OZARK, Mo. — An Ozark woman’s worry turned into a community rally.  “I started panicking and realizing, Where’s the trampoline? Is it in one piece?” Lisa Pontious said.  Pontious lost her trampoline in a series of severe storms Thursday night.  “My heart dropped, and I ran inside and grabbed the flashlight and just started searching,” […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Two young men are dead after floodwaters swept their vehicle off the road in Grovespring early this morning.            Another man managed to escape, only to learn hours later that his friend and brother had drowned. The man tells KOLR10 his group of friends were coming back from Springfield around midnight when they […]

CHRISTIAN COUNTY, Mo. – An Ozark man has been convicted of social security fraud. 37-year-old Michael Sylvara, formerly of Harrisonville, Missouri, testified at his trial in 2022, claiming under oath that he had an agreement with Social Security that allowed him to be paid up to $14 per hour for the care of his father. […]

UPDATE (3/24/23): On March 8, the four officers involved in the shooting death of the man were released from administrative leave and returned to active duty after Greene County Prosecutor Dan Patterson ruled their actions as justified. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Wednesday afternoon, Springfield Police officers were called to the scene of a man making suicidal […]

BARRY COUNTY, Mo. – Several Barry County agencies worked together to help drivers stuck in flood water overnight. According to a Facebook post by the Central Crossing Fire Protection District, at 2:12 a.m. the CCFPD, MO Department of Conservation, Barry County Sheriff’s Office and the Barry County multi-agency Swiftwater Team responded to a vehicle stuck […]

MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. — Four teens are facing charges of hate crimes after filming themselves shooting a church. Two of the people involved are juveniles aged 14 and 17. The other two are Zacory Thomas Stauffer, 18, and Bryce D. Martin, 18. Stauffer is charged with three felonies: Martin is charged with four felonies: the […]

OZARK, Mo . – Due to more rain and the potential for more flooding, the Ozark Police Department has closed some roads and parks. Ozark Police have closed eastbound McCracken Road at 4th Street, all of Riverside Road from Third (3rd) Street to Greenbridge that intersects with Riverside Road. Grubaugh Park and Finley River Park […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A storm rolled into southwest Missouri Thursday flooding several roads throughout the Ozarks. MoDOT and cities throughout the region have been working since the early morning hours to close roads for public safety. For up-to-date information on which roads are safe and which roads to be avoided, go to https://traveler.modot.org/map/.

UPDATE 12:50 P.M. — The names of the two people who died in the Wright County flood have been released. Devin Holt, 20, of Grovespring, was the person found at 3:30 a.m. Alexander Roman-Ranelli, 19, of Springfield, was the person found at 9:40 a.m. UPDATE 11:40 A.M. — The Missouri State Highway Patrol issued a […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Hotel of Terror owner Sterling Mathis has taken the first steps in the referendum process. “We had about 10 to 12 days to get the signatures that we needed, which we needed almost 1,600 signatures, and we did over 2,100 signatures in the time frame we had,” Mathis said. Mathis said after […]