That was the day a drunk driver named Neley Milner, going in excess of 100 miles per hour, crashed into a truck carrying the Phipps family of Lamar.
Eight-year-old Julie Phipps died that day. Her five-year-old sister Abby and father Jerry Phipps were permanently disabled
Milner, who had collected approximately two dozen drunk driving offenses during his adult life, was sentenced to 40 years in prison.
He didn't last that long. Milner died in 2012. Jerry Phipps died late in 2017 and the final death caused by a man who should never have been allowed behind the wheel took place last week when Abby, 27, passed away.
Abby's obituary was the top post this week on Inside Joplin Obituaries. My 1998 essay on how Abby affected Seneca football coach Alvin Elbert was the top post by a wide margin on the Turner Report.
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The continuing scandal surrounding Gov. Eric Greitens was featured in five of the top 10 Turner Report posts, while the top Inside Joplin post, also by a wide margin, was the closing of I-44 at night April 17.
The top posts for the Turner Report, Inside Joplin and Inside Joplin Obituaries are printed below:
The Turner Report
1. From 1998: Victim of drunk driving accident has lasting effect on Seneca coach
2. From deposition: Woman Greitens allegedly victimized says whole thing might have been a dream
3. In her own words, hairdresser details sexual encounter with Eric Gteitens
4. The books that got me fired
5. Greitens appoints Joplin man to Missouri Ethics Commission
6. Billy Long jokes during questioning of Facebook's Zuckerberg
7. Humphreys: Governor Greitens should resign
8. Attorney general, state auditor, officials call for Greitens to resign after release of House report
9. Warrensburg Republican on Greitens: This is anything but a witch hunt; I'm asking the House to pursue Articles of Impeachment
10 Former Rangeline Sonic supervisor's trial on statutory sodomy charge delayed
Inside Joplin
1. I-44 to be closed at night in Joplin April 17 and 18
2. Jasper Police arrest Joplin man, woman for possession of controlled substance
3. Jasper County Dissolution of Marriage Petitions
4. Highway Patrol arrests Joplin woman on meth, traffic charges
5. Joplin Police Department Weekend Arrests
6. Joplin officers use taser to capture fleeing felon, meth confiscated
7. Joplin Police Department Arrests April 10-11
8. Newton County Dissolution of Marriage Petitions
9. Joplin teenager, Seneca woman injured in two-vehicle accident on I-49
10. Joplin Police Department Arrests April 11-12
Inside Joplin Obituaries
1. Abby Phipps
2. Timothy Frisinger
3. Debra Smith
4. Earl Conrow
5. Vicki Babbitt
6. Lori Southern
7. Janette McReynolds
8. Dorothy Dickey
9. Troy Miller
10. Ronald Swift
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