A 39-year-old Joplin woman was granted a suspended imposition of sentence and probation when she pleaded guilty this week to a felony count of child endangerment.
A Jasper County judge sentenced a 56-year-old Joplin man Monday to 120 days of shock time in prison on a conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon.
A 56-year-old defendant avoided a trial this week on a felony firearm charge by taking a plea offer that leaves open the possibility of a suspended sentence and probation.
Todd Mayes was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday after being convicted of second-degree murder in the death of his 17-year-old daughter in January 2022 in Joplin.
Todd Mayes was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for the second-degree murder of 17-year-old Prayer Nickelsen in January of 2022. Mayes, 61, also received a consecutive 15-year-sentence for armed