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Member of outlaw motorcycle club arrested at the Lake of the Ozarks on outstanding warrants
A member of an international outlaw motorcycle club is arrested in Camden County. Gage Rosson, 31, of Joplin, was taken into custody on Thursday in the parking lot of the Sleep Inn in Camdenton. Troopers from the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group worked together to serve an arrest warrant.
Joplin Police identify driver of semi in fatal crash as Oklahoma man
JOPLIN, Mo. (KOAM) — I-44 westbound exit onto Rangeline at Exit 8 remains closed since a fatal crash occurred Tuesday morning at 6:55 a.m. “Westbound I-44 exit ramp CLOSED at Range Line Road (Exit 8 ) in #Joplin 9 p.m., Wednesday August 28-3 a.m., Thursday, August 29. Contractor crews replacing guardrail on the ramp #MoDOTSW”
A Semi truck crash that takes out a highway sign on I-44 tops Shannon’s Big 3 this week
Big story #3 – Just before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday a storm rolled through areas of Duenweg, Carterville, and Scotland. In Scotland, the sheet metal building at a trucking company just off county lane 175 was stripped of its metal. A semi-trailer was blown on its side.
Golf tournament honors fallen JPD officers
CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — Law enforcement from across the region participate in a golf tournament honoring fallen officers. The twenty-first annual Joplin Fallen Officers Memorial Golf Tournament took place at Briarbrook Country Club Friday (8/30). The tournament first started in 2004 after Joplin Police Officer, Tim Nielson died in the line of duty. It also […]
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