplin man has been charged with possession of child pornography in the wake of his wife's disclosure to police that she found child-porn images on their home computer.

CARTHAGE, Mo. - Carthage residents couldn't ask for more all-American entertainment.

CARTHAGE, Mo. - A proposal for a salvage yard west of Carthage points to Jasper County's need for planning and zoning, John Bartosh, Jasper County presiding commissioner, said Friday.