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2024 Fall Festivals: See the list of festivals in the Ozarks
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How to support Hurricane Helene response efforts
KY3′s Weather Tour returns for fall
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Queen City Mayor’s Block Party Challenge

FIRST ALERT WEATHER: A Few Light Showers Saturday

Drought areas remain dry
A shower or light sprinkle is possible out east Saturday.

National

Destruction to the Faraway Inn Cottages and Motel is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane...
Dozens dead and millions without power after Helene’s deadly march across southeastern US

National

FILE -Sean 'Diddy' Combs participates in "The Four" panel during the FOX Television Critics...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces new sex assault allegations in woman’s lawsuit

Sports

Kansas City Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. waits for a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves to...
Royals complete remarkable turnaround, making playoffs coming off 106-loss season

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Courtesy: Ozarks Sports Zone

Friday Night Football: Check scores & highlights from Week 5

Updated: 12 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
Check out scores and highlights from Week 5 of high school football in the Ozarks.

Local

Missouri State Highway Patrol and Construction Workers urging for driver caution

Missouri State Highway Patrol and construction workers urging for more caution from drivers

Updated: 10 hours ago
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By Charmelle O'Dell
Authorities are strongly urging drivers to use more caution after the death of a MoDOT worker who was hit by a semi-truck near Sedalia this week.

Local

Hurricane Helene

Missouri Task Force 1 deploys more members to offer relief from Hurricane Helene

Updated: 14 hours ago
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By Shoshana Stahl
Missouri Task Force 1 has deployed more members to help with relief efforts from Hurricane Helene.

Local

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Will sports betting money really go to Missouri education? Here’s what the amendment says

Updated: 14 hours ago
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By Joe McLean (KY3)
A main thread of criticism surrounding an initiative to legalize sports wagering in Missouri implies that one of the stated benefits of the new industry, a major boost to education funding, is an overstated or hollow promise.

Local

McDonald County High School employee arrested after camera found in locker room

Updated: 11 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
A man from Neosho has been arrested after a hidden camera was found in the girl’s locker room at the McDonald County High School.

Sports

Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., left, pitcher Brady Singer, center, and catcher...

Braves win behind Max Fried and Sean Murphy, but Royals still get to celebrate

Updated: 9 hours ago
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By The Associated Press
Kansas City locked up an American League wild card when Minnesota lost to Baltimore 7-2, setting off a delayed celebration in the visitors’ clubhouse at Truist Park.

Local

High school sports injuries increase during fall

Doctors warn of spike in head injuries during fall sports season

Updated: 14 hours ago
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By Hannah Falcon
Fall means Friday night lights and many other popular sporting events are back in Missouri. But with the return of fall sports comes the return of sports injuries.

Sports

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert, left, throws as Kansas City Chiefs defensive...

Banged up Chargers list Herbert as questionable for Week 4 matchup

Updated: 15 hours ago
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By Gabe Swartz
A banged-up Los Angeles Chargers squad is listing star quarterback as questionable for Sunday’s Week 4 matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Springfield man found guilty on several charges of sexually abusing young girls for decades

Updated: 15 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
A Springfield man was found guilty in court Friday of sexually abusing kids for years.
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“A more comprehensive approach” Missouri task force discusses needle exchange programs

Weekend Events

Campbell's Maze Daze and Pumpkin Patch near Clever opens for the season this weekend.
Campbell's Maze Daze and Pumpkin Patch opens for the season

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This is a package of clean needles available as part of the Safe Needle Exchange program.

“A more comprehensive approach” Missouri task force discusses needle exchange programs as a pathway out of addiction

Updated: 13 hours ago
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By Joe McLean (KY3)
This week, Missouri lawmakers discussed a controversial policy aimed at reducing the spread of disease and helping people get free from addiction.

Local

Hurricane Helene damaged a home in Steinhatchee, Fla.

Organizations in the Ozarks assisting victims of Hurricane Helene

Updated: 15 hours ago
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By Chris Bryant
Relief from the Ozarks is coming from many different organizations to help with recovery from Hurricane Helene.

Local

Persimmon seeds with a look at 2024-2025 winter season

Persimmon seeds chiming in with winter outlook once again

Updated: 13 hours ago
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By Nick Kelly
Even though fall began not too long ago here in the Ozarks, some are already looking ahead to what might be coming for the 2024-2025 winter season.

Local

The city’s SGF Yields pedestrian safety program.

Springfield leaders say crosswalk yield checks are lowering pedestrian crashes

Updated: 14 hours ago
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By Reagan Di Trolio
City leaders said crosswalk yield checks are helping to lower the number of pedestrian deaths in Springfield.

Sports

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) celebrates a catch against Atlanta Falcons...

Travis Kelce not worried about ‘noise’ following slow start

Updated: 16 hours ago
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By Marleah Campbell
Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce isn’t concerned about external chatter surrounding his slow statistical start to the season.

Local

A Kansas City man is facing federal charges for allegedly possessing hundreds of devices used...

Missouri man charged with 3D-printing & selling hundreds of machine gun conversion devices

Updated: 17 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
A Kansas City man is facing federal charges for allegedly possessing hundreds of devices used to convert semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic machine guns, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri said Friday.

Local

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Arkansas man pleads guilty for his involvement in Jan. 6 Capitol riot; seen deploying fire extinguisher at police

Updated: 18 hours ago
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By Chris Six
A man from northwest Arkansas has pleaded guilty to charges relating to his involvement in the January 6 Capitol riot in 2021.

Local

Missouri Anime Fest 2023

Missouri Anime Fest in Springfield celebrates anime & cartoons this weekend

Updated: 14 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
The annual Missouri Anime Fest happens in Springfield this weekend.

National

In this image made from a Fox Weather broadcast, meteorologist Bob Van Dillen rescues a woman...

VIDEO: TV reporter doing a live hurricane report rescues a woman from a submerged car

Updated: 11 hours ago
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By The Associated Press
A weather TV reporter in Atlanta interrupted his live report about Hurricane Helene Friday to rescue a woman from a vehicle stranded by rising floodwaters.

Local

The Walk to End Alzheimer's happens Saturday at Jordan Valley Park.

Walk to End Alzheimer’s returns to downtown Springfield on Saturday

Updated: 14 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
The Walk to End Alzheimer’s returns to Jordan Valley Park in Springfield on Saturday.

Local

Billy Joel & Sting concert at Busch Stadium Friday night rescheduled because of rain

Updated: 19 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
Organizers said the safety of the fans, artists, crew, and staff is paramount.

National

Over 50 people were stranded on the roof of a hospital amid flooding in Tennessee.

Over 50 people rescued from roof of hospital surrounded by Helene’s floodwaters

Updated: 15 hours ago
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By Greg Brobeck
Crews in Tennessee worked Friday to rescue more than 50 people who were trapped on the roof of a hospital following catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Helene.

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FILE - Law enforcement personnel approach Union Station following a shooting at the Kansas...

Judge tosses lawsuit against congressman over posts about man not involved in Chiefs’ rally shooting

Updated: 21 hours ago
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By The Associated Press
Loudermill’s lawyer said in an email Thursday that they plan to refile the lawsuit in Washington, D.C., where Burchett was when he posted about Loudermill on social media.

Sports

Courtesy: Ozarks Sports Zone

Ozarks Sports Zone Digital Extra: Week 5 high school football preview

Updated: 19 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
KY3's Chad Plein and the Ozarks Sports Zone's Chris Parker break down this Friday's matchups.

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A damaged 100-year-old home is seen after an Oak tree landed on the home after Hurricane...

How to support Hurricane Helene response efforts

Updated: 22 hours ago
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By Debra Worley
By making a financial donation to HeleneHelp.org, you help make all those services possible and empower the Salvation Army to bring hope to those in need.

Local

Police are investigating a crash involving a bicyclist and an SUV in Springfield.

Bicyclist injured in crash involving SUV in Springfield

Updated: 20 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
Police are investigating a crash involving a bicyclist and an SUV in Springfield.

Sports

Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Mike Danna (51) sits on the bench against the Arizona...

Mike Danna to miss Chargers game due to calf injury

Updated: 18 hours ago
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By Gabe Swartz
The Kansas City Chiefs will likely be without a contributor to their defensive line when they take on the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday.

National

Drone footage shows the flooded streets in a neighborhood in the northern Atlanta community of...

2 kids killed when fallen tree traps them inside burning house during Helene

Updated: 16 hours ago
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By WRDW Staff and Dorothy Sedovic
Two children in Georgia were killed when a fallen tree trapped them inside a burning house during Helene.

National

Hurricane Helene roared ashore late Thursday night near the Big Bend area of Florida’s Gulf...

Helene weakens to Tropical Storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph over Georgia

Updated: Sep. 27, 2024 at 4:32 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press and KATE PAYNE and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
The hurricane threatens to cause damaging winds, rains and flash floods across much of the southeastern U.S., forecasters said.

National

A tree rests on an adandoned car on Interstate 20 in the aftermath of Hurrican Helene Friday,...

Helene’s death toll surpasses 40 as the storm wreaks havoc in the South

Updated: 8 hours ago
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By Dorothy Sedovic, Debra Worley, Chasity Maynard and Jamiya Coleman
Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm Thursday night.

National

Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in Beirut, seen from Baabda, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024.

Israel strikes Hezbollah in a huge blast targeting the militant group’s leader

Updated: 7 hours ago
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By The Associated Press and BASSEM MROUE
The Israeli military said Friday it carried out an airstrike on the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut.

Sports

Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman talks with a referee during the first half of an NCAA college...

No. 24 Texas A&M meets Arkansas once more at home of Cowboys, where Aggies have dominated

Updated: 20 hours ago
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By The Associated Press
The 24th-ranked Aggies will try to finish a run of dominance at AT&T Stadium against the alma mater of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
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