Springfield Police have identified the man found in a creek on the west side of the city Sunday. Police say 38 year old Joseph Sparks was reported missing on January 25th. Sparks suffered from mental illness. His body was discovered in a creek near Mount Vernon and West Bypass by a passerby. This article is […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released the name of a man killed in a crash on Farm Road 94 near Bois D’Arc Wednesday afternoon. The Highway Patrol says 18 year old Alexander Reeds of Lee’s Summit ran off the road and struck a large tree. He died at the scene. This article is provided […]
Susan Abney of Salem, Missouri in Dent County has pleaded guilty to abuse and neglect of a child leading to death in the case of her own daughter, 10-year-old Josie Ann Abney. Abney was initially charged with abuse and neglect of a child, as well as second-degree murder, but the murder charge was dropped as […]
Timothy Norton is currently facing charges in the kidnapping and murder of Cassidy Rainwater, but investigators may have more charges to file against the 56-year-old. Authorities were continuing their investigation into Norton, and found a file of child porn at his home. According to reports, the file was “violent in nature”. Norton is on trial […]
Cases of COVID-19 in the Springfield area continue to decline. The Springfield-Greene County Health Department says the seven day average number of new cases is 201, just two weeks after a record 771 cases per day were reported. The report also says that flu infections are down, and the county hit its peak late in […]
One of two men charged with kidnapping and murdering Cassidy Rainwater in Dallas County last summer has waived his right to hear evidence against him. Timothy Norton and his attorney formally waived a preliminary hearing Tuesday, and a judge has set a circuit court arraignment date of February 22nd. Norton and his lawyer will appear […]
The Highway Patrol is urging anyone with information on a deadly hit-and-run near Highlandville to come forward. Troopers say a woman walking at Myron White Avenue and Henry Lane Tuesday afternoon was hit by a vehicle. Debora Dove, 67, died at a local hospital. Patrol Sergeant Mike McClure says whether it was a distracted driver, […]
The Missouri Department of Corrections office in Jefferson City had to be evacuated Monday, when an envelope of white powder was found by an employee. The staff was evacuated and responders in hazmat suits decontaminated the office. It was determined the powder was the painkiller acetaminophen and the employees went back to work. An investigation […]
Drury University is expanding. The university announced Tuesday that it will open a satellite campus in Harrisonville, south of Kansas City on Interstate 49. Drury’s evening and online program will launch in Harrisonville on March 15th. This article is provided by Ozarks News – 93.3 KWTO
Former Nixa police officer Cody Scott has been charged with five counts of second-degree statutory rape, and one count of second-degree sodomy in accordance with crimes committed between September and December of last year. The 24-year-old Scott had been on the Nixa police force since 2019, when he was hired just after graduating from the […]