Joplin Globe - Fri Nov 20

A Springfield man was injured in a two-vehicle accident at 11:37 a.m. Thursday on Highway 96 at Route U, six miles west of Mount Vernon in Lawrence County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Joplin Globe - Thu Nov 19

By Jeff Lehr jlehr@joplinglobe.com A misunderstanding between two men Wednesday night at a home near Joplin may have escalated into a fatal bludgeoning with a baseball bat and a murder charge.

Joplin Globe - Thu Nov 19

An Iowa truck driver was ordered Thursday to stand trial on a charge that he sexually abused a 10-year-old girl in 2006 while hauling a hazardous-materials load through Jasper County.