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JOPLIN APARTMENT FIRE An apartment home goes up in flames.  More than six people had to flee a fire Sunday afternoon in Joplin.  It happened at a home on 412 North Wall Street.  The house had three apartments. Joplin, Carl Junction, and Webb City fire crews used hoses to put out the fire in the two-story home. TROOPER PLEADS GUILTY A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper accused of using excessive force while taking a suspect to the Labette County Jail pleads guilty.&nbs…