Springfield City Utilities officials say copper wire theft continues to be a problem. Street lights are out on West Bypass between Division and Kearney because of copper wire being stolen. C-U Spokesman Joel Alexander says thieves are taking the underground cable between street lights. Alexander says people are also taking overhead cable between utility poles. […]
Month: February 2022
A crash involving multiple vehicles shut down the ramp to go from westbound I-44 to northbound Highway 65 in Springfield for more than an hour and a half during the morning commute Tuesday. The crash happened at the 82.6 mile marker and had slow-moving westbound traffic down to one lane. Emergency vehicles cleared the scene […]
The wait for Springfield’s second Hy-Vee store to open won’t be much longer. The company says the store at 2150 east Sunshine is scheduled to open Tuesday, February 22 at 6 a.m. The new 93,000 square foot store will have several new departments, including a shoe store. Hy-vee will employ around 600 workers at the […]
Some schools in the Ozarks are closed for a fifth straight day Tuesday following last week’s winter storm. Here’s the list of school closings for public schools in southwest Missouri: Alton Ava Bakersfield Bunker Cabool Couch Dent-Phelps Dora Eminence Gainesville Green Forest (MO) R-2 Houston Koshkonong Laquey Licking Mansfield Mountain Grove Mountain View-Birch Tree Liberty […]
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Springfield C-U Warning of Scam
Springfield City Utilities is warning customers of a scam to get their personal information. Customers receive a text message saying a payment did not go through. C-U reminds customers they do not text customers and a question about their account should be directed to a customer representative by calling C-U. This article is provided by […]
Branson Mayor, Larry Milton, would like to express his well wishes and a speedy recovery after Branson Fire Rescue Fire Marshal Dennis Brunner was hit by a car and seriously injured while changing a tire near Springfield. According to a report by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Fire Marshal Brunner was changing a flat tire […]
Two pedestrians were struck by a vehicle along I-44 near Springfield on Saturday. One pedestrian suffered minor injuries, with another suffering severe injuries. The individual who suffered serious injuries is Branson Fire Marshal Dennis Brunner. Brunner and the other pedestrian were changing a tire when a truck traveling along the highway struck them. According to […]
A high-speed chase between authorities in Ozark and a juvenile early Monday morning ended tragically. Officers conducted a traffic stop for a driver they believed to be possibly impaired, and had committed multiple traffic violations. The driver stopped briefly before fleeing police at a high rate of speed, according to reports. Police then pursued the […]
Pavel Samsinak, 48, has been convicted of four crimes, including second-degree murder and second-degree arson in the death of his neighbor, 66-year-old Alice Hall. He was also convicted of armed criminal action and tampering with physical evidence. Hall was murdered in September of 2020 after she and Samsinak had a verbal altercation about a fence […]
Springfield Police are notifying family members about the death of a man whose body was found in a creek on the city’s west side. Officers say the body was located at North Branch Wilson’s Creek near West Bypass. Police had to call fire crews because officers had trouble removing the body from the water because […]