A suspect was shot during a fight with a Buffalo Police officer.
The incident happened during a fight between a suspect and an officer on South Ash Street Thursday.
The fight escalated until the officer shot the person.
An ambulance took the suspect to a hospital for treatment.
Highway 65 was closed for a time because of the incident.
A proposed Missouri law that has garnered the name “Make Murder Legal Act” by some opposed to the bill, is dead in the water in the Missouri State Legislature.
A Senate Committee stepped forward and blocked the measure.
The proposed bill would have forced law enforcement to see every shooting as self-defense first unless proven otherwise, making it difficult for authorities to make arrests in cases of violent crimes.
A prosecutor in Stoddard County referred to the proposal as the “Make Murder Legal Act” during a hearing this week.
Earlier this week, both Springfield Police Chief Paul Williams and Greene County Prosecutor spoke out against the bill as well.
30-year-old Jon Routh has been found competent to stand trial in the case against him for paralyzing Springfield Police Officer Mark Priebe.
The incident occurred in June of 2020, when Routh was seen causing a disturbance and urinating outside and on the front door of the Springfield Police Headquarters. When confronted, Routh got into his SUV and struck officer Priebe.
Routh was committed in August of 2020 as an investigation into his fitness for trial was examined. He was deemed competent to face charges in January of this year.
Routh now has a court date scheduled for March 4 and faces charges of first-degree assault, armed criminal action and second-degree tampering with a motor vehicle.
From workforce development to affordable housing, quality of life, improving sports facilities to using American Rescue Plan Act funds for transformative projects,11 CEO’s from Springfield and Greene County weighed in on key issues affecting our community during Zimmer Radio Group’s third CEO Roundtable Thursday in Springfield.
Concerns were expressed about increasing the participation rate, which is the number of people available to participate in the workforce.
Several of our CEO’s agreed we need to make investments today in the way we spend and build now, that will resonate in the future.
Over the coming weeks and months, the feedback and discussion from our CEO Roundtables will help guide our programming topics on our local news and talk programs on KWTO.
Thanks to the following CEO’s for being part of Thursday’s roundtable:
Tracy Kimberlin—President of the Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau
Lance Kettering—Executive Director of the Springfield Sports Commission
Doug Pitt—CEO of Pitt Technology Group and Care to Learn
John Widiger—Managing Partner of Youngblood Auto Group
Paula Adams—President of PenMac Employment
Crista Hogan—Executive Director of the Springfield Metropolitan Bar
Debbie Shantz Hart—Owner of Housing Plus LLC
John Oke-Thomas—President and CEO of Oke-Thomas + Associates
Joe Passanise—Attorney, Wampler and Passanise
Jack Stack—Founder, President, and CEO of SRC Holdings Corporation and The Great Game of Business
Matt Morrow—President and CEO of Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce
Springfield Police have identified the man found in a creek on the west side of the city Sunday.
Police say 38 year old Joseph Sparks was reported missing on January 25th.
Sparks suffered from mental illness.
His body was discovered in a creek near Mount Vernon and West Bypass by a passerby.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released the name of a man killed in a crash on Farm Road 94 near Bois D’Arc Wednesday afternoon.
The Highway Patrol says 18 year old Alexander Reeds of Lee’s Summit ran off the road and struck a large tree.
He died at the scene.
Susan Abney of Salem, Missouri in Dent County has pleaded guilty to abuse and neglect of a child leading to death in the case of her own daughter, 10-year-old Josie Ann Abney.
Abney was initially charged with abuse and neglect of a child, as well as second-degree murder, but the murder charge was dropped as a result of her guilty plea.
Josie Ann was the adoptive child of Susan and her husband, Randy Abney. She was adopted in 2013 and lived with the couple until her death in 2020. Randy is still facing charges of second-degree murder and abuse or neglect of a child resulting in death.
Investigators found a child lock on the home’s refrigerator, and noticed food in the home placed in locations out of reaching of the child.
In statements from doctors, Josie Ann was severely dehydrated, malnourished and had signs of bruising throughout her body.
Timothy Norton is currently facing charges in the kidnapping and murder of Cassidy Rainwater, but investigators may have more charges to file against the 56-year-old.
Authorities were continuing their investigation into Norton, and found a file of child porn at his home. According to reports, the file was “violent in nature”.
Norton is on trial along with James Phelps, 58, in the death of Rainwater.
A motion was filed on Tuesday for a protective order to be put in place on the evidence against both men, and was granted.
Norton is scheduled for arraignment on February 22.
Cases of COVID-19 in the Springfield area continue to decline.
The Springfield-Greene County Health Department says the seven day average number of new cases is 201, just two weeks after a record 771 cases per day were reported.
The report also says that flu infections are down, and the county hit its peak late in 2021.
Chief Administrator Officer Erik Frederick of Mercy Hospital says the expectation is that COVID-19 cases in Springfield and Greene County will continue to decline as the Omicron variant dissipates.
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Springfield are starting to go down, with 214 cases on Wednesday after peaking at 254 cases on February 3rd.
One of two men charged with kidnapping and murdering Cassidy Rainwater in Dallas County last summer has waived his right to hear evidence against him.
Timothy Norton and his attorney formally waived a preliminary hearing Tuesday, and a judge has set a circuit court arraignment date of February 22nd.
Norton and his lawyer will appear via video.
Norton and James Phelps are accused of murdering and dismembering Rainwater on Phelps’ property off Moon Valley Road.