Month: June 2022

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has subpoenaed seven school districts in the state, including Springfield Public Schools.

The subpoenas seek information on decisions to use student surveys that Schmitt says ask about student’s sexuality and race, and their parent’s income and political beliefs.

Springfield Public School’s spokesman Stephen Hall says the subpoenas are part of an ongoing attack on public education by the Attorney General. Hall says school districts are incurring significant legal fees to defend themselves and it is costing taxpayer dollars.

Attorney General Eric Schmitt is a candidate in the U.S. GOP senate primary to replace retiring GOP Senator Roy Blunt.

The Christian County prosecutor has filed trespassing charges against a man accused of being a Peeping Tom.

Police say Kyle Piepmeier of Nixa admitted he was a looking in the bedroom window of another person’s home.

Investigators say a woman shared a surveillance video of a man, believed to by Piepmeier, looking in windows.

The Springfield Fire Department attempted to tame a large house fire in Springfield Wednesday morning.

According to reports, units with SFD were called to an unrelated medical emergency when they drove by a home on North Grant Avenue that had smoke and flames coming out of it.

Units radioed in to Emergency Communications for additional units to be sent.

A total of 10 units and 29 firefighters responded to contain the damage at approximately 7:12 a.m. at the 1500 block of North Grant.

First responders reported flames coming from the first and second stories of the house. There were no occupants inside the home as it was boarded up.

Fire marshals are investigating the fire, and say the house will be turn down for safety purposes.

Former MO Governor Eric Greitens came out on top in a recent poll over the U.S. Senate race in Missouri.

The poll was conducted by FOX-4 in Kansas City in conjunction with Emerson College.

The poll put Greitens in first at 26 percent, 6 points higher than Attorney General Eric Schmitt, and 10 points higher than the poll’s third place, Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler. Congressman Billy Long sits in 4th place at 8 percent.