Thayer man sentenced to 16 years for drowning two sons fordcountyrecord.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fordcountyrecord.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Newton County Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run returns to Newton County
Staff Reports
On May 25, the Newton County Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run returned to Newton County on an overcast day.
Beginning at the junior high, going to the middle school and coming down South Neosho Boulevard to the high school; members of the Neosho Police Department, Newton County Sheriff’s Department, the Neosho Fire Department, the Missouri Highway Patrol, Troop D, Missouri Probation and Parole District #33, the Neosho School District and Neosho residents hosted, and ran, the torch through the county for the first time in over a decade.
Search continues for suspect in connection with Monday ATM theft attempt kjas.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kjas.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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11:00 a.m. -Â Shortly after 10:00 a.m., Newton County Sheriff Robert Burby said one man had been detained, and the other is believed to have stolen a pickup truck in that area. He is described as a white male, medium build, wearing a teal color shirt. The stolen vehicle is described as a 2017 dark gray Ford F-150 pickup truck with Louisiana license plate C549061.
8:59 a.m. - In a report from KJAS in Japer, Newton County Sheriff Robert Burby says a manhunt in underway near Burkeville. Newton County deputies were alerted to an attempted burglary at the automatic teller machine at the Sabine State Bank on Highway 63 at Burkeville on Monday morning and arrived to find two men in the act of the crime.