Month: February 2025

The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame will distribute the second phase of funds to the charities of the 2024 Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Hiland Dairy.

C-E-O and Executive Director Rob Marsh said Friday that the second phase of funds is about to be distributed to the 47 charities of the 2024 tournament.

Marsh says an additional $150,000 has been raised for the charities.

The charities received more than $300,000 six weeks ago.

The Hall of Fame has managed the tournament since it began in 1990.

It has raised over $20 million dollars for charities.

Officials with Dillard’s say the store is moving and expanding its location in the Battlefield Mall. Dillard’s is combining its stores in the mall into a larger site formerly occupied by Sears.

The new store will have almost 180,000 square feet and will be a single level. Dillard’s is the largest tenant in the Battlefield Mall.

Confidence is increasing in a series of storm systems bringing accumulating wintry precipitation to the Ozarks on Monday into the middle of next week.

The National Weather Service in Springfield says at this time, the greatest chances for winter weather impacts will be north of Springfield, but the exact track of the system and precipitation types and amounts are still unknown.

Here’s the latest from the NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook:

Colder air will move in next week with multiple chances for
winter precip beginning as early as Monday night with additional
rounds through mid week. While exact winter types and amounts are
uncertain, a winter mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow will
likely cause at least minor impacts across the area next week,
especially along and north of an west to east line through
Springfield. Stay up on the forecast as we head through the
weekend.

We’ll keep you up to date with the changing forecast on 93-3 and A-M 560 KWTO.

Greene County Sheriff’s Department for a fugitive wanted in connection with the death of a teenage girl last week.

The prosecuting attorney’s office has charged Evrinn Worlds with abandonment of a corpse and tampering with evidence in the death of 14-year-old Jackie Strahle of Springfield.

Strahle’s body was found January 28 on a property on West Farm Road 140.

Sheriff Jim Arnott says this is an on-going investigation and anyone with information about the case should contact the sheriff’s office.

(Photo courtesy of the Greene County Sheriff’s Office.)

A man from Springfield faces federal charges for allegedly threatening Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees in several states.

Gabriel Ramsey is accused of sending threatening emails to ICE offices in San Diego, Philadelphia, and York, Pennsylvania. He’s also accused of calling the California office of Enforcement and Removal in Fresno and making threats, and allegedly making threatening calls to an office in Denver.

Ramsey is being held in the Greene County Jail without bond.

The Missouri House of Representatives is considering several bills to restrict the use of cell phones in schools.

The bills would prohibit students from using their phones during instructional time, but would also give school districts some freedom to make their own cell phone policies.

A vote on the legislation could come as early as next week.

Accumulating wintry weather is looking increasingly likely next week. The National Weather Service says a series of storm systems, combined with cold temps, will push wintry precipitation into the area on Monday into the middle of the week.

The greatest chances for winter weather impacts will be north of Springfield, but a lot of uncertainties remain, including the exact track of the system and precipitation types and amounts.

Flu cases in Greene County have nearly doubled over the last three weeks, according to the Springfield-Greene County Health Department, bringing the highest rate of cases since 2003.

Cases of pertussis (whooping cough) is also increasing drastically, with 21 cases in the first 36 days of the year. On average, the county sees a total of 12 cases per year.

In order to keep yourself, and those around you healthy, the CDC and the Springfield-Greene County Health Department suggest staying home when sick, washing hands frequently with soap and water, disinfecting frequently touched surfaces, and coughing and sneezing into your elbow to prevent contamination of your hands.