Greene County presiding commissioner won't run for re-election
Jim Viebrock says he is done with public life at the end of 2014.SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Greene County Presiding County Commissioner Jim Viebrock told reporters on Monday morning that he will not run for...
View ArticleNew statistics show dangers of texting while walking
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- You do not have to go far to see for yourself how distracted people on their cellular telephones can be. A new study shows injuries due to the distraction have more than doubled...
View ArticleNew building opens in Brick City providing more space for MSU Art and Design...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo -- The fourth building in MSU's downtown Brick City learning complex is now officially open, giving Art and Design students more than 85,000 square feet of newly renovated space to...
View ArticleExplosives, guns, drugs found in car after traffic stop
Edited News Release From The Vernon County Sheriff's OfficeNevada, MO -A fugitive from justice is behind bars after a traffic stop was conducted by Sheriff’s Deputies Tuesday. The Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleNew vaccine options will help people cope with flu season
Now you have an option of 3 or 4 strain vaccineSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Health experts have expanded influenza vaccinations to cover four influenza strains.
View ArticleBlaze at vacant house in north Springfield was arson, investigators say
Dispatchers received a call from the 700 block of North Missouri Avenue, just north of Chestnut Expressway, at roughly 4:40 a.m.SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Fire crews extinguished a house fire in north...
View ArticleWoman from Licking dies in crash on I-44
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. - A woman from Licking died when her car struck a tree on Interstate 44 Tuesday.
View ArticleWreck injures 1, car bursts into flames on U.S. 65
The wreck happened just before 7 a.m. on U.S. 65 near Farm Road 94.SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - One person was hospitalized after an early-morning crash caused his car to burst into flames north of Springfield.
View ArticleUpdate: Camden County identifies person of interest in probe of decomposed body
No one reports talking to the woman who lived in the home for several weeks.CAMDENTON, Mo. -- A 30-year old woman was arrested on Tuesday evening as a person of interest in the investigation of a...
View ArticleWoman from Blue Eye dies in one-car crash on Missouri Route 86
The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Jordynn R. Brown was driving a 2004 Ford Focus when she took a curve too fast as she drove west on Route 86 just outside Blue Eye.BLUE EYE, Mo. - A 22-year-old...
View ArticleZookeepers care for baby monkey after mother rejects infant
Public can't see Colobus monkey in person, but can track his progress online SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- He's furry with long arms and legs and has quite the tail for being just a few weeks old. The public...
View ArticlePowerball Numbers: $400 million Wednesday night drawing
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Powerball fever again has taken over America as the jackpot grew to $400 million for Wednesday night's drawing.
View ArticleRepublican state senator announces plans to run for Missouri attorney general...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Senate's chief budget writer will seek the Republican nomination for state attorney general in 2016.
View ArticleNo criminal charges for Obama protesters arrested in St. Charles for...
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A pair of St. Charles County men won't face criminal charges after their recent arrests during an anti-Obama protest on an Interstate 70 highway overpass.
View ArticleOfficials estimate Mo. to lose out on $70 million due to tobacco arbitration...
The attorney general's office says a three-judge arbitration panel recently sided with more than 30 cigarette manufacturers' claims that Missouri failed to diligently enforce state tobacco laws in...
View ArticleFlippin, Arkansas mayor accidentally shoots out police chief's office window
FLIPPIN, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say no one was injured after the mayor of Flippin accidentally shot out a window in the police chief's office at City Hall.
View ArticleSome surprised by $1 million note for developing site of destroyed Joplin...
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Supporters of a proposal to build a museum complex on the site of a Joplin hospital that was destroyed in the May 2011 tornado were surprised to learn that any development will...
View ArticleStrangers in Missouri help New Jersey woman get her lost dog back after wreck
ST. PETERS, Mo. (AP) — A New Jersey woman who lost her dog in a Missouri wreck is getting the animal back, thanks to the kindness of strangers.
View ArticleWest Plains, Ozarks Tech receive federal grants
WEST PLAINS, Mo. -- Four Missouri colleges have received federal grants for job training programs.
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