A major resurfacing project is to begin on one of Springfield’s busiest streets. City construction contractor Blevins Asphalt will be resurfacing Sunshine Street between Kansas Expressway and Glenstone Avenue starting next Monday. The project is expected to last until December. Blevins plans to begin resurfacing the eastbound lanes of Sunshine between Campbell Avenue and National […]
A Carthage man pleads guilty to a shooting that left one man dead and his estranged wife wounded. 30-year-old Lane Stephens plead guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree robbery. Six charges, including first-degree murder, were dropped. As part of the plea deal, he was sentenced to life in prison for murder and 10-years in prison […]
Police say a thorough search in and around Sparta Middle School has turned up no evidence of any shots being fired. The Sparta Police Department, Christian County Sheriff’s Office and the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the school Tuesday morning after getting a “shots fired” call. School leaders placed students in lockdown, but normal […]
The Springfield-Greene County Health Department says it still does not have authorization to begin giving booster shots of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines. Health leaders address why only the Pfizer vaccine is currently approved for boosters in the following news release. On Thursday and Friday, a U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) […]
The Logan-Rogersville Fire Protection District says it is experiencing a staffing shortage. Chief Richard Stirts says the department is short four firefighters. He says that leads to the current firefighters having to work extra shifts and that can cause burnout. He says his department has also seen an increase in emergency calls, but the staff […]
Nearly 1,500 students could lose a ride to school due to a transportation change. Springfield Public Schools officials said, in a press release, that starting Nov. 8, the district said they are having to switch back to only allowing elementary and K-8 students, who live more than two miles from school to ride the bus. […]
Willard High School students are mourning the loss of a classmate who died in a crash early Sunday evening. Reese Johnson, 17, was a senior and was involved in a head-on crash with another vehicle on Farm Road 105 just north of Willard. The other driver, Robert Hicks from Springfield, also died. A passenger in […]
Chris Six, Bailey Strohl SPRINGFIELD, Mo.- Springfield Police Chief Paul Williams says the suspect in an officer-involved shooting has died from his injuries. Williams identified the suspect as 40-year-old Douglas J. Knakmuhs. An officer who was on routine patrol noticed Knakmuhs at the Kum & Go around 2 p.m. Sunday. Williams said Knakmuhs is a […]
A tense situation involving a gunman in a West Springfield neighborhood Sunday afternoon. An officer approached a suspect at the Kum and Go on South Kansas Expressway and College Street. The suspect fired a shot at the officer and then ran in the direction of Lexington Avenue and Walnut Street. Police set up a perimeter […]
Greene County clerk Shane Schoeller has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the United States Election Assistance Commission Technical Guidelines Development Committee. The committee assist the U. S. Elections Assistance Commission by providing recommendations on voluntary standards and guidelines related to voting equipment and technology. Schoeller was elected last month as President of the […]