If you need to do business with the Personal Property Department of the Greene County Assessor’s office, you’ll find some hoops to jump through until July 6, as the office has been closed to walk-in traffic because of an outbreak of COVID-19. The Assessor’s office said there will be limited service offered during the closure. […]
Beginning Wednesday, if you fail to yield to a pedestrian at a crosswalk in Springfield, you may be issued a citation by the Springfield Police Department. It’s the next phase of the city’s “Crosswalk Yield Check” safety program. Tickets will be written for “blatant” driver and pedestrian violations during weekly “yield check” events. The checks […]
Severe thunderstorms have pushed through areas south and east of Springfield Sunday afternoon, with heavy rain and wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour. An amateur radio operator reported traffic along Highway 65 at the Forsyth exit near Walnut Shade came to a stop around 1:00 p.m. because of thunderstorm winds, with one car […]
Police in Nixa are investigating a stabbing that happened Saturday night in the 800 block of east Country Ridge Street. Officers say they were called to the scene at 10:41 p.m. and when they arrived, found a juvenile teenage girl in the street with multiple stab wounds. The girl was taken to the hospital with […]
Heavy rains have sent water rushing across roadways and into homes in parts of the Ozarks Saturday morning. The National Weather Service says areas along and north of Interstate 44 are under a Flash Flood Watch until Sunday morning. Police in Seneca are reporting flash flooding Saturday morning, with water in five businesses and several […]
Emilee Kuschel, KOLR SPRINGFIELD, Mo.- The Springfield Cardinals will donate 1,000 pairs of tickets to a COVID-19 vaccination program to encourage people to vaccinate. Starting Monday, June 28th, the next 1,000 people vaccinated at a Springfield-Greene County Health Department Clinic will receive two tickets to a 2021 Cardinals game at Hammons Field. As KOLR-10 reports, […]
Emilee Kuschel, KOLR SPRINGFIELD, Mo- As of Friday, June 25th, the Springfield-Greene County Health Department has seen a 26% increase in new COVID-19 cases over the past week, with over 750 new cases reported. Springfield hospitals are currently treating 168 COVID patients as of June 25th. Many new patients are younger and without underlying health […]
After last year’s event got wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Honda Gold Wing’s annual “Wing Ding” is a go next weekend in Springfield. The city will host an estimated 5,000 motorcycle enthusiasts June 29th through July 3rd. Springfield last hosted the Wing Ding in 1999, when it drew around 13,500 people. St. Louis […]
The City of Branson will be receiving almost $10 million in overall funding for the construction of a flood wall around the Compton Drive Wastewater Treatment Plant after the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded the city a $3 million grant. The $3 million in federal dollars will be matched by $6.6 million in state funds […]
The Greene County Prosecutor’s Office is dropping charges against a Kansas man who had been charged in connection with a shooting in downtown Springfield. Jawaun Thompson, 23, had been charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action related to a shooting outside Zan nightclub in Springfield on April 25 that left a man with serious […]