A driver is expected to recover after crashing into a house in Springfield.
Investigators say the driver was at the intersection of Atlantic and Albertha Wednesday morning and ran a stop sign.
The van crashed into a nearby car and then into the front porch of the house.
The driver suffered minor injuries. No one was inside the home at the time of the crash.
Other details of the crash, including a potential cause, have not been released.
One man is in custody after leading police on a car chase, while his passenger is in the hospital.
Investigators say 45-year-old Dameon Horton was flagged down by police at the intersection of Kansas and Mount Vernon Monday afternoon when the chase began.
According to police, he ran through five different red lights, nearly hit multiple cars and reached speeds of over 100 miles per hour during the pursuit.
The chase finally ended when Horton crashed into a utility pole near the intersection of Sunshine and Marion.
A passenger in his vehicle suffered a broken back in the crash.
Horton is charged with second-degree assault, resisting arrest by fleeing, and armed criminal action.
Officers believe Horton may have been under the influence of opioids.
Get ready, BTS ARMY! Jung Kook‘s newest single, “3D” featuring Jack Harlow, is slated to arrive this Friday (Sept. 29). To drum up anticipation for the song’s release, the K-pop star shared a teaser for the song’s music video on Wednesday (Sept. 27), which provides both a snippet of the song and an idea of the concept for the visual.
The 30-second clip kicks off with Jung Kook wearing an all-white suit and ominously walking up a set of stairs that seemingly leads to nowhere. The visual then cuts to a van filled with people who exit throughout the back door to an empty courtyard, with Jung Kook later reappearing in an all-black outfit, holding a sledgehammer.
The following scene shows the star playing a game of chess with a pal who looks to be Harlow. After ringing the bell, the teaser goes black, stating the track’s release date against a snippet of the BTS star singing, “I wanna see it/ In motion, in 3D.”
“3D,” Jung Kook’s second solo single, was announced on Saturday (Sept. 23) by BTS’ label, BigHit Music. In a note shared to Weverse, the song was described as “a pop R&B track with clever expressions of feelings toward an unattainable person from the perspectives of first, second, and third dimensions. Get ready to meet an even more mature side of Jung Kook following ‘Seven (feat. Latto).’ Jack Harlow has featured in this track, bringing his unique rap style and adding zest to the song.”
Ahead of the announcement, Harlow took to X, formerly known as Twitter, and wrote, “I’ll fly u from Korea to Kentucky,” prompting some fans to speculate it may be lyrics to his verse.
“3D” follows Jung Kook’s hit single “Seven” featuring Latto. The track crowned the Billboard Hot 100 after its July release and has spent a total of 10 weeks on the chart.
Watch the teaser for “3D” above.
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band have pulled their remaining 2023 tour dates as Springsteen continues to recover from peptic ulcer disease. Among the postponed dates are a November Canadian run and his Dec. 4 and 6 dates at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum.
The postponed dates will move into 2024, with rescheduled dates to be announced next week, according to a statement.
“Bruce Springsteen has continued to recover steadily from peptic ulcer disease over the past few weeks and will continue treatment through the rest of the year on doctor’s advice,” according to the statement released earlier Wednesday (Sept. 27), four days after Springsteen celebrated his 74th birthday. “With this in mind, and out of an abundance of caution, all remaining 2023 tour dates for Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be postponed until 2024.”
While the tour has garnered Springsteen some of the best reviews of his long career, this development is the latest rough spot in terms of staying on the road. On Sept. 6, Springsteen announced the postponement of his nine September dates and revealed the peptic ulcer disease diagnosis. That news came after his Aug. 16 and 18 shows in Philadelphia had been postponed (and subsequently rescheduled for August 2024). Three shows in March had also been postponed for unspecified illness.
There were 14 remaining shows on the band’s 2023 schedule, which was set to wrap Dec. 12 at San Francisco’s Chase Center.
The 2023 tour kicked off at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla., for a 28-show U.S. leg, before launching a 31-show European leg at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona. The most recent leg of Springsteen & The E Street Band’s 2023 tour began on Aug. 9 at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
The rescheduled dates will all take place at their originally scheduled venues. Ticketholders unable to make the new dates have 30 days to request a refund.
“Thanks to all my friends and fans for your good wishes, encouragement, and support,” said Springsteen in the statement. “I’m on the mend and can’t wait to see you all next year.”
Read the band’s full statement below:
Brothers Jason and Travis Kelce just shared their first New Heights podcast episode since Taylor Swift made headlines with her Kansas City Chiefs game visit over the weekend — and of course, they had to talk about it.
After conceding that the siblings had, up until now, been steering clear of the subject on the show “out of respect” for Travis’ personal life, the Chiefs tight end joked, “Yeah, my personal life that’s not so personal. I did this to myself, Jason!” He also noted on the episode — which dropped Wednesday (Sept. 27) — that he’s under a brighter spotlight now following Swift’s visit to Kansas City. “I’m on a roller coaster, man!” he said. “I’m noticing a few things — paparazzi outside my house, s–t like that.”
“Shoutout to Taylor for pulling up!” he continued. “That was pretty ballsy. That was pretty ballsy, yeah. I just thought it was awesome how everybody in the suite had nothing but great things to say about her, the friends and family — she looked amazing. Everybody was talking about her in great light and on top of that, the day went perfect for Chiefs fans, of course.”
In case you somehow missed it, the “Anti-Hero” singer was the guest of honor — at Travis’ invitation — at Sunday’s Chiefs-Bears game at Arrowhead Stadium, where she was captured cheering on Travis’ team and talking excitedly with the Kelces’ mother, Donna. Afterward, she left the stadium with the younger Kelce in his convertible, something that has fans more convinced than ever that a romance has sprung up between the two stars after weeks of speculation.
“To see the slow-motion chest bumps, to see the high-fives with Mom, to see how Chiefs Kingdom was all excited that she was there,” Travis added. “It was definitely a game I’ll remember, that’s for d–n sure. Then we just slid off in the getaway car at the end. Took my Chevelle to the game.”
Unfortunately for Travlor shippers, it doesn’t seem like the Kansas City player has any plans to share more about his connection with Swift, whom he first admitted to having a crush on after failing to slip her his phone number at an Eras Tour concert in May. “It is my personal life and I want to respect both of our lives,” he told his brother before joking, “She’s not in the media as much as I am, doing this show every single week … I’m enjoying life, and I sure as hell enjoyed this weekend.”
“Everything moving forward, I think me talking about sports … is kinda where I keep it,” he added.
Travis and Jason did, however, take some time to answer some basic football questions sent in by Swifties who, in light of recent events, have taken a new interest in the NFL. The two also reacted to some of the most newsworthy comments made about the public interest caused by Swift’s attendance Sunday, including Patriots manager Bill Belichick joking that the musician might just turn into the “biggest catch” of Travis’ career.
“Even Bill Belichick! Belichick, he hasn’t talked much about me outside of, you know, game weeks that we played,” Kelce laughed. “But dude made sure to remind me that’s the best catch I’ve ever had in my life!”
Watch Travis Kelce talk about Taylor Swift’s Chiefs game appearance below:
Billboard has unveiled the final round of confirmed artists and full schedule of the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Week, returning to Miami Beach the week of Oct. 2 to 6.
Joining the Latin music’s biggest event are Beatriz Luengo, Carin León, DannyLux, DJ Nelson, Hyde, Ivy Queen, Fuerza Regida’s Jesús Ortiz Paz “JOP”, Lasso, Luny Tunes, Pedro Capó, Thalia and Wisin.
The final talent additions and full event schedule (see below) were presented during a press conference at the Faena Forum in Miami Beach on Sept. 20, where Leila Cobo, chief content officer of Billboard Latin and Billboard Español, was joined by Miami Beach mayor Dan Gelber, Valentina Bueno (director of Karol G’s Con Cora Foundation), as well as artists Fonseca, Mike Bahía and Venesti.
“We’re so very happy to be here again,” added Cobo. “A lot of people are discovering Latin music for the first time in the past year, but at Billboard, we’ve been part of its growth for over 30 years. We can’t imagine anywhere in the world but [Miami Beach] to bring this fabulous event.”
Previously confirmed acts for the 2023 edition of LMW include Shakira; Arcángel; RBD’s Christian Chávez, Christopher von Uckermann, and Maite Perroni; Chencho Corleone; Edgar Barrera; Eladio Carrión; Feid; Fonseca; GALE; Grupo Frontera; Keityn; Manuel Turizo; Maria Becerra; Mike Bahía; Myke Towers; Nathy Peluso; Nicki Nicole; Peso Pluma; Santa Fe Klan; Sebastián Yatra; Vico C; Yng Lvcas; and Young Miko.
Official partners of the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Week include AT&T, Cheetos, CN Bank, Delta Air Lines, Lexus, Netflix, Michelob ULTRA and Smirnoff.
Celebrated for more than 30 years, Billboard Latin Music Week is the longest running and biggest Latin music industry gathering in the world, and coincides with the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards, which will be broadcast live on Telemundo on Thursday, Oct. 5, from the Watsco Center in Miami.
Below, a complete guide of the panels, Q&As and workshops you won’t want to miss at the Faena Forum. For a guide to just the showcases taking place throughout the week at night, click here.
Purchase tickets today for the Billboard Latin Music Week 2023.
NEEDTOBREATHE adds its sixth No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart, as Caves blasts in atop the survey (dated Sept. 30). In its opening week, encompassing Sept. 15-21, the set earned 10,000 equivalent album units, including 7,000 in album sales.
The rock group, which formed in 1998 in Seneca, S.C., last led the list with Into the Mystery in August 2021. All six of NEEDTOBREATHE’s No. 1s have opened on top, starting with The Reckoning in 2011.
Caves sports 11 tracks, including collaborations with country artists Old Dominion (“Wasting Time”) and Carly Pearce (“Fall on Me”). The former is being promoted to Christian radio by Capitol Christian. In its third week on Christian Airplay, it holds at its No. 29 high (536,000 in audience).
Maverick City Music’s The Mav Way: EP Vol. 1, The Maverick Way, with Chandler Moore and Naomi Raine, begins at No. 1 on Top Gospel Albums and No. 2 on Top Christian Albums. In its first week, it earned 7,000 units, with 3,000 in album sales.
The 11-song set marks the Atlanta-based music collective’s third No. 1 on Top Gospel Albums and its seventh top 10 on Top Christian Albums.
Chandler Moore and Naomi Raine are both members of Maverick City Music. Moore notches his first No. 1 billing on Top Gospel Albums and first top 10 on Top Christian Albums. He adds his second top 10 on the former, after Feelings debuted at its No. 4 peak in 2020.
Raine likewise nets her first Top Gospel Albums chart-topping credit. She has one additional top 10, as her solo Cover the Earth: Live in New York started and peaked at No. 6 in June. On Top Christian Albums, she achieves her first top 10.
Several new stores are coming to the Battlefield Mall in Springfield.
The stores include Kimberly and Company, a clothing store, and Rally House, which sells licensed college and professional sports teams apparel.
Astro Alley sells freeze dried candies, gourmet popcorn, and cheesecake. It opened in early August.
A new traffic light on Highway 60 in Republic has gone into opperation today.
The signal at the intersection of Highway 60 and Farm Road 203 had been flashing yellow for the past few weeks.
A woman who was the subject of an Endangered Person Advisory was killed in a car crash.
The Highway Patrol says 93-year-old Effie Holden of Mountain View ran her car off Business 60-63 striking a road sign and a tree around midnight Tuesday.
Holden was pronounced dead at the scene.
She had last been seen at a grocery store in Willow Springs Monday.
She was reported missing after she failed to show up for an appointment.