Dairy Queen celebrates 85th birthday with a free treat
DQ Rewards members can celebrate the dairy chain’s birthday with a small Blizzard for 85 cents. The deal runs from now until Sept. 21. Dairy Queen is also releasing their fall menu with flavors like the Pumpkin Pie Blizzard, Caramel Coffee Cookie Blizzard and Maple Cookie Shake. In order to get the deal, you must […]
Seymour Apple Festival kicks off tomorrow
The Seymour Apple Festival is a fall tradition in the Ozarks, celebrating its 53rd year with three days of local vendors, food, live music, and events such as a corn dog eating contest, Apple Princess Pageant, and parade.
Leigh’s Lost and Found Digital Extra: Springfield Workshop Industrial Solutions opens doggy daycare
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Springfield’s Workshop Industrial Solutions opened up a new doggy daycare. For more than 50 years, SWI has provided meaningful employment opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities. And now the workshop has gone to the dogs. To learn more about the work at SWI, click here....
63rd annual Steam-O-Rama 2025
LAWRENCE COUNTY, Mo. (KOAM) - This weekend is the 63rd annual Steam-O-Rama hosted by the Ozarks Steam Engine Association .
Steve-O bringing adult-only “Crash and Burn Tour” to Springfield
SPRINGFIELD – The former “Jackass” star and comedian is bringing his show to the Gillioz Theatre in December. For over 20 years, Steve-O (real name Stephen Glover) has been bringing shock-value stunts and providing laughs to audiences on TV, movies, and now on stage. Steve-O will be hitting the road to bring his “The...
Old cell phones are saving flamingo homes
The Dickerson Park Zoo is offering a cell phone recycling drop-off box to help save the Chilean Flamingos' habitat, which is being impacted by lithium mining for rechargeable batteries, and to reduce the need for further mining.
Great Escape Beer Works to celebrate new location opening
Great Escape Beer Works is celebrating its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 12th at its new location in Brookline.
Silver Dollar City, O’Reilly Auto Parts Hit the Road with First-Ever Theme Park Transit...
OZARK MOUNTAINS, Mo. (Sept. 9, 2025) — Two Ozarks originals are joining forces to make the journey into America’s #1 Theme Park as memorable as the destination itself. Silver Dollar City’s new partnership with O’Reilly Auto Parts will launch the park’s first-ever Theme Park Transit Department—adding a touch of...
Sarcoxie Police pursue stolen car into Springfield; Driver arrested, facing Felony charges
SARCOXIE, Mo. (KOAM) - Early Tuesday morning a Sarcoxie officer on patrol noticied a suspicious vehicle in their town, ran the plates and it came back stolen from the Kansas City area.
Springfield City Council approves more than $71,000 for the maintenance of water gauges
Deputies in Barry County are trying to find a stolen semi and the thief who stole it. Investigators hope you may know who did it. Police investigate couple’s deaths in Marshfield, Mo. Updated: 6 hours ago. Police are investigating the deaths of a couple in Marshfield. The Place for...