A motorcyclist is dead after a crash on Missouri 59 in McDonald County early Monday morning.
The Highway Patrol says 49-year-old William Lincoln of Lanagan struck a deer, ran off the left side of the road and struck a guardrail.
He was thrown from his bike and rolled down an embankment.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A woman has entered an Alford Plea for shooting a couple in Laclede County.
Beckie Sadler entered the Alford Plea to four counts of assault in connection with shooting her former son-in-law and his wife near Phillipsburg in November of 2019.
Investigators say Sadler allegedly bumped the victim’s vehicle on the I-44 off ramp.
She then shot them after they stopped their vehicle.
Three people are in custody after an investigation into a stolen vehicle by the Greene County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies say the car was reported stolen last week, and was located at the Rosewood Village Apartments near Bennett and Luster in East Springfield Monday morning.
The three suspects were arrested at the scene.
Details of the case are limited, including the identities of those in custody, and the potential charges.
A man from Greenfield is now wanted on charges of possession of child pornography.
Investigators say 43-year-old Jeffrey Hare was accused of distributing explicit materials through Kik, an online messaging app.
Authorities were able to locate multiple accounts directly linked to him, which included over 50 images and videos of young children, as young as four.
There were also, allegedly, messages between Hare and other young children in which he attempted to solicit sexually explicit material.
Hare is charged with possession of child pornography, and first-degree promoting of child pornography.
A warrant for his arrest has been issued. There has been no word on a formal arrest at this time.
President Joe Biden on Sunday announced on social media that he will suspend his 2024 campaign for re-election after mounting pressure from Democrats on Capitol Hill.
The list of Democrat lawmakers who have publicly called for Biden to step away has grown considerably in recent days, with the party’s leadership said to have been engaged in talks with the President to convince him he could not win re-election in November.
Biden says he’s offering his full support and endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris to be the party’s nominee for President.
One of the Ozarks’ most beloved military heroes has died at the age of 102.
Jack Hamlin, who was born on October 15, 1921, died Saturday morning in Springfield.
Hamlin served in the U-S Coast Guard, and on D-Day, June 6, 1944, rescued wounded soldiers from the water when Allied forces invaded the beaches of Normandy, France.
He and other men brought injured soldiers back to a boat before transporting them to a hospital ship
That event was considered the turning point of the war.
Hamlin attended high school at what is now Central High School in Springfield, and attended college at Drury College, now known as Drury University.
Hamlin was also given the chance to play minor league baseball, and was recruited to play for the New York Yankees farm club in Joplin.
When the war came on, Hamlin initially tried to enlist in the Naval Air Corps, but was disqualified after it was discovered he had an enlarged heart.
Hamlin joined the Coast Guard on February 4, 1942.
He was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives at only 30 years old and started his own insurance agency in Springfield in 1952.
Hamlin owned and operated the insurance agency for more than 40 years.
Jack Hamlin made a half dozen trips back to Normandy for the anniversary of D-Day, most recently in 2023.
On June 6, 2024, Hamlin was honored by the U-S Coast Guard, the city of Springfield, VFW, Sons of the American Revolution, Honor Flight of the Ozarks, the Greater Ozarks Area Warriors’ Watch Riders, and the Rachel Donelson Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution in a special ceremony at The Montclair Assisted Living Center in Springfield.
Springfield Mayor Ken McClure read a proclamation proclaiming June 6th as Jack Hamlin Day, and presented Hamlin a Key to the City.
Jack R. Hamlin was a major part of the Honor Flight of the Ozarks Radiothon on KWTO and our Zimmer stations in Springfield, and will be dearly missed.
Two people are under arrest after an early morning shot fired call in a Springfield neighborhood.
Springfield Police responded to the 600 block of South Nettleton Avenue around 1 AM Thursday but did not find any evidence.
They returned around 5 AM and arrested two suspects after receiving more information about the incident.
No injuries were reported.
An investigation is ongoing.
The Highway Patrol have arrested a man in connection to a body found in Shannon County in 2022.
The Patrol says Robert Bender faces charges of first-degree murder, stealing, and abandonment of a corpse in the death of his sister Debra Ramsey.
Bender lived with Ramsey.
Ramsey’s body was found off of U-S 60, west of Winona.
An autopsy showed she died from gunshot wounds.
Investigators say Bender had allegedly used her Alton bank account.
Bender is being held in jail without bond.
A driver crashed into the Town and Country Shopping Center on Kansas Expressway.
Springfield Police say a man hit the gas pedal instead of the brake.
His car struck a column damaging the exterior of two businesses.
The man was not injured but an employee had minor injuries but was not taken to a hospital.
A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing a girl for four years.
Court documents say 52-year-old Mark Ruggles of Willard pleaded guilty to first-degree sodomy under a plea agreement.
A probable cause statement says that a woman contacted the Willard Police Department to report that Ruggles molested her when she was in her teens.
Under the plea agreement, additional sodomy and rape charges were dropped.