The State of Missouri has carried out the execution of a man who killed his cousin and her husband in 2006.
Brian Dorsey died by lethal injection at 6:11 pm Tuesday night.
Hours before the execution was carried out, he released a statement apologizing for his crimes.
Dorsey was convicted of the murder of Sarah and Ben Bonnie at their home in New Bloomfield in 2006.
The State of Missouri has carried out the execution of a man who killed his cousin and her husband in 2006.
Brian Dorsey died by lethal injection at 6:11 pm Tuesday night.
Hours before the execution was carried out, he released a statement apologizing for his crimes.
Dorsey was convicted of the murder of Sarah and Ben Bonnie at their home in New Bloomfield in 2006.
Springfield Police are asking for the public’s help in finding an endangered missing child.
Arukia Ganis is two years old, around 40 pounds, 3 feet tall, with dark brown hair in bangs and pig tails.
She wears removable leg braces.
Arukia is in the custody of the State of Missouri.
She was last seen at Wonders of Wildlife with her parents, 36-year-old Frank Ganis and 33-year-old Alisha Caldwell, on a supervised visit.
The parents were caught on camera leaving Bass Pro with the child and they were driving a silver Mercedes S-U-V with Vermont plates.
Ganis is 6 foot tall, 190 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes.
Caldwell is 5 foot 1, 120 pounds with blonde hair and green eyes.
If you have any information about their whereabouts you asked to call 9-1-1 or 417-869-8477.
The Republic School Board has announced their pick for the new Girls Basketball Coach, and its a very familiar face.
Tori Mooneyham has been involved with the team for 25 years now in an assistant coach role, while also teaching weights and P.E. classes, and coaching Track and Field.
The Mooneyham era of Republic Girl’s Basketball will officially begin on July 1st.
The new exhibit in Springfield’s Discovery Center showcases how a Missouri scientist saved the European wine industry.
Hermann Jaeger came to the U.S. from Switzerland in 1864 and started a vineyard in Neosho. In the 1870’s European grape vines began do die due to a rare bug infestation.
Jaeger, in Missouri, created more than 100 varieties of grapes and sent his rootstocks all over Europe, saving the industry.
After nearly five years downtown, Classic Rock Coffee will be closing its doors for the final time in late April.
The owners of the business, Ashley and Brent McGuire, announced the closure via Facebook on Monday, saying:
“Life changes and we have to adjust and it’s with heavy hearts that we have decided to close our little shop. Our last day of business will be April 26th.”
In the post, they thanked those who enjoyed Classic Rock Coffee’s downtown location.
“We have appreciated all of our customers and friends that have supported our shop and we will miss you.”
The business, located on Walnut and Main in Springfield, opened in 2019 and was able to battle the difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic to stay open.
A runoff, or a very entertaining coinflip, will decide who the next Mayor of Willard will be soon.
During last week’s election on April 2, former Alderman Troy Smith and former Mayor Samuel Snider tied with 349 votes a piece. A hand recount was conducted last Friday, which confirmed those numbers.
Now, the two candidates must decide whether to enter into a runoff, where voters will cast ballots again to decide who the next mayor will be. They can also choose to decide the winner by the flip of a coin.
It has happened in the past. In November of 2023, Robert Burns defeated Bob Yanacsek by a coinflip.
According to reports, the discussion’s are still being had, but it appears that things are trending towards a runoff, rather than letting the “fate of the coin” decide who will lead the city for the near future.
Smith has said he prefers the coin flip, while Snider is campaigning for the runoff.
Firefighters had a difficult time fighting a brush fire that burned around 25 acres in Branson Monday.
The fire was in a hilly wooded area between the Park Place Apartments and Friendly Baptist Church.
The fire was a mile into the woods.
Firefighters from Western Taney County and Stone County assisted by bringing brush trucks to help get into the wooded area.
Two people have been charged after an altercation at a bowling alley in Aurora over the weekend.
The Aurora-Marionville Police Department, Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department, and the Highway Patrol responded to the fight at the Strike Zone bowling alley.
Police says Ashely Ryan and Gabriel Olvera were allegedly drunk and started fighting with patrons at the bowling alley.
Ryan struck a police officer from behind as they were trying to arrest a male subject.
Both Ryan and Olvera are charged with assault.
They have been released from jail.
A juvenile involved was turned over to a guardian.
Four people are facing charges after a five hour saturation patrol on Saturday by the Springfield Police Department.
There were 22 cars stopped by police with 10 citations issued, and four drivers arrested, all on driving while intoxicated charges.
Springfield Police remind drivers that the consequences of driving while impaired in any way can result in jail time, loss of driving privileges, court costs, and more.