Month: April 2023

One student at a Springfield elementary-middle school is facing discipline after allegedly bringing a gun to school.

Parents at Westport K-8 were notified Monday that a middle school student was discovered with the weapon on school grounds.

The student later showed the gun to classmates walking home from school.

Investigators say the gun was not used in a threatening way.

School officials still plan to pursue disciplinary action against the student for bringing the gun.

A correctional officer at the South Central Correctional Facility in Licking, MO has been arrested on charges pertaining to a drug investigation in the prison.

In 2022, a dozen men inside the prison died by overdose. An ivestigation into 22 year old correctional officer Paige Cook found that Cook had phone communication with an inmate, and worked with family and friends on the outside of the prison to smuggle drugs to the inmates.

Cook was booked and released, and is expected to face charges of Felony Delivery or Possession of a Controlled Substance at a Correction Center.

Hotel of Terror owner Sterling Mathis made a last ditch effort to save his building Monday afternoon.

The City of Springfield has been trying to claim eminent domain over the property to complete the Main Street Bridge project, offering what the City claims is ‘fair market value’ for the site.

Mathis was told that he had not submitted enough valid signatures to send the issue to a public vote, and needed to provide 401 more by the Monday afternoon deadline. Mathis managed to gather over 800 more signatures, and submitted them one hour before the deadline.

If the signatures submitted do not contain 401 valid submissions, there will be no third chance.

A man has died from injuries suffered in a crash Saturday night.

The Highway Patrol says 24-year-old Joseph Raylyanu of Brighton attempted to pass another vehicle on Missouri Highway 96 near Carthage and struck another vehicle head-on.

He was taken to a Springfield hospital where he died on Monday.

An investigation is underway in Camdenton following a shooting incident that involved an officer.

Police were called to the intersectoin of Osage Avenue and Iowa Street behind the Butcher Shop and McDonald’s in Camdenton Sunday night.

Details are limited, but investigators say that one person was transported to the hospital, while the officer was not injured.

Camdenton Police and Camden County Sheriff’s deputies conducted the initial investigation before requesting the Highway Patrol to investigate the officer-involved shooting.

The name of the injured party, and the extent of their injuries, have not been released.

A firefighter from Preston, Missouri is being treated at a hospital after being thrown from a firetruck during a rollover crash on Saturday.

Authorities say Jared Bennett, a chief engineer for the department, was driving on Highway D South of Preston, on his way to a fire, when he saw another car coming head on toward the truck in a curve.

Bennett, who is the son of fire Chief Brian Bennett, drove off the road, overcorrected, and the fire truck crossed the center line and crashed into a ditch.

The Chief says Benett is in the trauma ICU awaiting surgery tomorrow.

Another occupant of the fire truck was released from the hospital.

A motorcyclist is in critical condition following a weekend crash in Springfield.

Police say the victim hit the brakes and lost control of the vehicle Saturday evening on Glenstone Avenue over I-44.

The Northbound lanes of Glenstone were shut down while police investigated the wreck.