Joplin Police searching for runaway teen

(From the Joplin Police Department)

Runaway juvenile Cordilia Niederhelman last seen near the Joplin High School on 10-29-18.

Last seen wearing blue jeans, a red hoodie with "Red Sea" written on it, and gray tennis shoes. 

Anyone with info please contact:

Detective Ben Cooper
Joplin Police Department
417-623-3131 ext 440

Joplin woman involved in injury crash on I-29

A Manhattan, Kansas woman was injured in a two-vehicle accident 5:30 p.m. Wednesday on I-29 in Platte County.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2016 Ford Focus driven by Lauren E. Guthery, 22, Joplin, struck a 2012 Honda Accord driven by Joyce L. Hurley, 24, Manthattan, that was stopped due to slowed traffic.

Hurley was treated for minor injuries at North Kansas City Hospital.

Cyber Awareness 360 series to be featured on Newsmakers

(From Southern News Service)

Next week’s edition of “Newsmakers” on KGCS-TV will focus on protection in the digital age, as well as the latest installment in the Cyber Awareness 360 series at Missouri Southern.

The program will feature Jason Rincker from Strong Hold Data and Ken Surbrugg from MSSU’s Small Business & Technology Development Center (SBTDC). Both will discuss the increasing threats to businesses in cyber security and ways those protect ourselves from cyberattacks.

The show will air on KGCS throughout the week of November 4. It is also posted on the station’s YouTube site, “KGCS Missouri Southern.”

Missouri Southern’s SBTDC will continue its Cyber Awareness 360 series on Thursday, November 15 with a three hour seminar inside the North End Zone from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

The schedule is as follows:

Cyber Fraud

Speaker: Saundra McDowell, Attorney and Former Director of Enforcement with the Missouri Secretary of State

What you will learn:

* Growing threats to our governmental organizations

* Practical ways to prevent cyber fraud and how to respond to cyberattacks

Third-Party Risk

Speaker: Mark Garton, Director of Information, Security, Compliance and Quality, MSCIS, CISM, CRISC

Correlating Models of Success with 5 Pillars

Speaker: Laken Harrell, Senior Intrusion Analyst, Global Business Services, Wal-Mart

Incident Response Best Practices

Speaker: Lanny Morrow, BKD

Cost: $15 per participant

Lunch will be included in this event (if registered by Monday, November 17).

Registration can be done online at: www.mssutraining.com

Agenda posted for Joplin Board of Adjustments meeting

Joplin Board of Adjustments 
Friday, November 16, 2018, 11 a.m. 
5th Floor Council Chambers 602 South Main Street

Roll Call

Old Business
A. Approval of the July 20, 2018 meeting minutes.


New Business
Case 11-18-01 2920 E. 32nd Street — A request from Continental Overseas, LLC. for a variance from Sec. 29A-1404 (Height and Area Regulations) of the Joplin City Code, more particularly described as: a waiver of 7 feet from the maximum allowable height of 45 feet; and a waiver of 1 story from the maximum allowable height of three stories in districts zoned Commercial (C-3).

Other Business

Adjournment

Agenda posted for Joplin Planning and Zoning Commission meeting

Joplin Planning & Zoning Commission 
Monday, November 12, 2018, 4 p.m.
5th Floor Council Chamber 602 South Main Street 

Roll Call

Approval of the October 8, 2018 Minutes

Old Business

New Business


Public Hearings
Case 038-18: Voluntary Annexation – A request to voluntarily annex approximately 28 acres, located immediately south of I-44 at Exit 13 and west of Prigmore Avenue – Skyline Travel Plaza, LLC.

Case 039-18: Approximately 28 acres, located immediately south of I-44 at Exit 13 and west of Prigmore Avenue – A request to zone Commercial District (C3) – Skyline Travel Plaza, LLC. Other Business Adjournment

Joplin Police arrest car thief 13 minutes after theft

(From the Joplin Police Department)

On October 31, 2018 at 7:42 a.m. officers responded to the 2800 block of South Wisconsin for a vehicle theft that had just occurred.

The victim was warming up her vehicle, preparing to load her kids, and watched a male get into the vehicle and take off.

Officers responded to the area to look for the vehicle. One officer recalled recovering a stolen vehicle near 28th and Minnesota the week prior that had been parked there after a theft. 

He drove to that location and at 7:55 a.m. and observed the stolen vehicle, a 2015 Chrysler Town and Country Minivan, backed into a driveway at 2724 South Minnesota and the suspect removing items from the vehicle such as a car seat. The officer approached the male and took him into custody and the van was returned to the owner.

The suspect, John E. Gregory III, was charged by the Jasper County Prosecutor’s Office with Stealing a Motor Vehicle with a $4,000 bond. 

We remind residents that this time of year we see a spike in vehicle thefts in the mornings from people starting their cars and leaving them unattended.

Highway Patrol Arrests October 31-November 1

Robert A. Stiles, 32, Everton, felony possession of a controlled substance- synthetic narcotic (two counts), misdemeanor driving while intoxicated-drugs, misdemeanor possession of marijuana

Robert A. York, 45, Morrisville, misdemeanor driving while intoxicated

Rowan C. Carroll, 21, Springfield, misdemeanor possession of marijuana, Greene County traffic warrant, no seat belt


DeMarco D. Clark, 32, Joplin, felony possession of a controlled substance-methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, no seat belt

Janessa K. Moore, 25, Purdy, felony possession of a controlled substance, Cassville Police Department traffic warrant, possession of drug paraphernalia, no seat belt