"Due to a mechanical failure, the pickup was unable to yield to a northbound Dodge passenger vehicle," the sheriff's office ...

The driver of the pickup, a 65-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene. The 20-year-old driver of the second vehicle ...

The Joplin dentist charged with doing a drug deal across the street from his dental office appears in a Newton County ...

The Class 1A state champion North Newton Lady Spartans softball team was honored by Newton County officials recently. Players ...

For 187 years, the Newton County sheriff’s office has provided law enforcement services to the people of Newton County. Established in 1838, it has gone from a two-man department to one that consists ...

Newton police have not confirmed if the search warrant is linked to the shooting at the Outlaws Motorcycle Club in Newton.

The Jasper County Fair Association will announce Adrianna Frieden’s replacement at next Friday night’s fair queen pageant at ...

A Newton County man pled guilty to sexually abusing a minor under the age of 16. According to court documents, Javeon Deshaun Jefferson, 25, engaged in the sexual ...

Police say the suspects tried to hide or dispose of a body that was found in a Newton home during a search warrant execution ...

The Newton woman who was severely injured in a motorcycle crash involving multiple vehicles in town last fall was found ...

Prosecutors allege the man charged in the fatal crash has a history of attempts to flee law enforcement and drug possession.