SPRINGFIELD -- Police are investigating a deadly crash involving a motorcycle. The accident happened at the intersection of Scenic Avenue at Mount Vernon Street around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.

City police says an officer tried to pull over a motorcyclist from Battlefield for not having a license plate. He was westbound on Mount Vernon. The man took off, ran through a flashing red light at Scenic, and lost control, crashing into a concrete culvert.

An ambulance took the cyclist to a hospital but doctors couldn't save him. He was Curt Russell, 30, of Battlefield.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Prosecutors will seek the death penalty in the case of a man from Fayetteville charged for the stabbing death of a University of Arkansas student. Prosecutors say Zachariah Marcyniuk killed Katie Wood, 24, in March.

The murder trial is set to begin in September but could change following the results of Marcyniuk's mental evaluation.
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Crime Stoppers needs the public's help finding a wanted man who is suspected of moving to the Ozarks. David Miller is wanted on a parole violation charge. His original charges in Kentucky include robbery and evading police.

Miller is 5-foot-10, 180 pounds, and has been known to go by his middle name, Alan. Anyone knowing anything about Miller's whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at (417) 869-TIPS.
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MARTHASVILLE, Mo. (AP) -- Thieves stole the plaque that marked the final resting place for famed pioneer Daniel Boone. The plaque for Boone and his wife, Rebecca, was at the family's graves near Marthasville, about 40 miles west of St. Louis.

Someone likely stole the plaque between June 21 and June 23. The Daughters of the American Revolution paid to have the plaque attached to a granite rock to mark the site 100 years after Rebecca Boone's death.

Rebecca Boone died in 1813 and was buried in the Bryan family cemetery by her husband. Daniel was buried in 1820 at the feet of his wife, because the grave next to Rebecca was already occupied.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Supporters of a measure that would ban unmarried couples who live together from fostering or adopting children say they've gathered enough signatures to put the proposal on the November ballot.

Jerry Cox, a spokesman for the Family Council Action Committee, says the group has more than 62,000 signatures and plans to submit them to the state on Monday, the deadline to get the measure on the general election ballot.
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