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Neosho man killed in crash, thrown from bed of pickup truck; Driver determined DWI as crash investigation begins

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NEOSHO, Mo. – Just after 7:30 p.m. Wednesday evening reports of a serious crash on the Boulevard in Neosho alerted Newton County Central Communications.

The roadway was closed down immediately, all lanes north and south.

NEOSHO FATAL F-150 CRASH PRESS RELEASE SEPT 8 2022

Neosho Police Brandon Beshears tells us three vehicles were involved. A Ford F-150 pickup pulled into traffic from a business, 1039 S Neosho Blvd, and was struck by two northbound vehicles.

There were two individuals in the bed of the pickup truck, both were ejected onto the pavement.

Ofc Beshears says the Missouri State Highway Patrol assisted in marking out the crash scene for investigation.

The driver of the pickup was transported to a Joplin hospital. He suffered moderate injuries.

One male thrown from the pickup bed suffered moderate injuries.

A second male thrown from the pickup bed, Jeremy Olmstead, 39, of Neosho was pronounced deceased at Mercy Joplin. Next of kin have been notified.

Chief Baird states in a media release Thursday,  “per state law all drivers were tested for blood alcohol content, and it was determined the driver of the Ford F-150 was under the influence of intoxicants. Pending the completion of the investigation, charges will be submitted to the Newton County Prosecutor’s office for review.”

The two drivers of in the northbound vehicles were not injured.

The roadway was reopened about 9:45 p.m.

Poore’s Towing removed the pickup from the crash scene.

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I-44 tractor trailer swerves and overturns near Sarcoxie, Mo.

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JASPER COUNTY, Mo. — Thursday afternoon at 12:48 p.m. reports of a tractor trailer overturned near 27.6 mile marker I-44 alerted Jasper County E911.

Sarcoxie Rural Fire, Carthage Fire Dept, Jasper County Sheriff’s Deputies responded. MoDOT Emergency Response and Missouri State Highway Patrol were notified.

On scene Missouri State Highway Patrol Tpr T.C. Smith tells us a sleepy driver could be to blame.

The tractor trailer was traveling eastbound, witnesses tell Tpr Smith it drifted to the median and then quickly to the right, overturning and losing its load of sheet metal across both eastbound lanes.

The lone male driver was transported to a Joplin hospital suffering light scrapes and bruises, non-life-threatening injuries.

M&M Wrecker were summoned to upright the tractor trailer and remove the sheet metal debris. Traffic was disrupted all afternoon in the eastbound lanes.

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Joplin School bus rear-ended by SUV in Duquesne

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DUQUESNE, Mo. — Just before 7:30 a.m. Thursday reports of an SUV crashing with a Joplin School bus on E 7th alerted Jasper County E911.

Duenweg Fire, Duquesne Police and METS responded. Joplin Police and Fire were requested as mutual aid.

The crash was located just east of Katherine Ave. On scene we learn no children were injured. There were numerous on-board the bus.

The driver of the SUV was not injured and the bus driver was not injured.

Duquesne Police tell us both the SUV and bus were traveling east on 7th. The SUV struck the rear of the bus, breaking out the lower rear window on the emergency escape door.

Parents came to pick up kids on the scene. Some might seek medical care privately.

Nixon’s Towing removed the SUV from the scene.

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Joplin tourism grants approved by City Council

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JOPLIN, Mo. — The latest round of Joplin tourism grants tops $100,000 in spending. City Council members have approved funding for 16 activities in the region — everything from the Joplin Memorial Run and Murphysburg heritage events to the Juneteenth Regional Black Expo.

Awards range from a few hundred dollars to $25,000.

City workers point out it’s a good way to get Joplin’s name out even more — and hopefully attract more visitors to invest in the local economy.

“Like OCC has an annual conference series. They have three conferences a year and we give them marketing dollars to help promote that. But it also goes toward speakers – and by having a higher top name speaker come, it will attract more people to the conference which hopefully will generate more hotel rooms,” said Patrick Tuttle, Joplin CVB Director.

The grant funding comes from a portion of the city’s hotel-motel tax. $140,000 is set aside each year in a program that dates back more than two decades.

City of Lamar asking for feedback on new website

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LAMAR, Mo. — An area community believes they’ve taken a big step forward when it comes to getting information out to residents.

“And there was no way to send out an alert to people if it was an emergent situation,” said Tiffany Triebel, Director of Transit, Truman Area Transportation Service.

Even civic officials admit the old City of Lamar website was not exactly user-friendly. But they believe the new one is a big improvement. Tiffany Triebel says it can allow residents to do a lot more than in the past.

“We can now allow our citizens to be notified of different happenings, you can, they can go onto our site and chose “Notify Me” and sign up for an account and chose for notifications for various things, road closures, council meetings, um water leaks, any anything basically you can choose what what you want to subscribe to,” she said.

She says the new website works well not only on personal computers but on mobile devices too, which wasn’t the case before.

“And you can make payments online a lot easier than what you could before, you’re not having to hunt through multiple pages to find a different link,” said Triebel.

And she says residents who have yet to log on will be pleasantly surprised at how much information it contains and how quickly they can access it.

“For instance, for T.A.T.S., for Truman Area Transportation Service, we close when there’s inclement weather, that will be on there, if there’s flooding or anything like that, we flood from time to time that will be there as well so yeah, and we’ll update for storm sirens and stuff,” she added.

The homepage is even adorned in the school district’s colors of black and red.

If you’d like to check out the website here.

4 people arrested in Camden Co. drug bust

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CAMDENTON, Mo. — A search warrant of a Linn Creek, Camden County, residence led to four arrests after officers found meth, marijuana, and paraphernalia.

According to a press release from the Camden County Sheriff’s Office, deputies and task force officers from the Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group served a search warrant on a house on Walnut Street in Linn Creek.

The four people arrested were:

  • Micheal L. Hartwell, 41. Charged with felony possession of a controlled substance and two misdemeanors: possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.
  • Travis R. McGuire, 33. Charged with felony possession of a controlled substance and a misdemeanor charge of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. McGuire also had outstanding warrants for probation violation.
  • Zachary F. Vize, 43. Charged with felony possession of a controlled substance and a misdemeanor charge of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Vize also had an outstanding warrant for failing to appear in court.
  • Jayme N. Mitchell, 45. Charged with felony possession of a controlled substance. She was released from jail on bail.

The first three are being held without bond.

Purcell transfers city water system to private owner

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PURCELL, Mo. — State leaders officially sign-off on the deal transferring the Purcell City Water system into private ownership. The Missouri Public Service Commission is giving the green light to allow the Missouri American Water Company to begin the process of changing hands.

The company had been operating the system since February of last year, when Purcell was unable to fill critical needs.

Residents approved the transfer in an election last year — which led to a state petition.

Missouri American Water officials say there’s still a number of steps they need to complete before the transfer is final.

Four Oaks hosts SE Kansas Special Olympic Golf games

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PITTSBURG, Kans. — With today’s weather, many local golf courses were packed with players. And one in Pittsburg hosted a “feel good” event.

Four Oaks Golf Course hosted this year’s Southeast Kansas Regional Golf Competition for Special Olympics Kansas. Special Olympic athletes from a number of area schools across Southeast Kansas teamed up with partners and volunteers to enjoy a day of golf. All told — more than 150 athletes took part.

“We have everyone from high school, high school, and middle school to adults, and they’ll come and compete. They’ll, some will be paired with unified partners, which is a person that does not have a diagnosed disability. They’ll form teams and form these lifelong relationships, all to have fun and play sports and do golf,” said Erin Fletcher, Special Olympics Kansas.

Students played this morning — with the Adult Special Olympians hitting the course this afternoon.

Barton Co. Memorial Park receives large anonymous donation

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LAMAR, Mo. — A recent donation gives a new Four State park a new look. The Barton County Memorial Park in Lamar has new asphalt — thanks to an anonymous donor. The amount of the donation is $20,000 dollars.

This is all part of a project that began in 2019. Since that time, what used to be the site of the old Barton County Memorial Hospital has been transformed to include monuments, pavers, flags, a Walk of Honor, a memorial wall, and a tank — all honoring our service men and women.

“We basically started from scratch after the hospital was tore down in 2019. All new sidewalks, just a lot of memorials going up, lot of stuff in the ground. We’re trying to get the grass re-seeded and we got some walkways going from one section to another. So, yeah, basically we started from the ground up,” said Joe Davis, Barton County Memorial Park.

The park will be packed a little more than a week from now. A dedication ceremony will take place on Saturday, September 17th at 11 a.m.