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Heavy rain across the Ozarks leads to water rescues
ROGERSVILLE, Mo. (KY3) - Heavy rains have caused chaos across the Ozarks, forcing many drivers to find alternative routes. Several water rescues occurred between Friday and Saturday, but for firefighters, they were the most dangerous. “You’re 300 times more likely to be injured while doing a water rescue than firefighting,”...
Addressing siren & shelter concerns after Sunday’s storms
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Over the weekend, the First Alert Weather Team kept an eye on a few rounds of strong to severe t-storms that rolled through the Ozarks. While Sunday morning started with rain across much of the area, the atmosphere got unstable enough to allow for a tornado watch to go out for parts of southwest Missouri at 5:15 p.m. For our Missouri counties, that watch only included Stone, Barry, Newton and McDonald counties. Outside of the watch, storms marched into Greene and Christian counties where a tornado warning went into effect around 8:40 Sunday night.
Missouri morel hunters continue to discover unpleasant surprise — human remains
Instead of mushrooms, Missouri morel hunters are finding dead bodies — or at least parts of them. In what's become a seemingly annual occurrence, human remains, some belonging to people who've been missing for several years, are being found in secluded wooded areas by Missourians whose eyes were peeled for edible fungi.
Nixa man pleads guilty for holding a hatchet to his mother’s head on New Year’s Day 2023
NIXA, Mo. (KY3) - A man from Nixa pleaded guilty in court last week for holding a hatchet to his mother’s head on New Year’s Day 2023. According to court records, on April 26, Simon Scholz pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a weapon and kidnapping. He gets probation and a deferred sentence and will have a formal sentence hearing on June 26.
Three people, including a baby, seriously injured in Christian County, Mo. two-car crash
CHRISTIAN COUNTY, Mo. (KY3) - Three people, including a one-year-old child, are in serious condition after a two-car crash Friday afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, around 11:50 a.m., a Toyota Tundra was driving on Route EE, one mile east of Highlandville. The crash happened when...
Box truck rescued from water near Fordland in Webster County
UPDATE 4/27/24: A member of the Logan-Rogersville Water Rescue team says the box truck was recovered from the water and no one was injured in the incident. Original Story: FORDLAND, Mo. – The Logan-Rogersville Fire Protection District Assistant Fire Chief Lafferty confirmed that a water rescue is underway south of Fordland Friday night in Webster […]
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