Sears death watch, crime stories among top Turner Report/Inside Joplin posts for the week

The death watch has been on for quite some time for the Sears store at Joplin's Northpark Mall and for a short time this week, it appeared the announcement of its demise was imminent.

The bankruptcy court judge gave Sears at least a brief reprieve and will make a decision by the end of the month on whether to approve Chairman Eddie Lampbert's bid to keep Sears open while cutting the number of stores down to 425 or approving the company's liquidation.

The Sears story topped the list of most-visited Turner Report posts for the week.

The links to the top posts for the Turner Report, Inside Joplin and Inside Joplin Obituaries are featured below.




The Turner Report

1. Joplin's Northpark Mall Sears store appears doomed, company liquidation announcement expected

2. Jury doesn't buy Joplin man's claim he only licked seven-year-old girl's leg

3. Illinois trucker involved in death of eight-year-old Destiny Chambers bound over for trial following preliminary hearing

4. Answer to sexual harassment complaint claims Frank Fletcher Ford had good reason to fire employee

5. Joplin man expected to plead guilty to raping, sodomizing 12-year-old girl

6. Jasper woman charged with felony tampering with a witness in child molestation case bound over for trial

7. No, I will not run Fox News nonsense on this blog

8. Lawyer asks for mental exam for Carthage sex offender

9. Joplin woman appointed Newton County public administrator

10. Preliminary hearing Thursday for Illinois trucker charged in death of 8-year-old Destiny Chambers

Inside Joplin

1. Assault victim found in road at 3rd and Connor dies at hospital

2. Carthage man suspected in Joplin home invasion, arrested for possession of stolen handgun, elderly women's valuables recovered

3. Suspects sought after two men break into elderly Joplin woman's home, steal valuables

4. Winter weather advisory issued for Joplin area

5. Highway Patrol Arrests January 9-10

6. Joplin Police release name of man killed in assault at 3rd and Connor

7. Joplin Police Department Weekend Arrests

8. Kidnapped Springfield child safe, mother arrested at Joplin Greyhound bus station

9. Jasper County Sheriff's Office Arrests

10. Joplin woman injured in crash on Douglas Fir Road

Inside Joplin Obituaries

1. Sara Graue

2. Zane Long

3. Olivia Horton

4. Nicholas Ikenberry

5. Delana Larrabee

6. Nikki Shultz

7. David Basye

8. Gregg Curry

9. David Knost

10. Mary Lou Johnson