A man and woman are dead in a crash on U-S Highway 54 near El Dorado Springs. The Highway Patrol says Bobby and Teri Hamilton were killed when their car struck an embankment, went airborne and landed upside down in a creek, where they were trapped underwater. They were pronounced dead at the scene. This […]
Month: January 2022
Fire has destroyed a barber shop, thrift store and apartments on the east side of the square in Osceola. The fire began on the southeast corner of the square at Third and Pine and spread through several storefronts. The flames broke out in a two-story brick building around 11 a.m. Thursday. Firefighters from several departments […]
Missouri Governor Mike Parson says a specialized medical team of U.S. military personnel, which includes doctors and nurses, is being deployed to the St. Louis area to support hospital staff strained by COVID-19. The team is expected to be in place at BJC Christian Hospital next week. Here’s the latest from the governor in a […]
After careful consideration, the HBA Home Show Committee has decided to move the HBA Home Show, originally scheduled for late January, to April 22nd-24th, 2022 at the Springfield EXPO Center downtown. The HBA Board of Directors agreed with the decision, which was made in response to the recent COVID-19 surge and designed to help mitigate […]
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R-V Burns On Elm Street
No one was injured when a R-V caught fire Thursday night. Springfield Firefighters were called to a R-V that was on fire on West Elm Street near Hillcrest Avenue. The fire began spreading to the house next door. Neighbors alerted the family inside, who got out uninjured. The R-V was a total loss and the […]
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Nixa Mayor Announces Run For State Rep
Nixa Mayor Brian Steele announced Thursday he is running for Missouri State Representative in District 139. Steele will run as a Republican. In a news release, Steele touts his reduction of the city’s debt, expansion of infrastructure, and commitment to public safety and economic development. Steele survived a recall election in 2021 after some residents […]
Some members of the Springfield School Board are pushing for a mask mandate to be temporarily re-instated for students in the district. Three members advocated for the mandate to return as the emergence of the Omicron variant has caused the district to temporarily close all schools. A mask mandate was in place throughout the district […]
Over 1,000 people in Greene-County tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, and studies are showing the Omicron variant is the primary culprit. Kendra Findley, administrator of Community Health and Epidemiology, reported in a Twitter post that 1,034 people in Greene-County received a positive test result for COVID-19 yesterday alone, surpassing the previous record of 912. […]
Local health care leaders say Greene County is far from its peak of cases of COVID-19 from the new Omicron variant. Mercy-Springfield Communities President Craig McCoy says the data shows the safest thing you can do is get vaccinated. He says until people get the vaccine, they have every bit as much ability to harm […]
After temps dropped into the single digits early this morning with wind chills below zero, be prepared for cold weather to continue the rest of this week. The National Weather Service says temperatures overnight Thursday night into Friday morning will dip down to around 6 degrees. Forecasters say when it’s this cold, you should dress […]