Month: March 2022

In a press conference Wednesday, Governor Mike Parson announced that he is ending the COVID-19 crisis within the state, and lowering the disease from a pandemic to an endemic.

An endemic categorizes the disease as commonplace, like the flu.

The end of the crisis now allows state and local health officials to dictate practices for combating COVID-19 attack plans for individual jurisdictions.

The state’s shift to the endemic phase will begin on Friday, April 1.

A statement from Governor Parson can be read below:

7:50 a.m. UPDATE: The Severe Thunderstorm Warning for central Douglas County has been cancelled. The storms that prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits.

7:32 a.m. UPDATE: The Severe Thunderstorm Warning for northeastern Taney and northwestern Ozark Counties is cancelled. The warning remains in effect for central Douglas County until 8:00 a.m.

7:05 a.m. UPDATE: The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Northwestern Ozark, Douglas, and Northeastern Taney Counties until 8:00 a.m. Severe storms were located along a line extending from 14 miles southeast of Sparta to 10 miles east of Taneyville to 12 miles north of Diamond City, moving northeast at 45 miles per hour. 60 mile per hour winds and penny size hail are possible as the storms move through Ava, Squires, Goodhope, Wasola, Vanzant, Bradleyville and Drury.

6:45 a.m. UPDATE: The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for eastern Taney County until 7:30 a.m. Storms will produce up to 60 mile per hour winds and penny size hail as they pass over Lake Taneycomo and affect the communities of Kissee Mills and Bradleyville. The Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Webster County is being allowed to expire at 6:45 a.m.

6:10 a.m. UPDATE: The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Webster County until 6:45 a.m. 60 mile per hour winds are possible. A tornado is also possible. The storm will impact Marshfield, Fordland, Diggins, Northview, Seymour, and Niangua.

The National Weather Serviced has issued a Tornado Watch until 1:00 p.m. Wednesday for counties south and southeast of Springfield.

Storms that move through the eastern Ozarks Wednesday morning have the potential to produce damaging wind gusts of 60 miles per hour, hail up to the size of quarters, and isolated tornadoes.

Counties under the Tornado Watch include Christian, Webster, Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Taney and Wright.

93-3 and AM 560 KWTO will keep you up to date with any watches and warnings, as well as wind and hail reports and damage reports.

Springfield Police are asking for the public’s help in finding three endangered children.

Police say that 10 year old Ryder, 9 year old Resean, and 8 year old Ramello Green disappeared last Wednesday.

Police believe they are with their biological mother, Britney Barnes and her wife, Ceaira Beverly.

The state has orders to take the children into custody.

Police say they were last seen in a black S-U-V with no plates.

Anyone with any information on their whereabouts should call 9-1-1 or the Springfield Police Department.

State Senator Mike Moon has become the latest addition to the 7th district ballot for the House of Representatives, and not a moment too soon.

Moon is a current state Senator, representing all or portions of Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, Stone and Boone counties.

Prior to that position, who was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing Missouri’s 157th District.

On the final day of available filing, the 63-year-old put his name into the running, joining a laundry list of candidates.

The list of Republican candidates and their information can be found below:

U.S. Representative – District 7

Greene County deputies say one person suffered a gunshot wound to the leg Tuesday morning at the Dale Sare Conservation Area off Farm Road 141 north of Springfield.

Authorities say the shooting happened on a camping site, and a second person who was with the victim is cooperating with deputies.

The condition of the shooting victim has not been released.

The National Weather Service says a few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible overnight Tuesday night into Wednesday morning in the Ozarks.

Damaging wind gusts will be the primary potential hazard, but quarter size hail and an isolated tornado are also possible.

Those storms should impact the Springfield metro area after 3 a.m. Wednesday. Additional strong to severe storms will be possible late Wednesday morning into the afternoon, with the best chances for bad weather along and southeast of a Branson to Rolla line.