The driver of a stolen car and a passenger are in custody after a crash near the Springfield-Branson National Airport.
Greene County deputies tried to pull over the vehicle near West Bypass and Division after the car was reported stolen from Springfield.
The chase went along Division before the car crashed in the roundabout near the airport entrance.
No one was hurt.
Governor Mike Parson awarded a Missouri Public Safety Medal of Valor to a Springfield police officer.
Sergeant Heather Anderson was awarded the medal for her actions on June 9, 2020, when she saved Officer Mark Priebe’s life in the parking lot of the police station.
Officer Priebe was in attendance at the ceremony in Jefferson City.
The remains of a Cassville man who died in a prisoner of war camp during World War 2 have been identified.
John V. Phillips was a member of the 31st Infantry Regiment, when he was captured by the Japanese during fighting in the Philippine Islands.
He died in a P-O-W camp on July 27, 1942 and buried in a common grave with other deceased prisoners.
Using modern technology his remains were finally identified.
He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on September 13th.
As the number of new cases of COVID-19 continues to drop in Greene County, local health officials will update the community Wednesday afternoon on case counts, as well as quarantine numbers and vaccination rates.
On July 15th, the seven day case average stood at 223, but was down to 72 cases as of Monday.
Hospitalizations in Greene County peaked at 271 on July 23rd, but was down to 180 on August 25th and 144 on Tuesday of this week.
We’ll have live streaming video of Wednesday’s health department update from the Springfield Public Schools Kraft Administration Building beginning at 1:30 p.m.
A water main break on Jefferson between McDaniel and St. Louis in downtown Springfield Wednesday has flooded roads and forced lane closures in the area.
Springfield City Utilities says the break should not impact customers in the area.
Crews are having to excavate to find the break, then fix it and likely have to replace the pipe.
A C-U spokesman says the 12 inch water main break happened because of older cast iron material. The pipe needing to be replaced could be up to 100 years old.
Another Republican state senator is running for Southwest Missouri Congressman Billy Long’s seat in the U-S House.
Springfield State Senator Eric Burlison announced his bid for 7th District Congress Wednesday morning on Wake up Springfield with Tim Jones on KWTO.
“This country has never been more lost than we are now,” Burlison said in making the announcement. “We need to get our fiscal house in order.”
Burlison, who is 44, has served Missouri’s 20th Senate District in Greene and Christian Counties since being elected in 2018.
He previously served in the Missouri House of Representatives (133rd District) from 2008 until 2016.
Burlison’s announcement comes just one day after Ash Grove State Senator Mike Moon announced he’s running for Long’s seat.
Long announced last month he’s running for the U-S Senate currently held by Roy Blunt.
Blunt is not running for re-election in 2022.
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Springfield Police are investigating a shooting behind a hotel.
It happened around 9:30 p.m Tuesday night, in a parking lot behind the Comfort Inn on Glenstone Avenue.
The suspect was arguing with a woman, when another man tried to intervene.
The suspect shot the man in the leg and then fled on foot.
Police say the victim has non-life threatening injuries.
They don’t have a description of the suspect.
Fire damaged five units of the John B. Hughes Apartments on North Clifton.
It started on the first floor and Springfield Firefighters contained the fire to the first and second floor.
They said nobody was hurt.
The fire marshal is investigating the cause of the fire, but do not believe it was suspicious.
A man is in the Laclede County Jail charged with second degree sodomy of a child and tampering with a witness.
Authorities arrested Marcus Hill of Lebanon.
He is a ten-time convicted felon in Missouri.
Investigators say a woman told them he had sexual contact, two to three times a week, with her from the time she turned 14.
Her parents told police that Hill had intimidated the girl to leaving their house with him.