Authorities in Osage Beach are investigating a plane crash that killed two people and injured another passenger.
The crash happened around noon Thursday.
The plane had just left the Grand Glaize Airport.
The plane crashed into some trees on an old golf course between Route K-K and US-54.
The Federal Aviation Administration has been contacted to investigate the crash.
A man from Nixa is facing several charges after multiple victims came forward with allegations of sexual assault while they were children.
Howard Coomer is facing multiple charges, including:
Investigators say two victims under the age of 13 came to police with allegations against Coomer, who was born in 1942.
The children said he had repeatedly touched them inappropriately, and that they were scared to come forward because of his gun collection.
After the children came forward, another victim gave her statement, saying Coomer had sexually assaulted them as well.
The victim is in their 50s and said the crimes occurred during their childhood.
Coomer was charged on July 11, but no paperwork on an arrest has been filed at this time.
After closing its doors in recent years, one of Springfield’s most historic eateries is back open at a new location.
Casper’s reopened Thursday, renewing a legacy that began when the restaurant first opened in 1909.
The new iteration still features the famous burgers and chili, but has a few new additions.
Beginning soon, Casper’s will be serving breakfast for the first time, as a part of the restaurant’s location aesthetic.
The new location is on South Glenstone near the Grand Street intersection in Springfield, where Anton’s Coffee Shop was located.
For now, the restaurant will be open from 10:30am-3pm Monday thru Saturday.
Taney County is one of four counties in Missouri without a single publicly funded library, but that could change if a tax levy passes on August 8th.
The levy would add 18 cents for very hundred dollars of value.
Marcia Schemper-Carlock, Director of the Taneyhills Library, says if the levy does not pass, the library will have to close. If approved, the levy would only affect people in the Hollister and Branson school districts.
A chemical plant in Verona is facing more fines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
BCP Ingredients paid more than 170 thousand dollars in penalties for violations two years ago related to ethylene oxide exposure. Ethylene oxide is linked to cancer.
Now, OSHA investigators say the company has not implemented an emergency action plan and has not trained workers to handle a chemical release.
Damaging winds and and large hail accompanied severe thunderstorms that swept across the Ozarks late Wednesday night.
We had reports from emergency management in Camden County of golf ball to softball size hail Wednesday night in Edwards.
We also had a report of a 64 mile per hour wind gust with a storm moving through the Webb City area at 12:52 a.m. Thursday.
Radar-indicated rotation led to a Tornado Warning being issued for the Marshfield area at 1:00 a.m.
The storm also prompted a Tornado Warning for the Fordland and Diggins areas along Highway 60, and later in the Mountain Grove and Cabool areas.
We have had no reports of a tornado touchdown as each of the warnings were based on radar-indicated rotation.
Pittsburg in eastern Kansas was hit hard by the storm, with reports of trees down, widespread power outages, numerous stranded vehicles, and a couple of water rescues from flash flooding.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remained in effect for the Springfield area and counties along and just north of I-44 until 5:00 a.m. This represents an extension of the watch that had originally been issued until 3:00 a.m. for all of southwest Missouri.
A now former prisoner transporter will spend several years in prison for allegedly raping a detainee at a rest stop in Joplin.
Investigators say 37-year-old Rogeric Hankins was transporting a female prisoner from a jail in Spokane, Washington to St. Paul, Minnesota in March of 2020.
During the drive, he stopped at a rest stop in Joplin. During the stop, prosecutors say Hankins forced the woman into a bathroom stall and sexually assaulted her.
Assistant Attorney General Kristin Clarke, who prosecuted the case, said Hankins, ” sexually abused and violently assaulted a woman in his custody, exploiting his authority and depriving this survivor of her constitutional right to bodily integrity.”
He was sentenced to nine years in prison. The company that employed Hankins, Inmate Services Corporation, fired Hankins shortly after the charges were filed.
With temperatures rising up to 100 degrees this afternoon, the chance for thunderstorms and severe weather could possibly follow.
The National Weather Service says isolated thunderstorms will pop up beginning Wednesday night, and more likely into Thursday morning.
The storms will be strong to severe, with wind gusts up to 75 miles per hour, heavy rainfall and possible golf-ball sized hail.
Storm chances will begin around 6 pm, with the highest chance for storms between 10pm Wednesday night until 4am Thursday morning.
Authorities in Laclede County are investigating after a body was found in a wooded area near Lebanon.
Investigators say the body was found near the intersection of Oak Bend Drive and Oklahoma Drive northwest of Lebanon just after midnight Wednesday morning.
An autopsy is being scheduled, and the identity of the body has not been released.
Laclede County Sheriff’s deputies say the death is considered suspicious, and they are searching for a truck that may be connected to the investigation.
The truck is described as a 1994 white Ford with license plate 8WG-R11.
If you have any information about the truck or the investigation, contact the Laclede County Sheriff’s Office at (417) 532-2311.
Springfield City Council has approved an extension of the city landfill.
Council voted to allow the landfill to use up to 13 million dollars in bonds to expand the landfill and improve infrastructure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the landfill.
Erick Roberts, Assistant Director of Environmental Services says the improvements will turn the gases into power for the city.