A motorcyclist is dead after a crash in Springfield Wednesday afternoon.
Springfield Police say the crash happened at Chestnut and Park, when the motorcyclist struck an S-U-V that was turning on to Park from Chestnut.
He died later the hospital.
A person in the S-U-V was also taken to the hospital.
A man is dead after a shooting incident in Lebanon Wednesday.
Lebanon Police responded to a shots fired call in the 1100 block of West Elm Street midday.
They learned that a 33 year-old man had allegedly shot 45 year-old Bobby Langston during an argument.
Langston was transported to the hospital where he died from his injuries.
The suspect is in the Laclede County Jail pending formal charges.
His name has not yet been released.
A jury in Dent County found a man from Salem guilty of the death of his 10-year-old daughter in 2020.
Randall Abney was found guilty Wednesday of second-degree murder in the death of 10-year-old Josie Ann Abney in October of 2020.
Investigators say Abney was abused via starvation, and weighed under 40 pounds at the time of her death. A ten-year-old girl typically weighs an average of 70 pounds.
When officers arrived, they found a lock on the refrigerator and food that appeared purposely out of Josie’s reach.
Randall’s wife, Susan Abney pleaded guilty to lesser charges earlier this year.
Camdenton Police and the Camden County Sheriff’s department are warning people to lock their vehicles after a rash of car break-ins.
There have been five car break-ins in recent weeks. The police chief says a security video appears to show a young man checking cars in a parking lot before finding one unlocked.
Springfield Police participated in the statewide Saturation Patrol Saturday night.
Police patrolled the city from 9 PM to 3 AM looking for drivers who may have been under the influence.
Officers puled over 81 drivers. Out of those five were arrested for D-U-I and one person was arrested for an outstanding warrant.
Saturation Patrol is funded through MoDOT.
Springfield City Utilities said Tuesday that natural gas heating bills could increase up to 50% this winter to due price hikes.
According to CU, natural gas prices have doubled since 2021, but they are doing all they can to purchase gas below market price for consumers.
The increase in price could see heating bills increase by up to 30 to 50% as we approaching the winter months.
With that possibility, officials encourage residents to take steps to “winterize” your home, including:
After over two years in office, Waynesville city council members feel that a change in the town’s political structure is in order.
During a special meeting Monday night, members voted to impeach current Waynesville Mayor Jerry Brown, citing his failure to meet the responsibilities of his position.
The city council censured Brown last year in hopes of putting him on the right path within the city government.
Following the vote, a report was released accusing the mayor of violating the community’s code of ethics. Multiple examples of what the council see’s as going against the code were released.
The document alleges Brown attempted to fire the public works director and hiring a PI (private investigator) to spy on the city administrator. The council also alleges he conducted threatening behavior towards employees of the city.
A legal counsel will be appointed to judge the case, hearing arguments from both sides at the end of September of this year.
The Greene County Sheriff’s Office is clearing a homeless camp on the West side of West Bypass just South of Walmart at Sunshine.
Sheriff Jim Arnott says the camp was growing and becoming a danger.
He says deputies came across several hypodermic needles while clearing the camp.
In a release Monday, the Greene County Collectors Office wants to make residents aware of a tax scam being sent via mail.
According to the release, the scam has been found in residents mailboxes that is made to look like a county tax receipt or tax document from the state of Missouri.
Officials believe the scam is attempting to collect names, phone numbers, addresses and ages of senior citizens to then sell.
The Collector’s Office wants citizens to know that if you receive this paper, it is not from their office. A form similar to this is only sent out on the back of yearly tax statements, according to the news release.
A photo of the potential scam form can be found below. If you receive a similar paper, or would like to verify if the form, or one like it, is authentic, contact 417-868-4036.
Between one and three inches of rain per hour has fallen in the Springfield area Monday afternoon, leading to dangerous flash flooding, stranded vehicles and road closures.
Check road closures as they are reported to MoDOT here with the MoDOT Traveler Information Map.
We’ve had reports of three to more than four inches of rain in parts of Springfield.
At 3:24 p.m., the National Weather Service upgraded its Flash Flood Warning for the Springfield area to considerable and life-threatening.
The Weather Service issued this statement at 3:46 p.m.:
AT 346 PM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES ONGOING IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE LAST 1 TO 2 HOURS. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG FASTNIGHT CREEK, WILSON'S CREEK, AND SOUTH CREEK.
The National Weather Service provided this update at 4:22 p.m.:
AT 422 PM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES AND RAPID RISES ALONG FASTNIGHT CREEK, SOUTH CREEK, AND WILSON'S CREEK. BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE LAST 2 HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
We also have Flash Flood Warnings for east central Greene and northern Webster Counties until 9:45 p.m. Monday (northeast Springfield, Marshfield, Strafford, Niangua, Northview), northern Christian, southeastern Greene, and northern Stone Counties until 10:15 p.m. Monday (southeast Springfield, Nixa, Ozark, Highlandville, Rogersville, Clever, Sparta and Crane), central Stone County until 9:15 p.m. (Branson, Kimberling City, Silver Dollar City, Reeds Spring, Branson West and Galena).
In addition, we had several Severe Thunderstorm Warnings across the Ozarks Monday afternoon, and some storm damage reports.
In Springfield, we had reports just after 3:00 p.m. of a tree down blocking southbound lanes and a partial northbound lane of National near Seminole, south of Mercy Hospital.
We also had reports of a tree down along south Stewart in Springfield at 2:43 p.m. and one across Sunshine and Virginia just after 2:00 p.m.
In Seymour, there were reports of a power pole down in the middle of town, with a separate issue of power outages.
And in Reeds Spring, reports came in just before 4:00 p.m. of tree limbs down and the skirting of a mobile home peeled off.
At 4:14 p.m., the National Weather Service in Springfield indicated outflow boundaries associated with storms early Monday continue to move south across the area and develop new storms. The new development of storms will be over southern Missouri the next few hours. There is also a line of storms moving east out of Oklahoma that will also track across southern Missouri early Monday evening. Gusty winds, localized heavy rainfall and flash flooding will remain possible into the evening across southern Missouri. Additional storms are expected to develop along a front and move south into the area later Monday evening into the late night hours. There are questions on the coverage of storms in the later evening/overnight activity.