Two Springfield Public Schools employees have filed a lawsuit against the R-12 district and Superintendent Grenita Lathan over mandatory equity training. The federal lawsuit was filed on behalf of employees Jennifer Lumley and Brooke Henderson. It claims the equity training violated their rights and is unconstitutional. In a statement issued to local media, the school […]
Searchers have found the body of a Fort Leonard Wood soldier reported missing after kayaking on the Gasconade River. The Missouri State Highway Patrols says the body of Specialist Joshua Morrison was located about a half mile downstream from the Highway 17 bridge in Pulaski County. Morrison disappeared Monday on the Gasconade near Ruby’s Landing. […]
Springfield Police say a motorcyclist has died after a crash at South Campbell near James River Freeway Thursday morning. The motorcyclist struck a vehicle that was exiting the James River Freeway ramp and was thrown from his bike. The motorcyclist name has not yet been released. The crash tied up traffic for several hours. This […]
Law enforcement officials are trying to determine what happened to a man whose body was found earlier this week in the Lake of the Ozarks. 55 year old James Jensen of Kansas City was found floating in a cove on the main channel of the lake Tuesday. The Highway Patrol says Jensen had last been […]
Governor Mike Parson announced a plan to use $400 million-dollars in federal funding to boost access to high speed internet. The governor unveiled his plan to use federal funds from the American Rescue Plan at the Missouri State Fair Thursday. The Missouri Legislature will still need to approve the spending, when they return to work […]
Mercy is making an $18 million dollar additional annual commitment to increase the starting wage for all employees across its multistate health system to $15.00 per hour. Mercy says the move will push more than 6,000 of its employees’ pay to the $15.00 mark. That figure will also serve as the starting wage for all […]
Several lanes of traffic have been impacted Thursday by a late morning crash on southbound Campbell past James River Freeway in Springfield. Police responded to the wreck around 10:45 a.m. The crash involved at least one motorcyclist and the driver of another vehicle. There’s no word yet on injuries. As of early afternoon, the southbound […]
The Springfield-Greene County Health Department has updated the community on the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in this area, as well as hospitalizations and vaccines. Here’s the latest from the health department’s edited news release: Thirteen COVID-19 deaths were reported to the Health Department between Aug. 11-17. Nine of these deaths occurred in […]
The Missouri political world is mourning the loss of Steve Walsh, a longtime press secretary for Western Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartlzer. Walsh died Thursday morning following a battle with COVID-19. Walsh’s wife, State Representative Sara Walsh, tweeted “It saddens my heart to share that this morning, my best friend and beloved husband, Steve Walsh, was […]
A man has been rushed to the hospital with critical injuries following a shooting near Springfield’s Medical Mile Plaza on south National. Police say when officers got on scene around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds. Officers closed off part of the northbound lanes of National overnight while they investigated […]