Kinder: Mo. residents should skip health exchange
The online shopping site is a key part of the 2010 federal health care law signed by President ObamaJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder is discouraging Missouri residents from signing up for...
View ArticleSpringfield police notice increase in burglaries of storage units
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The allure of finding out what's behind heavy steel doors is getting the best of some crooks in the Springfield area.
View ArticlePanel picks 3 finalists for new judgeship in Greene County
Gov. Jay Nixon will choose from among the three finalists.SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The 31st Circuit Judicial Commission conducted one day of public hearings, interviewed 16 applicants, and selected a panel...
View ArticleOTC offers GED classes in Bolivar
Classes are freeBOLIVAR, Mo. -- Educators are making it easier to go back to school to pass a high school equivalency test, commonly known as a GED because that's the most well known brand of...
View ArticleBabysitter certification class is offered Saturday
People can learn CPR and other life saving skillsSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Parents trust them to care for their children, but may not know how well-prepared their babysitters are.
View ArticleWoman who helped with assault in Webster County pleads guilty
Angelina Medina will avoid a state prison if she satisfies conditions of her probation.MARSHFIELD, Mo. -- One of four people accused of beating, branding, and raping a woman last spring in Webster...
View ArticlePretty palette of colors predicted for fall foliage season
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The trees of the Ozarks look like a luscious sea of green. It was a different story this time last year when fall foliage was brown and dry.
View ArticleMotorcyclist killed in crash in east Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Mo--Police have finished their investigation into a deadly motorcycle crash. Several 911 calls were made around 8:30 Tuesday night to Sunshine and Lone Pine. Witnesses tell police they...
View ArticleWhat Was That?? News Blooper
Brandon Beck rattles studio during Ozarks TodayNo, it wasn't a sound effect you heard during the 7:00 a.m. hour of Ozarks Today. During a news story about the cost of the president's health care...
View ArticleSpringfield police identify motorcyclist who died in crash
Police say the biker was going eastbound at high speed.SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A crash on East Sunshine Street on Tuesday night about 8:30 killed a 21-year-old motorcycle driver. He was John Erven, 21,...
View ArticleFederal agents raid business in Battlefield
Bilbo's has been open for a couple of years.BATTLEFIELD, Mo. -- Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at a business here on Wednesday. The raid started in the morning at Bilbo’s Earth...
View Article'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.
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