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.
Trout Opener in Neosho
Staff Reports
For many, the opening of trout season is the first harbinger of spring. The anticipation of putting on waders and watching the sunrise is the cause for celebration. For those in southwest Missouri longing for a day on the streams, your destination could be as close as Neosho.
Hickory Creek flows 2.7 miles through Morse Park from the headwaters to the confluence with Shoal Creek just north of Neosho. As it passes through Neosho, the stream is considered a White Ribbon Trout Stream, meaning that it is periodically stocked with rainbow trout by the Missouri Department of Conservation. The local fish hatchery, the oldest in the country, is operated by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior. Both agencies work closely together to make certain that there is enough trout available in the trout fisheries throughout the state of Missouri.