A shooter is on the run in Springfield.
Police say one person is in serious condition at a local hospital after being shot on the parking lot of Walmart on Kansas Expressway near Kearney.
It happened around 1:00pm on Monday.
A witness at the scene says she heard as many as six shots fired.
Police believe a disturbance on the lot led to the shooting.
The victim then drove to a nearby restaurant to seek help.
Around 1p.m. Monday afternoon Springfield Police responded to a parking lot near Kearney Street and Kansas Expressway with reports of a shooting.
Law Enforcement found a man with a gunshot wound, but haven’t released the extent of his injuries. Police are looking for a suspect, but a description has not yet been given to the public.
A woman from Seymour has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole for wire fraud.
Renee Clouse admitted she used the personal information of fellow inmates while she was in prison to get student loans and tax refunds. Clouse was also ordered to pay more than 800 thousand dollars in restitution.
Several rounds of storms are expected in the Ozarks early this week, with the first moving through late Monday night into early Tuesday morning, with another line of storms and isolated cells behind it through the day on Tuesday.
The National Weather Service says much of southwest Missouri is under a Level 1 “marginal risk” for severe storms on Tuesday, downgraded from a level 2 “slight risk” that was forecast over the weekend.
Forecasters say the greatest threat will be along the Missouri/Arkansas border down into Arkansas.
Large hail and damaging winds will be the main risks with storms that develop, with an isolated tornado threat.
We’ll keep you up to date with the latest forecast changes and any watches or warnings on 93-3 and A-M 560 KWTO.
Five people on a flight from Springfield to Houston are being treated at hospitals for “non-life-threatening injuries” after the United Airlines flight hit severe turbulence early Sunday evening and made an emergency landing in Waco, Texas.
Emergency management officials say there were 32 people on United flight 5690, including 29 passengers.
It’s not known if any of the injured passengers are from Springfield.
The FlightAware website shows the flight departed Springfield at 4:48pm Sunday, and landed at the Waco Regional Airport just before 6:30pm.
Five people on a flight from Springfield to Houston are being treated at hospitals for “non-life-threatening injuries” after the United Airlines flight hit severe turbulence early Sunday evening and made an emergency landing in Waco, Texas.
Emergency management officials say there were 32 people on United flight 5690, including 29 passengers.
It’s not known if any of the injured passengers are from Springfield.
The FlightAware website shows the flight departed Springfield at 4:48pm Sunday, and landed at the Waco Regional Airport just before 6:30pm.
Two children were killed in a fire in Butler Saturday night.
The Bates County Sheriff’s Department says they received a call of an explosion and house fire around 11:30 PM Saturday.
The house was fully engulfed in flames when fire crews arrived.
The Sheriff’s Department says five people lived in the house but only three made it out safely.
Both victims were two-years-old.
The Bates County Sherriff’s Department and Missouri State Fire Marshalls Office is investigating.