AM1230 The Talker

A Joplin man was taken into custody after a burglary investigation in Cherokee County. Read the full press release below: Investigators with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office apprehended a Joplin man in Baxter Springs on Wednesday afternoon after an arrest warrant was issued for him late Tuesday. Adam Wiles, 30, is in the Cherokee County […]

Bass Pro Shops has reached out to the Cherokee Nation after a photo of a Trail of Tears rifle at an Arkansas store caused social media users to call for a boycott of the business. Bass Pro Shops Communications Director Jack Wlezien tells The Tulsa World that the 1978 Winchester rifle commemorating the Trail of […]

Noel Elementary is currently on a soft lock-down for safety precautions at this time as the McDonald County Sheriffs office search for a wanted felon. 26-year-old Jeremy Treat is considered armed and Dangerous and should not be approached. He was last seen in the Noel area after a pursuit off of H Highway inside Noel. […]

A Missouri man has been charged with shooting out the back window of a stranger’s pickup truck in a case of road rage. Forty-nine-year-old Gregory Cross, of Springfield, was arraigned Tuesday. He pleaded not guilty to unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. The victim told police that the driver of a sport […]

A Kansas City nurse decided to donate a kidney to a patient, triggering a series of events that led to three people getting new organs in the first kidney donation chain collaboration between Children’s Mercy and University of Kansas hospitals. Children’s Mercy nurse Christa Jordan wanted to donate to her patient and friend Victoria “Dayshanae” […]

A food service worker at the Detroit Tigers’ stadium who was fired after video surfaced showing him spitting on a pizza has been sentenced to 18 months of probation. Twenty-one-year-old Jaylon Kerley also was ordered Thursday to take an anger management class and to not work around food while he serves his probation. He earlier […]