The local news was on display in the top post for the week, the news that a lawsuit filed by the family of Joplin High School senior Spencer Nicodemus, who was killed by a collapsing basketball goal, is the second action filed against Universal Construction, the manager for the Joplin R-8 building projects, for shoddy workmanship. Also, the continuing discussion over the Joplin City Council's approval of Connect2Culture's plan to build an arts center in the Memorial Hall parking lot was included in two of the top 10 posts.
Politics was at the forefront in the aftermath of the mass murders in Las Vegas and this includes the information that our senator, Roy Blunt, has received more than $4 million from the NRA.
In the commentary area, my column "Are we becoming the land of the not so free and the home of the afraid," a criticism of those whose political philosophy seems to be that everything that is done for those who do not have as much money or those whose religion or skin color is different is being done to harm them.
The top posts and links to them are featured below:
The Turner Report
1. Nicodemus lawsuit is second time Universal Construction has been sued for shoddy workmanship on new Joplin schools
2. Roy Blunt: The NRA's four million dollar man
3. Are we becoming the land of the not so free and the home of the afraid?
4. Joplin City Council hands over Memorial Hall parking lot for arts center
5. Federal judge rules against Free the Nipple- says men's and women's breasts are different
6. Blasting News article: Kindergarten teacher sentenced to 10 years for sex with students
7. Connect2Culture's Wert says arts center is totally on the up and up
8. McCaskill: Inaction on gun safety is no longer an option
9. Joplin City Council to hold special closed meeting to "evaluate certain employees" Monday
10. Politico: Hawley kissing up to Steve Bannon for support in race for McCaskill seat
(Top posts for Inside Joplin and Inside Joplin Obituaries can be found below the advertisement.
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*** Inside Joplin
1. High-speed, two-state chase leads to arrest of Joplin, Duquesne women, two men still at large
2. JPD report: Woman claims boyfriend stabbed her, actually stabbed herself trying to slash his tires
3. JPD arrests woman sleeping at Casey's gas pump on felony drug charges
4. Webb City High School goes into lockdown, unidentified man turns out be new employee
5. Jasper County Dissolution of Marriage Petitions
6. Woman arrested by JPD for trespassing has 7.3 grams of crystal meth in her pants
7. Joplin Police: Can you identify this man?
8. Joplin Police Department Weekend Arrests
9. Jasper County Marriage Licenses
10. U. S. Bankruptcy Court Petitions- Joplin
Inside Joplin Obituaries
1. Linda Felker
2. Dana Farrar
3. Colton Wilks
4. David Allen
5. Carol Smith
6. Jerry Silvers
7. Lorri Harris
8. Herb Overstreet
9. Vickie Mabary
10. Barry Koch
Inside Springfield
1. Federal prisoner at Springfield facility convicted of murder, attempted murder, may receive death penalty
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