New soccer pub opens on Historic Commercial Street
Springfield’s newest soccer pub, Mumbles1888, is set to launch with a grand opening on Historic Commercial Street in the coming months. After a successful soft opening on Saturday, Feb. 7, Mumbles1888 is on track for the grand opening, according to Mike Evans, the general manager of Mumbles1888’s parent company,...
Five people indicted for alleged $220M cattle fraud scheme, fugitive from Strafford
Five people, including two from Missouri, have been indicted for an alleged cattle fraud scheme, in which they falsely represented to individual cattle purchasers that Agridime would use their funds to purchase specific individual cattle for each victim, raise the cattle, and eventually sell the meat from the same...
Rollover crash on U.S. 65 leaves driver with injuries
SPRINGFIELD, MO – On Friday evening, police responded to a serious rollover crash on U.S. 65 near the Battlefield Road exit. Police arrived on scene at about 8:00 p.m. after reports came in about a vehicle running off the southbound lanes of the highway and rolling several times near the Battlefield Road exit. Ozarks...
Third Springfield Starbucks location’s employees vote to unionize
Springfield is gaining another unionized Starbucks , according to a press release, bringing the count in Missouri to 18. On Wednesday, Feb. 11, baristas at the 2616 S. Glenstone Starbucks location voted 20 to 1 to join Starbucks Workers United. This is the third Springfield Starbucks to join Starbucks Workers United...
First Responder Training Leads to Unexpected Rescue
A recent training exercise for several groups of first responders included an unexpected rescue. According to releases from the Southern Stone County Fire Protection District, their department along with the Stone County Sheriff’s Office and Central Crossing Fire Protection District of Shell Knob participated in...
20-foot-tall monument planned along historic Route 66 in Springfield
Springfield will soon have a new monument – just in time for the Route 66 Centennial Kickoff Celebration April 30-May 3. A proposal to accept $267,000 in State of Missouri appropriation funds for street and right-of-way improvements surrounding the Queen's Gate 66 monument was unanimously approved by city council...
Stalled vehicle closes left lane on Battlefield Road
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A stalled vehicle shut down the left westbound lane of Battlefield Road just past Kansas Expressway Friday afternoon. According to the Transportation Management Center, the incident was reported around 2:03 p.m. The TMC confirmed the blockage and said crews were responding to clear the vehicle....
Ozarks Life: Lorene and Brayden destined to be together since birth
CRANE, Mo. (KY3) - Inside of Crane High School, home of the Pirates, scavenging through decades of student pictures are Principal Tara Mease and science teacher Karen Faucett. Their own children, Brayden Faucett and Lorene Mease, are included on the wall of graduates. “Kind of a big year coming up,”...
Two Salem residents injured in crash on U.S. Highway 60
Two Salem residents were seriously injured in a crash Wednesday on U.S. Highway 60, about two miles east of Seymour at Star Road. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred when a 49-year-old woman from Salem, driving a 2015 Chevrolet Malibu, failed to yield and pulled into the path of a 2015...
Three extracted after pickup was knocked on its side in Chestnut Expressway crash
Three people were extracted from a pickup truck after it was knocked on its side following a crash on Chestnut Expressway Friday morning, with no major injuries reported and all occupants wearing seatbelts.
