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.
Police in Springfield are investigating a two-car crash that killed the driver of one of the vehicles.
Officers say 41-year-old Rochelle Booth was driving southbound on Fremont the afternoon of December 4.
90-year-old Kenneth Kerr was driving northbound and was attempting to turn on Montclair when the two vehicles crashed.
Kerr was transported to an area hospital, where he died of his injuries on December 9.
Booth’s injuries have not been released at this time. Details of the crash are still being determined.
Republican State Representative Bob Titus is withdrawing his sponsored “abortion homicide” bill after receiving nationwide backlash.
Officials say the bill would leave women who receive abortions open to murder charges.
The criticism of the bill came from both sides, pro-abortion and anti-abortion groups, as well as high-ranking officials such as Governor Mike Parson.
In a statement from Titus Tuesday night he said, “I am withdrawing the bill. The media has mischaracterized my interest as hostile toward women. Nothing could be further from the truth. My heart breaks for the killing of children.”
Titus is a Representative out of the Billings area.
A similar bill sponsored by State Senator Mike Moon has not been withdrawn, despite having nearly identical language.
Springfield Police are investigating a stabbing.
Police say a woman was stabbed with scissors by a man in a dark hoodie while walking in the neighborhood around Madison and Golden.
He then ran away.
The victim did not know the man who stabbed her.
She was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Springfield Police used K-9 and drones but could not find the woman’s attacker.
Two teenagers are in custody, facing murder charges, after a man was stabbed to death at his home.
Investigators say Thomas Keith Jr. and Alissa Staples got into an altercation with 52-year-old Shawn Ellingburg at his home on June 28.
The argument escalated, and the two teens allegedly stabbed and killed Ellingburg.
Keith Jr. and Staples then fled the scene, but were later arrested and taken into custody.
According to a witness that overheard the argument, a racial slur was used directed towards Ellingburg, who is black.
Both Keith and Staples are charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action.
Prosecutors in Springfield are charging a man with leading deputies on a high-speed chase on his motorcycle.
41-year-old Joshua Dickens is charged with resisting arrest after authorities attempted to pull him over in Springfield for driving the motorcycle without a license plate.
Deputies attempted the stop near Division and Kearney.
He fled, leading to a 50-mile chase that reached speeds of nearly 120 miles per hour.
The chase went into Lawrence County before coming back into Greene County.
It eventually ended after Dickens fell off the motorcycle on I-44 near mile marker 82.
He is being held in the Greene County Jail on a $25,000 bond.
A Branson Junior High student is in custody after a loaded gun was found in the student’s locker.
Superintendent Brad Swofford says administrators received a tip that the student had a gun at the school.
Swofford says no students were harmed.
A man has been charged after a shooting incident on West Mount Vernon street in Springfield last Wednesday.
Mathew Turner allegedly fired a shot into the air during a disturbance involving several people.
Turner is charged with stealing and unlawful use of a weapon.
Police say he also had several outstanding warrants.
The largest gas station chain in North America is officially open for business, for the first time, in Springfield.
Buc-ee’s Springfield location opened early Monday morning for residents and patrons in the area off of I-44 along Beaver Road.
Also Monday morning, city leaders, including Mayor Ken McClure, and creater of the convenience store giant, “Beaver” Aplin, were part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Aplin mentioned his excitement for becoming a part of the Ozarks and Springfield community, while McClure and other officials mentioned the economic impact and vitality the business will bring the area.
It is, as of this point, the northernmost Buc-ee’s in the United States. The 53,000 square foot facility will bring an estimated $30 million annually to the Springfield community.
Below is a gallery of photos from today’s event:
Springfield City Council is expected to have the first reading of a proposal to make bicycle and pedestrian improvements along Grand Street at Monday night’s council meeting.
Bike and pedestrian lanes would be added to Grand between National and Kansas Expressway.
80% of the cost of the project would be paid for by a grant from the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, with the remaining 20% coming from the one eighth cent transportation sales tax.