Springfield MO

Health inspectors identified various priority and nonpriority violations during routine inspections of several Springfield restaurants from July 13 to July 17.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) - The Springfield Noble Hill Sanitary Landfill is closed Monday, July 20, due to a hazardous materials fire, city officials said. Area fire departments responded to the site and contained the fire. No injuries were reported. The city said the incident is a reminder that...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A Springfield woman is speaking out after she received a phone call from someone claiming to be a detective with the Springfield Police Department. Samantha Cox said the caller reached her at work, told her that her daughter had been arrested for speeding, and directed her to a website to pay a

The Republic School District announced that McCulloch Elementary student Josie Johns passed away on July 10.

Beginning Monday, drivers should expect more traffic delays on Business 13 near Missouri Route 265 as the Missouri Department of Transportation starts a series of sidewalk and entrance upgrades aimed at meeting Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements.

Two accidents over the weekend in Ozark County sent four people to the hospital with one of them being airlifted to Springfield. Both accidents occurred at 4:20 Saturday afternoon, keeping emergency personnel in the county busy. The most serious involved a motorcycle hitting another vehicle. The driver of the motorcycl

A federal jury has convicted a Springfield, Missouri, man of possessing distributive quantities of methamphetamine during three separate incidents spanning nearly two years. Jeremy Whitcher, 45, was found guilty on three counts of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Court records show Whitcher repr

A Heat Advisory goes into effect Monday at 1 p.m. and continues until 7 p.m. Tuesday as heat index values could climb as high as 108°.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Two Springfield agencies worked together to rescue a man after receiving notice of an individual stuck in a storm drain on Sunday, July 19. Lieutenant Michael Ramsey with Springfield Police tells Ozarks First that officials responded around 5:49 p.m. near the intersection of Market and Lombard for th

What was meant to be a summer day by the pool ended in heartbreak for a Springfield family, after a 5-year-old boy drowned Sunday evening at the Bennett Spring State Park campground pool. When first responders arrived, they found adults already performing CPR. The child was rushed to a hospital in Kansas City, where he