Month: September 2021

Christina Randall, Mike Landis, KOLR

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Through the COVID-19 pandemic medical experts have warned the public about unapproved alternative treatments.

Family and friends of a woman dying from the virus came together Saturday to pray outside CoxHealth. The family wants to now why families can’t have more say when it comes with alternative treatments.

As KOLR-10 reports, there are claims by some that Ivermectin prescriptions work for Covid. Most in the medical community say there isn’t enough evidence.

The National Institute for Health lists it as being under evaluation….but more trials are needed. The FDA, American Medical Association have not endorsed it.

Connor Wilson, KOLR

GREENE COUNTY, Mo.– A car crash outside of Rogersville on Friday has left one dead.

Jodi Blomenkamp, 49, was traveling Eastbound on Farm Road 164 when another vehicle failed to yield and traveled into her path.

As KOLR-10 reports, Blomenkamp’s vehicle overturned. She was pronounced dead at the scene. No safety device was activated in her vehicle according to the crash report.

Connor Wilson, KOLR

MCDONALD COUNTY, Mo.– A motorcycle crash outside of Powell on Friday has left one dead.

Michael Tate, 41, was heading Eastbound on Pine Tree Road 6 at 4:12 p.m. when his motorcycle traveled off the left side of the roadway and struck a tree.

Tate was pronounced dead on the scene.

As KOLR-10 reports, this is Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop D’s 99th fatality for 2021.

Mike Landis, KOLR

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – It’s the end of an era for getting gas in the city. 

Brentwood Service Center, located at the intersection of Glenstone Ave. and Seminole St., stood the test of time as the city grew up.  As other small independently-owned gas stations closed over the years, Brentwood became the sole remaining example left in the city. 

As KOLR-10 reports, the place is just as much a gas station as a museum, with creaky wooden floors, a statue of Abe Lincoln, and reminders of when owner Chip Wagoner’s father bought the place in 1966. Back then, U.S. 65 came down Glenstone right in front of the business.

The 44th Annual Fair Grove Heritage Reunion will bring tens of thousands of people to the Ozarks this weekend.

Organizers say a conservative estimated attendance is 20,000-30,000, but some folks have put the number as high as 60,000 .

The two day event takes place from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. through 4 p.m. on Sunday.

The parade gets underway at 10 a.m. Saturday, with a worship service led by the Fair Grove Methodist Church fat 8:45 a.m. Sunday.

The activities take place along Main Street in Fair Grove, and there’s no cost to attend.

Around 300 vendors will also be in place.

The Springfield Police Department sent officers to Independence, Missouri on Thursday to pay their respects to Officer Blaize Madrid-Evans, who was shot and killed in the line of duty on September 15th.

But those officers didn’t just come to mourn the loss of a brother in blue, but to say thank you.

Madrid-Evans was just two months into his career and just 22 years old when he lost his life.

Before he died, the officer made a decision to be an organ donor.

Springfield Police Officer Mark Priebe, who was paralyzed after being run over by an SUV on the parking lot of police headquarters in 2020, needed a kidney due to an unrelated development and had been waiting for months on a donor list.

Late last week, his family learned Officer Madrid-Evans was a match.

Last Saturday, Priebe received his kidney in a transplant surgery at a hospital in St. Louis.

Priebe’s wife, Heather, says Officer Madrid-Evans is a hero and doesn’t even know it.

West Plains Police arrested two men accused of stealing catalytic converters.

32 year old Christopher Hogue and 52 year old Jason Vanatter were arrested and bond set at $5000.

Police say they had a report of catalytic converters being stolen from a van at the First Baptist Church.

They identified one of the suspects in a surveillance video.

Both men were arrested at the home of suspect in the video.