Springfield MO

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3/KFVS) - Several Missouri agencies joined together to warn Missourians about the growing presence of a powerful synthetic opioid, nitazenes. Nitazenes can be 5 to 10 times more powerful than fentanyl and have recently been found in counterfeit pills, illicit powders, unregulated marijuana...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Check out this week’s Crime Stoppers list of fugitives. To report a correction or typo, please email [email protected]. Please include the article info in the subject line of the email.

From monetary costs to physical proximity, receiving health care in the rural Ozarks – and beyond – can be challenging. In southwest Missouri, Dr. John Lorette explained to me how he is working to make it easier for people to cope with those realities. In 2018, the retired emergency physician founded Volunteers in...

OZARK, Mo. — Christian County residents and business owners are preparing for what organizers say will be one of the largest community‑driven fundraisers the region has ever seen. The event, called “Roll Call for the Fallen and Injured,” will take place Sunday in Ozark and aims to support the deputies killed and...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is updating federal standards to improve how car seats are tested.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Rolla Police and family members are asking for the public’s help in locating a man who has been reported missing. A flyer shared by the Rolla Police Department identifies the man as Joey Schmidt, who was last seen in Springfield. The flyer includes a recent photo and urges anyone with information...

BRANSON, Mo. (KY3) - OSHA fined a Springfield company $8,300 after a water main break killed one of its workers in Branson last August. The federal agency said Emery Sapp and Sons failed to properly train and educate its employees to recognize and avoid unsafe conditions. The break occurred on...

Chad Vierrather of Aurora, Mo. was arrested in connection to a string of burglaries in the area, clearing at least eight cases, though he is presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A Greene County jury found Thomas David Norton guilty of domestic assault in the first degree, tampering with a witness, and tampering with a victim following a two-day trial in Greene County Circuit Court. Norton, 33, of Springfield, was convicted after the jury deliberated for...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Springfield woman has been arrested after being accused of threatening to shoot an individual on Tuesday, March 24. According to online court dockets, Je’Aughnna Smith, born in 1992, has been charged with a felony of unlawful use of a weapon and a misdemeanor of driving while impaired in the...