A teenager has been charged in the stabbing of a Marshfield man in June.
Prosecutors have charged Thomas Smith Junior as an adult with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the stabbing death of 52-year-old Shawn Ellingburg on June 28.
Ellingburg was found bleeding in his driveway on Third Street and died at the scene.
Smith is scheduled for a motion hearing on August 15.
One person is dead, and another in custody, following a shooting at a business in Licking.
Investigators say police were called to the scene on Highway CC at around 4:00 pm Wednesday afternoon.
Authorities found a 58-year-old with an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 62-year-old man was taken into custody in connection with shooting. He’s being held in the Texas County
The identity of the man who was killed, as well as the man in custody, has not been released at this time.
With power being restored for many residents in the greater Springfield area, City Utilities is canceling its Emergency Declaration.
CU spokesperson Joel Alexander says crews conducted repair work “around the clock” to restore power lines following Sunday night’s storms that brought 70+ mile per hour winds.
At its peak, some 15,000 residents were without power.
The company is now under normal daily operations, but will continue to conduct more repairs to ensure all residents power is restored.
Springfield Police have identified a man killed in a motorcycle crash Tuesday.
Police say 35-year-old Ryan Brinkman of Springfield died at the scene.
The crash occurred at the intersection of Kearney and Grant around 1 PM when another vehicle turned in front of him.
A teenager has died after a drowning incident at the Lake of the Ozarks.
The Highway Patrol says 19-year-old Yolanda Munoz-Garcia of Kansas City, Kansas, was swimming in the Mouth of the Spring at Ha Ha Tonka State Park Saturday, when she began struggling and went under the surface.
A bystander pulled her ashore.
She was taken to a local hospital where she died on Monday.
Central Polk County firefighters have been going door to door to convince voters to approve a tax increase to help the fire department.
Two previous tax increase measures failed at the ballot box.
Battalion Chief Tom Morris says money from the 30 cent levy increase would be used to upgrade equipment and fire stations and hire full time staff.
The vote on the levy will be held on August 8th.
A man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting an employee at Walmart in West Plains.
Police say the worker confronted Cooper Clayton about stealing.
After the assault, Clayton drove away from police and then ran into a wooded area.
Howell County deputies used a K-9 to find and arrest Clayton.
The Walmart employee had a minor injury to his hand.
Springfield City Utilities and Nixa Utilities say they are making headway at restoring power to everyone who lost power during the weekend storm.
C-U Manager Joel Alexander says there were 950 customers without power at 8:45 PM Tuesday.
He said crews would continue working through the overnight hours.
Director of Communications for the City of Nixa Drew Douglas said the number of people in the Nixa city limits without power was now just in the dozens and not hundreds.
A Springfield man has been sentenced in federal court for shooting at a deputy.
A press release from the Department of Justice says 41-year-old Richard Friederich has been sentenced to 13 years and 10 months in federal prison, without parole, for firing a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol at a Greene County deputy in August of 2022.
The deputy was assisting U-S Marshalls arrest him after he escaped a halfway house in Springfield.
Friederich pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal law enforcement officer with a dangerous and deadly weapon and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
Tonight is National Night Out in Springfield.
The event is aimed at building cooperation between police and neighborhoods.
Springfield Police Public Affairs Officer Cris Swaters says the event brings together police, fire, and neighborhood organizations.
Swaters says there will be games, activities, and snacks. The event will be held at Meador Park from 5-7 p.m..