Month: January 2026

Drivers in Missouri may soon be able to gas it a little more while travelling down interstates in the state.

State Representative Jamie Burger, R-Cape Girardeau, has pre-filed legislation that would increase the maximum speed limit on rural interstates from 70 to 73 miles per hour.

The proposal would bring Missouri in-line with neighboring states, such as Kansas and Arkansas.

Under the current law, interstate speeds in the Show-Me State are capped at 70 miles per hour outside urban areas.

Burger’s plan would update state law to allow the higher limit on rural stretches.

One person is in custody following a hit and run crash involving a pedestrian near Cinderella and Luster in Springfield.

Police say a man who was hit by the car was rushed to the hospital Friday night with serious injuries.

Officers had been searching for a white passenger car with possible front-end damage.

(Photo courtesy of the Greene County Jail)

An arrest has been made in a shooting and robbery in Battlefield on New Year’s Day.

A probable cause statement says 18-year-old Timothy Kirby of Republic has been charged with assault, burglary, and armed criminal action.

Battlefield Police say an elderly woman was shot in the abdomen after refusing to hand over money to two men in ski masks.

Kirby was allegedly found with two ski masks and evidence linking him to a rifle used in the crime.

He is in Greene County Jail.

Another suspect is also in custody.

If it seems like 2025 was a busy year for weather in the Ozarks, you’re right!

The National Weather Service in Springfield says it issued 69 tornado warnings for the year, along with 347 severe thunderstorm warnings.

The NWS also issued ten winter weather advisories and warnings, plus one ice storm warning and two extreme heat warnings.

Police say a possible robbery led to a shooting in Battlefield on New Year’s Day.

The Battlefield Police Department says officers got reports of a shooting in the 3900 block of west Gardenia Drive around 4:00 p.m.

One person was shot and taken to a local hospital and two suspects are in custody.

The condition of the victim has not been released.

Authorities say this is believed to be an isolated incident, and there is no ongoing threat to the public.

One person had to be treated for minor burns after a New Year’s morning fire at the Quail Creek Apartments off Republic Road in Springfield.

Two firefighters were also taken to the hospital to be looked at after flames broke out on the top floor of an apartment building.

The fire department says all units in the building had damage from fire, water or smoke.

The fire hydrant closest to the building failed, and crews had to use a backup water supply.

Investigators are looking into the cause of that fire.