Springfield MO

SPRINGFIELD, Mo–Ryan Beard’s tenure at Missouri State is over. Beard turned the Bears program around, transitioned the team to the FBS level, and got MoState to a bowl game. And Thursday night he’s leaving Springfield to go to South Carolina and take over Coastal Carolina. In our Bear Nation update, Beard leaves...

REPUBLIC, Mo–The 61st Annual Republic Invitational tipped off Thursday night. The host Repmo Tigers taking on Olathe West out of the Kansas City area. Midway through the first quarter, Tigers down by five, Brody Blades with the deep three, he paced the pack with 13 points in the first half. Later in the quarter,...

(KY3) - Customers tell On Your Side they’ve paid tens of thousands of dollars to a contractor in Billings and got nothing. Kevin Greenhaw with Greenhaw Buildings has an ‘F’ rating with the Better Business Bureau. There’s an alert on his business. Joy Anderson and Galen...

Southwest Missouri and Northern Arkansas had a mild day on Thursday in the 50s and 60s. Meanwhile, the battle lines between cold and mild were waging war in Central Missouri, where readings were kept in the 40s. The cold air gains a footing in the Ozarks again today following a cold front this morning. Temperatures […]

WILLARD, Mo. (KY3) - Prosecutors filed a murder charge against a caretaker accused of a Willard man’s death. Jackie Baker faces a second-degree murder, a theft, and a fraud charge in the death of a man on December 8. Investigators have not released the victim’s identity but said the victim was 74 years old and...

A total of $542,500 in grants was awarded Thursday to 44 nonprofits by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks in partnership with the Jeannette L. Musgrave Foundation and U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management. $292,500 in Jerry Redfern Grants went to 39 nonprofits for projects focused on mental health, health care,...

Habitat for Humanity held a luncheon on Tuesday to kickoff their 2026 Women Build campaign. The Women Build initiative aims to give women the opportunity to take on the construction process of building a Habitat home. This year’s home is for Amy and Nathan Maddox and their three young daughters.

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...