Woman sentenced in Galena stabbing

A prison sentence of over three years was imposed on Ivy Christine Simpson, 25, of Webb City, Missouri Friday.

The 38-month sentence came after Simpson pleaded guilty to aggravated battery for her involvement in the December 2022 stabbing of a woman north of Galena.

On Thursday, December 8, 2022, Cherokee County authorities were notified by a Joplin, Mo., hospital, a woman had reportedly been stabbe…