A Newton County man remains in jail after a three-hour standoff with deputies Monday morning.

The Neosho Police Department and the Neosho Rec-Plex held a seminar on how to protect area children from child predators Monday evening at the Lampo Community Building.

Missouri State Fire Marshal Randy Cole today encouraged Missourians to enjoy the Fourth of July but exercise caution when using consumer fireworks.

A murder trial for a Joplin man accused in the March 2007 fatal shooting of a teenager was expected to get under way this morning in McDonald County circuit court.

A 5-year-old Carthage boy was killed in a two-vehicle accident at 3:50 p.m., Monday, at the intersection of Highway 96 and BB, five miles east of Carthage.

An area runaway teen that was missing for three days has returned home.

A sobriety checkpoint in Neosho last Friday netted only one intoxicated driver, but caught what authorities say is an alarming number of people driving around town without valid licenses.

A California man was arrested Friday after allegedly approaching a Granby girl on the Internet.

Kristi Severs is a local mother in tears.

Kristy Severs is asking for help in finding her 13-year-old daughter, Beth, who ran away from home Wednesday morning and hasn’t been heard from since.

A Newton County grandmother has pleaded guilty to four charges of first-degree child endangerment and two counts of child abuse.

No criminal charges are being sought in a local rape allegation after Neosho police investigators determined the claims proved false.

An anonymous tip posted on-line led to the arrest of an Anderson couple on prostitution-related charges in Benton County, Ark.

Sandra and Edd Barnhill volunteered their time for the Long-term Recovery Committee (LTRC) as chairpersons for the committee during Wednesday’s Newton County Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD) meeting at Calvary of Neosho.

A Southwest City man accused of killing an acquaintance in March will go to trial, a McDonald County judge ruled Monday.