Boys & Girls Club of Southwest Missouri was awarded $4,000 from the National Vision, Inc. to participate in vision screenings. Club members with signed permission slips will receive vision screenings from America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses (ABCE) on December 1st at the Boys & Girls Club in Joplin. The event is scheduled from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. Participants are encouraged to schedule follow-up exam appointments and those in need of glasses will receive a free pair.

The Salvation Army in Joplin says around 500 families have asked for help with toys this year through it’s Angel Tree Program. Several businesses around Joplin have Christmas trees decorated with angels bearing children’s names and what they would like for Christmas. You can purchase all or part of the list to help fulfill Christmas wishes. If you would like to help, here are the locations of the Angel Trees: Mid Missouri Bank 3435 E 7th St Joplin MO 64801 Johnny Carino’s 137 N Ran…

Did You Know? At 12:15am this morning one of our officers took report number 12,000 for 2017. It was an employee theft case in which an employee and her friend were both cited for stealing from a local store.

Incident Spotlight Yesterday at approximately 4:23pm Officers were dispatched to the 2700 Block of North Highland in reference to a theft that had just occurred. The caller said a white male wearing red shoes had stolen a package containing a body pillow from the front porch. Officers responding located the white male wearing red shoes clinging to a body pillow walking southbound on St. Louis just south of Zora. Once contacted the Grinch (who tried to steal Christmas) was found to …