One person is dead and another hospitalized after a shooting in Lebanon Sunday afternoon.
Lebanon Police said, in a post on Facebook, they responded to a house in the 400 block of Monroe Street and found a woman in the yard with a gunshot wound.
There was a standoff.
When police went inside the house they found the suspect, Roger Starnes dead.
Lebanon Police say this is an on-going investigation.
Springfield City Utilities say line crews are making progress on restoring power to customers who lost power during Tuesday’s storm.
C-U said at 4 PM Saturday that 1,250 customers are still without power.
That is a lower total from earlier this week when 50,000 were without power.
C-U is warning customers to beware of scams pretending to be from C-U asking for money to restore power to their home.
C-U will never ask for payment to restore power.
Springfield City Utilities say line crews are making progress on restoring power to customers who lost power during Tuesday’s storm.
C-U said at 4 PM Saturday that 1,250 customers are still without power.
That is a lower total from earlier this week when 50,000 were without power.
C-U is warning customers to beware of scams pretending to be from C-U asking for money to restore power to their home.
C-U will never ask for payment to restore power.
Springfield Mayor Jeff Schrag and the Greene County Commissions have declared a state of civil emergency following the severe storm from earlier this week.
The County’s measure will be in effect for seven days and the City’s measure will be in effect for 30 days.
The City Council is expected to ratify the City’s measure in an upcoming meeting.
In a news release, City Utilities said they have restored power to 90-percent of customers who lost powers during Tuesday’s storm.
C-U said at 4:30 pm Friday that 3,665 customers are still without power.
Springfield Mayor Jeff Schrag and the Greene County Commissions have declared a state of civil emergency following the severe storm from earlier this week.
The County’s measure will be in effect for seven days and the City’s measure will be in effect for 30 days.
The City Council is expected to ratify the City’s measure in an upcoming meeting.
In a news release, City Utilities said they have restored power to 90-percent of customers who lost powers during Tuesday’s storm.
C-U said at 4:30 pm Friday that 3,665 customers are still without power.
City Utilities of Springfield says around 4,800 customers remain without power Friday morning, nearly 72 hours after severe storms caused around 50,000 outages in the city.
The utility says around 300 people are working on the response to this emergency, and it’s telling the community it’s fully committed to restoring power to every last customer as quickly and safely as possible.
C-U officials say they understand the prolonged outage is frustrating and they appreciate everyone’s patience.
Ozarks Food Harvest has announced that seven Dollar General stores in the area are donating more than 13,000 pounds of refrigerated and frozen food to their partner food pantries rather than having it spoil due to recent power outages.
Tyson Foods is also donating nearly 39,000 pounds of protein to help families facing hunger.
Ozarks Food Harvest says none of their faith-based partner charities had power issues during the recent storms.
Ozarks Food Harvest has announced that seven Dollar General stores in the area are donating more than 13,000 pounds of refrigerated and frozen food to their partner food pantries rather than having it spoil due to recent power outages.
Tyson Foods is also donating nearly 39,000 pounds of protein to help families facing hunger.
Ozarks Food Harvest says none of their faith-based partner charities had power issues during the recent storms.
Governor Mike Kehoe has asked President Donald Trump to approve a major disaster declaration to provide federal assistance in response to the severe weather in Missouri during March and April.
Six people died in these storms.
The governor asked for assistance for 26 counties.
He had previously asked for assistance for 18 of those 26 counties on April 2.
Governor Kehoe asked for both Individual Assistance for eligible residents and Public Assistance for local governments and non-profit agencies.
A State Representative has announced her candidacy for the State Senate.
Republican Melaine Stinnett who is the representative for House District 133 has announced she is running for State Senate District 30 to replace current State Senator Lincoln Hough, who is term limited.
She says if elected she will continue her fight for safer streets, better schools, and healthier families.