A man from Rolla is in custody after telling authorities there was a dead body in his home after three days of living with it. 61-year-old Brian Chambers is facing charges of abandonment of a corpse after authorities identified the body of 37-year-old Jessica Allen at his home on January 17. According to Chambers, she […]

A crash involving a City Utilities bus and another vehicle knocked out power in downtown Springfield Wednesday morning. Police say a CU bus Northbound on Campbell and a vehicle Eastbound on State hit a power pole. About 625 customers were affected by the outage. This article is provided by Ozarks News – 93.3 KWTO

The Columbia Public Schools Superintendent has written a letter to families apologizing to parents frustrated about the level of communication regarding last month’s diversity breakfast that included three drag queens who performed before students. The event, which was organized by the city’s Office of Cultural Affairs, has been blasted by Missouri’s Governor, Attorney General, and […]

News Release From Springfield Police Department: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Feb. 1, 2023, at 1:46 p.m., Springfield Police Officers were sent to Tom Watkins Park at 2100 W. High St. to check the well-being of a male who was making suicidal statements.  When the officers arrived, they contacted the man in the middle of the […]

The City of Springfield could become the new owners of Hammons Field. The city council will need to vote on a $12 million-dollar purchase agreement. A vote on the purchase could come as soon as February 14. The purchase would include the stadium and two parking lots. A second part of the purchase would be […]