A huge marijuana bust has landed a local man behind bars. The Newton County Sheriff’s Department seized nearly 400 plan...

It costs about 30 dollars a day for Newton County Sheriff Ken Copeland to house a state prisoner in his jail. But he tells Ne...

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...

Newton County authorities have a man in custody for allegedly assaulting his ex-wife and taking her hostage. 41-year-old Anth...

Newton County authorities are looking for four men who broke into a home on Raccoon Road. Sheriff Ken Copeland tells News Tal...

A Joplin man who'd escaped from an Oklahoma prison last month was captured in Joplin Monday afternoon. Newton County Sher...

Text messages to a female student are what cost a Neosho High School teacher his job. The teacher, who's not being named,...

Newton County Deputies seized several hundred dollars' worth of synthetic marijuana from a Neosho business yesterday afte...

Final numbers from Newton County.Sheriff: Incumbnet Ken Copeland 5499 (61%), Mike Langland 3481 (39%).County Commissioner 1: ...

New charges have been filed against a man who allegedly assaulted a one-year-old girl last week, causing her death. Newton Co...

"She has bleeding on the brain, both sides, and her spleen and kidneys are ruptured. She's on a ventilator right now...

A 1-year-old Joplin girl is in critical condition, and her mother's boyfriend in jail, as the Newton County Sheriff's...

Last week's bust of a Neosho convenience store for selling synethetic marijuana has caught the public's attention. Ne...

Joplin and Neosho County law enforcement seized about $12,000 worth of synthetic marijuana from a convenience store Wedne...

A man from Seneca man is in custody after his girlfriend's 22-month-old son died Thursday. Newton County Sheriff Ken Cope...

Newton County authorities are looking for a woman from Diamond after family members called with concerns."A 51-year-old ...