A 16-year-old girl tearfully testified Thursday how a Joplin man began sexually molesting her when she was 8 years old, eventually progressing to attempts to rape her.
A judge decided at the conclusion of a preliminary hearing Thursday in Jasper County Circuit Court that a Joplin man should stand trial on an arson charge for allegedly setting
A Carthage woman has been ordered to stand trial in connection with her alleged neglect of an elderly woman whom police found malnourished, dehydrated and lying in feces on a
A Jasper County judge has ordered the assessment of a 25-year-old defendant charged with statutory rape as a candidate for possible release under a pretrial program.