Work will resume Monday night on the James River Freeway widening project between Highway 65 and Glenstone in Springfield.
Crews will pave the inside shoulder westbound on James River.
Starting on Tuesday, traffic will be shifted toward the new inside shoulder and center barrier wall to begin work on the outside lanes and shoulders of the highway both east and westbound.
MoDOT says drivers can expect narrow lanes and slower traffic.
The work should take about two months to complete.
Police in Lamar have identified the victim of a fatal fire over the weekend as Betty Jo Parker.
Investigators say Parker, who was 71, ran back inside her burning home to try to save a family pet.
She was overcome with smoke.
When fire crews arrived at the house at 10th Street and Grand, the home was already in flames, with heavy smoke.
Another resident, William Parker, 67, is being treated for non life threatening injuries at a local hospital.
The Joplin Police Department has released details of funerals planned this week for two officers who died after being shot while trying to arrest a man during a disturbance outside of a local shopping center last Tuesday.
Public visitation for Corporal Ben Cooper will be held from 4-8 p.m. Monday at the Leggett and Platt Center on the Missouri Southern State University campus.
A public funeral for Corporal Cooper takes place Tuesday afternoon at 1:00 at the same location.
Public visitation for Officer Jake Reed will be held Thursday, March 17th, from 4-8 p.m. at the Leggett and Platt Center, with a public funeral at the center Friday at 1:00 p.m.
If members of the public would like to show support for the Cooper family or to law enforcement, they’re asked to line up along Main Street in Joplin between 3rd and 19th Street.
A procession will travel that route between 3 and 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Fair Grove Police are investigating the death of a truck driver at a gas station Thursday.
The driver was found dead inside the cab of his semi at the Kum & Go on West Old Mill Road Thursday night.
The driver’s company had asked police to do a well-being check on the driver.
Police ruled out foul play. A HAZMAT team from Springfield was called in as a precaution because the driver was hauling ammonia.
An Arkansas man is dead after a crash on Highway 63 near Houston in Texas County.
The Highway Patrol says a vehicle, driven by 83 year-old Hermann Richter of Mountain Home, Arkansas, ran off the road and down a steep embankment.
He was thrown from the vehicle.
Richter died from his injuries after being taken by ambulance to a near-by hospital.
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has charged a local business owner with defrauding his customers,
47-year-old James Enloe faces two counts of felony deceptive business practices. According to the paperwork, Enloe and his company, Enloe Exteriors, took nearly $10,000 from clients in advance.
After receiving those advances, the company completed partial or no work on the job sites, and then cut off communication with their clients completely.
Assistant Attorney General Sarah Carnes and John Grantham will prosecute the case.
Some parts of the Ozarks have several inches of snow on the ground as a Winter Weather Advisory continues until 6:00 p.m. Friday.
The National Weather Service is reporting more than two inches of snow in Joplin as of 7:30 a.m. Friday, with 4.1 inches in Nevada, 4.0 inches in Irwin (Barton County), 4.5 inches in Warsaw, 3.5 inches in Stockton, 5.0 inches in Cole Camp (Benton County), 1.0 inch in Morrisville, and 1.0 inch in Ash Grove.
Many roads in southwest Missouri are at least partly snow covered, with generally clear roads in the southeastern Ozarks.
Forecasters say areas along and south of I-44 should get one to two inches of snow before it comes to an end by mid afternoon.
Get updated road conditions here with the MoDOT Traveler Information Map
Joplin Police say a second officer injured in a shooting Tuesday will not recover from his wounds.
Joplin Police Chief Rowland Sloan said during a press conference Thursday morning that officer Jake Reed was an organ donor.
Chief Sloan said a third officer injured, Officer Rickey Hirshey, was still in serious but stable condition.
| Blunt Statement on Joplin Police Officer Jake Reed |
| WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) today released the following statement after Joplin Police Chief Sloan Rowland announced that Officer Jake Reed will not recover from injuries sustained in the line of duty. “Abby and I are praying for Joplin Police Officer Jake Reed’s wife and family, his fellow officers, and the entire Joplin community. Officer Reed and Corporal Benjamin Cooper rushed toward danger, never hesitating to put the safety of others ahead of their own. There is nothing more selfless, more heroic, and more honorable. We are grateful they answered the call to serve and we are forever indebted to their families.” |
Alton
Appleton City
Blue Eye
Bradleyville
Branson
Bunker
Chadwick (AMI Day)
Cole Camp
Couch
Evangel
Forsyth
Galena
Houston (AMI Day)
Kirbyville
Koshkonong
Lakeland R-3 (Deepwater)
Licking
Mark Twain – Taney County
Missouri State University (Events will continue unless noted)
Osceola
OTC – Lebanon, Republic Center, Richwood Valley, Springfield, Table Rock, Waynesville (Remote Instruction)
Plainview
Plato
Reeds Spring
Shell Knob (AMI)
Skyline R-2 (Norwood)
Success
Taneyville
Thornfield
Warsaw
West Plains
Two people are now charged in a shooting in Seymour Wednesday.
Webster County authorities arrested 23 year old Gage Bittner and 52 year old Teresa Ireland.
Bittner faces second degree murder charges and armed criminal action.
Ireland is charged with hindering prosecution of a felony.
The name of the victim has not yet been released.