Newton County Sheriff's Office Arrests

 05/13/2026 0450 MATTHEW BRIAN MERKER

202 S Hall St

WEBB CITY, MO 64870

WM 19

3434 S RANGE LINE RD 250.00

1 JASPER COUNTY SPEEDING 26 OVER

05/13/2026 1000 BRITTENY KILAMARIE

CHEEK

417 E Sloan Ave

MOUNT VERNON, MO 65712

WF 34

1525 MISSOURI 5,000.00

1 FORGERY

2 POSSESSION OF A FORGING INSTRUMENT

05/13/2026 1057 GABRIEL ETHAN PRICE

6350 Spurgeon Rd

NEWTON COUNTY, MO 64804

WM 21

1199 HASTLETINE 250.00

1 DOMESTIC ASSAULT 4TH DEGREE

05/13/2026 1415 DAKOTA PAUL HOUSE

66304 E 160 Rd

WYANDOTTE, OK 74370

WM 32

101 S WOOD ST 0.00

1 STEALING - $750 OR MORE

05/13/2026 2007 KELSY BRENT BARRETT

1001 S Center St

GROVE, OK 74344

WF 28

6614 I44 W 1,000.00

2 BATES CO-TRAFFIC OFFENSE

1 SPD DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT 380.140

3 BATES CO - TRAFFIC OFFENSE

05/13/2026 2325 RACHEL MARIE POINTS

280 W South St

NEOSHO, MO 64850

WF 34

280 W SOUTH ST 571.50

1 NPD DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED - ALCOHOL 342.020

Highway Patrol Arrests May 13-14

Raven L. Bilke, 19, Joplin, driving while intoxicated- prior offender

Felisha L. Deel, 38, Springfield, felony possession of a controlled substance- oxycontin, felony possession of a controlled substance- Xanax, felony possession of a controlled substance- methamphetamine, driving while intoxicated (drugs), failed to drive on right half of roadway, no seat belt, no valid plates, no insurance

Micah R. Witt, 34, Elkland, no valid license

John A. Stillings, 57, Springfield, felony driving while intoxicated- persistent, driving while revoked, failed to drive on right half of roadway 

Crowder Quill magazine published, winners announced

(From Crowder College)

The winners of the 45th anniversary contest for the Crowder Quill literary-art magazine of Crowder College have been announced and published.

For the 2025-26 contest, 919 entries were received, and 130 entries were awarded and published from 97 individuals in the categories of writing, photography, and art. The Crowder Quill was mailed to winning entrants, and the magazine is available at Crowder College campuses and in the community.

(Photo- The cover art "Vovo'" by Eduardo Maria Pissarra da Costa Salema of Portugal, a student at Carl Junction High School who won gold in the 2D Art category. Additional art is available on the website.

A digital copy of the Crowder Quill is available at www.CrowderQuill.com, as well as information about how to enter next year’s contest, which is already open. Updates are provided on Facebook and Instagram as digital media marketing students practice and provide digital and social media content.

Begun in 1980, the Quill is published each spring; the contest deadline is Feb. 1 each year, and divisions are high school, Crowder, and the community within 100 miles of any Crowder campus.

The magazine was produced in the Digital Marketing Applied Graphics course by the following students: Anika Adame, Joplin; Caitlin Cook, Stella; Jessi Hilton, Goodman; Julie Hilton, Goodman; Maddi Idell, Pineville; Aubrey Knachtal, Purdy; Megan Lawson, Neosho; Heather Maassen, Seneca; Damien Pauley, Carthage; Keira Yenzer, Joplin; and Latonia Bailey, Neosho, Adviser.

All published entrants receive a certificate for gold, silver, bronze or honorable mention, as listed below. $500 scholarships are awarded to the high school gold winners for each category in the Crowder Quill literary/art contest. The one-time scholarship is for the top high school winner in each category: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography, digital art, 2D art, and 3D art for the 2026 contest.

The Crowder Quill is a free literary/art magazine published at Crowder College in order to encourage and showcase the creative abilities of local writers, artists, and photographers, as well as provide a cultural link between Crowder College and our surrounding communities.

As the course that produces the Quill transitions into the Career and Creative Writing certificate at Crowder beginning fall 2026, 2D and 3D Art categories will be discontinued in order to align with curriculum, create more space for writing, and encourage digital visual art participation. Artists working in traditional 2D and 3D media are encouraged to participate in the Digital Art category by adapting their work and expanding their creative skillsets. For more details, see the article “Contest Opens with Altered Categories” on the CrowderQuill.com website.

Beginning with the 2026-27 contest cycle, which is now open, the categories for the Quill are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, color photography, B&W photography, and digital art, which is computer-generated or digitally altered art as well as extensively altered photography for special effects.
This transition ensures the continued publication of the Crowder Quill. Relocating the course to a new program has allowed the magazine to continue its 45-year tradition of encouraging and celebrating creativity within the college and surrounding community.

For more information, contact the program coordinator/instructor: LatoniaBailey@Crowder.edu.

First

Last name

Category

City/Town

Division

High School

Award

Title

Lidia

Alejo

2D Art

Anderson

High School

McDonald County

Honorable Mention

La Birria

Lidia

Alejo

Nonfiction

Anderson

High School

McDonald County

Silver

I Believe Culture Is an Important Part in Our Life

Grace

Allison

B&W Photography

Anderson

High School

McDonald County

Bronze

Grand Teton National Park

Tiffany

Blevins

3D Art

Anderson

Community

Honorable Mention

Like a Greek God

Tiffany

Blevins

Digital Art

Anderson

Community

Honorable Mention

Sleeping in the City

Journie

Daniels

Nonfiction

Anderson

High School

McDonald County

Bronze

Rapid Deluge: The Flash Flood

Journie

Daniels

Digital Art

Anderson

High School

McDonald County

Silver

Iridescent Bubble

Steve

Wilson

B&W Photography

Anderson

Community

Bronze

Mine

Sierra

Wilson

Color Photography

Anderson

Community

Silver

Pier into the Ocean

Raegen

Phelps

Fiction

Aurora

High School

Aurora

Gold

Ambition's End

Molly

Cameron

2D Art

Carl Junction

High School

Carl Junction

Bronze

One Man’s Trash

Molly

Cameron

3D Art

Carl Junction

High School

Carl Junction

Honorable Mention

Kalos'astra

Lydia

Churchill

Fiction

Carl Junction

High School

Carl Junction

Silver

Once and Forever, Peace

Kaden

Eidem

3D Art

Carl Junction

High School

Carl Junction

Honorable Mention

Fish out of Water

Maristela

Lacour

2D Art

Carl Junction

High School

Carl Junction

Honorable Mention

Shared Horizon

Maristela

Lacour

Color Photography

Carl Junction

High School

Carl Junction

Honorable Mention

Belle Vue

Brooke

Pope

Color Photography

Carl Junction

Crowder

Honorable Mention

Bogeys and Birdies

December

Willey

2D Art

Carl Junction

High School

Carl Junction

Honorable Mention

Pawp

Aubree

Anderson

3D Art

Carl Junction

High School

Carl Junction

Honorable Mention

Sweet Treat

Eduardo

Salema

2D Art

Carl junction

High School

Carl Junction

Gold

Vovó

Melanie

Chuta

Color Photography

Carthage

Crowder

Gold

Echoes of the Ozarks

Vale

Flores

Digital Art

Carthage

Crowder

Bronze

“Not My Name”

Damien

Pauley

Digital Art

Carthage

Staff

Staff

Flight of Fortresses

Jahnee

Presley

2D Art

Carthage

Crowder

Silver

Cow Skull

Quinlan

Roberts

Poetry

Cassville

Crowder

Gold

Dead Man Band

Garret

Akin

Poetry

Cassville

Community

Gold

The Tale of Cillian O'Clery

Aubree

Chisam

Color Photography

Crane

Community

Honorable Mention

Barber Shop Moments

Aubree

Chisam

Digital Art

Crane

Community

Silver

Matmos

Cali

Wooldridge

B&W Photography

El Dorado Springs

Crowder

Bronze

Ring Ring

Angela

Carter

Color Photography

Fairview

Crowder

Silver

A Northern Sky

Holly

Vogelpohl

B&W Photography

Fairview

Crowder

Gold

Specter of the Sea

Bryce

Hall

Nonfiction

Goodman

Crowder

Gold

The Epic Showdown

Paul

Hilton

3D Art

Goodman

Community

Silver

Knife Handle

Jessi

Hilton

2D Art

Goodman

Staff

Staff

Ocean Oil Painting

Jessi

Hilton

3D Art

Goodman

Staff

Staff

Natural Object: Shell

Jessi

Hilton

Color Photography

Goodman

Staff

Staff

Crowder After Dark

Jessi

Hilton

Fiction

Goodman

Staff

Staff

Running Toward Tomorrow

Jessi

Hilton

Nonfiction

Goodman

Staff

Staff

How It Feels To Be Seen

Jessi

Hilton

Poetry

Goodman

Staff

Staff

When the Sun Hides

Julie

Hilton

2D Art

Goodman

Staff

Staff

Fall Reflections

Julie

Hilton

B&W Photography

Goodman

Staff

Staff

Expecto Patronum

Julie

Hilton

Color Photography

Goodman

Staff

Staff

Cape May Winter

Julie

Hilton

Digital Art

Goodman

Staff

Staff

Harry Potter & The Cat, Owl, and Train

Julie

Hilton

Nonfiction

Goodman

Staff

Staff

The Cousins

Julie

Hilton

Poetry

Goodman

Staff

Staff

Misnamed Semester

Buck

Owen

Poetry

Goodman

Community

Bronze

Wildflowers Don't Care Where They Grow

Saydee

Wheeler

Fiction

Goodman

Crowder

Gold

Ubi Amor, Ibi Vita

Dawn

Kimmel

2D Art

Granby

Community

Silver

Sunken Splendor

Jolisa

Moua

2D Art

Granby

Crowder

Gold

Blind Faith

Ellie

Allgood

2D Art

Jane

High School

McDonald County

Honorable Mention

Reminiscence

Anika

Adame

2D Art

Joplin

Staff

Staff

Mammoth

Anika

Adame

B&W Photography

Joplin

Staff

Staff

The Tree Changes Too

Anika

Adame

Digital Art

Joplin

Staff

Staff

CRT Dreams

Sophia

Anderson

2D Art

Joplin

Crowder

Bronze

Dozing of the Trees

Sophia

Anderson

Nonfiction

Joplin

Crowder

Silver

It’s In Here

Douglas

Brown

Nonfiction

Joplin

Crowder

Bronze

Rite of Passage

Julie

Catlett

2D Art

Joplin

Community

Bronze

Sepia Dreams

Amber

Davidson

Color Photography

Joplin

Community

Honorable Mention

Burano

Lola

Fontana

Digital Art

Joplin

Crowder

Silver

Be Gentle

Brooklynn

McGehee

Poetry

Joplin

High School

Carl Junction

Silver

I'm Sorry I'm Not Your Perfect Art Project

Nellie

Mitchell

3D Art

Joplin

Community

Bronze

Sandworm

Mckenzie

Sarakinis

Nonfiction

Joplin

Community

Bronze

How Our Environment Affects Our Culture and Vice Versa

Brinn

Schnelle

3D Art

Joplin

Community

Honorable Mention

Tea Time

Billie Holladay

Skelley

Poetry

Joplin

Community

Honorable Mention

Avian Imposter

Billie Holladay

Skelley

Fiction

Joplin

Community

Silver

Winds of Change

Billie Holladay

Skelley

Nonfiction

Joplin

Community

Silver

All Together Now: Murmurations

Logan

Weaver

Color Photography

Joplin

High School

Carl Junction

Gold

Mountain Lake Trail

Keira

Yenzer

Nonfiction

Joplin

Staff

Staff

Memoir or Momoir

Keira

Yenzer

Poetry

Joplin

Staff

Staff

Banksy

Kelly

Reddin

Fiction

Joplin

Community

Gold

The Mirror

Kelly

Reddin

Nonfiction

Joplin

Community

Honorable Mention

Being Nana Claus

Keely

Taffner

3D Art

Lamar

High School

Lamar

Bronze

A Day at the Beach

Ronald

Smith

Fiction

Loma Linda

Community

Bronze

Griffin Greenfeld's Final Message

Rita

Johnson

Poetry

Marionville Missouri

High School

Marionville

Gold

Zombies

Magdalyn

Lindsey

3D Art

Monett

Crowder

Gold

Girl's Best Friend

Magdalyn

Lindsey

2D Art

Monett

Crowder

Honorable Mention

Good Grief

Aly

Massardo

Fiction

Monett

Community

Honorable Mention

Candlelight

Mandie

Adams

Color Photography

Mount Vernon

Community

Bronze

A Century Crowned

Haley

Kreighbaum

Poetry

Neck City

High School

Webb City

Honorable Mention

The Comeback

Marcy

Abercrombie

B&W Photography

Neosho

Community

Gold

Spider Waiting at Entrance of Its Funnel Web

Latonia

Bailey

B&W Photography

Neosho

Staff

Staff

Beach Love

Latonia

Bailey

Color Photography

Neosho

Staff

Staff

Lower Antelope Canyon

Latonia

Bailey

Digital Art

Neosho

Staff

Staff

Ferris Sketch

Selah

Bridges

Nonfiction

Neosho

Crowder

Honorable Mention

Dreams Do Come True

Samantha

Cafferty

Poetry

Neosho

Crowder

Bronze

Confetti Theory

Samantha

Cafferty

Fiction

Neosho

Crowder

Honorable Mention

Unrescued

Venita

Henson

3D Art

Neosho

Community

Gold

The Winged Fox

Venita

Henson

Fiction

Neosho

Crowder

Silver

Home Is Where My Heart Is

Regina

Hightower

Color Photography

Neosho

Crowder

Bronze

Butterfly

Cassandra

Jordan

Nonfiction

Neosho

Community

Special Merit

Do You Dare

Megan

Lawson

Fiction

Neosho

Staff

Staff

Food Tastes Stronger When You're Hungry

Terrin

Mcilvaine

Poetry

Neosho

Community

Silver

Lord of Cinders

Michael K

Moore

2D Art

Neosho

Community

Gold

River Crossing

Maisie

Weston

3D Art

Neosho

Crowder

Silver

Red Squiggle Tea Set

Logan

Barton

Digital Art

Noel

High School

McDonald County

Gold

Agua Cristalina

Jamie

Billings

Digital Art

Noel

Community

Bronze

What's the Tea?

Jax

Harris

B&W Photography

noel

High School

McDonald County

Honorable Mention

Swish

Leah

Stephens

3D Art

Noel

High School

McDonald County

Silver

Swirling Sky

Maggie

Marion

Color Photography

Pierce City

High School

East Newton High School

Bronze

Tools of the Land

Briley

Davis

Fiction

Pineville

High School

McDonald County

Honorable Mention

The Knocking in the Wall

Peyton

Holiday

Fiction

Pineville

High School

McDonald County

Bronze

Dragons Blight

Maddilynn

Idell

2D Art

Pineville

Staff

Staff

General Chicken

Maddilynn

Idell

3D Art

Pineville

Staff

Staff

Kita the Kitsune

Maddilynn

Idell

Color Photography

Pineville

Staff

Staff

Golden Hour

Dominick

Trimble

Nonfiction

Pineville

High School

McDonald County

Gold

Jenny

David

Zacharias

Digital Art

Pittsburg, KS

Community

Gold

Devil's Tower Moon

David

Zacharias

B&W Photography

Pittsburg, KS

Community

Honorable Mention

Moab Bluff 1

Jayden

Mustain

Color Photography

Powell

High School

McDonald County

Silver

The Ones Who Watch Over

Aubrey

Knatcal

Digital Art

Purdy

Staff

Staff

Fortune Plant

Leanna

Moore

3D Art

Purdy

Crowder

Bronze

Nature's Inner Twines

Hannah

Towne

Poetry

Rich Hill

Crowder

Silver

Not Spoken

Eden

Ray

Poetry

Sarcoxie

High School

Sarcoxie

Honorable Mention

Suffocation

Lexi

Burlingame

Fiction

Scammon, KS

Crowder

Bronze

A Haunted Family

Luap

McKeever

2D Art

Seligman

Community

Honorable Mention

Foggy Mountain

Chayce

Bowman

B&W Photography

Seneca

High School

McDonald County

Gold

Classic Muscle

Heather

Maassen

Nonfiction

Seneca

Staff

Staff

Pain and Profit

M.E.

Rowe

Nonfiction

Seneca

Community

Gold

Twenty-six Letters

Caitlyn

Bonass

3D Art

Shell Knob

High School

Cassville High School

Gold

From the Ashes

Jonathan

Martinez

B&W Photography

Southwest City

High School

McDonald County

Silver

Lazy Daisy

Kadicey

Wells

B&W Photography

Stark City

Crowder

Silver

Grace in Stillness

Caitlin

Cook

B&W Photography

Stella

Staff

Staff

Silhouette

Caitlin

Cook

Color Photography

Stella

Staff

Staff

Strings

Stacy

Kern

Color Photography

Stotts City

Community

Gold

Dragonfly, Oklahoma

Stacy

Kern

B&W Photography

Stotts City

Community

Honorable Mention

Behind the Chutes

Daniel

Graves

B&W Photography

Webb City

Community

Silver

Spine Black Mountain

Cheyenne

Hill

Digital Art

Webb City

Crowder

Gold

Porcelain Doll

Elizabeth

Rhuems

2D Art

Webb City

High School

Webb City

Silver

A Late Summer Bloom

Hana

Scerbejova

Poetry

Webb City

High School

Webb City

Bronze

Unfamiliar

Hope

Shinn

Poetry

Webb City

High School

Webb City

Honorable Mention

The Living Truth, The Present

Dixi

Straw

Poetry

Webb City

Crowder

Honorable Mention

Nature in My Home!