Randy Turner

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Jasper County Marriage Licenses Sept. 18, 2026

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Levi Douglas Korn, 23, Granby, and Tiffany Alta Brewer, 24, Joplin Jordan La'Shon Edwards, 23, Joplin, and Natyah Leirae Colbert,...

Carthage father charged with felonies after 8-year-old flown to Springfield with severe burns

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A Carthage man is being held in the Jasper County Jail on a $100,000 cash-only bond after one of...

Carthage man charged with domestic assault, kidnapping

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CARTHAGE, Mo. — A Carthage man, upset that his girlfriend wouldn't have sex with him, assaulted her, kidnapped her...

Sarcoxie man sentenced to 18 years for child molestation, sexual misconduct

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A Sarcoxie man was sentenced to 18 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on September 16, 2026, for...

Jasper County Marriage Licenses Sept. 11, 2026

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Josiah Jason Chaquette, 24, Joplin, and Cassie Jo Carpenter, 23, Joplin Anderson Enrique Vicente Reyes, 25, Carthage, and Sharon Guiselle...

Jasper County Marriage Licenses Sept. 5, 2026

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Gage Patrick Chapman, 21, Carl Junction, and Kaylea Renea Green, 21, Carl Junction Nicholas Bryan Huett, 23, Rogers, Arkansas, and...
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Jasper County Marriage Licenses Aug. 31, 2026

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Alexjorge Zoto Cortez, 32, Carthage, and Lised Yanira Solano, 30, Anderson Richard Allen Porter, 43, Arma, Kansas, and Kimberly Blair...

Diamond man injured in motorcycle-deer collision

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A Diamond man was injured in a one-vehicle accident Wednesday on Kodiak Road one mile east of Joplin. According to...

Former Mercy athletic trainer bound over for trial on sex charges involving 3 Carthage High School students

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A 9 a.m. September 29 arraignment is scheduled for former Mercy athletic trainer Ryan Keith Palmer, 53, Carthage, who...

Jasper County Marriage Licenses Aug. 21, 2026

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Justin A. Bickett, 35, Jasper, and Makayla Kay Willoughby, 24, Jasper Dakota James Ross, 26, Joplin, and Haylie Dawn Gordon,...

Carthage woman charged with child abuse, 4 children removed from home

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The Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney's office filed a felony child abuse charge against a rural Carthage woman who allegedly...

Jasper County Marriage Licenses Aug. 14, 2026

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Steven Dale Hendrix, 23, Carterville, and Arissa Grace Tripp, 21, Joplin Octavio Daniel Topete Maldonada, 30, Carthage, and Sucely Adaly...
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