Saturday, December 29, 2018

Some thoughts on year-end reviews, 2018 for Turner Report, Inside Joplin, plus top posts for the week

For the past several days, those who follow my personal Facebook page and the Inside Joplin Facebook page have been treated, though some of them don't feel that way, to the first eight months of the year 2018 in review.

Year-end reviews have always been a staple for newspapers and television. One reason is the expectation that the end of the year is a slow time for news and it will fill time.

I never found that to be the case. Something big always happened during that holiday period, as this week's number one Turner Report post, my post on the 25-year anniversary of the murder of Douglas Ryan Ringler, 8, of Carthage, shows.

I long ago discovered other reasons to appreciate year-end reviews.

They offer me a time to see what stories need to be updated, how much the blog has accomplished during the past 12 months and it also gives readers a chance to catch stories they have missed and give them the full view of just how many big stories the Turner Report has covered, some that have remained untouched by other media outlets.


While going through the posts for 2018 has shown me what areas have been covered well, it has also shown me areas where there is room for improvement and I will work on those in 2019.

Thanks to those of you who read the Turner Report/Inside Joplin blogs for your support this year. You have helped me to keep the Turner Report, a blog that started more than 15 years ago, as fresh as the day it started and you have helped me to establish Inside Joplin, Inside Joplin Obituaries, and the other Inside Joplin blogs as an alternative news operation for this area.

Thanks to those who have contributed financially to the Turner Report/Inside Joplin. Obviously, I wish there were more of you, but I appreciate the ones who have shown faith in what I do and what I try to do.

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The Turner Report

1, Twenty-five years ago today- Douglas Ryan Ringler, 8, Carthage, brutally murdered

2. Joplin man: I have sexually abused so many children, I can't put a number on it

3. Carthage teacher: A letter to my pregnant student

4. New motions in Jayda Kyle murder case, asks for mother phone, Facebook records, bond reduction for accused killer

5. Ace Mohr walks; judge suspends sentence, places Carthage man on probation

6. Probable cause: 34-year-old Carthage man shaved, videoed nude teenage girl, then locked himself in bathroom

7. Hank Rotten, Jr. calls it quits on KSN morning show

8. Oklahoma trucker who rear-ended SUV, killed former Joplin resident, cited for following too closely in 2012

9. For those who wondered, murderer of eight-year-old Doug Ringler remains behind bars

10. Clock may be ticking on Northpark Mall Sears store, company liquidation possible

Inside Joplin

1, Neosho woman killed, Joplin woman injured after car goes airborne, lands in water

2. Highway Patrol raid on Shoal Cliff Drive home results in arrests of Joplin residents, confiscation of 190 marijuana plants, 10 weapons

3. Galena Police search warrant execution leads to six arrests, confiscation of meth

4. Joplin Police Department Weekend Arrests

5. Jasper County Sheriff's Office Arrests

6. Jasper County Dissolution of Marriage Petitions

7. Highway Patrol Arrests December 26-27

8. Jasper County Marriage Licenses

9. Newton County Dissolution of Marriage Petitions

10. U. S. Bankruptcy Court Petitions- Joplin

Inside Joplin Obituaries

1. Arielle Ideker-Graddy

2. Joan Jaccaud

3. Brett Bruenn

4. Avery Maina

5. Mandi Pendergraft

6. Veronica Mullins

7. Barbara Box

8. Rhonda Murray

9. Teena Fallis

10. Jerry Hendry

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