CoxHealth CEO Steve Edwards has made it official: He is retiring, effective May 31, 2022. Edwards began in leadership at the health system in 1992, and worked in various roles before being named as president and CEO in 2012. He followed in the footsteps of his father, Charlie Edwards, who also served as CEO of […]
Springfield Police arrested a person of interest in the assault of a woman in the Roundtree Neighborhood. They have arrested a 29 year old woman and booked her into the Greene County Jail. The Greene County prosecutor has not yet filed charges. The attack occurred on November 8th on Pickwick Street in the Roundtree Neighborhood. […]
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The Dallas County Sheriff says DNA tests confirm that a body found on James Phelps’s property is Cassidy Rainwater. The Dallas County Prosecutor has filed first degree murder charges against Phelps and Timothy Norton for Rainwater’s death. The two are also charged with abandonment of a corpse. They were previously charged with kidnapping Rainwater. Rainwater […]
A spokesman for Amazon says the fulfillment center in Republic will re-open on Thursday. The center was shut down in late October because of a mold problem. Earlier, the company would only say the facility was “closed for cleaning” not related to COVID-19. Crews have been working to remove and clean up the mold from […]
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has released a statement after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration paused enforcement of the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring COVID-19 vaccinations or testing for private employers with 100 or more workers: “Earlier this month, I led a coalition in filing suit to halt OSHA’s unlawful vaccine mandate, the first […]
The Springfield-Greene County Park Board says Park Ranger Robert Bridges will be released from the hospital on Tuesday, sometime after 2 p.m. When Bridges is released, he will be escorted home by area first responders as he continues to recover from injuries sustained in last Thursday’s officer-involved shooting near Glenstone and Battlefield in Springfield. The […]
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Springfield R-12 School District for Sunshine Law violations after his office requested public records from the district relating to critical race theory and antiracism teaching in public schools. Here’s the statement and additional information from the Missouri Attorney General’s Office from a press release: […]
Beginning today the Springfield-Greene County Health Department’s COVID-19 dashboard will include the vaccination rate for residents 5 to 11 years old. Now that the 5 to 11 age group is eligible for the vaccine, the number of those in the Springfield – Greene County area who have been vaccinated will appear to be lower. The […]
Attorneys for one of the men accused of kidnapping Cassidy Rainwater will ask for a bond hearing. Attorneys for James Phelps will ask a judge to issue a bond. Phelps will appear in court this Friday. A new Judge John C. Porter will preside over the case in Dallas County. This article is provided by […]