Month: December 2023

Police in Kennett had to arrested a 12-year-old boy for bringing handgun to school.

Officers were called to the school at around 9:00 a.m. Monday morning after KMS Principal Nathan Baker was alerted by another student that the child had a gun.

He was apprehended by Baker and resource officers at the school and held until authorities arrived.

The boy was taken to the Bloomfield Detention Center, where he now awaits potential charges.

Branson Police are searching for a teenage girl they believe ran away from home over the weekend.

Officers say the girl, identified as Brielle, was last seen at around noon Sunday near Loganberry Court.

She left a note at home explaining that she was running away.

Brielle is described as a white female standing 5-feet, 7-inches tall and around 140 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.

Investigators believe she is travelling alone, and was last seen wearing a white and navy sweater and whitewashed jeans.

If you have any information about Brielle’s whereabouts, you are asked to dial 911 or contact Branson Police directly at (417) 334-3300.

Wake Up Springfield is moving out of the studio on Monday to celebrate the upcoming 90 year anniversary of KWTO signing on the air on Christmas Day, 1933.

Alex Bryant and Don Louzader will be broadcasting the show live from Travellers House Coffee and Tea at 2151 west Republic Road in Springfield.

We will be interviewing voices of the past and present on KWTO, both in person and via phone.

Among the guests scheduled to join us: Tom Ladd, Mike Peters, John Sellers, Steve Helms, Brent Dunn, Bonnie Bell, Les Garland, Brian Calfano and John Henderson.

Alex will talk to Peter Golosinski for our weekly Pastor Perspective feature at 8:20 a.m.

We invite you to join us at Travellers House on Monday!

A man is in custody in Howell County facing murder charges for the death of another person due to a fentanyl overdose back in 2020.

Authorities say Thomas Bennett was arrested earlier this year.

Officers arrived at a home in West Plains in September of 2020, where they found the victim dead and several types of drug paraphernalia inside the house.

Investigators discovered numerous messages between Bennett and the victim, and Bennett later admitted to selling the victim drugs for several years.

The messages were later deleted.

He is charged with second-degree murder.

A man from Springfield will now await sentencing after being found guilty of murder.

Prosecutors say 59-year-old Jerome Poole was found guilty of second-degree murder charges on November 13.

Poole called police the morning of March 7, 2023, telling dispatchers a woman was dead in his home.

When officers arrived, they found the woman with cuts, bruises and other marks on her body.

She was also missing her, which was found in her own hands and on the bedroom floor.

The woman was later identified as 41-year-old Springfield native Crystal Dye.

Investigators say an autopsy on her body confirmed signs of strangulation and multiple rib fractures.

He will be sentenced in March of next year.

A man who was struck by a car in the parking lot of a bar Tuesday night has died.

Springfield Police have identified the man as 86-year-old Jerry Wickware of Springfield.

Police say a driver was backing out of a parking place at Dive Bar and Lounge on Division Street when they hit Wickware, who became pinned under the vehicle.

Firefighters freed him and he was taken to a hospital where he died from his injuries Thursday.

Investigators in Springfield are searching for information on who opened fire and damaged a home.

Police say the shooting happened just after midnight Thursday morning near the intersection of West Hamilton and North Kansas Expressway.

When officers arrived, they found bullet holes in the home, broken windows, and shell casings around the area.

No one was injured during the shooting.

Springfield Police are still trying to determine potential suspects, and a motive for the case, among other things.

The state of Missouri has now implemented a prescription drug monitoring database.

Doctors and pharmacists will be able to track prescriptions through the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.

The program will track prescription drugs that can be addictive or abused.

A provider can be fined $1000 dollars for not submitting a patient’s information to the database.