FIRST ROUND Joplin drops Jefferson City at Kaminsky Classic. 1B FRIDAY | JANUARY 10, 2020 joplinglobe.com | $1.50 WEATHER: Heavy rain, snow in forecast for area. 2A TUCSON: Hyundai SUV comes with plenty of value. 4B Rescue workers carry the body of a victim of a Ukrainian plane crash Wednesday in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran. A Ukrainian passenger jet carrying 176 people crashed Wednesday morning, just minutes after taking off from the Iranian capital’s main airport, killing all on board. AP Western leaders: Iran shot down Ukrainian airliner THE ASSOCIATED PRESS launches and high tension Makio Warren-Kuriha, 4, makes a soft landing Thursday on the new rubberized surface of the Midtown throughout the region. Joplin Head Start/Early Head Start playground. The occasion was a dedication for new surfaces at the WASHINGTON — It is The crash came just Midtown location in Joplin. A playground with the same new, safer surface material also was dedicated “highly likely” that Iran a few hours after Iran at the Webb City Head Start on North College Avenue. GLOBE | ROGER NOMER shot down the civilian launched a ballistic attack Ukrainian jetliner that against Iraqi military bas- crashed near Tehran late es housing U.S. troops in Tuesday, killing all 176 its violent confrontation people on board, U.S., with Washington over Canadian and British offi- the U.S. drone strike that cials declared Thursday. killed an Iranian Revolu- They said the fiery missile tionary Guard general. strike could well have been SAFETY FIRST a mistake amid rocket SEE IRAN, 2A Surfaces at two Head Start playgrounds dedicated BY KEVIN McCLINTOCK Southwest City man [email protected] espite blustery winds and a chance for rain, dedi- charged in theft of cation ceremonies were D held Thursday for new surfaces recently put down at two Head Start playgrounds, one fire district truck in Joplin and one in Webb City, that should reduce the number Vehicle, other equipment reported stolen Monday of skinned knees in the years to come. BY DEBBY WOODIN Matthew A. Fisher, 38, A $30,000 grant from the Mis- [email protected] faces a charge of first-de- souri Department of Natural gree tampering with a Resources’ Solid Waste Manage- A Southwest City man motor vehicle filed in Jas- ment Program, presented in Octo- already facing charges per County Circuit Court Makio Warren-Kuriha (left), 4, and Brody Rogers, 4, help Greta Mur- ber to Economic Security Corp. of was accused Thursday of after his arrest Wednesday phy, Head Start area supervisor, cut the ribbon on the new play- Southwest Area, helped fund the possessing the brush truck afternoon by Jasper police ground surface on Thursday at Midtown Head Start/Early Head Start that the Redings Mill Fire Chief Chad Karr. at 1102 S. Illinois Ave. in Joplin. GLOBE | ROGER NOMER SEE SAFETY, 8A Protection District report- Karr spotted the truck ed on Monday as having being driven Wednesday been stolen along with oth- er equipment. SEE TRUCK, 8A MSSU moves MLK Jr. celebration to evening, eliminates day of service the North End Zone building. Those changes are intended “We just wanted to take a ulty and staff to attend.” Event scheduled for Jan. 20 But it will look different to better serve the MSSU com- chance and change it up this The day of service was elim- this year — it’s no longer a munity, for which Martin Lu- year to get more campus in- inated this year because the BY EMILY YOUNKER breakfast followed by a day ther King Jr. Day is a day off, volvement,” she said. “We felt number of people signing up [email protected] of service and volunteerism said Lori Musser, coordinator like maybe it was a little diffi- to volunteer at local organiza- at local nonprofits and chari- of student disability services cult for (students) to make it tions had dropped, and a few Missouri Southern State ties. Instead, it will feature an who chairs the diversity and to a breakfast in the morning. organizations were reporting University will hold its annual evening program preceded by inclusion advisory committee, We’re hoping that by moving that some volunteers didn’t Nimrod Martin Luther King Jr. cele- an hour of entertainment and the group in charge of plan- it to the evening, that might Chapel Jr. bration on Monday, Jan. 20, in refreshments. ning the event. encourage more students, fac- SEE MSSU, 8A sibility of all graduating seniors taking a Today’s outlook Volume 124 | Number 159 Spotlight test similar to the GED to “establish proof Inside that Jay graduates will not be leaving IN RESPONSE TO rumors of educational school without the required basic skills to LIKE US on Facebook: High 64 Calendar 3A Horoscope 9B failures, Jay Superintendent C.R. 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City, was taken to Mercy dismissed a different type of years of supervised proba- FROM STAFF, AP REPORTS The other driver, Nicholas Hospital Joplin, also with child abuse charge follow- tion. L. George, 23, of Cassville, moderate injuries. ing a preliminary hearing, Aubrey Ferguson, 31, of Nine injured in was taken to Mercy Hospital The patrol said Koenig the Springfield News-Leader Richland, was sentenced rains, Cassville with moderate was northbound and pulled reported. Wednesday for child abduc- area crashes injuries. into the path of Butterfield’s Daniels, 42, has been tion, KRCG-TV reported. The patrol said Darrin westbound vehicle. on paid administrative She pleaded guilty to the A Kansas man was in- Dodson was northbound • An Aurora woman was leave after a June 6 incident charge in November. jured in a single-vehicle ac- and slowing to make a left injured in a single-vehi- in which she took the 4-year- Prosecutors said the boy’s flooding cident at 2:25 p.m. Thursday turn when George’s car cle accident at 9:10 a.m. old by the arm and led him father, who had custody, on Missouri Highway 90 in ran into Dodson’s car from Wednesday on County Road away from a kickball game. went to pick him up at Fer- Jane in McDonald County, behind. 1140, about 2 miles west of The boy’s father noticed guson’s home near Cam- according to the Missouri • An Arkansas woman Verona in Lawrence Coun- bruises on the child’s arm denton in August 2018 but expected State Highway Patrol. was injured in a single-ve- ty, the state patrol said. that night. no one was home. Ferguson Carl J. Anderson, 80, of hicle crash at 8:39 p.m. Karen R. Cochran, 59, was Prosecutors had alleged sent him text messages the Salina, Kansas, was taken to Wednesday on Missouri taken by ambulance to Cox Daniels’ behavior was boy was safe but would not Freeman Hospital West in Highway 112, about 4 miles Monett Hospital with minor abusive. Daniels’ attorney, say where they were. in area Joplin with minor injuries. east of Cassville in Barry injuries. Stacie Bilyeu, argued that The child was located in Anderson was driving a County, the state patrol said. She was driving a north- the child was being defiant January 2019 at a home in westbound dump truck that Lori A. Greene, 39, of Deer, bound car that ran off the and that Daniels was taking rural LaClede County. FROM STAFF, AP REPORTS ran off the road and over- Arkansas, was taken to road and struck a fence and him away from a situa- Court documents said Fer- [email protected] turned, the patrol said. Northwest Regional Hospi- utility pole, the patrol said. tion where he could have guson’s boyfriend, Wood- • Four people were injured tal in Bentonville, Arkan- harmed himself or others. row Ziegler, nailed the door A storm system expected in a two-vehicle collision sas, with moderate injuries. New child abuse Bilyeu said she was disap- of the attic crawl space shut to strike a handful of states at 7:36 p.m. Wednesday on She was driving an east- pointed to see prosecutors and hid in under carpet and this weekend is looking Missouri Highway 37, a mile bound car that ran off the charge filed against charge her client again. furniture. The boy was not more and more menacing, north of Purdy in Barry road and struck a tree, the Missouri teacher kept in the crawl space all with heavy rains and flood- County, according to the patrol said. Missouri woman the time. Surveillance video ing expected to be the big- state patrol. • Both drivers were in- MARIONVILLE, Mo. — showed him several times gest threat for Southwest One of the drivers, Darrin jured in a two-vehicle wreck Prosecutors have filed a new who kept son in attic with his mother but she Missouri.