'Crowds' could help pay for planned Route 66 roadside park in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Once a major highway, now just a quiet boulevard, College Street has seen busier days. However, this former route of U.S. 66 holds a lot of hope for urban renewal. The city has...
View ArticleSuspected drunken driver crashes into house near south Springfield
The man led deputies on a short pursuit before his car hit a house in the 5000 block of South Burrows Avenue.SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A man crashed his car into a house south of Springfield while trying to...
View ArticleMotorcycle crash in parking lot seriously injures Springfield man
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - An 18-year-old Springfield man was taken to Cox South Hospital with serious injuries after authorities say he crashed a motorcycle in a parking lot.
View ArticleCarthage Police Dept. breaking down language barriers
Officers are learning Spanish to better communicate with citizensCARTHAGE, Mo. - The Carthage Police Department is working to close a growing language barrier between its officers and the community....
View ArticleInside Community Focus 2013: An inventory of Springfield's strengths, weaknesses
Several civic groups have collaborated on an inventory of what they feel Springfield and Greene County are doing well and could use some work on -- the results of which have just been...
View ArticleArkansas man arrested after trying to use fake urine sample during drug screen
Shawn E. Austin, 36, of Midway, Ark., was arrested on suspicion of obstructing governmental operations after authorities say he tried to substitute bottled urine for his own during a drug screening...
View ArticlePilot readies for flight on 100th birthday
Gene Engeldow thinks he knows the secret to a long life.BOLIVAR, Mo. -- Gene Engledow is one of the good people of Bolivar, a town which seems to have a lot of them.
View ArticleJury finds Steven Kleber not guilty of child abuse for daughter's injuries
Steven Kleber denied he violently shook his baby girl three years ago.SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A father charged with abusing his baby daughter is found not guilty of child abuse. Greene County jurors...
View ArticleNixa contractor pleads guilty for Joplin tornado fraud scheme
JOPLIN, Mo. -- A contractor from Nixa has admitted that he stole more than $73,000 from an elderly couple who hired him to repair their home after the May 2011 Joplin tornado.
View ArticleCommunity report card shows many problems stem from poverty, inability to...
Child abuse rate in Greene County is higher than the state as a whole.SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Child abuse in the Ozarks is one of the "red ribbon" areas identified in a new community report card ....
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