Enforcement
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Police investigating skeletal remains found near Branson
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) – Police in southwestern Missouri are investigating after a mushroom hunter found human skeletal remains in a…
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One dead, three critically injured following convenience store shooting
KOSHKONONG, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say one person is dead and three others were critically injured in a shooting at…
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Two Carthage men arrested for having alleged sexual activity with juveniles
Two Carthage men are alleged to have had sexual activity with juveniles reported as missing from Joplin on March 23.…
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Kansas City man convicted in father’s fatal stabbing
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) – A 42-year-old Kansas City has been convicted of stabbing his father to death. A Jackson County…
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Black man’s death ruled a homicide after exhumation
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – The case of a Black man who died following a party in rural Kansas more…
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Kansas Announces a Web-Based Written Driver’s License exam option
TOPEKA – On Thursday, April 1, 2021, the Kansas Department of Revenue’s Division of Vehicles launched KnowTo Drive Online, a web-based…
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JPD officers set out blue pinwheels for National Child Abuse Month
April is National Child Abuse Awareness Month. In recognition of the fight against Child Abuse, Joplin Police Department offices today…
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Kansas man ruled incompetent to stand trial
Prosecutors say 22-year-old Jeremy Williams of Lawrence, Kansas drove a car into a lake while his mother was inside. He…
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Man sentenced to prison as a result of deadly Kansas crash
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) – A Texas man has been sentenced to three years and two months in prison in a…
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Mother, father charged in death of 2-year-old son
MISSION, Kan. (AP) – A mother and father have been charged with first-degree murder in the alleged drug overdose death…
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