Springfield police investigating shooting; one man injured
SPRINGFIELD -- Springfield police are investigating a shooting that happened near Boonville Avenue and Olive Street, just north of Park Central Square.
View ArticlePolice dog bites meth lab suspect
SPRINGFIELD, Mo--Two people are in custody following a meth lab bust. Neighbors in a central Springfield neighborhood called police after they noticed a large amount of activity coming from a vacant...
View ArticleFire damages hotel in Bolivar
Four dozen guests escaped the fire that was called in to 911 at roughly 2:45 a.m.BOLIVAR, Mo. - Three units sustained heavy damage in a fire at the Country Inn Hotel Monday morning just outside Bolivar.
View ArticleLost and Found Grief Center holds Death Café on Wednesday
It's a place to talk about death and dying.SPRINGFIELD, Mo -- It's not a topic most people feel comfortable talking about, but death is inevitable. Death Cafés were created to help make the...
View ArticleMo. Revenue Department will no longer save papers showing conceal-and-carry...
The governor's office announced the change, a day after the director of that department resigned.JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Gov. Jay Nixon said Tuesday that the Department of Revenue will no longer scan or...
View ArticleCommunity parade will honor Drury University championship teams this Friday
A team of Budweiser Clydesdales will join the celebration.SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Drury University has won three championships in three sports in 30 days, and the city of Springfield is getting ready to...
View ArticleScams Related to Boston Bombing Already Started
BBB warns donors to be on guard for scammersARLINGTON, Va. -- The Better Business Bureau is reporting that it has learned of at least one scam already being perpetrated related to Monday's bombing in...
View ArticleSocial Security Inspector General Apologizes for Misinformation Regarding Mo....
Refers to "Sloppiness" in Handling Information, says None was ReleasedWASHINGTON, D.C. - The office of Missouri 3rd District Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer says the Inspector General of the Social...
View ArticleCrime Stoppers unsolved crime: Shoplifting at Barnes & Noble
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Crime Stoppers and the Springfield Police Department ask for assistance in identifying people in these photographs. Springfield Police are investigating a case of shoplifting at...
View ArticleCrime Stoppers fugitive of the week: James Dixon
Police say he's refused to go to court to face drug charges.SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Crime Stoppers asks for help locating fugitive James Dixon, who is wanted in Greene County for failure to appear in...
View ArticleStudents teach safe driving through interactive game
Springfield, Mo. -- Statistics show the danger. The Missouri Department of Transportation reports 80 percent of crashes involve some type of distracted driving. And you're 23 times more likely to...
View ArticleFormer Arkansas Razorbacks great, NFL star turned broadcaster Pat Summerall...
DALLAS (AP) — Pat Summerall, the NFL player-turned-broadcaster whose deep, resonate voice called games for more than 40 years, has died at the age of 82.
View ArticleSpringfield bomb squad focused on preparation and prevention
The Springfield bomb squad's focus is preventing injury or death, but they rely on the public's eyes and ears.SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-- The explosions in Boston have local bomb squad members taking note...
View ArticleShooting kills man north of Nixa; roommate is arrested
NIXA, Mo. -- Christian County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a fatal shooting north of Nixa. Sheriff Joey Kyle says one roommate shot another several times after a dispute.
View ArticleMissouri named "best trails state."
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri has been named the “ Best Trails State ” by American Trails, a national, nonprofit organization working on behalf of the nation’s hiking, biking and riding trails....
View ArticleWoman is charged for bomb threat at Stone County courthouse
Emergency call-takers received a series of menacing calls over a four-minute span.GALENA, Mo. -- Law enforcement officers arrested a woman on Wednesday who investigators believe threatened to blow up...
View ArticleArkansas agency says more than 220 live animals caught at site of cent. Ark....
MAYFLOWER, Ark. (AP) — The state Game and Fish Commission says more than 220 live animals have been captured at the site of a ruptured ExxonMobil crude oil pipeline in central Arkansas.
View ArticleRural residents fight proposed power line in northern Arkansas
They say SWEPCO's line would scar the beautiful landscape.EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. -- A big power project threatens to mow down a 50-mile path through the woods of northern Arkansas. It’s part of a plan...
View ArticleSpringfield Boston Marathon runner recalls bomb explosions
Scott Taylor was walking back to the finish line when the explosions happened. SPRINGFIELD, Mo -- After a canceled flight and a sleepless night night in an airport, one Springfield man has finally...
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