The Headlines

The Turner Report
Grand Valley Church Subject of Democrat-Gazette Article, Sunday, October 8, 2006
Grand Valley Church Leaders' Lawyer Indicates Sex Charges Are Just Part of Family Squabble, Thursday, October 5, 2006
Charges Filed Against Woman Who Showed Teen how to Perform Oral Sex on Minister, Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Preliminary Hearing Reveals Details of Minister's Alleged Sex Crimes, Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Charges Filed Against Fifth Member of Grand Valley Independent Baptist Church, Monday, October 2, 2006
No Decision Made After Cult Leaders' Preliminary Hearing, Monday, October 2, 2006
Charges Amended Against Grand Valley Leaders, Saturday, September 30, 2006
AP Files Latest on McDonald County Cult Cases, Thursday, September 28, 2006
KODE: Charges May be Dropped Against Eplings, Wednesday, September 27, 2006
LePage Disqualified in McDonald County Sex Cases, Wednesday, September 27, 2006
KODE: Johnston May Still be Around Children, Thursday, September 21, 2006
More Sordid Details About Granby-Area Pastor Emerge in Globe Article, Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Witness: Johnston Threatened to 'dig up dirt' on Her and Her Family, Monday, September 18, 2006
AP Offers Coverage of Johnston Preliminary Hearing, Monday, September 18, 2006
Granby-Area Pastor Bound Over For Trial, Monday, September 18, 2006
Protection Order Hearing Set for Alleged Victim of Granby Area Pastor, Friday, September 15, 2006
Gag Order Requested in McDonald County Cult Case, Friday, September 15, 2006
KODE: LePage Decision Makes Former Cult Members Fear for Safety, Thursday, September 14, 2006
Neosho Forums Readers Weigh in on Cult Story, Thursday, September 14, 2006
Judge Orders Full Discovery in McDonald County Cult Case, Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Spiritual Trip Took Granby Woman From One Cult to Another, Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Cult Accuser Says She Came Forward to Protect Sisters, Monday, September 11, 2006
Nine More Felony Sodomy Charges Filed Against Newton County Pastor, Monday, September 11, 2006
Pastor's Attorney Files Motion to Dismiss Sex Charges, Saturday, September 9, 2006
AP Story Tellls How McDonald County Cult Unraveled, Tuesday, september 5, 2006
Globe, Daily Continue Coverage of Grand Valley Cult, Sunday, September 3, 2006
First Editorial Offered on McDonald/Newton County Cults, Friday, September 1, 2006
AP: More Charges Will Be Filed Against Cult Defendants, Friday, September 1, 2006
KODE: Lamberts, Eplings Nowhere to be Found, Thursday, August 31, 2006
Daily News' Ford Remains At the Top of His Game in McDonald County Cult Investigation, Thursday, August 31, 2006
Globe Offers Update On Religious Cult Sex Charges, Thursday, August 31, 2006
AP Continues Coverage of McDonald County Cult Case, Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Another Sex Charge Filed Against Granby-Area Minister, Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Globe Offers More Information on Newton County Minister's Protection Order Hearing, Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Full Protection Order Issued Against Newton County Minister, Monday, August 28, 2006
AP: More Charges Likely in Cult Sex Investigation, Monday, August 28, 2006
Blogosphere Jumps on McDonald/Newton County Cult Stories, Sunday August 27, 2006
Star Weighs in on Religious Sex Cult Story, Sunday, August 27, 2006
Protection Order Hearing Set for Newton County Minister Who Faces Felony Sex Charges, Sunday, August 27, 2006
Temporary Fate of Children in Granby-area Compound to be Determined in Hearings, Sunday, August 27, 2006
Media Battle on McDonald County Cult Case Continues, Saturday, August 26, 2006
Globe Explores Latest Chapter in Sex Cult Story, Friday, August 25, 2006
KODE: FBI Looking into McDonald County Cult, Thursday, August 24, 2006
Globe Hits With Another Cult Story, But Daily's Ford Back on Top, Thursday, August 24, 2006
McDonald County Sex Cult Story Goes Nationwide, Thursday, August 24, 2006
Grand Valley Tax Issue Needs to be Explored, Thursday, August 24, 2006
Globe Takes Over McDonald County Cult Story, Thursday, August 24, 2006
McDonald County Cult Story Hits the Wires, Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Order of Protection Issued Against Minister Sought For Sex Crimes, Wednesday, August 23, 2006
More "Breaking News" From Neosho Daily, Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Globe, News-Leader Jump on McDonald County Cult Story, Wednesday, August 23, 2006
KODE Lands Interview with Member of Alleged McDonald County Cult, Monday, August 21, 2006
McDonald County Church Members Plead Not Guilty to Sex Charges, Monday, August 21, 2006
Neosho Daily Blows Away Globe in Coverage of Cult Sex Charges, Sunday, August 20, 2006

The Neosho Daily News
Church Sex Case Under Advisement; Judge to Review Legal Arguments, Definitions, Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Judge Takes Testimony Under Advisement, Monday, October 2, 2006
Judge Recuses Self in Johnston Case, Friday, September 29, 2006
Judge Reassigns Lambert Case, Friday, September 29, 2006
Johnston Bound Over, Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Protection Ordered in Johnston Case, Monday, September 18, 2006
Pastor Bound Over; Court Dates Set, Monday, September 18, 2006
Judge Orders ‘Rare' Full Discovery, Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Johnston Faces 17 Charges Total, Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Church Leaders' Camping Trip Cut Short, Sunday, September 3, 2006
Church Leaders Asked to Leave Campground, Friday, September 1, 2006
Johnston Turns Self In, Again, Friday, September 1, 2006
Church Leaders Leave Compound, Thursday, August 31, 2006
Johnston Faces More Charges, Thursday, August 31, 2006
Court Maintains Protective Order, Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Pastor Posts Bond, Not Talking to Authorities, Sunday, August 27, 2006
Sources Outline Possible Penalties, Sunday, August 27, 2006
FBI Mum on Inquiry, Saturday, August 26, 2006
10 More Kids Taken Out of Compound, Saturday, August 26, 2006
Johnston Turns Self in to Authorities, Friday, August 25, 2006
Newton County Pastor At-Large, Thursday, August 24, 2006
Authorities Take Seven More Children Into Protective Custody, Thursday, August 24, 2006
Granby Residents Surprised at News, Thursday, August 24, 2006
Authorities Searching for Newton County Pastor Charged With Felony Sodomy, Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Pastors, Deacons to Surrender, Thursday, August 17, 2006
Pastors, Deacons Charged, Wednesday, August 16, 2006

The Joplin Globe
Fifth Church Member Charged, Thursday, October 5, 2006
Legal Issues Cloud Sexual-Abuse Case, Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Charges Amended in Alleged Sexual-Abuse Case, Friday, September 30, 2006
Pastor Ordered to Stand Trial at End of Hearing, Tuesday, September 19, 2006
9 More Charges Filed, Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Church Described as Family, Sunday, September 3, 2006
Sex Crimes (Opinion/Editorial), Friday September 1, 2006
Pastor Surrenders on Latest Molestation Charge, Friday, September 1, 2006
Rural Granby Pastor Faces New Charge, Thursday, August 31, 2006
Ex Parte Order Remains in Effect, Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Pastor Surrenders to Face 8 Felonies, Saturday, August 26, 2006
Children Pulled From Compound, Friday, August 25, 2006
Authorities Searching for Pastor, Thursday, August 24, 2006
Authorities, Neighbors Offer Murky Portrait of Defendants, Thursday, August 24, 2006