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PBS celebrity chef headlining Wine and Food Celebration
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — In October, PBS celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich will headline Ozarks Public Television’s 35th Annual Wine and Food Celebration. According to a press release from Missouri State University (MSU), the event is set for Oct. 12, 2024, from 2-5 p.m. at the White River Conference Center in Springfield. Proceeds from the event support […]
Florissant, Mo. man sentenced to 14 years for trafficking fentanyl
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Florissant, Missouri man was sentenced in federal court for providing over 34 kilograms of fentanyl to drug traffickers in southwest Missouri. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 50-year-old Sheron L. Loggins was sentenced 14 years in federal prison without parole. Loggins pleaded guilty […]
Springfield man sentenced to 20 years for two counts of rape
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Springfield man charged with two counts of rape has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. According to online court documents, 42-year-old Anthony Allen Thompson entered an Alford plea under a plea agreement and has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for each count, with the sentences to run consecutively. […]
Nearly a foot of rain leads to evacuations in Yellville
Yellville, Ar. – Torrential rain Tuesday night into Wednesday morning has left Yellville, Arkansas in a Flash Flood Emergency. As flood waters rose, law enforcement enforced urgent evacuations. Reports coming from the Yellville Fire Department says Creekside Nursing Home has been evacuated due to water being up to the bottom of patient’s beds. Numerous road […]
Live Updates: Wednesday morning flash flooding
*1:15 p.m. update* Taney County Office of Emergency Management Director Chris Berndt tells OzarksFirst.com there has been two water rescues. One at Hidden Valley RV Park and the other near Cross Timbers Lodge on Taneycomo. No injuries have been reported. *11:30 a.m. update* Per National Weather Service: White River at School of the Ozarks has […]
Flooding in Branson leaving roads impassable
BRANSON, Mo. – Torrential rain Wednesday morning is leaving many roads impassable for the early commute. The National Weather Service is reporting some streams in the Branson area rose around one foot every five minutes. MoDot.org is reporting a road closure on the eastbound lane of MO-76. This is the area that runs along Lake […]
Wednesday, July 17: Summer heat on vacation
For the latest updates on flooding, go HERE Torrential rainfall last night and this morning left behind widespread flooding. Areas from Branson south through Mtn. View, AR, was hardest hit with many locations in that corridor reporting over 6″. Radar estimates that totals could have topped a foot of rainfall closer to Mtn. View. Rain […]
Nixa Public Schools giving teachers a pay raise
NIXA, Mo. — With the start of the school year about a month away for many local districts, Nixa Public Schools is raising teacher pay and adding additional incentives this year to help attract and keep staff members. “I’ve been on the school board for ten years, and every year it’s been a 2% raise, […]
Springfield man gets 15-year prison sentence for meth conspiracy
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Springfield, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court on Monday, July 16, for participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in both Greene and Polk County and illegally possessing five firearms. 61-year-old Jeffrey S. Durbray was sentenced by a Chief U.S. District Judge to 15 years in federal prison without parole. […]
Hours after 911 call, 10 puppies died after being left in car overnight: What happened?
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — OzarksFirst is taking a deeper dive into charges filed against a Pittsburg, Missouri woman charged with 13 misdemeanors of Animal Abuse. Macey Casteel is accused of leaving 13 cockapoo puppies in her car overnight on July 14 in a lot near Friends Karaoke Bar on West Battlefield, where 10 died from the […]
Springfield woman sentenced for distributing fentanyl that caused a man’s death
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Springfield woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court Tuesday for distributing fentanyl, resulting in the death of a man from Springfield. According to a press release from federal courts, 38-year-old Whitney R. Weiherer was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison without parole by a U.S. District Judge. Weiherer pleaded guilty […]
Mid-point of summer and the Ozarks have been warm & wet
We are officially midway through meteorological summer. While there have been days of high heat and stifling humidity, judging from history, it could be much worse. Overall, the first 45 days of summer have been 0.8° above average. We’ve also seen a surplus of rain, measuring 2.06″ above average. We have yet to make it […]
Columbia man convicted of trafficking fentanyl in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A U.S. District Court has found a Columbia, Missouri, man guilty of possessing fentanyl and intending to distribute it in Springfield. In a press release, the federal court says 43-year-old Micahel E. Hunt was found guilty of one count of possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute. Law enforcement learned that Hunt […]
Branson police investigating shots fired at a vehicle
BRANSON, Mo. — The Branson Police Department (BPD) is actively investigating a call of shots fired towards a vehicle in Branson Tuesday morning. According to a Facebook post from the BPD, they were called to the area of Shepherd of the Hills Expressway and Little Pete Road for the shots fired call. A witness provided […]
West Plains man sentenced for having computer-generated images of child sexual abuse
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A registered sex offender from West Plains, Missouri, was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for possessing several computer-generated images of child sexual abuse. According to federal courts, 24-year-old Dace Allen Doverspike was sentenced by a U.S. District Judge to 10 years in prison with an additional 15 years of supervised release after […]
Four-year-old from Marionville drowns in pool
MARIONVILLE, Mo. — A four-year-old girl is dead after drowning in a swimming pool. Captain Pat Jenkins with the Aurora-Marionville Police Department said officers responded to a home at around 9:34 p.m. on July 15. The child was taken to Mercy Hospital in Aurora, according to a police department Facebook post, but later died. Jenkins […]
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