Month: January 2023

A two year murder investigation has come to a close with the handing down of three consecutive life sentences to the man who murdered his wife, and in-laws.

Jesse Huy, in March of 2021, called 911 reporting that he had shot his wife, and her parents because he wanted them to leave and “I got tired of it and killed all three of them.”

Huy had changed his plea to guilty without any plea agreement.

A man from Springfield is dead following a car crash in Branson West.

Police say 36-year-old Brent Sexton was driving his Ford Explorer along Highway 13 in Branson West Monday morning when his car went off the road.

According to investigators, after veering off the road, the car flipped before going into an embankment and catching fire.

Sexton was ejected from the vehicle, and later pronounced dead at the scene.

A man from Aurora is in police custody after turning himself in for an alleged kidnapping in Lawrence County.

Police say they were searching for Nick Morris early Sunday morning after he was accused of kidnapping Andrea Wilson.

Morris elected to turn himself in, and told officers at the precinct, “this is completely false.”

Aurora Police Chief Wes Coatney believes he could face charges of first-degree assault and kidnapping.

Prosecutors, however, say no formal charges against Morris have been filed at this time.

Crews have begun installing a sound wall on James River Freeway between National and Campbell. The work will cause lane closures.

Crews will be working on Westbound James River Freeway from 7 AM- 3 PM each day. The National ramp to Westbound James River Freeway will be closed from 7 PM- 6 AM.

Greene County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating an attempted abduction in Ash Grove.

An 11 year old girl told deputies that she was playing in her backyard Friday when a man grabbed her and tried to take her to a truck. She was able to get away.

The girl described the man as 5’11” and weighing about 200 pounds.

The make and model of the truck are not known, but the truck is black with stock wheels and scratches around the wheels.

New rules are being recommended after the Springfield Planning and Zoning Committee voted on where new marijuana dispensaries in the city can be placed.

Officials say some of the rules include no dispensaries being located within one-thousand feet of a school, daycare or church, and must close at ten p.m. The city council will vote on the proposal on January 23rd.