Police are searching for a man who robbed a pizza delivery driver at gunpoint over the weekend in Springfield. Authorities say a driver was robbed just before 10 p.m. Saturday outside the Domino’s location in the 1200 block of east Kearney. Investigators say the driver was carrying several pizzas to his car when a an […]
Month: February 2022
Nixa City Council has appointed Rebekka Coffey to serve as City Clerk, effective Monday, February 7th Coffey has served as Deputy City Clerk since September, 2021 and was hired by the city back in 2016 as an Administrative Assistant. Nixa’s Home Rule Charter calls for the clerk’s position to be appointed by city council, along […]
Some schools in the Ozarks remain closed on Monday following last week’s winter storm. These public schools in southwest Missouri are either closed, doing alternative methods of instruction (AMI) or open, but running snow routes or other special instruction: Alton (closed Monday) Bunker (closed Monday) Camdenton (open Monday. Bus drivers will use their discretion on […]
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Stolen Car Leads to Standoff in Monett
Three people have been arrested in Monett after police were called to a report of a stolen car. Police tracked the car to a home in Monett at 11 a.m. and found weapons inside the car. This caused a standoff with authorities due to a chance of their being weapons inside the home as well. […]
Baylee A. Turner, 26, has been on trial nearly two years after being charged in February, 2019 for sexual relations with a student. That trial is no more. Charges were nullified after Turner married the student involved in this case. The marriage now prevents the former student from being compelled to take the stand in […]
Road conditions around the Ozarks are improving Friday as the sun comes out and crews continue to plow and treat highways. By early afternoon, the MoDOT Traveler Information Map is showing highways in the Springfield metro area as clear or mostly clear to partly snow covered. Several roads in the southeastern Ozarks were still showing […]
The sun shining brightly on Friday is a welcome sight for Springfieldians digging out from the biggest snowfall in the city sine the blizzard of February, 2011. The National Weather Service says the storm, which rolled into the area Wednesday night before moving out Friday morning, put down a total of 9.5 inches of snow. […]
About 600 Missouri National Guard members are assisting the Missouri State Highway Patrol during the snowstorm. Governor Parson activated them as part of the State of Emergency Tuesday. Missouri State Highway Patrol Captain John Hotz says that having the Guard assist them is better than having people stranded for hours like what happened on Interstate […]
Winter weather is causing problems for airports around the country. The Springfield-Branson National Airport is staying open thanks to the crews who are keeping the runways and parking lots cleared off. Public Information Manager Kent Boyd says that 62 percent of the scheduled flights have been cancelled because of snow in Dallas, Denver and Chicago. […]
City Utility workers and MoDOT say with snowfall slowing down in the Ozarks, coupled with dropping temperatures overnight, many roads may be effected by ice in the overnight hours of Thursday and into Friday. Officials have warned that with the refreezing, crews working to maintain the roadways may be slowed down, causing further driving difficulties. […]