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Howell County authorities searching for armed and dangerous man
HOWELL COUNTY, Mo. (KY3) - Police in Howell County are searching for a man considered armed and dangerous. They’re looking for Shawn Michael Clark after he fired a gun in Willow Springs. Authorities say he could be in or around West Plains now. The Willow Springs Police chief says...
Springfield man charged after assaulting a recent graduate from Cabool and another person at a Branson go-cart business
BRANSON, Mo. (KY3) - A Springfield man has been charged after attacking two people at a project graduation event in Branson. Court records show that 37-year-old Michael E. Gardner of Springfield is charged with first-degree assault, third-degree assault, armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon. According to the...
Wright County man sentenced to 9 years for child molestation
WRIGHT COUNTY, Mo. – A man from Niangua has been sentenced to nine years in prison after he pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree child molestation of a child under the age of twelve. 68-year-old Marion L. Dinwiddie was sentenced in February 2024 at the Wright County Courthouse in Hartville after he pleaded guilty […]
Mountain Grove man seriously injured in crash, patrol says
A Mountain Grove man was involved in a one-vehicle accident early Friday morning, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. The post Mountain Grove man seriously injured in crash, patrol says appeared first on Houston Herald.
OATS Transit receives grant from Mountain Grove community foundation to help buy vehicle
OATS Transit, a Missouri based not-for-profit transportation provider, announced that they have received a grant from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks–Mountain Grove Area Community Foundation. The $2,000 was awarded for services in Mountain Grove/Wright County to support rural general public transportation. The funds will be used toward the purchase of a new...
Few power outages remain in the wake of overnight storms
UPDATE 5/9/2024: Only a handful of electric cooperative customers remain without power this morning after powerful storms made their way through the Ozarks. The customers affected are in Texas, Douglas, Lawrence, Barry, Shannon and Newton counties. The largest number of outages are in Shannon County, with 387 Black River and Howell-Oregon Electric Cooperative customers without […]
Weather blog: Weather Aware Day for morning and afternoon storms
**10:00 p.m. UPDATE ** Thankfully, the tornado threat has ended for our area. Areas along and south of I-44 were hammered with large hailstones. Giant hail ranged from golf ball to softball size. The largest reported hailstone I’ve seen was 4″ in Douglas County. Hail wasn’t the only threat that impacted the Ozark as a […]
Cabool police identify woman trapped under train car
UPDATE 5/6/2024: The Cabool Police Department (CPD) has identified a woman who was found trapped under a train car on May 5. According to a Facebook post from CPD, the woman is 38-year-old Natalie Wilson from Piggott, Arkansas. She is in a Springfield, Missouri hospital in critical condition. CPD says it is still uncertain why […]
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