Month: August 2024

In a wild turn of events, a woman from Kimberling City is in custody after allegedly trying to fraud the family of Elvis Presley into gaining ownership of Graceland.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed charges against 53-year-old Lisa Findley, accusing her of the crime.

According to investigators, Findley used several aliases posing as employees at Naussany Investments & Private Lending, LLC. She claimed that Elvis Presley’s daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, had borrowed nearly four-million dollars from the fictitious company, and that money was owed back.

She also allegedly threatened to put Graceland up for auction, at which point the Presley family filed a lawsuit.

Authorities say Findley then filed fake court documents in response, then claimed it was a Nigerian identity thief was responsible for the fraud.

Findley is charged with mail fraud and aggravated identity theft, and faces up to 20-22 years in prison if found guilty.

A now former Greene County Sheriff’s Patrol Deputy is charged with sexual misconduct for exposing himself inside a Dollar Tree store in Springfield.

Online court documents say Jessy Snow followed a woman, who he did not know, around the store while “touching himself”.

Sheriff Arnott says Snow contacted his supervisor on Sunday, saying the incident was a “misunderstanding”. Two days later, the Sheriff says Snow resigned from his position and is refusing to cooperate with an internal investigation.

Arnott says he’s “appalled” by the conduct of the former employee and is confident he will be held accountable.

Severe thunderstorms brought damaging winds of more than 60 miles per hour and brought flooding rains to parts of the Ozarks Thursday night.

The National Weather Service says Webster and Wright Counties had between 3 and 6 inches of rain, causing flash flooding and closing several roads.

Check for flooded roads in the Ozarks here with the MoDOT Traveler Information Map.

Among the flooded out roads were Highway AB at Wolf Creek northeast of Mansfield, Highway E at the Gasconade River near Manes, and Highway Z at Elk Creek near Competition.

Following a night of numerous severe thunderstorm warnings in the Ozarks on Thursday, parts of southwest Missouri are under the threat for more severe weather late Friday.

The National Weather Service says initial supercells are expected to develop across far eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the late afternoon, around 4-6pm.

Forecasts say these storms will continue through the evening, with the severe weather threat lasting into the early morning hours of Saturday.

Large hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter, damaging wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour, and localized flooding from heavy rain will be the biggest threats.

Springfield is under a level 1 “marginal” risk for severe storms, with far southwest Missouri counties McDonald, Newton and Barry under a level 2 “slight” risk.

We’ll keep you up to date with any watches and warnings on 93-3 and A-M 560 KWTO.

Bass Pro has implemented layoffs at its boat manufacturing plants in Lebanon and Bolivar.

About 100 people are out of work.

White River Marine Group says it reduced its aluminum boat manufacturing workforce by ten percent.

They blame slowing consumer demand for the layoffs.

They went on to say that they hope the cyclical nature of the business will lead to them rehiring the workers soon.

If you have outdoor plans Thursday evening, remain weather aware!

The National Weather Service says the first round of storms moving through Thursday morning will not be severe.

The best potential for severe storms will occur late Thursday afternoon and evening, with the main threats being large hail, damaging wind gusts and brief heavy downpours.

We’ll keep you up to date with any watches or warnings issued by the National Weather Service on 93-3 and A-M 560 KWTO.

In addition to potentially dangerous storms, the excessive heat will be dangerous, especially to vulnerable populations, such as the elderly.

A Heat Advisory goes from 12pm-9pm Thursday for much of southwest Missouri. Heat indices of 100 to 105 are possible across the area.

Drink plenty of water, take frequent breaks in the shade and get into an air-conditioned room as much as possible.

Greene County Deputies removed an illegal encampment on East Kearney.

In a Facebook post, the Greene County Sheriff’s Office said the encampment was on private property and the owner had requested the encampment removed.

The post went on to say that there was no arrest, but that multiple trespassers were removed from the property.

They had trespassers left trash on the property.

A trial date has been set for a man accused in the shooting death of his girlfriend.

A trial has been set for May 13, 2025, for 25-year-old Dillon Bacon of Lebanon is now scheduled for May 2025 in Morgan County on a change of venue.

Bacon is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of 22-year-old Megan Glaser at the residence they shared on Sassafras Road in Lebanon.

Bacon allegedly told investigators that they had an argument before the shooting.

A man from Lake Ozark has been charged with sending and receiving images of child sex abuse.

Leleand Weeks II is charged with two counts of first degree, and seven counts of second degree promoting child pornography.

Investigators revealed in an interview that Weeks admitted to sending and receiving text messages containing child pornography.

Weeks, however, has pleaded not guilty to these charges at this time.

The City of Branson has released a statement explaining the 911 emergency outages facing the area. Branson residents inside the city limits must call the non-emergency line at 417-334-3300 until services are restored.

Christian County is facing a a similar issue, with a different solution. Emergency Services there say anyone who places a call to 911 will receive a call back almost immediately, but to avoid this you can also call the Emergency Communications Center at 417-582-1030.

Christian County Emergency Services also claims the outages stem from a “high level circuit outage” with Lumen Technologies at 5:30am on Wednesday.