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Woman arrested near Nevada, faces Homicide charge
STONE COUNTY, Mo. (KOAM) — About 7:10 a.m. Tuesday the Stone County Sheriffs Office was dispatched to an address on Elm Springs Road in the northern part of the county in reference to a suspicious situation.
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS: Heavy rain leads to flooding fears across the Ozarks
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Heavy rain on Thursday led to flash flooding in several counties across the Ozarks. The National Weather Service issued Flash Flood Warnings for counties, including Christian, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, and Stone Counties. Several inches of rain fell from Carthage to Mount Vernon to Springfield. Expect flash...
Kansas man jailed after crash on a stolen scooter
CRAWFORD COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on multiple allegations after a crash on a scooter. Just before 1a.m. Monday, police on routine patrol in the area of West Martin Avenue and South Georgia Street in Pittsburg, Kansas, observed a subject riding a scooter in that area, according to a media release.
Pittsburg woman killed in single-vehicle crash in Crawford County
GIRARD, Kan. (WIBW) - One person was killed Saturday night in a single-vehicle crash on a Crawford County highway, authorities said. The crash was reported at 9:14 p.m. Saturday near K-3 highway and W. 630th Avenue. The location was about 5 miles west of Girard. According to the Kansas Highway...
Carthage man avoids prison time for high-speed DWI pursuit
CARTHAG, Mo. — A Carthage man accused of driving drunk and driving at speeds over 100 mph will not go to prison for the crime. Monday morning in Jasper County court, Michael Elliot, 25, pleaded guilty to one count of resisting arrest and one count of DWI. As part...
Financial strain threatens this Southwest Missouri animal shelter’s operations
CARTHAGE, Mo. — An area animal shelter, which is currently full, may have to shut its doors without an influx of more money. Even if you found a stray cat or dog in Carthage, you wouldn’t be able to take him or her to the community’s no-kill shelter. If things don’t change in the coming months, Nancy Corely, the president of the facility’s board of directors, says there won’t be a shelter to take them in at all.
A Joplin woman is hospitalized after home catches fire
Pittsburg, KS – Kansas Governor Laura Kelly visited the John Parolo Education Center at the community health center of southeast Kansas in Pittsburg yesterday. Members of the health center's leadership team and board of directors joined the governor to discuss the importance of the center's commitment to the area. The governor also referenced the Medicaid expansion in Missouri and the state's success in keeping hospitals and clinics running since then.
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