Six Newton County businesses fail alcohol compliance checks

On May 14, the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, working in conjunction with the Alliance of Southwest Missouri and the Newton County Community Coalition, conducted alcohol compliance checks at  13 locations across the county.

These businesses sold alcohol to a minor and failed the compliance check:

1. Casey’s General Store #4256 – 6867 Gateway Drive, Joplin
2. Ramey Supermarket #14 – 469 W Valley Street, Granby
3. Dollar General #20671 – 2979 E. 46th Street, Joplin
4. Turtle Stop – 14094 Highway 43, Seneca

Also, the Neosho Police Department recently conducted compliance checks at numerous businesses.

The businesses that failed the NPD compliance checks were:

1. Smoke for Less, 1104 W. Harmony, Neosho
2. El Charro’s, 3101 Lusk Drive, Neosho