Nominations being accepted for Joplin Historic Preservation Awards

(From the City of Joplin)

The Joplin Historic Preservation Commission will accept nominations from the public for the 2021 Joplin Historic Preservation Awards beginning Monday, March 1, 2021. Nomination forms may be downloaded from the City of Joplin’s website at http://www.joplinmo.org/119/Historic-Preservation-Commission . 

The deadline for nominations is Friday, April 30, 2021. Completed nominations may be mailed or dropped off to: Planning & Community Development, Joplin City Hall, 602 S. Main Street, Joplin, MO 64801 or submitted via email to twalters@joplinmo.org.

The Joplin Preservation Awards Committee will meet in early May to score nominations and make their final recommendations to the Commission during their regular meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Awardees will be announced the following day. 

The Joplin Historic Preservation Awards were established in 2019 to recognize people who’ve made significant contributions to historic preservation in the City of Joplin, Missouri. You may nominate potential awardees for one of three awards:

The Leslie Simpson Award – Awarded to an individual who has made significant contributions to historic preservation in Joplin by way of preservation administration, education, events, outreach, planning, research, or service.

The Jeff & Carolina Neal Award – Awarded to people who have made significant developments to historic preservation in Joplin by way of developing and restoring/revitalizing buildings and property within Joplin’s commercial corridors.

The Murphysburg Award – Awarded to neighborhood groups or residential property owners – regardless of whether their properties are in Murphysburg proper – who demonstrate the capacity for and illustrate the preservation of their homes, whether through achieving Local Landmark status, Local Historic District Status, community/neighborhood development, or otherwise making significant contributions to heritage/historic preservation in Joplin.

Bodies of two Joplin men found in Cherokee County strip pits

(From the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office)

Cherokee County authorities began searching area strip pits Tuesday night for two Joplin men, after their families reported they didn't return home following a day of fishing.

Around 1:00 a.m. early Wednesday morning, a Cherokee County Deputy Sheriff located the vehicle they had been in at Mined Wildlife Land #40, northwest of Columbus, near Northwest 70th and StarValley Road.

The bodies of 70-year-old Robert Sleep and 71-year-old Stephen LeMasters were both recovered from the water.

The initial investigation indicates both men fell through ice and drowned.

Although no foul play is suspected, autopsies will be conducted in Kansas City.

Joplin Police Department Arrests February 23-24

 

02/23/2021 0800 

MATTHEW RAYMOND WOODWORTH 

1012 E 17th St JOPLIN, MO 64804 

WM 46 303 E 3RD ST 500.00 

FAIL TO APPEAR 

02/23/2021 0800 

CARI LYNN GRIFFITH 

501 Ellis St WEBB CITY, MO 64870 

WF 42 303 E 3RD ST 225.00 

FAIL TO APPEAR 

FAIL TO APPEAR 

FAIL TO APPEAR 

FAIL TO APPEAR 

02/23/2021 1330 

TIMOTHY MICHAEL KETCHUM 

2402 Grand Ave JOPLIN, MO 64804 

WM 36 1501 S RANGELINE 500.00 

DISTURBING THE PEACE 

02/23/2021 1545 

DENISE COLEEN WHEELER 

4669 Deer Meadow Lane JOPLIN, MO 64801 

WF 58 303 E 3RD ST 10.00 

FAIL TO APPEAR 

02/23/2021 1600 

CESAR ULISES HERNANDEZ 

531 S Kentucky Ave JOPLIN, MO 64801 

WM 32 303 E 3RD ST 0.00 

BENCH WARRANT 

BENCH WARRANT 

BENCH WARRANT 

BENCH WARRANT 

BENCH WARRANT 

BENCH WARRANT 

BENCH WARRANT 

BENCH WARRANT 

BENCH WARRANT 

BENCH WARRANT 

BENCH WARRANT 

02/23/2021 1647 

SHARLENE TRETA PARKS 

BF 27 303 E 3RD ST 500.00 

4503 E Zora St, B WEBB CITY, MO 64801 

FAIL TO APPEAR 

02/23/2021 1830 

DENNIS MICHAEL FISCHER 

315 E 9th St JOPLIN, MO 64801 

WM 53 2431 W 8TH ST/S JEFFERSON AVE 500.00 

DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED 

02/23/2021 1938 

JESSLYN MARIE JOHNSON-LAWRENCE 

255 Greenfeild St AVILLA, MO 64833 

WF 31 303 E 3RD ST 0.00 

BENCH WARRANT 

BENCH WARRANT 

02/23/2021 2000 

TONYA DEE LOVE-ROBINSON 

1024 S Jackson Ave JOPLIN, MO 64801 

BF 56 611 W 10TH ST/S MOFFET AVE 500.00 

FAIL TO APPEAR 

FAIL TO APPEAR 

FAIL TO APPEAR 

FAIL TO APPEAR 

02/23/2021 2020 

JENNIFER NICOLE ARCHER 

545 Ingalls St LAKEWOOD, CO 80226 

WF 40 431 W 4TH ST/S BYERS AVE 0.00 

SAFE KEEP 

02/24/2021 0225 

JAMES DEAN CHAVEZ 

19981 Jag Ln CARTHAGE, MO 64836 

WM 27 531 S KENTUCKY AVE 500.00 

FAIL TO APPEAR 

FAIL TO APPEAR 

02/24/2021 0330 

NICHOLAS JAMES VARGAS 

WM 32 1726 W 4TH ST 225.00 

EXCESSIVE NOISE

Highway Patrol Arrests February 23-24

 

Jeffery M. Carter, 18, Janesville, Wisconsin, possession of marijuana

Teresa J. Shackelford, 45, Hollister, misdemeanor Taney County warrant for failure to appear on passing bad checks

Shaylee A. Spencer, 22, Branson, possession of marijuana, speeding

Timmy R. Burr, 57, Goodman, driving while intoxicated, no seat belt, failure to maintain right half of roadway, no insurance

Joplin man killed in structure fire at 223 S. Galena

(From the Joplin Police Department)

On February 23, 2021 at 4:13 pm the Joplin Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call of a structure fire at 223 S. Galena Avenue in Joplin. Members of the Joplin Fire Department and Joplin Police Department responded to the scene. 

During the incident, a deceased adult male was found inside the residence. Detectives with the Joplin Police Department responded to the scene and initiated a death investigation.

 

The deceased individual has been identified as Neal E. Fiscus, age 60 of Joplin. An autopsy has been scheduled for this Friday. 

Any additional information will be released as it becomes available.

Project to convert MSSU hillside into wildlife habitat

(From Southern News Service)

There’s a steady series of thumps and scrapes as the students work their way down the hillside on the east side of Nixon Hall.

It’s a cold, blustery Sunday afternoon. Armed with hoes, pitchforks and other implements, they work to rough up the ground in front of them to expose the soil.

While it may not seem like the most ideal time to think about planting, the weather is actually perfect to begin transforming the area into a colorful home to a variety of wildflowers, says Dr. Katie Kilmer, assistant professor of biology and environmental health at Missouri Southern.

While the region is still firmly in the grasp of winter, the process of cold stratification will help prepare the seeds to germinate.

“Our longterm goal is that this entire steep hillside that’s just grass and kind of stressful for our landscaping crew to have to mow … to convert all of this over to a wildflower habitat,” she says. “It could be a community resource, a campus resource that could be used as an outdoor classroom, and from an ecological context to attract more pollinators.”

Nearly 20 students have gathered on this afternoon to begin planting, though the work to prepare the area for this day began back in the Fall 2020 semester.

Bobbi Monroe, a senior biology major, began the prep work last year as part of a service-learning project.

“It was actually a slow process,” she says, taking a moment to pause from her work scraping up the ground along the hillside. “We had to clear off the grass and spray herbicide on both sides of the hill. It took the whole course of last semester because everything didn’t die right away.”

Dr. Jason Willand, chair of the biology and environmental health department, worked with a group of students in late January to do a controlled burn on both sides of the building to help prepare the ground.

“It was fairly windy that day,” says Gabe McClain, a sophomore biology major who assisted with the burn and came back to help with the planting. “We started at one end and worked toward the building because that would be a good fire stop.”

While he’s earning extra credit for his work on this afternoon, he says he would be here without it.

“I want to get into wildlife biology, so I wanted to be here to help with the whole process. I’m excited to see what it turns into.”

The mixture of sand and wildflower seeds don’t seem to want to work with the hand-cranked seed dispensers, so students are soon spreading the seed mixture by hand along the hillside. Once finished, they roll biodegradable burlap blankets over the hill to protect the seeds.

“We’re using all native wildflowers – a mix of about 30 to 40 different species that are appropriate for this kind of soil,” says Kilmer. “They’re all native Missouri plants, and all pollinator specific plants. The goal is to have things blooming over the entire course of the year.”

While some of the wildflowers will begin blooming this year, it will be next summer before the full results of their work will be on display. Black-eyed Susan, prairie blazing star, coneflowers, goldenrod, sunflowers, milkweed, ironweed and asters are among the variety of wildflowers being planted.

At the top of the hill, there are plans for a living fence, she says. Posts with steel cables running between will line the area, with native vining plants eventually covering them.

The project is a pilot run, with hopes to eventually expand the wildflower planting to more areas.

It was a long road to get to this day, says Monroe.

“But once the seed is down and we build the fence, we get to wait for the pretty stuff to happen,” she says.

Joplin Police Department Arrests February 22-23

 

02/22/2021 1515 

LAWRENCE ALLEN JONES 

821 S Jackson Ave JOPLIN, MO 64801 

WM 66 1549 W 26TH ST/S MAIDEN LN 225.00 

PROHIBITED CONDUCT GENERALLY- COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS 

02/22/2021 1500 

JOSHUA LEE CHOPE 

21001410 1309 S Jackson Ave JOPLIN, MO 64804 

WM 36 749 W 14TH ST/S JACKSON AVE 225.00 

VANDALISM 

OBSTRUCTION / RESISTING 

02/22/2021 1500 

DOUGLAS AUSTIN STARBUCK Jr 

1309 S Jackson Ave JOPLIN, MO 64804 

WM 36 749 W 14TH ST/S JACKSON AVE 500.00 

OBSTRUCTION / RESISTING 

02/22/2021 1750 

BOBBY ALLEN YARBROUGH 

531 S Kentucky Ave JOPLIN, MO 64801 

WM 37 1049 E VALLEY ST/N SCHOOL AVE 225.00 

PEDESTRIANS WALKING ALONG ROADWAYS 

02/22/2021 1940 

JAMES WILLIAM BLAKENEY 

21001414 Jr 531 S Kentucky Ave JOPLIN, MO 64801 

WM 35 431 W 14TH ST/S BYERS AVE 225.00 

POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA 

02/22/2021 2030 

GARTH PADEN LACEY 

1011 S Texas Ave JOPLIN, MO 64801 

WM 27 1011 S TEXAS AVE 500.00 

OBSTRUCTION / RESISTING 

02/22/2021 2256 

BLYTHE JACOB IPOCK 

21001420 1521 S Massachusetts Ave JOPLIN, MO 64804 

WM 21 1521 S MASSACHUSETTS AVE 0.00 

DOMESTIC ASSAULT--CITY 

02/23/2021 0109 

DAVID PAUL CHASTEN 

1202 S Murphy Ave JOPLIN, MO 64801 

WM 29 1549 W PERKINS ST/N MAIDEN LN 500.00 

DWS/DWR OR CANCELLED 

02/23/2021 0109 

SONCERAE NICOLE CHASTEN 

1202 S Murphy Ave JOPLIN, MO 64801 

WF 26 1549 W PERKINS ST/N MAIDEN LN 500.00 

FAIL TO APPEAR 

FAIL TO APPEAR 

02/23/2021 0045 

CAITLYNN RANEA SALAZAR 

66001 E 160 Rd WYANDOTTE, OK 74370 

WF 21 149 E 7TH ST/S VIRGINIA AVE 500.00 

DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED 

02/23/2021 0420 

AARON RANDALL POWERS 

7360 Impala Dr NEOSHO, MO 64850 

WM 43 521 S PEARL AVE 500.00 

FAIL TO APPEAR 

FAIL TO APPEAR 

FAIL TO APPEAR 

FAIL TO APPEAR