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Number of crashes down in Springfield, but fatalities up
cbrewer@schurz.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The city of Springfield has just released its latest Crash Report Card, a snapshot of traffic incidents and wrecks through November 2012. There were fewer crashes across the Queen City in 2012, but more of them were deadly. Nineteen...Tags: Cell Phones
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Truck driver is charged for 4-vehicle crash that killed 2
jjacob@ky3.comREPUBLIC, Mo. -- A four-vehicle crash killed two people on U.S. 60 in front of Republic Ford at Oakwood Avenue (Farm Road 93) on Wednesday morning. Late Wednesday afternoon, the driver of the truck that caused the crash was charged with two counts of...Tags: Murder, Highway Transportation, Immigration, Accidental Death, Vehicles
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Parents sue Springfield over son's death after incident with police with Taser
news@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The City of Springfield is being sued by a couple from Polk County whose son died after police used an electric stun gun on him. Waldo and Neoima Hawkins seek $750,000. The lawsuit is based on an incident that occurred in December...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Trials, Police Arrests, Heart Attack, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Greene County's director of Emergency Management takes same job on state level
Edited news release from Missouri Department of Public Safety: JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri Department of Public Safety Director Jerry Lee chose Ryan Nicholls as the new director of the State Emergency Management Agency. Nicholls has served as director...
Tags: Tornadoes, Missouri State University, Colleges and Universities, Joplin, Missouri Tornado (2011), Safety of Citizens
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Man is charged with murder for shooting death of girlfriend
ewood@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Greene County prosecutors charged a man from Springfield for the shooting death of his live-in girlfriend late last year. Detectives say Darrell Smith claimed the shooting was an accident, but investigators say the evidence shows...Tags: Criminals, Murder, Prisons, Shootings, Punishment
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Branson urges residents to register mobile phones with emergency notification system
BRANSON, Mo. -- As the winter storm season continues, the Branson Fire Department would like to remind Branson residents and businesses to register for the BransonAlerts emergency notification system. BransonALERTS provides emergency and other critical...
Tags: Cell Phones, Business, Weather Warnings, National Weather Service, Telecommunication Service
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Man from Purdy gets 20-year prison sentence for drunken driving crash that killed girl in 2011
ghartley@schurz.comOZARK, Mo. -- A man from Purdy who pleaded guilty for a drunken driving crash that killed a girl received a 20-year prison sentence for second-degree murder and two concurrent five-year prison sentences for second-degree assault. Gregory Swaffar admitted...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Trials, Motorvehicle Accidents, Prisons, Criminal Laws
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Arkansas Governor Beebe declares disaster declaration following winter storm
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Gov. Mike Beebe has issued a statewide disaster declaration after a Christmas Day winter storm dumped snow and ice throughout the state and knocked out power to more than 200,000 customers. The governor issued the...
Tags: Executive Branch, Mike Beebe, Government, Regional Authority, Politics
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Springfield sees spike in deadly car crashes, decline in wrecks overall
mlandis@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Despite more traffic packing onto city streets and highways, fewer drivers are crashing their cars. For the first nine months of this year, the number of vehicle crashes in the city is down 3%. However, the city also reports some of...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, Science and Technology, Highway Transportation
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NTSB report: Plane that crashed near Stotts City had mechanical problems before takeoff
news@ky3.comSTOTTS CITY, Mo. -- A federal report says a small twin-engine plane that crashed near here on Nov. 4 was having engine trouble before it took off in Monett. The flight also was the first time the plane had been flown since the Cessna 310’s right...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Mount Vernon, Entertainment, Injuries and Wounds, Radio
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More details emerge in deadly plane crash near Willard
lrussell@ky3.comWILLARD, Mo. -- As numbing grief surrounds the family, friends and classmates of the five people killed in a plane crash near Springfield-Branson National Airport, investigators start to piece together why it plummeted to the ground. Cindy Farmer was...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Parenting, Accidental Death, Air and Space Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board
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New laws in Missouri go into effect on Aug. 28
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Several news laws took effect in Missouri on Tuesday. The following explanations are provided by the Missouri State Highway Patrol: On August 28, 2012, many new state laws and changes to existing laws become effective in Missouri....
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