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An accident Friday evening on Kentucky Road about a mile east of Racine has injured two men, one seriously. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the wreck took place when a southbound GMC Sierra driven by 61-year-old Nathan L. Abernathy of Monroe, Georgia ran a stop sign and ploughed into an eastbound Lincoln Town Car …

The KCS Holiday Express train is returning to the rails for the first time since the start of the pandemic in 2020. This year, the festive, six-car holiday train with intricate displays inside and out, will bring Santa Claus and his elves to visit children and families in 20 communities in eight states. In addition, …

A memorial sculpture honoring the 161 victims of the 2011 Joplin tornado  will be unveiled at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 30 at the Harry M. Cornell Arts & Entertainment Complex in downtown Joplin. The sculpture will be unveiled by representatives of Active Lifestyle Events, Inc., a nonprofit organization which promotes activities in the community including …

Rodney Joe Smith, 45, of Poteau is charged with stalking and evidence tampering in indictments returned by the Grand Jury in the Northern District of Oklahoma. The indictment alleges that between Sept. 1, 2022, to Sept 18, 2022, Smith stalked a victim with the intent to kill, injure, harass and intimidate her. Smith allegedly installed …

Over the past several weeks Parsons officers have been gathering information on the whereabouts of 43-year-old Tremayne Montaque Darkis of Columbus. Darkis has multiple Felony arrest warrants through Labette County Kansas for multiple charges including Aggravated Kidnapping, and Domestic Battery; a Probation/Parole warrant through the State of Missouri and a Federal arrest warrant through the …

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Mo., man who was the subject of an undercover investigation in the United Kingdom has been sentenced in federal court on child sexual exploitation charges. Kody Ryan Kelso, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to 19 years and seven months in federal prison without parole. The …

John Andrew Stitt, son of Oklahoma’s Gov. Kevin Stitt, was seen in bodycam video interacting with deputies who found a case containing guns belonging to his father that had been in the back of an unlocked vehicle. Now, the Logan County sheriff is insisting that the younger Stitt, who goes by Drew, may have been …

According to a new federal law that took effect January of 2021 hospitals are required to tell you what a medical service costs before patients receive the care. But some Missouri hospitals have not been adhering to those transparency laws. Of the 39 hospitals reviewed in Missouri only 3 were compliant with the law for …

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — A Lee’s Summit mom delivered her baby at home, but it took a team effort. She said she couldn’t have done it without her brave 5-year-old and the emergency responders who arrived to help. “I’m just grateful, and what a time to be thankful,” mom Jalessa Young said, “for the paramedics …

About thirteen hundred people braved the weather Thursday morning to participate in the Joplin annual Turkey Trot in downtown Joplin.   Both the 5K race and the kids one mile fun run started and ended in front of the Joplin City Hall.    The family Thanksgiving tradition is a fundraiser for the Joplin Trails Coalition.