Southeast Mo. Peck Ranch refuge to close for turkey hunting for elk...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Peck Ranch refuge in southeast Missouri will be closed to turkey hunting this summer as part of the Department of Conservation's elk restoration project.
View ArticleMissouri Department of Economic Development awards $250,000 in tax credits to...
The grant provides tax incentives to businesses to support the food charity. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Economic Development awarded $250,000 in Neighborhood Assistance Program...
View ArticleOfficials say 1 muskrat, 2 turtles and 14 oiled birds found after central...
MAYFLOWER, Ark. (AP) — Officials say 14 birds, two turtles and one muskrat have been recovered for treatment since an ExxonMobil pipeline ruptured last week in central Arkansas.
View ArticleSmall earthquake rumbles through parts of Mo., Ky., Tenn., registers...
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — Parts of southeastern Missouri, western Tennessee and western Kentucky got a little bit of a shake.
View ArticleNixa High School bowler bags perfect 300 game
David Krol, 17, a member of Nixa's two-time state champion team, bowled a perfect game March 26.SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Every bowler aspires to achieve the perfect game, but relatively few people reach...
View ArticleArkansas business accused of breaking Missouri's One Call law
Jefferson City, Mo. – Attorney General Chris Koster today filed a lawsuit against DTS Brokerage & Development, LLC and Pinnacle Plumbing, LLC for violations of Missouri’s Underground Facility...
View ArticleMan from Battlefield is charged for $785,200 fraud scheme
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A man from Battlefield was indicted by a federal grand jury for a $785,200 scheme to defraud his employer. Travis Honaker, 35, is charged in a 25-count indictment returned by a...
View ArticleMo. House passes school resource officer bill
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri House has passed a bill that would allow school districts to hire police resource officers.
View ArticleGovernor Nixon talks Medicaid proposals with GOP Leadership
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says he's open to many of the Medicaid changes sought by Republican lawmakers as part of a plan to expand health coverage to low-income adults. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -...
View ArticleTechnical glitch sets Springfield summer school registration back a day
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Springfield School District's summer school registration is postponed until Thursday due to a technical difficulties, the district said Wednesday.
View ArticleCoxHealth plans expansion in south Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- CoxHealth plans to build a second tower at Cox South Hospital. The health care company announced the 310,000-square-foot expansion at a news conference on Wednesday afternoon.
View ArticleSpringfield man pleads guilty to abusing boy in 2011
Nicholas Rountree, 20, admitted to abusing a 12-year-old family friend, according to Greene County prosecutors.SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield man has pled guilty to four counts of statutory sodomy...
View ArticleKansas man drowns in Lake Taneycomo
TANEY COUNTY, Mo. - A Kansas man drowned in Lake Taneycomo Wednesday, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reports.
View ArticleBaxter County Quorum Court OKs extra money for county jail
Workers started putting the beds back the next day.MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. -- Workers are reinstalling jail beds after the Baxter County Quorum Court approved an additional $143,500 to pay for law...
View ArticleMSU could be adding female sports team
Increased female enrollment put school at odds with Title IXSPRINGFIELD, Mo - Missouri State University will likely be adding another sport for women.
View ArticleTwo white supremacists sought in probe of Colorado prison chief's slaying
DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado authorities probing the killing of the state's prisons chief, who was shot at the door of his home last month, were seeking two members of a white supremacist prison gang...
View ArticleMissouri Senate passes proposed constitutional change to strengthen gun rights
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Senate passed a proposed change to the State Constitution that is designed to strengthen gun rights. The amendment would declare gun rights "unalienable" and...
View ArticleSpringfield-Greene County Library Center reopens after bomb scare
A suspicious bag was found in the library but contents were found to not be dangerous.SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Springfield-Greene County Library Center on South Campbell Avenue was evacuated for...
View ArticleWidow files wrongful death lawsuit for semi-truck crash in Republic
A tractor-trailer hit the back of a pickup, which hit the back of a car driven by Corey Gresham. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The widow of a man from Macon who died when a tractor- trailer caused a chain...
View ArticleBusiness networking group SPARK launches in Springfield
The free networking group is holding its first event April 4. SPRINGFIELD, Mo -- A business local networking group is launching in the Ozarks. The Spark group is free to those willing to participate.
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