Leaders from the Springfield Greene County Health Department, CoxHealth, Mercy Springfield and Jordan Valley Community Health Center meet with the media Tuesday at 2 p.m. to provide an update on the adjustments being made in response to the rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths. You can watch the news conference live here. CoxHealth reported […]
A total of 15 people have died from COVID-19 at CoxHealth between Friday and Sunday. CoxHealth CEO Steve Edwards tweeted the hospital system has lost 72 people so far in July, all of them unvaccinated. Edwards says a vaccine is the “best life insurance policy you can have now.” I am sad to report that […]
Thunderstorms have produced heavy rain as they moved through the Ozarks Sunday afternoon. A Flash Flood Warning remains in effect until 6 p.m. Sunday for western Hickory, northern Polk and southeastern St. Clair Counties. The National Weather Service says between one to four inches of rain has fallen, and while the heavy rain has ended, […]
Christina Randall, KOLR SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Authorities confirm that the two children sent to the hospital after suffering injuries from a house fire have died.A woman and 6-year-old child die after house fire in south Springfield On Friday, July 25, the Springfield Fire Department responded to a house fire in the 2000 block of South […]
Courtesy of Jason Wert, Branson Tri Lakes News The Branson Police Department received a surprise after responding to a report of a stolen purse on Wednesday, July 21. While BPD statistics show property crime and stealing are two of the city’s most common crimes, this theft was anything but a typical case. Branson officers were […]
She’s been serving in the job on an interim basis for the past five months, but Katie Towns now has the title of Springfield-Greene County Health Director. Towns was formally selected by City Manager Jason Gage on July 18th. The selection continues a long standing history of promotion from within the Springfield-Greene County Health Department. […]
Four people are in the hospital following a house fire Friday morning in Springfield. Fire crews say flames broke out at a house in the 2000 of south Lone Pine around 6:30 a.m. That’s between Sunshine and Seminole. Five people were in the home when the fire started, and investigators are working to determine the […]
The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that a petition initiative expanding Medicaid in the state is constitutional. The constitutional amendment was passed by voters in 2020. State legislators refused to implement the expansion, arguing the amendment didn’t set aside funding to pay for the program. Three women who earn low income sued to force […]
Police say a man from Florida has been taken into custody and charged with a deadly shooting that happened back in February in downtown Springfield. Thomas Earl Haynes, 45, St. Cloud, Florida, is charged with second degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of Robert Moffett. Springfield Police Officers stationed downtown heard […]
Governor Parson has introduced Donald Kauerauf as the next director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Kauerauf replaces Dr. Randall Williams, who resigned from the position in April. Kauerauf served as the assistant director of the Illinois Department of Public Health from 2016 until his retirement in 2018. More recently, he was […]