Early Saturday morning, December 13, before the rush of Christmas shoppers there were some cops — shopping with kids at the ...

Early Wednesday morning a Joplin Police officer on patrol initiated a pursuit of a suspect DWI driver who was flying south on ...

Phil Burkybile III was charged with multiple offenses after leading Joplin police on a high-speed chase and crashing into a ditch, at which point he allegedly drove at an officer, causing him to ...

On December 17, 2025, at approximately 0406 hours, a Joplin Police Officer observed a possible impaired driver southbound on ...

A group of volunteers serving free meals in front of Joplin City Hall are met by the Joplin Police Department and issued a ...

A man from Fort Scott, Kansas, and a woman from Joplin are facing charges after a police pursuit Friday. It started in Joplin ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — A Joplin man, accused of breaking into a business, stealing a vehicle, and leading police on a chase faces more charges in the incident. Jimmy Dale Smith Jr., 35, faces eleven new ...

Jul. 29—With 23 new hires since the beginning of 2022 and 14 of those expected to be fully trained by this fall, the Joplin Police Department appears to be making some headway in addressing the ...

Joplin officials recently passed an ordinance banning the practice after noticing out-of-state vehicles dropping off homeless ...

A Joplin Police Officer who fired on the vehicle of a suspected impaired driver early Wednesday is on paid administrative leave, as is department police after an officer-involved shooting.

A Raton couple who allegedly fled to Missouri with two child relatives last spring after one of the minors told local law ...

The suspect, according to police, drove at the officer. Shots were fired at the suspect’s vehicle, and it continued eastbound ...