An email leaked to the website Reddit shows that Mercy is having troubles with their transition to outsourced diagnostic testing by Quest Diagnostics. Mercy verified the validity of the letter from CEO Lynn Britton to staff that was posted online Saturday. The letter states that “you are all acutely aware that since the conversation of […]
College of the Ozarks is appealing their dismissed lawsuit against the Biden administration to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. The school believes a recent directive from the Biden administration to HUD will require the school to allow situations like men living in women’s dorms, and using women’s shower facilities and restrooms. “We will not […]
A Cassville woman is dead after dry drowning at Table Rock Lake on Sunday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Leah Moss, 50, was swimming in the lake and then said she started to feel sick. She was taken to a nearby fire station where she began to show the signs of dry drowning: coughing, […]
A Rogersville woman is hospitalized after being struck by the extended rear view mirror of a truck. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 19-year-old Gracie Shelton was walking along Farm Road 186 when she was struck by the truck’s mirror. She was taken to an area hospital with “serious” injuries. The accident took place around […]
Springfield Public Schools will be reducing the size of their teaching team because of a significant drop to the district’s enrollment. The district has lost about 1,500 students in the last year, mostly to homeschooling or private schools because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The drop in enrollment is forcing the district to cut 49 positions. […]
Springfield Public Schools has stated a middle school teacher who was caught on video making derogatory statements to a student is no longer employed by the district. On the last day of school, a student at Pershing Middle School recorded a teacher handing out “unicorn cupcakes” to celebrate LGBTQ. The video shows the teacher’s reaction […]
The Springfield Police Department has released a new video in hopes public tips will help lead to the arrest of suspects in a June 9th attempted robbery on South Broadway. The video is believed to show the suspect vehicle and the driver. The vehicle is believed to be a 2016-2019 Ford Explorer with tinted windows. […]
Authorities in Greene County are concerned about the well-being of an elderly woman who’s been missing since Sunday night. The sheriff’s office says Joan Vandenberg, 81, disappeared from the 4300 block of south Meadowlark Drive. Deputies say Vandenberg left for Walmart, but never returned home. She has Alzheimer’s Disease. Vandenberg drives a maroon 2016 Ford […]
Winds of up to 70 miles per hour, half dollar size hail and torrential rains have swept across the Ozarks Friday afternoon and evening. The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for eastern Greene and western Webster Counties until 2:00 a.m. Saturday. Radar indicates thunderstorms producing heavy rain up to 1.5 inches […]
An intense complex of thunderstorms entered Missouri from the north early Friday afternoon, and will continue to race south into the Ozarks in the late afternoon and evening. The National Weather Service says damaging wind gusts of more than 70 miles per hour and large hail will be possible, along with intense rain. Tornadoes aren’t […]