Springfield Police are looking for a suspect who fired shots at a car early Wednesday morning.
Police say shots were fired at a car at the intersection of Jefferson and Elm at about 12:30 this morning.
No one in the car was injured.
The driver drove into the Heer’s parking garage to take cover.
Police are investigating what led to the shooting.
A description of the shooter has not been released.
Springfield Police Chief Paul Williams says his department is working on a policy for enforcing a new ordinance that allows the city to tow vehicles with expired tags and registration tabs.
Williams says he wants the policy to allow a 30-day grace period to get a vehicle registered properly. Williams says officers will use their discretion and judgment before having a vehicle towed.
173 people are being held in the Greene County Jail after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Sheriff Jim Arnott signed a contract with “ICE” to hold immigration detainees. The jail has 300 beds that have been set aside for immigration detainees.
Some of the detainees are local, but others were arrested in Chicago, Kansas City, and Saint Louis.
Sports betting won’t be available in Missouri any time soon.
The Missouri Gaming Commission had hoped to start sports betting on June 30th, but Secretary of State Denny Hoskins said the commission’s rules for issuing emergency gaming licenses didn’t meet the proper criteria.
Gaming Commission Chairman Jan Zimmerman says that means the rules won’t go into effect until August 30th, and even then sports betting won’t begin immediately.
A man from Stockton has died and four others were hurt in a head-on crash in Cedar County.
Highway Patrol troopers say an SUV crossed the center line of Highway 32 and hit another vehicle head-on Monday afternoon.
A passenger in the second vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver and another passenger in that vehicle were seriously hurt. The driver of the SUV and a passenger had moderate injuries.
Springfield City Council says yes to a new towing ordinance.
Council members voted 5-3 Monday night to approve the ordinance that will give police officers the authority to tow vehicles with missing, invalid, or expired license plates or registration tabs.
The vote came after a lengthy discussion with Police Chief Paul Williams.
Heather Hardinger, Monica Horton and Brandon Jenson voted against the measure.
Several council members and citizens have expressed concern the ordinance would target low-income people who can’t afford registration fees.
Police say there will be an educational period before officers begin enforcing the towing ordinance.
Springfield police arrested 5 impaired drivers during a saturation patrol Friday.
Police stopped 22 drivers. In addition to the 5 drivers arrested for DWI, police also issued 20 citations.
The saturation patrols are funded by a grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Safety Division.
A man from El Dorado Springs has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery last month.
Nevada police say 21-year-old Tripp Varner was arrested Monday after a month-long investigation. Varner is charged with first-degree robbery, armed criminal action, and stealing.
Although the robber wore a mask, police were able to identify Varner by a tattoo and wristband he wore. He’s being held in the Vernon County jail without bond.
Fire crews in Branson are on the scene of an explosion at a hotel near Highway 248 and Shepherd of the Hills Expressway.
Witnesses report seeing an explosion at the hotel and there are blown-out windows near the pool area.
The hotel is the Spark by Hilton Branson Meadows at 263 Shepherd of the Hills Expressway.
A spokeswoman with the city of Branson tells KOLR-10 all the people staying in the building are believed to have been evacuated, and there are no confirmed reports of injuries as the gas leak was going on before the explosion.
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Fire crews in Branson are on the scene of an explosion at a hotel near Highway 248 and Shepherd of the Hills Expressway.
Witnesses report seeing an explosion at the hotel and there are blown-out windows near the pool area.
The hotel is the Spark by Hilton Branson Meadows at 263 Shepherd of the Hills Expressway.
A spokeswoman with the city of Branson tells KOLR-10 all the people staying in the building are believed to have been evacuated, and there are no confirmed reports of injuries as the gas leak was going on before the explosion.
We’ll keep you up to date with the latest on 933kwto.com and on 93-3 and A-M 560 KWTO.