Month: May 2022

Authorities in St. Clair County say a traffic crash killed a motorcyclist over the weekend.

Reports say officers responded to the scene just outside of Collins Saturday evening, May 28, at around 6 p.m.

When police arrived, they found 63-year-old Terry Hirschy with severe injuries.

According to investigators and witnesses, Hirschy was travelling along the road when he attempted to cross traffic. As he was turning, Hirschy collided with a pickup truck.

Hirschy was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the pickup truck suffered some minor injuries.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop D reports this as their 40th fatality of the year.

Police are investigating after a woman was killed in Springfield on Saturday.

Springfield PD responded to a home at 2652 Glenview Avenue off of South Ingram Mill Road around 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning.

Reports say when officers arrived, they found 42-year-old Ada Hodgkins with a severe gunshot wound.

First responders were able to get Hodgkins to a local hospital, where she later died of her injuries.

SPD investigated and identified a suspect, but have been unable to locate them.

Detectives working the case ask if you have any information about the crime, contact them at 417-864-1810 or contact Crime Stoppers at 417-869-8477.

One man is dead and one person is in custody following a shooting early Saturday afternoon on the square in Ozark.

The case is being investigated as a homicide.

The Ozark Police Department says officers were dispatched to the 100 block of west Church at around 12:49 p.m. for a reported shooting.

When they arrived, police officers found a man in the roadway suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

While on scene, police took a person of interest into custody.

There is no immediate danger to the public, but people are asked to avoid the area while the scene is being processed.

Springfield’s mayor is denouncing the actions taken by vandals who defaced the South exterior of Pitts Chapel United Methodist Church with a symbol of hate, a swastika.

Ken McClure says “There is no room in our community for this kind of deplorable action and we will not stand for it.”

The mayor is commending the NAACP and Pitts Chapel for making the public aware of the crime and the police and parks departments for taking quick action in responding to it.

Mayor Ken McClure’s full statement reads,

“There is no room in our community for this kind of deplorable action and we will not stand for it. I commend NAACP and Pitts Chapel for hosting a news conference today to make the public aware of this and hope that Springfieldians will tune into the live stream on the Pitts Chapel United Methodist Church Facebook page. I also commend the Police Department and Parks Department for quick action in response.”

Authorities have now released the names of the three people killed in a West Plains crash on Wednesday.

Police say 22-year-old Alexias Crider, two-year-old Aiden McDaniel and one-year-old Brantley McDaniel have been identified as the three fatalities from the crash on U.S. Highway 63 Wednesday afternoon.

The crash happened at around 1 p.m. on Highway 63 near State Highway 17 when a semi-truck collided with an SUV, causing the SUV to flip on top of Crider’s vehicle.

In the report, police also say another person in Crider’s vehicle was taken to the hospital with critical injuries, and the two people inside the SUV suffered moderate injuries.

All lanes of traffic are now open on southbound Highway 160 at Tracker Road in Nixa after being shut down Thursday afternoon following a bad crash.

Nixa City Spokesman Drew Douglas says a semi truck crashed into the side of a compact blue sedan.

One person was rushed to a local hospital with serious injuries.

During the closure, drivers were asked to take Highway CC to Main Street to Aldersgate to return to southbound 160.

All lanes re-opened by 3:00 p.m.