Springfield MO

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Springfield Christmas Parade, the city’s longest-running event, is making final preparations for this weekend. Organizers say this year’s parade will feature more than a hundred entries and special honors for Central High School coaches, celebrating a big milestone. Marilyn Glorfeld, one of the...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - The winter holidays often revolve around food. But if you’re taking a GLP-1 drug like Ozempic or Wegovy, your relationship with food has likely changed. GLP-1s slow digestion, so you feel full for longer, which usually means you eat less. They often reduce “food noise,”...

On a recent fall day in the 40s – just warm enough to play outside for a short time – the Wood family headed to the Phelps Grove Park playground. John and Rachel Wood and their children, six-year-old Oren, four-year-old Avyn and two-year-old Ellowyn went down slides, played musical instruments and just had fun being...

In 2023, then U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released a report titled “The Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation." It found that many Americans lack social connection, which can contribute to poor mental and physical health. According to the report, “loneliness and social isolation increase the risk for premature...

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BATTLEFIELD, Mo. — A woman has been charged after allegedly threatening a business in Battlefield, Missouri. According to online court dockets, Jessica Woodley, born 1996, of Springfield, has been charged with felony first-degree terrorist threat and a misdemeanor of first-degree trespass. The probable cause...

Almost 36 years after 24-year-old Kelle Ann Workman went missing near Seymour, Brixey resident Leonard “Dwight” Banks accepted a plea agreement and entered an Alford plea to an amended charge of voluntary manslaughter in her death. That plea was entered in June of this year, and he is...

A man wanted by authorities after a shooting incident in Stone County is in Custody. 43-year-old Mathew Washington of Crane. Washington is the suspect in a shooting that took place around 9:00 Monday night on Timerline Road in Crane. According to a release from the department, Deputies arrived on the...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Christmas is nearly two weeks away, and this week, you can help Santa out. Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals at CoxHealth is hosting its first-ever Fill the Sleigh Drive-Thru Toy Drive. The effort aims to help kids receiving care at the hospital during the holidays. Christmas looks...

Under their immense gravity, stars fuse light elements such as hydrogen and helium, producing heavier nuclei called metals. When massive stars explode in supernovae, they eject those metals into the space where they cool and condense to dust, asteroids, planets, and the next generation of stars. In a recent study, a...