Month: November 2023

A man from Springfield is in custody after police say he was a suspect in a shooting incident and then fled the scene.

Investigators say 19-year-old Kyle Ready was identified as a suspect after shots were fired along Missouri Avenue November 18.

When officers arrived at the scene, Ready got into his vehicle and drove away. A short pursuit followed before officers were able to apprehend him.

A loaded handgun was found in the vehicle at the time of his arrest.

Ready is charged with assault, armed criminal action and resisting arrest. He is currently being held in the Greene County Jail.

The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation has revoked the license of a marijuana manufacturing business.

Officials say the license of Delta Extraction LLC was revoked because it obtained the ingredient THC-A from outside the Missouri Cannabis Program and did not adequately test products before putting them on the market.

The revocation goes into effect December 2nd.

One Taney County man is a million dollars richer after winning big on a scratch-off ticket.

The man purchased the ticket in Walnut Shade at the Gateway to Branson gas station.

He wishes to remain anonymous. The winning ticket was a “Millionaire Blowout” scratcher.

The Springfield Police Department is mourning the loss of the man who led them for almost 20 years.

Former Springfield Police Chief Lynn Rowe died at age 79 earlier this month.

He served as the Chief of Police from 1993 to 2010 in the Queen City, and spent 46 years total in law enforcement around the country, including in Colorado and Florida.

In 2006, Rowe was honored as the “Outstanding Police Chief of the Year” in the state of Missouri.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 3pm-6pm at Greenlawn East.

In lieu of flowers, the Rowe family is requesting donations be made to the Greene County 100 Club, a non-profit organization he founded that provides financial assistance to the families of officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty.

Springfield Police are investigating a shooting death at the Price Cutter on E. St Louis.

Just before 7 p.m. on Saturday evening, a woman pulled a gun on Nathan Williams, 25, fired the gun and hit him in the parking lot of the supermarket.

When officers arrived on the scene, Williams was still alive, but later died at a local hospital.

At this time, the woman who shot Williams has only been questioned by police, with no charges having been filed, and no arrest having been made.

The Greene County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death in Springfield.

The family of Juan Cano, 46, was found deceased with injuries in his home in the Briarwood Mobile Home Park.

The Sheriff’s department says there is no threat to the public at this time. Anyone who may have information about Cano’s death is asked to contact Greene County Sheriff’s Office at 417-829-6230.

Two are left dead after a motor vehicle crash South of Buffalo on Sunday.

Just before noon, a Ford Ranger with four passengers inside veered off the right side of the road and overcorrected, forcing the car into the median, and ejecting all four passengers.

Two passengers, 52-year-old Melody K. Thomas of Long Lane, and a passenger, 48-year-old Kevin L. Van Nostrand of Long Lane, died at the scene.

The other two passengers were transported to a local hospital with serious injuries.

People in Purdy were evacuated after a farm supply center was destroyed by a fertilizer fire.

The fire was at the Purdy Farm Center.

Residents were evacuated in a five-block radius around the building.

Three firefighters were injured fighting the fire.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

A man from Springfield will spend over two decades in prison after pleading guilty to shooting a Highway Patrol trooper.

Prosecutors say Justin Jackman pleaded guilty to charges of:

• Assault
• Unlawful use of a weapon
• Unlawful use of a firearm
• Resisting arrest

The trooper was attempting to pull over Jackman in December of 2021 for a traffic violation.

Reports say he sped up and led the trooper on a pursuit that eventually ended on Armory Court near Reed Avenue.

At the point, Jackman drove down an embankment, got out of his car and opened fire on the trooper before fleeing the scene.

The shots hit the troopers’ vehicle and the trooper themself.

Jackman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.