Month: September 2023

State Representative Hannah Kelly announced Thursday that she plans to run for State Senator in MO district 16.

She made this announcement on Wake Up Springfield on KWTO, telling of her plans to run in the 2026 election year to replace Senator Justin Brown, who terms out at that time.

The counties that are included in Senate District 16 are Wright, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Maries, and Dent.

Hannah Kelly, native of Mountain Grove, currently represents Missouri House District 141, primarly Wright county.

Several children and one adult were injured in a bus crash in Phelps County Thursday morning.

The 8 children and the adult recieved only minor injuries, and are all expected to recover.

The incident occurred just after 8 a.m. when the bus ran into an embankment off of Highway M after running off the road and hitting a sign when trying to correct.

Springfield Police have arrested a man for allegedly assaulting two elderly people.

A probable cause statement says 47-year-old Michael Plumlee Junior of Springfield is facing two counts of domestic assault.

The victims were a 71-year-old man and a 72-year-old woman.

The woman was hospitalized after Plumlee allegedly threw her to the ground and kicked her in the ribs.

Plumlee is in the Greene County Jail.

After nearly a week-long construction project to repair a sinkhole, James River Freeway is back open in Springfield.

In a social media post Thursday afternoon, MoDOT announced that the portion of Highway 60 was reopened after the last rounds of cement were poured.

Engineers were waiting for the surface to reach the desired levels before reopening the roadway.

The project was completed ahead of schedule.

With cases of book banning on the rise in America, a recent report says that Missouri is among the highest states for it in the U.S.

PEN America released a report Thursday, showing Missouri is third in the nation for book banning with 333 cases during the 2022-23 school year.

Florida was number one, with 1,406, while Texas came in at number two with 625 book bans.

Overall, there were 3,362 book bans nationwide last school year, with the majority coming from Republican-leaning areas and school districts.

The St. Louis County Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a fugitive who escaped from a St. Louis area hospital, who has ties to Greene County.

45-year-old Tommy Boyd was transported from the Potosi Correctional Facility to Mercy Hospital South on Wednesday, where he was seen leaving on foot early Thursday morning.

He was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2008 on charges of enticement of a child.

The crime occurred in Springfield, where Boyd allegedly attempted to kidnap a young boy, who was able to escape the attempted sexual assault.

Officers describe Boyd as a 5’7″, 150 pound male with a beard and balding hair. He was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, black jacket and orange slippers.

An escaped inmate from the St. Louis region has ties to Springfield.

Tommy Boyd, 45, was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2008 for enticement of a child in an incident that occurred in Springfield, MO.

Boyd escaped from Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis on Wednesday.

Mercy South Hospital in St. Louis released the following statement:

Early this morning, a prison inmate in the custody of two correction officers escaped custody while at Mercy South. There was no physical confrontation, no one was hurt, and video surveillance, which we have shared with police, shows the escapee leaving the hospital. There is no evidence he is still on campus, but to ensure the safety of everyone, we are conducting a complete search of all our buildings. We continue to assist St. Louis County Police in their search and investigation.

A man from Clinton is in custody on charges stemming from the shooting death of his own grandson.

Investigators say 70-year-old Thomas Ribby shot and killed 16-year-old Royce Osburn at a home in Clinton earlier this week.

According to police, Ribby and Osburn were playing with the gun when it discharged, shooting the teenager in the back.

Osburn’s mother, the daughter of Ribby, witnessed the entire event.

Ribby is charged with endangering the welfare of a child resulting in death and resisting arrest.

Ribby claims he didn’t know that the gun had a bullet in the chamber. He is being held on $100,000 bond.