A man is dead after a one-vehicle crash in Wright Count.
The Highway Patrol says a pickup ran off of Highway E-E, struck and mailbox and a culvert, then overturned and struck a fence.
A Mansfield man, who was driving, died at the scene.
Two passengers from Springfield were transported to a Springfield hospital with serious injuries.
A Dallas County woman is facing charges after damaging property at the Buffalo City Pool.
The Buffalo Police Department says Chyanne Ingle of Louisburg is facing charges of burglary and arson after she and a juvenile allegedly broke into the Buffalo City Pool.
Court documents say Ingle and the juvenile were captured on surveillance cameras spraying profanities inside the pool and setting a fire inside a building.
Ingle was arrested at her home in Louisburg.
Rain chances increase as we head into next week, and so do our chances for strong to severe thunderstorms.
The National Weather Service says while the best severe weather potential will be south of the area on Tuesday, strong to severe storms will still be possible in the Ozarks. .
The exact details of timing, locations and hazard types are still uncertain, but continue to monitor the forecast for updates.
All of southwest Missouri is under a Level 2 “slight risk” for severe storms on Tuesday.
We’ll keep you up to date with the latest forecast and watch the storms as they move in, keeping you up to date on any watches or warnings on 93-3 and A-M 560 KWTO.
Rain chances increase as we head into next week, and so do our chances for strong to severe thunderstorms.
The National Weather Service says while the best severe weather potential will be south of the area on Tuesday, strong to severe storms will still be possible in the Ozarks. .
The exact details of timing, locations and hazard types are still uncertain, but continue to monitor the forecast for updates.
All of southwest Missouri is under a Level 2 “slight risk” for severe storms on Tuesday.
We’ll keep you up to date with the latest forecast and watch the storms as they move in, keeping you up to date on any watches or warnings on 93-3 and A-M 560 KWTO.
The beginning of March means the beginning of severe weather season in the Ozarks, and the KWTO news and weather team wants you to be informed.
Join Don Louzader, Garett Bowles and other KWTO staff Saturday from 10am-1pm at the J-C Penney East Court at the Battlefield Mall for the annual Severe Weather Expo.
We’ll be handing out information on storm preparedness and getting folks registered to win a four pack of St. Louis Cardinals tickets.
Come out and say hello and let’s talk weather!
KOLR-10 meteorologists, the National Weather Service and Springfield-Greene County Emergency Management will also have booths at the Severe Weather Expo.
The Springfield Police Department has released its annual crime report for 2024.
Police Chief Paul Williams says there is much difference between 2023 and 2024 but says there has been a four year decrease in crime between 2020 and 2024.
He says there has been a drop in violent crime, youth crime and vehicle theft.
He says illegal drugs is still a major problem in Springfield and retailers have seen an increase in shoplifting.
Chief Williams says crime is like the stock market and it goes up and down.
The effort to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in KC made it to the state Capitol on Wednesday.
Jackson County leaders met with lawmakers and Governor Kehoe to come up with a plan that will be agreeable to both taxpayers and the sports teams.
The Chiefs estimate Missouri receives 28.8 million dollars in tax revenue each year from their games. To keep both teams in Missouri, leaders are discussing an extension of a three-eighths cent sales tax already in place.
Jackson County voters turned down a similar plan last year, but the discussions on Wednesday focused on improving the plan.
Neighbors say Springfield’s homeless problem is to blame for a fire that fully engulfed a house in the 900 block of North Main on Wednesday.
Property owner and developer Royce Reding tells K-Y-3 this isn’t the first time the house has been broken into or caught fire.
He says it’s an ongoing problem with the homeless and squatters, drug issues, and theft problems. The home was destroyed in the fire. No one was hurt.
David Spears, convicted of child endangerment and hindering a prosecution in the rape and murder of his stepdaughter, Rowan Ford, in 2007 has been fired from the state public defender’s office.
Spears had been hired about a year after he was released from prison.
At a budget hearing earlier this month, lawmakers told the director of the public defender’s office that she needed to fire spears before they would listen to the office’s budget proposal.
Spears was fired on Monday.
(Photo courtesy of Nexstar/KOLR)
Fire destroyed a house in north Springfield early Wednesday morning.
When firefighters arrived at the house in the 900 block of North Main Avenue, it was fully engulfed in flames and most of it had collapsed.
Neighbors say they don’t believe anyone was living in the house.
Fire department officials say it wasn’t the first time firefighters had been called to that address.
No one was injured in the fire and no other buildings were significantly damaged.