As Hurricane Idalia approaches Florida, City Utilities has already sent crews to help.
The CU crews are part of a mutual aid agreement that sends linemen to heavily impacted areas.
“We’re responding to a request from a Missouri Public Utility Alliance employer, of which we’re a member of, for a response to go down a stage before the tropical storm hits the Florida area,” said Joel Alexander, spokesperson for CU. “They’ve requested assistance to be there before the storm gets there, and that’s expected to happen sometime on Wednesday.”
CU crews loaded up today and hit the road to the Jacksonville area, helping to ensure a swift and effective response to the storm.
A total of eight people have been arrested and charged after a disturbance in downtown Springfield early Sunday morning.
Springfield Police noticed two men fighting as patrons left the ZAN club on South Patton Avenue.
Here is the news release from Springfield Police Department:
Springfield, Mo. – On Sunday, Aug. 27, at 1:23 am., officers with the Springfield Police Department patrolling downtown responded to a disturbance in the 300 block of S. Patton Avenue.
As officers arrived, they encountered hundreds of patrons leaving ZAN, a local club, and observed two subjects, Floyd Humphrey III, 27, and Fradreico Walton, 27, in an argument. Humphrey displayed a firearm and was disarmed by officers. Both subjects were subsequently arrested.
As officers were diffusing the argument, people in the crowd began throwing glass bottles at them. Anthony Humphrey, 31 and Dylan Dixon, 19, were arrested after a brief struggle.
Officers from surrounding departments responded to the scene to assist as additional fights broke out in the area. During the incident a suspect broke a window on a police vehicle and fled the scene.
An uninvolved citizen had a medical emergency in a nearby parking lot and officers began to clear the lot so emergency personnel could safely respond. Maliyah Wells, 21; Sho Talley, 25; and Shayla McShane, 21, refused to leave and were arrested for trespassing. Matthew Price, 30, began dancing on the hood of a patrol car and was taken into custody by deputies from the Greene County Sheriff’s Office.
Below is a summary of those arrested, and the corresponding charges:
Dylan Dixon, 19 – resisting arrest and obstructing a city officer.
Floyd Humphrey III, 27 – unlawful use of a weapon.
Anthony Humphrey, 31 – resisting arrest, obstructing a city officer, and trespassing.
Shayla McShane, 21 – trespassing.
Matthew Price, 30 – refusing to disperse and resisting arrest.
Sho Talley, 25 – obstructing a city officer and trespassing.
A man from Aurora and another from Bolivar are dead, and a woman is hospitalized, following a crash involving two motorcycles in Collins.
Investigators say 59-year-old Jessie Ray and a female passenger were attempting to turn onto Highway 13 from the Pilot gas station in Collins late Sunday morning.
While turning, they failed to yield to another motorcycle, driven by 60-year-old Ronald Wallace, who was riding along Highway 13.
The crash threw all three people off of the bikes. Ray was killed in the crash, while the other two were airlifted to area hospitals.
Wallace was pronounced dead early Monday morning. The woman in the crash is still hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.
Officers say they were called to the scene after a man with a gun in the area was making suicidal threats. That man was apprehended without further incident.
UPDATE, 11:52am:
The rapid police deployment has now been cleared. Details are still emerging at this time.
ORIGINAL STORY:
A large police presence is gathering near the location of a bank in northeast Springfield.
Reports say multiple polices vehicles and numerous police officers were seen at the Guaranty Bank along North Glenstone at around 11:30 a.m. this morning.
The situation is still developing, and KWTO will update this story with all of the updates as they come in.
Courtesy of Jessica Hammer and Bethany French of OzarksFirst.com-
Several people were arrested after police responded to a disturbance in downtown Springfield overnight.
According to the Springfield Police Department, officers were dispatched to a disturbance in the 300 block of S. Patton Ave.
Several fights broke out as people left the businesses in the area, and officers called for backup.
SPD said some people threw things at officers. One officer went to the hospital with minor injuries and a window was broken out of a police car during the incident.
The Springfield Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened in the early hours of Sunday morning.
According to SPD, officers responded to an assault call in the 4200 block of W. Chestnut Expwy. at about 1:45 a.m.
When officers arrived, they found one person with a gunshot wound to an extremity. The victim was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. SPD said the victim is stable at this time.
So far, no one has been arrested in connection with the incident.
He wasn’t born in Springfield and he didn’t spend the majority of his life here, but longtime Price is Right host Bob Barker, who died Saturday at the age of 99, has close ties to the Queen City.
Barker, who was born December 12, 1923 in Washington State and raised on a South Dakota Indian reservation, was a teenager when he moved to Springfield with his mother.
He worked as a summer bellhop at Lake Taneycomo and graduated from Senior High School (later named Central High School).
Barker attended Drury College (now Drury University) on a basketball scholarship.
He joined the U.S. Navy Reserve in 1943 during World War II, where he trained as a fighter pilot, even though he didn’t see active combat.
In 1945, while on leave from the military, Barker married Dorothy Jo Gideon, who he met while attending Senior High. The two began dating when they were 15 years old.
After the war, Barker returned to Drury, where he graduated summa cum laude in 1947, with a degree in economics.
Barker worked at radio station KTTS before moving to south Florida and then to southern California, where he was discovered and began hosting the Bob Barker Radio Show.
Barker then went on to television fame, hosting Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1975, then began a long run on The Price is Right in 1972, hosting the daily game show until 2007.
Barker made numerous appearances in Springfield and at his alma mater over the years, and has a street, Bob Barker Boulevard, named after him.
