A former employee of the West Plains School District has been granted a change of venue in the case against him. Christopher Taylor is facing charges of sexual contact with a student, child molestation and endangering the welfare of a child. He was set to stand trial in Howell County court, however he and his […]
Month: March 2022
Future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols is set to rejoin the team where his long Major League career started. MLB.com and the St. Louis Post Dispatch are quoting sources as saying Pujols has agreed to a one year deal with the St. Louis Cardinals worth $2.5 million. The contract is pending a physical, and as […]
A West Plains man has received a near 21-year prison sentence after he admitted to trafficking meth. 39-year-old Luis Rodriguez was sentenced to 20 years and ten months in prison in federal court Friday. That sentence comes without the possibility of parole. Rodriguez pleaded guilty to the charges in September of 2021, admitting to conspiracy […]
59-year-old Steven Endsley has been found guilty of the murder of Theresa Jackson and her daughter, Danielle Smith in 2016. According to prosecutors, Endsley killed Jackson and her daughter because Smith was gay. Smith and Endsley had several confrontations in the past, and evidence from the prosecution showed interactions consistent with harassment on Endsley’s part. […]
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CoxHealth Names New President and CEO
The CoxHealth Board of Directors has announced that Max Buetow will be the health system’s next President and CEO beginning in June. Buetow succeeds Steve Edwards, who has been chief executive since 2012 and is retiring at the end of May. Buetow currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In his current […]
A firefighter from the Ebenezer Fire Protection District who died in the line of duty on March 18th will be laid to rest Friday. A procession route for Firefighter Dustin Brandhorst’s funeral is approximately nine miles long. There will be road closures along the route from approximately 12 p.m. until 2 p.m. However, you can […]
Severe weather season is here, and the KWTO News Team will keep you up to date on the latest watches and warnings when bad weather approaches the Ozarks. We invite you to join News Director Don Louzader, Producer Cass Bowen, Reporter/Producer Logan Weber and Mike Roberts from 101-3 Real Country at the annual Severe Weather […]
Brandon Veasman, 42, pleaded guilty in Pulaski County court to charges of second-degree murder. Veasman was accused of killing Mark Etherton in September of 2021. Etherton was found by authorities just outside of his home in Dixon. Autopsies revealed multiple stab wounds. Another suspect, Cherie Kelley, is facing charges of tampering with physical evidence in […]
45-year-old Samuel “Sam” Barnett of Seymour has pleaded guilty to sexual abuse charges involving two children. The children, a boy and a girl, were allegedly abused by Barnett on numerous occasions from 2017 to 2019. A second individual was initially charged in the case, but those charges were later dropped. Barnett was charged with statutory […]
A Springfield man now faces multiple charges of child pornography after walking into a government building. 39-year-old Shaun Walker has been charged with one count of distributing child pornography and one count of possessing child porn after he walked into a restricted section of a government building in Kansas City. Building policy doesn’t allow phones […]