Newton County Sheriff's Office Arrests

07/07/2026 0619 QUADE DOUGLAS

SANDERS-LEWKE

9241 Falcon Road

NEOSHO, MO 64850

WM 34

9243 FALCON RD 0.00

1 DOMESTIC ASSAULT - 4TH DEGREE - 1ST OR 2ND OFFENSE

07/07/2026 1008 AMBER LYNN MILLER

127374 State Highway 76

CASSVILLE, MO 65625

WF 44

94 BARRY COUNTY DR 500.00

1 `DWI

07/07/2026 1552 SPENCER DEAN DEMOSS

2052 Kapok Rd

NEWTON COUNTY, MO 64865

WM 34

208 WEST COLER ST 0.00

1 ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD CREATING SUBSTANTIAL RISK

2 DWI

3 `DRIVING WHILE REVOKED/SUSPENDED - 1ST OFFENSE

07/07/2026 1650 CURTIS ANDREW SHEPHERD

12155 David Dr

NEWTON COUNTY, MO 64804

WM 53

12155 DAVID DR 1,000.00

1 VIOLATION OF ORDER OF PROTECTION ADULT-1ST OFFENSE

2 96 HOUR DETENTION, EVAL, TREATMENT, & TRANSPORT

07/07/2026 2220 MONTY JAY KESSINGER

29590 Highway 60

NEWTON COUNTY, MO 64866

WM 64

26590 HIGHWAY 60 250.00

2 `OWNER OPERATE MV WITHOUT MAINTAINING FIN. RESPONS.-1ST OFF

1 POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE FTA LAWRENCE CO.

07/07/2026 2200 TRISTAN TAYLOR HOBBS

2953 Quince Rd

NEWTON COUNTY, MO 64865

WM 29

18709 ANTELOPE RD 200.00

1 NPD DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED / REVOKED 390.010 

Mount Vernon teen injured in crash

A Mount Vernon girl was injured in a one-vehicle accident 10:05 p.m. Tuesday on County Road 2127 two miles east of Mount Vernon.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2013 Ford Focus driven by a 16-year-old Mount Vernon boy was slowing to make a turn and began to skid over gravel. The vehicle traveled off the right side of the roadway and struck a ditch.

A passenger, a 16-year-old Mount Vernon girl, was treated for serious injuries at Cox South Hospital, Springfield.

 

Highway Patrol Arrests July 7-8

Larry Campbell, 66, Springfield, fourth-degree assault on special victim, resisting law enforcement, failed to obey directions of Highway Patrolman, failed to display valid plates, cut in on overtaken vehicle

Stephan E. Householder, 35, Sarcoxie, driving while intoxicated, careless and imprudent driving

Jacob W. Kussman, 50, Nevada, driving while intoxicated, failed to drive on right half of roadway resulting in a crash, failed to display valid plates, failed to display vehicle inspection

 

Agenda posted for Joplin Planning and Zoning Commission meeting

 

Agenda posted for Joplin Traffic Commission meeting

 

Newsmakers program explores why older adults are targeted for scams

(From KGCS)

Technology can be daunting to a generation that did not grow up using it and even those older adults who are tech savvy are still targets of scam artists. The Better Business Bureau reports those age 65+ have a higher median dollar loss when scammed. Why seniors are commonly targeted and the riskiest scams are the focus of the next Newsmakers program.

Better Business Bureau Regional Director Pamela Hernandez gives details on investment and cryptocurrency scams as well as employment, online purchase and romance scams. She also discusses risk factors that can make anyone likely to fall for an online scam. 

Newsmakers is airing nightly at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. beginning on KGCS-TV July 12 and will air at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, July 18 on KOAM-TV. It is also posted on the station’s YouTube channel: KGCS – Missouri Southern State University.

KGCS-TV programming can be seen on channel 21 and is also available on regional cable television systems such as Sparklight, Mediacom and Optimum Internet. The station operates as a service of the Department of Communication at Missouri Southern State University.

Newton County Sheriff's Office Arrests

07/06/2026 0040 JOSHUA EARL CANNON

23374 Norway Rd

NEWTON COUNTY, MO 64844

WM 32

23374 NORWAY RD 92.00

2 NPD IMPROPER LANE USE

3 NPD NO VALID OPERATORS LICENSE 390.020

4 NPD FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 390.080

5 NPD DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED / REVOKED 390.020

6 NPD FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 390.080

7 NPD DISOBEY STOP SIGN 335.050

1 NPD STEALING 215.320

07/06/2026 0048 SANJO TOSIMA

401 Main St

NOEL, MO 64854

AM 23

19998 HIGHWAY 60/CITY LIMIT RD 250.00

3 `OPERATE VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY WITHOUT A VALID LICENSE - 1ST OF

1 OPERATED MOTOR VEHICLE IN CARELESS AND IMPRUDENT MANNER

2 DRIVER/FRONT PASSENGER FAIL TO WEAR SAFETY BELT

4 `DRIVING WHILE REVOKED/SUSPENDED - 1ST OFFENSE

07/06/2026 0947 KEENAN JOHN NIVENS

19793 Springs Rd

NEWTON COUNTY, MO 64850

WM 22

405 E 5TH ST 250.00

1 OPERATE MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE LICENSE REVOKED/SUSPENDED

07/06/2026 26001270

1048 CHRISTIAN M JUANATAS

AM 40

24999 QUEENS LACE DR/HIGHWAY

0.00 09/23/2026

2620 N 6th St.

ROGERS, AR 72756

1 `DWI