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On Friday, Missouri Governor Mike Parson appointed Judge Jennifer Growcock to the Missouri Court of Appeals in the Southern District. Judge Growcock will succeed Judge Nancy Steffen Rahmeyer, Rahmeyer retired in October. Judge Growcock holds a Bachelor of Arts in English with minors in political science and psychology from the University of Iowa, according to …

A man from Parsons was arrested on Wednesday after he confronted officers that were dispatched to an address in the 1400 block of Grand Avenue for calls of Domestic Battery. As more officers arrived at the scene, they encountered 30-year-old Parsons resident Dustin Waylon Almond, who was naked and using vulgar, racial, and sexist language …

And then there were four. Four people now are officially certified as candidates in the race for City Council in Joplin. To be certified, people have to get 150 signatures of registered voters in the city. For the four zone seats, half of the signers must be residents of the zone. Zone 4 council person …

Police in the city of Jasper are investigating a case of sexual assault of a minor by an adult male. On Wednesday, detectives arranged for a voluntary interview with the man they say is a suspect, 27-year-old John Vincent Estes of Jasper. The victim in the case was reportedly interviewed at the Children’s Cener of …

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma’s Republican governor and the state attorney general are suing in federal court to exempt the state’s National Guard from a Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Gov. Kevin Stitt argued in a statement Thursday that the Biden administration’s Defense Department overstepped its constitutional authority by subjecting the National Guard to the …

A woman from Parsons was arrested on Wednesday after she allegedly stolen an item off a porch in the area. The suspect was filmed in action, and the video was posted on social media. A report of theft was received by the Parsons Police Department on Tuesday. Then on Wednesday, a Parsons Police Department officer …

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – Police say one person died and two others were injured when a vehicle hit two pedestrians and crashed into a Walmart at a Kansas City, Kansas shopping plaza. Police spokeswoman Nancy Chartrand says the crash occurred Thursday afternoon in the Legends Outlet mall. Three people, including the driver, were taken …

PACIFIC, Mo. (AP) – Police in suburban St. Louis are investigating the death of an 18-year-old high school student after her body was found along a highway. The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis is investigating the death of Eureka High School student Kiley Kennedy, whose body was found Wednesday morning by Franklin County …

Missouri Southern State University will hold their 77th commencement ceremony on Dec. 11 at Leggett & Platt Athletic Center. This will be a walk through event. Graduates will have two sessions to choose from. One will run from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and the other from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. This ceremony will celebrate …

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The rolling three-day average number of coronavirus hospitalizations in Oklahoma has topped 500 for the first time since late October. The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported on Thursday a three-day average of 515 people hospitalized with COVID-19, including 158 under intensive care. The department reported 1,621 beds were available at …