Newton County Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run returns to Newton County
Staff Reports
On May 25, the Newton County Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run returned to Newton County on an overcast day.
Beginning at the junior high, going to the middle school and coming down South Neosho Boulevard to the high school; members of the Neosho Police Department, Newton County Sheriff’s Department, the Neosho Fire Department, the Missouri Highway Patrol, Troop D, Missouri Probation and Parole District #33, the Neosho School District and Neosho residents hosted, and ran, the torch through the county for the first time in over a decade.
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Lamar police officers Skyler Hockett and Sarah Davis deliver presents and food to a Lamar family on Saturday morning. The family was one of 44 to receive gifts from the Lamar Shop With a Cop program. Because of the pandemic, the department chose to deliver this year rather taking kids to Walmart to shop. GLOBE | LAURIE SISK
Lamar police Chief Joe Moore is flanked by Christmas boxes loaded with gifts and food for 44 local families as he briefs his small army of law enforcement volunteers preparing to deliver the boxes Saturday morning to area homes. GLOBE | LAURIE SISK
LAMAR, Mo. â In a typical year, the Lamar Police Department would be conducting its annual Shop With a Cop program in which officers take children on their own Christmas shopping spree.