A woman who attacked a pedestrian in the Roundtree Neighborhood last year is getting a trail date.
Jimicia Wells is accused of assaulting a woman she thought was leaving her ex-boyfriend’s house.
Wells found a woman’s purse at her ex-boyfriend’s house.
She saw the woman walking past his yard, thought she was the owner of the purse and attacked her.
Wells trial date is October 11 for a felony first degree assault charge.
A Dallas County man was killed in a motorcycle accident in Pike County.
The Highway Patrol says a motorcycle, ridden by 64 year old Randy Wilson of Urbana, ran off U-S 54 and struck a sign before rolling down an embankment.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A passenger, 61 year old Lisa Wilson, also of Urbana, was airlifted to a St. Louis hospital with serious injuries.
Following a public education initiative earlier this year that saw car thefts fall, officers are reporting an uptick in the crime in recent months.
Springfield Police Chief Paul Williams said Thursday the department saw a 30% decrease in thefts during the first quarter of 2022, after SPD began educating drivers to not leave their keys inside their vehicles. Williams said they also warned drivers not to leave cars running.
Recently, however, he says those numbers have begun to creep back up.
Officers reported that nearly half of the vehicle thefts in Springfield recently have been due to residents leaving their keys inside the car.
Chief Williams says they will remain vigilant in educating drivers on how to prevent car thefts. He also stated the department is putting an increased focus on burglaries and robberies in the latter part of this year.
Missouri’s two US Senators are criticizing President Biden on his student loan forgiveness plan.
Senators Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley made statements Wednesday condemning the decision the president made to forgive ten-thousand dollars in debt for anyone with student loans making under 125-thousand dollars per year.
Blunt calls the move “a handout” while Hawley says it is “unfair to millions.”
Dozens of residents of a mobile home park in Hollister are being forced to move out after new owners took over the park.
The owners told residents of the Yacht Club Mobile Home Park they had four months to vacate.
One of the new owners says residents can currently be reimbursed four months rent and one thousand dollars.
The new owners say they will fix old issues like sewer problems, then decide what to do with the property, which is located next to Lake Taneycomo and Turkey Creek.
Camden County authorities have charged an Illinois man with statutory sodomy.
Court documents says 21 year-old Grant Keller of Edwardsville, Illinois, is charged with two counts of felony statutory sodomy and one count of fourth degree felony child molestation and one misdemeanor count of supplying alcohol to a minor.
A probable cause statement says Keller, allegedly, met the 15 year-old victim a her work place, took her to a party, got her intoxicated and then had sex with her.
He is scheduled to appear in court in September.
Reports say the Superintendent of the Dadeville School District died in a car crash Wednesday morning.
Matt Bushey had been with the district for 18 years, and spent many of those as superintendent.
Officer were called to the scene of the crash at around 7:15 Wednesday morning along Route T south of Bolivar.
Investigators say a pickup driven by a 16-year-old driver crossed into oncoming traffic and struck Bushey’s vehicle.
The 16-year-old driver was airlifted to a local hospital. A 17-year-old passenger in Bushey’s vehicle was transported to the hospital by ambulance. Their condition’s are unknown.
The 48-year-old Bushey was pronounced dead at the scene.
Springfield-Branson National Airport was filled with supporters gathered to welcome home the veterans that embarked on the Honor Flight of the Ozarks on Tuesday.
Honor Flight of the Ozarks flew a plane full of Veterans to Washington DC to see the memorials and national monuments that honor their service. The flight took off in the early hours of the morning Tuesday, and returned around 10 PM.
Upon arrival back in Springfield, the veterans were met with crowds of support.
You can find out more about the Honor Flight of the Ozarks and ways to support their mission by visiting https://www.honorflightoftheozarks.org
The Commerce Department is awarding $1.5 million dollars in ARPA funds to the City of Springfield to improve traffic flow around the Springfield Underground.
The money will be used to widen La Compte Road, which runs between Division and Kearney on the Springfield Underground’s east side.
The Springfield Underground is an important hub in the supply chain used for cold storage by many food companies.
The Springfield Police Department announced Tuesday the plan for a new mobile mental health unit next month.
The department’s Mental Health Mobile Response Team will begin responding to calls on September 6.
The unit’s primary job will be assisting officers with non-violent offenders. Officers hope the change will lead to less calls for them to respond to mental health of substance abuse calls, as the response team will be more qualified.
The team’s creation was a collaboration between SPD and Burrell Behavioral Health, and the unit expects to be very busy when they begin.