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A jury has convicted the founder of a Kansas City, MO company and four of his associates of cheating investors by selling mil...
A huge marijuana bust has landed a local man behind bars. The Newton County Sheriff’s Department seized nearly 400 plan...
Two of three inmates who walked away from a northeast Kansas prison are in custody in northwest Missouri.The Platte County (M...
A Pittsburg woman is in custody accused of murdering her husband. Charges have been filed against 51-year-old Carla Moutz in ...
The Missouri House is not planning to give Gov. Jay Nixon's administration data related to an attempted access of the lis...
A 52-year-old Barton County man is facing child pornography charges after being indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday. T...
Two people are in custody for an assault and robbery that happened in Joplin back on April 17th. The victim said she drove to...
The head of the Kansas Rifle Association says gun rights supporters in Kansas are ``all in'' for a new state law that...
Three men are in custody after a reported kidnapping and robbery in Reeds Monday night. Captain Derek Walrod of the Jasper Co...
A Missouri senator says a subpoena has been issued to a federal investigator who sought a list of Missouri concealed gun perm...
A judge has expunged the arrest record of a former executive director of the Missouri Democratic Party.An order Friday by St....
In about the time it takes to deliver a pizza, Joplin Police caught a car thief Wednesday morning. At 8:49am, a woman reporte...
A Webb City man has been charged with drug trafficking after he was found in a Joplin hotel's parking lot. Joplin Police ...
Someone's using the Jasper County Sheriff's Office as a cover to rip you off. Sheriff Randee Kaiser tells News Talk K...
Pittsburg Police found who they were looking for with a search warrant Thursday night. 35-year-old Roy Miller of Independence...
A lawsuit filed against the Joplin School District has been settled out of court. You'll remember Urban Metro Development...
A second Joplin apartment complex has joined with the Joplin Police Department to fight crime. Corporal Brian Henderson made ...
A teen from Aurora is dead after a Sunday evening crash in Lawrence County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 17-year-ol...
Authorities say a mother and her 5-year-old daughter whose bodies were found after a house fire outside Fort Scott died from ...
An 8-month girl from Grove is now in a Tulsa hospital after an Amber Alert was issued for her Friday. The alert was issued fo...
The name of the man who was killed in a shootout with law enforcement this morning outside the Joplin Motel 6 has been releas...
Two Guatemalan citizens living illegally in Carthage are going to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to obtain driver'...
The Missouri State Highway Patrol isn't saying much about why they turned over the list of Missouri's concealed weapo...
Attorney General Chris Koster says he won't appeal a federal court ruling striking down a Missouri law that exempted mora...
There's more demand for concealed carry gun permits in Jasper County. The Sheriff's Office has handed out almost 500 ...
Newton County deputies found something extra when investigating a stolen pickup truck and piece of construction equipment--a ...
A bill Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed into law last week was inspired by a Cherokee County case. The law, which takes e...
Two men from Carthage were arrested Thursday for allegedly borrowing something that wasn't theirs. The Jasper County Sher...
The man accused of plotting to blow up churches in Miami isn't mentally fit to stand trial..at least not now. A judge in ...
A Joplin Police officer has reached an unique milestone. Officer Shelby Howard has arrested one thousand people for impaired ...
A Pittsburg couple is in custody after they were arrested on drug charges this morning. 41-year-old Arturo Archuleta and 44-y...
A State Senator from Joplin says the Missouri Senate will hold up a budget for the state Revenue Department until it gets ans...
Pittsburg Police have some idea why a driver didn't pull over for a traffic stop Tuesday night. Officers saw people insid...
Despite testimony from a woman who claims he raped her while she was drunk, a Newton County jury acquitted a Neosho man of ra...
Sheena Eastburn's case will be heard by the Missouri Supreme Court after all. The Stella woman's appeal will be heard...
Jasper County authorities have released more information about the man and woman found dead in a home near Asbury Tuesday mor...
Two people were found dead this morning at a home on County Road 290 near Asbury. Jasper County Sheriff Randee Kaiser tells N...
The Better Business Bureau has issued a warning against working with a man accused of committing fraud against Joplin tornado...
Legislation giving the Kansas governor and lawmakers more power in appointing Court of Appeals judges is on its way to Govern...
Here's an update to a story News Talk KZRG has been following. A man and woman from Joplin have now been charged after al...
Three people were taken to the hospital after a fire destroyed a home in Weir late Saturday night. The victims, ages 8, 16, a...
The Jasper County Commission has opened bids for remodeling a county building to use as a home for the Sheriff's Departme...
A teenager accused of beating his Mom's boyfriend to death at a home in Noel will not be going to prison. The first degre...
Joplin police are investigating an armed robbery that happened at a gas station early Sunday morning. Lt. Brian Lewis tells N...
A woman from Vinita died early Sunday morning when her car went off a bridge and landed upside down in a creek. The Oklahoma ...
Springfield police have identified a man killed in a shootout as a recently released inmate.29-year-old Martin Y. Potts died ...
The Kansas Senate has approved a proposed amendment to the state constitution to prevent the courts from deciding disputes ov...
The Jasper County Commission is thinking about remodeling a building it owns on the Carthage square and having the Sheriff...
Parsons Police have arrested a man in connection with a series of burglaries earlier this month. Parsons spokeswoman KariWest...
The Missouri Supreme Court will not hear the appeal of aMcDonald County woman convicted of killing her husband in 1992. Sheen...
More information is being learned about Friday's arrest of a Joplin school employee for sending obscene material to a min...
An investigation by the Southwest Missouri Cybercrimes Task Force led to an employee of the Joplin School District being arre...
A coalition of Oklahoma chambers of commerce this week released an eleven point plan to create more jobs in the state. One pa...
Neosho Police say they've caught the man responsible for stealing several chainsaws from a local church. Police Chief Dav...
The aunt of an Illinois man suspected of plotting to fire-bomb dozens of Miami area churches says her nephew is unstable and ...
Legislation intended to give Kansas prosecutors a new tool for curbing criminal gang activity has cleared the state Senate on...
An Illinois man charged with plotting to firebomb dozens of churches in the Miami area with Molotov cocktails will be tried i...
A Facebook page has been set up to remember Monica Webb, the Joplin woman who was killed by her estranged husband last Novemb...
Police officers from around the region are coming to Joplin this week for extra training. The Missouri Southern Criminal Just...
The Kansas Supreme Court heard arguments on whether a Baxter Springs gun shop may be held liable for selling a firearm that w...
A man from Seneca is dead after a garbage truck hit his car early this morning. Seneca Police Chief James Altic tells News Ta...
The Cherokee County Sheriff's office wants your help finding a burglar. Sheriff David Groves tells News Talk KZRG they...
Last week, News Talk KZRG told you about a bill proposed in the Missouri Senate that would require parents to tell their chil...
Four people were arrested on drug charges in two separate cases Friday near Scammon. A traffic stop resulted in 31-year-old M...
A call from Family Services led Jasper County authorities to search a home on Pumpkin Lane Wednesday morning. Sharon Rhine of...
Some sheriffs in the Four States have written to President Obama about his gun control proposals. Jasper County Sheriff Rande...
Two Webb City Police officers were assaulted early Sunday morning when they were trying to break up a disturbance in the 500 ...
Battle lines are being drawn over President Obama's calls for a rewnewal of the assault weapons ban and limiting gun maga...
Lawrence County Sheriff Brad DeLay has sent a letter to President Obama about gun rights. DeLay says the letter was originall...
2012 wasn't a good year for criminals in Joplin. There were fewer crimes in Joplin compared to 2011. There were 67 fewer ...
Local reaction to President Obama's plan to restrict gun violence has gotten a cold reaction from gun owners in the Four ...
A Missouri man accused of torturing a young woman he kept as a sex slave has pleaded guilty to having sex with her when she w...
A Joplin man is facing drug charges in Carthage after a traffic stop early Friday morning. Carthage Police tell News Talk KZR...
A three-judge panel has ruled in favor of parents and schools who say the state's formula for funding education is uncons...
There was something in a Joplin woman's diaper bag besides diapers...so now she's facing drug charges."Six used ...
The Oklahoma Attorney General's Office is urging a Delaware County judge to dismiss the latest appeal of a man sentenced ...
The Oklahoma Department of Health says the state has recorded its first flu death of the season.The department says the death...
The man who allegedly wanted to blow up churches in the Miami area will be in court next month to see if he's competent t...
Racism. That's how Atlanta-based Urban Metropolitan Development explains the criminal charges against them for work done ...
A Galena man has been sentenced to just over three and a half years in federal prison for possesison of child porn and traffi...
Attorney General Chris Koster and Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney Dean Dankelson today charged Urban Metropolitan Developm...
A 65-year-old Joplin-area woman says she was tortured for two days by a man who raped and tried to kill her. 56-year-old Rick...
A woman from Grove died when the vehicle she was riding in was hit by a pickup near Locust Grove. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol...
Newton County authorities have a man in custody for allegedly assaulting his ex-wife and taking her hostage. 41-year-old Anth...
When you have good workers, you want to keep them. That hasn't been easy for the Delaware County Sheriff's Department...
Authorities say at least 26 people, including 18 children, were killed Friday when a gunman opened fire inside a Connecticut ...
A Loma Linda man has been arrested for playing cops and robbers. 46-year-old Kristopher Peters is accused of stopping a car a...
A 17-year-old being charged with first degree murder for a Joplin man's death is being challenged. Attorneys for Daniel H...
There's a new twist to a weekend shooting in Pittsburg. Police now say they don't know who the victim is."The pe...
Not enough evidence to file criminal charges. That's the official ruling from Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster'...
A man from Liberal was killed in a two-car accident Friday night southeast of Pittsburg. The Crawford County Sheriff's Of...
A citizen's sharp eye led to two men from Missouri being arrested for burglary at a home northeast of Columbus. Cherokee ...
A Tulsa teenager wanted in connection with a July 2012 murder in Joplin is believed to be back in Tulsa. Joplin Police say 17...
Newton County authorities are looking for four men who broke into a home on Raccoon Road. Sheriff Ken Copeland tells News Tal...
He raped a Granby woman while out on bond after raping another woman in Joplin. That's what Newton County prosecutors tel...
Four people are in custody and two Delaware County Sheriff's Deputies had to go to the hospital after the detectives foun...
Authorities say two University of Oklahoma football players have been arrested on possession of marijuana complaints.Clevelan...
Authorities in southwest Missouri say they may never know what started a fire that killed five people at an apartment buildin...
The Oklahoma Insurance Department has spent more than $180,000 on high-tech shotguns, bulletproof vests and seven police-...
Two men were arrested early this morning for having a meth lab in their car. Sharon Rhine of the Jasper County Sheriff's ...
Two months ago, she got an order of protection after her husband threatened to kill her. Sunday, 36-year-old Monica Webb of J...
A Bolivar man accused of plotting to open fire inside a theater during the ``Twilight'' movie underwent a mental eval...
The Jasper County Sheriff's Office has identified the two men arrested after a domestic dispute led to two children being...
A 29-year-old former Carl Junction police officer is facing up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing ch...
An couple's argument led to two children being shot with a shotgun Monday morning in Jasper County. The Sheriff's Off...
Five people have been arrested after Jasper County Deputies found ingredients to make meth at a rural Joplin home. Sharon Rhi...
The Oklahoma Auditor and Inspector's Office says a special audit found nearly $120,000 in unaccounted for money in th...
A southwest Missouri man admits that he collected thousands of photos and videos of child pornography in the last 10 to 15 ye...
A dispute over drag racing has led to a 13 year prison term for a Joplin man. 21-year-old Nathan Spencer has pleaded guilty t...
A woman from Nevada has died from injuries suffered in a Saturday afternoon traffic accident in Joplin. Police tell News Talk...
A southwest Missouri couple will stand trial on charges that they defrauded victims of the 2011 Joplin tornadoSixty-five-year...
There were others. That's what one of four men charged with the July 6th murder of a Joplin man testified in court this w...
A University of Missouri sophomore has been sentenced to probation for stealing women's underwear from a residence hall l...
A Joplin man is facing kidnapping charges after being arrested over the weekend. Joplin Police Lieutenant Brian Lewis tells N...
Freeman Hospital has agreed to pay $9-point-3 million to resolve allegations it violated federal law by paying incentives...
Pittsburg Police are looking for a man who they say shot a woman Sunday morning. Police were called to a domestic shooting at...
A left-behind sock helped Jasper County deputies make an arrest Thursday. The Sheriff's Office tells News Talk KZRG they ...
A former Neosho City Manager who plead guilty to official misconduct and was fired will be given a year of city health insura...
Detectives at the Jasper County Sheriff's Office, along with several other area law enforcement agencies, have recovered ...
A Joplin man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for beating his girlfriend's mother to death a week after he was ki...
A Joplin man has escaped from an Oklahoma State Prison. 27-year-old Alvin Boyer was reported missing this morning from the Ja...
A 72-year-old southwest Missouri man remains in critical condition after a freak crash that killed a restaurant customer and ...
A 5-year-old girl abducted in southeast Missouri is found alive, and the convicted sex offender suspected of taking her is in...
An Illinois man who allegedly wanted to blow up 48 churches in the Miami area was in court this morning. 23-year-old Gregory ...
A rash of thefts in Jasper and Cherokee Counties has law enforcement reminding you that it doesn't take much to protect y...
A Jay Middle School principal is charged with manslaughter for a boating accident on Grand Lake that killed a family friend d...
An argument early Sunday in a Carthage parking lot ended up with two people arrested and a police officer with a broken nose....
Two men are in custody for burglary at the Carthage Junior High School. Police Captain Randee Kaiser tells News Talk KZRG aut...
Cherokee County authorities say they're investigating several home burglaries. Sheriff David Groves says the culprits are...
Text messages to a female student are what cost a Neosho High School teacher his job. The teacher, who's not being named,...
The Jasper County Commission has come up with a way to manage a fund set up by the Sheriff's Office for charitable acts. ...
A 14-year-old northeast Kansas girl has sued Governor Sam Brownback's administration in hopes of forcing it to impose lim...
It's Crime Prevention Month, and the Joplin Police Department has some tips for you to protect yourself. Lieutenant Matt ...
Republican challenger Dave Spence has filed a defamation lawsuit against Democratic Governor Jay Nixon over a campaign ad.The...
In the span oftwo weeks, the Diamond Fire Protection District went from being fully staffed, to justthree volunteers, to near...
Malls are supposed to be convenient for shoppers, not thieves. But someone dug into a Carthage strip mall Tuesday and got int...
An eighth person has pleaded guilty in a Medicaid fraud scheme involving home health care billings in southeast Kansas.Thirty...
A former Lamar police officer killed his wife, shot her mother, then killed himself early Tuesday morning near Lamar. That...
The Jasper County Sheriff's Office needs your help finding a man's missing wife and children. Detective Roy Masters t...
A woman tried to rob a Joplin bank Friday afternoon."The lady was at the drive-up window and passed a note to the teller...
A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder's lawsuit challenging the federal heal...
A woman who admitted stealing checks and credit cards from mailboxes throughout southwestern Missouri has been sentenced to t...
A woman was killed Wednesday afternoon in a mobile home fire near Carthage. Carthage Fire Chief Chris Thompson tells News Tal...
The town of Diamond is now without the majority of their firefighters. Most of the command staff and firefighters for the Dia...
One of four defendants accused of killing a Pittsburg man at his home last October was sentenced Wednesday. 22-year-old Ricke...
Two men have been charged with kidnapping and murdering a southwest Missouri couple in April 2011.Authorities from Taney and ...
"It's been an ongoing problem in Joplin for a while. The air conditioning units were stolen again."Joplin Polic...
An Ottawa County woman accused of murdering a 17-month-old boy made a brief court appearance Monday.20-year-old Skye Reece of...
The owners of anow-closed Springfield nightclub are being sued for serving alcohol to a 19-year-old who was driving a car tha...
Oklahoma authorities are searching for the cause of a Grand Lake mobile home fire that killed a 3-year-old boy. The home was ...
Pittsburg Police have lots of evidence to sort through after serving a search warrant at two residences Wednesday morning. Li...
Prosecutors have dropped murder and rape charges against the stepfather of a 9-year-old Stella girl who was killed in 2007. A...
Somewhere in Jasper County this week, a "no refusal" sobriety checkpoint will be set up. Sergeant John Hicks of the...
Two people are in custody after a traffic stop in Galena. Cherokee County Sheriff David Groves tells News Talk KZRG what went...
A Lockwood man has pleaded guilty to last year's beating death of an Afghanistan war veteran who he said had entered his ...
A judge has lowered the bond on a Joplinwoman and her girlfriend accused of starving her 3-year-old girl to the point of weig...
A southeastern Kansas woman is jailed on $1 million bond, accused of intentionally hitting and killing her boyfriend with...
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has amended a federal lawsuit that challenges the nation's health care overhaul la...
No alcohol after kickoff. That's the new rule for tailgating Pittsburg State football fans starting with Saturday night&#...
An ethics complaint has been filed against Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt over the dismissal of a criminal case agains...
A judge has ruled in favor of Cherokee County after officials sued a gambling organization that promised a casino but didn...
A man who stole from a motorcycle and scooter shop in Joplin the night of the May 2011 tornado will spend the next four month...
Two survivors of a man who died inside the Range Line Wal-Mart in the May 2011 tornado are suing the company and the store...
Transcripts of interviews with a prosecutor's office show that Kansas legislators didn't know the state's Open Me...
A federal appeals court has rejected a legal challenge to the way Kansas selects judicial nominees to its Supreme Court.The 1...
Three women have accused a Joplin man of sexually assaulting them. 21-year-old Jacob Blackburn will go on trial for two count...
Three women gave powerful testimony in the rape trial of a Joplin man Thursday. News Talk KZRG's Josh Marsh has our team ...
A Missouri judge has upheld the ballot language of a proposed constitutional amendment on appointments to the state Supreme C...
An Ottawa County Jail inmatemanaged to get away for a few hoursSunday before being recaptured. Around 4am, 43-year-old Bryan ...
Two people were arrested for assaulting a Joplin man and stealing from him. Sharon Rhine of the Jasper County Sheriff's O...
One man's confession in the rape and murder of a Stella girl could be another man's salvation. That's what the de...
Here's an update on the legal wrangling between the Joplin School District and the company hired to demolish school build...
A 17-year-old charged in connection with the murder of a Joplin man back on July 6thwill stand trial as an adult.A judge rule...
A valuable statue stolen in 1987 from Wichita State University has been recovered in Lamar and one man is under arrest. The M...
A 31-year-old Delaware County man will spend the next ten years in prison over the death of his wife. Charley Guess pled no c...
A Cole County judge has revised the wording that Missouri voters will see in November on a health care ballot measure. Judge ...
The Mayor of Sheldon was arrested Friday. Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman tells News Talk KZRG what Robert Sewell is accuse...
A family squabble in Joplin turned violent Saturday night. Police Corporal Chuck Niess tells News Talk KZRG officers were cal...
Jasper County Sheriff's detectives who were investigating a burglary last week wound up making four arrests on drug charg...
A death in Baxter Springs last month is being blamed on a man from Scammon and drugs are said to be involved. On July 25th, J...
The JoplinPolice Department is confirming the suspect they've been searching forafter a deadly shooting at nightclub on R...
An Ottawa County judge has bound a Quapaw woman over for trial on a charge of first degree murder-child abuse. 20-year-old Sk...
Jasper County authorities have caught a 19-year-old who slugged a detective and then ran. Sharon Rhine of the Jasper County S...
Jasper County law enforcement is releasing more information about a man they're looking for. They've been searching f...
The Missouri Supreme Court has declined to set execution dates for six condemned killers, saying doing so is "premature&...
Five people are in custody after law enforcement searched a Galena home Friday and found signs of a meth lab. Cherokee County...
Shoppers at the Wal-Mart on Rangeline Road in Joplin got a scare after a woman started waving around a loaded handgun in the ...
The Lawrence County Sheriff's Office is investigating whether a body found along a rural road is connected to a home wher...
Joplin Police are looking for a man accused of flashing a woman. Police tell News Talk KZRG that on July 30 around 12:30pm, a...
A new amendment to the Missouri Constitution on prayer and religious expression has already prompted a lawsuit.Missouri voter...
Last month, someone tried to burn the Islamic Center of Joplin. Firefighters put out the blaze without much damage. Around 3:...
New charges have been filed against a man who allegedly assaulted a one-year-old girl last week, causing her death. Newton Co...
Ada Bowman, the 1-year-old Joplin girl that police say was severely injured by her mother's boyfriend last week, has died...
A Joplin man who paid an early morning visit to an ex-girlfriend is in the Jasper County Jail. Sharon Rhine of the Sheriff...
The mother of an 18-month-old girl who was severely abused has now been charged in the child's assault. 22-year-old Gina ...
Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder is forging ahead with his lawsuit against President Obama's federal health care...
A woman from Chanute was killed late Wednesday when the motorcycle she was riding on hit a car. The Kansas Highway Patrol say...
"She has bleeding on the brain, both sides, and her spleen and kidneys are ruptured. She's on a ventilator right now...
A Jasper County Deputy had some problemswhen trying to move a prisoner yesterday. Sharon Rhine of the Jasper County Sheriff&#...
A 1-year-old Joplin girl is in critical condition, and her mother's boyfriend in jail, as the Newton County Sheriff's...
An account that's caused some friction between Jasper County Sheriff Archie Dunn and the County Commission lately shouldn...
A Sarcoxie man accused of abusing a baby made a plea deal with prosecutors this week. 34-year-old Larry Gates pled guilty to ...
An attempted robbery in Joplin ended with two people stabbed and one behind bars. A probable-cause affidavit shows that a wom...
117 employees of the Blitz USA factory in Miami will lose their jobs tomorrow, as the factory shuts down. Plant Manager Chuck...
Joplin Police are still looking for Daniel Hartman of Tulsa in connection with the July 6th murder of Jacob Wages. Lieutenant...
Starving a three year old girl. That's what two women from Joplin are accused of doing. Joplin Police Lieutenant Darren G...
A woman in McDonald County got a frightening phone call recently. It was supposedly from a DEA agent who claimed the woman ha...
Vietnam veterans in Kansas are still waiting for the state to issue special license plates to honor them.The plates were supp...
One woman is dead after a fire around 5:30 Monday morning in Carl Junction. Fire Chief Bill Dunn tells News Talk KZRG the vic...
A home in Tipton Ford was destroyed in a fire this afternoon."We got an alarm call at this address, I don't remember...
A family of 8 had to be evacuated from their Joplin home after a house fire at 732 South Empire just before 7 this morning. K...
An adoption case that's gone on for five years has a happy ending for a Carthage couple. In 2007, Seth and Melinda Moser ...
She pleads guilty to money laundering and conspiring to deal more than a million and a half dollars worth of prescription dru...
An argument between roommates led to one man getting run down Monday afternoon. Joplin police tell News Talk KZRG Michael Rol...
Charges have been filed against a Joplin man in connection with a Sunday afternoon shooting that put a man in the hospital. 5...
The FBI and ATF want your help finding the person who set a fire at the Islamic Center of Joplin. Eric Jackson, Acting Specia...
A ten-month-old boy is dead after a house fire Sunday afternoon near Peoria. The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office says Isaa...
Joplin Police have a man in custody in connection with a shooting Sunday afternoon. Police tell News Talk KZRG they were call...
A Wichita man has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of shooting a former Cherokee County Deputy to death...
A lawsuit claims Missouri's secretary of state has written an inaccurate and unfair summary of a November ballot measure ...
Joplin Police are currently seeking a missing child. Jack Woolever, age 10, has been missing from the 800 block of South Serg...
The two men accused of burglary last Friday at a home where a Joplin man was killed are now charged in the man's murder. ...
Last week's bust of a Neosho convenience store for selling synethetic marijuana has caught the public's attention. Ne...
Missouri Governor Nixon has vetoed legislation that would have allowed employers to decline to provide coverage for abortion,...
Executions will continue in Oklahoma. Attorney General Scott Pruitt tells News Talk KZRG the Sooner state has secured 20 new ...
Joplin and Neosho County law enforcement seized about $12,000 worth of synthetic marijuana from a convenience store Wedne...
Jasper County Sheriff Archie Dunn says he's getting special treatment..but not in a good way. Dunn tells News Talk KZRG t...
"There's currently $75 in the fund."That's what Jasper County Auditor Richard Webster says about the Sh...
Charges have been filed against the 20-year-old driver of an SUV that crashedin Jasper County lastDecember, killing two Misso...
Joplin Police don't have the primary suspect in last Friday's murder of Jacob Wages, but they have located another su...
A man accused of robbing the First State Bank on West 7th Street last month is in custody after robbing a bank in North Dakot...
Two years probation. That was the sentence given Monday to former Missouri Governor Roger Wilson for misusing money to make p...
Joplin Police say a man whose body was found in a home on South Pearl Friday morning was murdered. Lt. Brian Lewis tells News...
Three Joplin residents have pled guilty to getting disaster benefits after last year's tornado, even though they weren...
A man who suffered a 13 centimeter knife wound is recovering and his attacker is behind bars. Thursday night, Via Christi Hos...
Neosho and Newton County authorities have seized over $70,000 worth of synthetic marijuana from a convenience store. Neos...
Her friends called the Sheriff's Office because they thought she might hurt herself. She ended up trying to hurt some Jas...
A Joplin man has pleaded guilty to running an illegal online gambling operation. 57-year-old William Lisle was indicted on th...
The Joplin Police Department is investigating the death of a man whose body was found at a home on South Pearl Street this mo...
The 5-year-old girl killed in an apartment fire in Noel earlier this week has been identified. Authorities say 5-year-old Lys...
A 7-year-old boy is dead, while his 4-year-old sister and their parents have been treated for smoke inhalation after a fire e...
Jasper County authorities are investigating an arson case at a mosque. The Islamic Society of Joplin on Black Cat Road was da...
Pittsburg Police are looking for a man in connection with allegations of child abuse. A 20-month-old girl was taken to Via Ch...
A mosque in Joplin was saved from destruction after a passerby noticed it was on fire early Wednesday morning. The Jasper Cou...
Two people are facing drug charges after they were arrested Tuesday afternoon in Pittsburg. The Southeast Kansas Drug Enforce...
A woman from Golden City is free on bond after threatening her boyfriend with an axe on Saturday. Sharon Rhine of the Jasper ...
A 5-year-old McDonald County girl died in an apartment fire in Noel last night. Firefighters showed up at the scene at around...
The name of the 22-month old boy who was killed in Newton County last week has been released. Bradley Jacob Beck died Thursda...
There have been reports of a new scam in Newton County. People are called and told their name is on a list of people who didn...
With last week's bank robbery, and another the week before that, you'd think Joplin police would be worried about a r...
A man from Seneca man is in custody after his girlfriend's 22-month-old son died Thursday. Newton County Sheriff Ken Cope...
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster also weighed in on Thursday's Supreme Court decision to uphold President Obama'...
Two men from Carl Junction are in custody after meth was found during a search at their home. The Jasper County Drug Task For...
A Pittsburg man who escaped from the Cherokee County Jail Sunday, and was caught Tuesday night, is now accused of committing ...
A man who became known for wearing a fake beard while robbing banks in Joplin and the Four States will serve a little more th...
Jasper County Sheriff's Deputies went to a home on Echo Valley Road Sunday to get information on a stolen motorcycle. Sha...
The suspect in a weekend stabbing in Delaware County has been located. 30-year-old Jose Antonio Lopez was arrested Monday in ...
An Arkansas woman who pled guilty earlier this year to stealing from a tornado-damaged home in Duquesne right after last year...
Missouri Congressman Todd Akin says Monday's US Supreme Court ruling on Arizona's immigration law is "a mixed ba...
Secretary of State Kris Kobach says a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Arizona's immigration law gives Kansas legislators a g...
She was shot in the head and her neck was cut. It's not the official cause of Danyel Borden's death, but that's w...
An inmate in the Cherokee County Jail escaped Sunday morning. 53-year-old Jimmy Dale Sluder was on a work detail taking out t...
A woman from Weir is awaiting sentencing for dealing meth. 43-year-old Leslie Harrison, also known as Leslie Stultz, was conv...
A judge has set a preliminary hearing for a Texas man accused of killing a Goodman man earlier this year. 27-year-old Caleb S...
Joplin police are investigating a possible child abuse case that has an 18-month-old child hospitalized. Corporal Chuck Niess...
The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging a ban on newspapers for inmates at a southwestern Missouri jail. The ACLU s...
A pastor from Duenweg has been sentenced to three years and ten months in federal prison for having child pornography. 53-yea...
Pittsburg Police are looking for someone who shot a man early this morning. 30-year-old Demario Herring was reportedly shot o...
Charges have now been filed against a man who told police he was shot during a robbery, but actually had shot himself. Joplin...
A 55-year-old man's body was found inside a Joplin home this morning. Police tell News Talk KZRG they went to a home in t...
Joplin Police have arrested a suspect for Monday's robbery of the UMB Bank at 21st and Maiden Lane. 35-year-old Wesley Os...
Pittsburg Police were called to break up a fight at 3am Wednesday and also ended up arresting a thief. Several people were in...
A Neosho bar owner accused of endagering the welfare of a child is facing more charges. 37-year-old Marcela Lara of Rogers, A...
She could have been sentenced to seven years in prison, but a teenager from Purdy instead got five years probation for a drun...
A woman from Aurora is dead after a one car accident this morning west of Marionville. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says...
A Missouri sheriff says his department responded to its first "domestic texting'' call after two people carried ...
A 24-year-old Miami man accused of murdering his girlfriend last week has made his first appearance in court. Dustin Boggs wa...
A Joplin Bank was robbed at gunpoint Monday afternoon. Police Lieutenant Brian Lewis tells News Talk KZRG it happened at UMB ...
It started as a routine traffic stop, but ended with a chase, some yards damaged and two people arrested. Captain Derek Walro...
A car that Oklahoma authorities were looking for in connection with a murder has been found. Sunday afternoon a 2010 Hyundai ...
A man from Grove was arrested early Saturday morning in Tulsa after witnesses say he opened fire on a car with three people i...
A woman from Walker was killed Saturday morning in a two-car crash in Nevada. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 80-year-...
A Seneca man was killed Thursday afternoon when his motorcycle was hit by a pickup truck in Delaware County. 52-year-old Robe...
There's been an arrest in Thursday's murder in Ottawa County. Around 4 this morning, 24-year-old Dustin Evrett Boggs ...
A woman was found dead Thursday afternoon on an Ottawa County Road. Sheriff Terry Durborow tells News Talk KZRG she was found...
A Neosho bar owner is accused of endangering the welfare of a child. 37-year-old Marcela Lara allegedly served alcohol to min...
A woman who was pulled over during a traffic stop Monday afternoon has bigger worries. 35-year-old Victoria Gonzalez of Kansa...
Joplin Police now say the man who was shot yesterday morning at a convenience store parking lot did it himself. 40-year-old S...
A small plane crashed this morning west of Mount Vernon, injuring the pilot. The Lawrence County Sheriff's Office says th...
What would you do if you were working at a store and someone asked you if it was OK to rob the place? Early Sunday morning, a...
He wanted to drive drunk..at a local race track. 31-year-old Shannon Rains of Fort Scott wanted to race his vehicle Friday ni...
Joplin Police are investigating a shooting. Lieutenant Darren Gallup tells News Talk KZRG officers got a 911 call at 11am fro...
Joplin police arrested two and pressed charges against a third for a string of air conditioner thefts that have happened in J...
The Kansas attorney general's office paid outside lawyers more than $644,000 to defend anti-abortion laws enacted las...
A man from Grove died after his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck Saturday afternoon east of Grove. The Oklahoma Highwa...
The man accused of setting fire to the Neosho Pool House last July has been sentenced to seven years in prison. 22-year-old J...
A Quapaw woman's preliminary hearing for first degree murder and child abuse has been delayed until July. 20-year-old Sky...
An incorrect name on a press release has upset a Joplin family. Lisa Dentis tells News Talk KZRG a press release sent out by ...
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt says he's appealing a judge's ruling that struck down a state law restricting ...
Two people who tried to buy pseudoephedrine at several Cherokee County stores have been arrested for intending to make meth. ...
A press release issued by the Jasper County Sheriff's Office about the child sex predator program's compliance check ...
The Jasper County Sheriff's office is looking for charges on almost four dozen sex offenders. Sheriff Archie Dunntells Ne...
Two men from Chetopa are facing charges relating to an attempted burglary. Cherokee County Sheriff David Groves tells News Ta...
A 3-year-old Afton boy is recovering after he was accidentally shot by his 9-year-old brother. The Ottawa County Sheriff'...
Two Joplin men have been sentenced to 14 years each for their roles in the murder of a Pittsburg man. Randu Rivera and Oscar ...
Pittsburg Police think they've found the man responsible for eleven vehicle break-ins. Saturday morning, officers respond...
A man from Weir is dead after his riding lawnmower collided with a car south of Pittsburg. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 88-...
A Sarcoxie man was arrested Sunday afternoon for first degree burglary. Sharon Rhine of the Jasper County Sheriff's Offic...
Three people were arrested in a prostitution sting set up by the Joplin Police Department late last week. Arrested Thursday w...
A Texas man accused of shooting a McDonald County man in the head, then burning his body in a barrel topped with concrete, is...
Jasper County Sheriff Archie Dunn is fighting back."This is all politically motivated."He tells News Talk KZRG he d...
A Crawford County farmer is accused of filing false income tax returns and receiving millions of dollars in refunds.The U.S. ...
Two life sentences. That's what Kaston Hudgins of Galena will serve for killing a mother and daughter in a July 2009 car ...
Jasper County's Prosecutor wants the Attorney General's office to look into a controversy involving Sheriff Archie Du...
Newton County authorities have been in touch with a Diamond woman they were trying to contact. Captain Richard Leavens with t...
Newton County authorities are looking for a woman from Diamond after family members called with concerns."A 51-year-old ...
The next time you stay at a hotel, remember to not make too much noise. That's a lesson people staying at a Joplin hotel ...
Joplin Police are investigating a possible abduction from Friday. Around 6:45pm, a white female ran from a car to the drive t...
He stole more than $73,000 from an elderly Joplin couple. That's what 57-year-old Terry Parker of Nixa is accused of ...
He burned the body in a barrel and then hid the murder victim on some farmland between Neosho and Joplin, that's accordin...
A contractor who was hired to demolish three tornado-damaged schools in Joplin is now accusing the school district of racial ...
Joplin Police are investigating the death of a three month old child. They were called to the Northpark Apartments on Newman ...
Someone is taking cattle gates in Cherokee County. The Sheriff's Department has had six reports of stolen gates in the la...
Lanagan's Police Chief and one of the town's police officers have been arrested for forgery. Chief Larry Marsh is cha...
A former employee of a YMCA camp in Lawrence County has pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of children. 29-year-old Matthe...
A Joplin man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to child porn charges this week. Jasper County Prosecutor D...
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin yesterday signed legislation that bans registered sex offenders from living with minor children...
A former Galena police officer is accused of stealing a framed poster of a controversial Arizona sheriff while executing a se...
A former city clerk from Neosho County has admitted embezzling $120,000 in a deal with federal prosecutors to pay the mon...
Two people suspected of trafficking meth in and out of Pittsburg were arrested early Saturday morning. Pittsburg Police tell ...
A Webb City man will spend the next eight years in prison after a vicious assault on his son and girlfriend. 24-year-old Robe...
A man who apparently tried to rob a Coffeyville business was shot to death this morning. Police tell News Talk KZRG they got ...
A Carl Junction man has admitted to authorities that not only does he download child pornography, but he's also been sexu...
Carthage Police say they have the man who killed Mario Gonzalez on April 25th. 45-year-old Juan Mendoza was arrested Friday.&...
