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Central  Missouri may see a few late afternoon or evening storms as a weak front approaches...

FIRST ALERT WEATHER: Showers Tonight for a Select Few

Updated: 16 minutes ago
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By Ron Hearst
Hot weather continues into October

Sports

File - Taylor Swift, right, watches from a suite alongside Travis Kelce's mother, Donna Kelce,...

Taylor Swift is a fan of Travis Kelce and suddenly, so is everyone else

Updated: 3 hours ago
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By The Associated Press
Kelce did not speak to reporters afterward, but he was spotted leaving Arrowhead with Swift by his side.

Shared Video

KY3 Digital Extra: Mercy adds clinic to prevent heart attacks

Updated: 4 hours ago
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By Lisa Rose
KY3's Lisa Rose looks at new testing in the Ozarks to prevent heart attacks.

Local

First Alert Weather: Tuesday is the equilux

Updated: 4 hours ago
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By Brandon Beck
You’ve heard of the equinox, but did you know there is an equilux?

Leigh's Lost and Found

KY3's Leigh Moody lists a few things pit bull owners in the Ozarks need to know.

Leigh’s Lost and Found: What pit bull owners need to know about city codes & ordinances

Updated: 4 hours ago
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By Leigh Moody
KY3's Leigh Moody lists a few things pit bull owners in the Ozarks need to know.

On Your Side

On Your Side: Beware of online scams in this week’s Scam School

Updated: 4 hours ago
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By Ashley Reynolds
On Your Side's Ashley Reynolds reveals a few online scams happening across the Ozarks.

Local

A great rivalry is being renewed this week in Christian County.

Nixa vs. Ozark Mayor’s Challenge Blood Drive happening this week

Updated: 5 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
A great rivalry is being renewed this week in Christian County.

Local

A Salem woman is dead after a rollover crash in Sellersburg.

Driver flips vehicle on James River Freeway in Springfield, Mo.

Updated: 5 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
Officers responded to the crash Tuesday morning.

Local

Police reopened a busy street in Springfield after a crash involving two vehicles on a railroad...

Crash ties up railroad crossing in northeast Springfield

Updated: 5 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
Police reopened a busy street in Springfield after a crash involving two vehicles on a railroad crossing.

Local

Baxter Health/Mountain Home, Ark.

Baxter Health closings its outpatient behavorial health center in Mountain Home, Ark.

Updated: 5 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
Baxter Health in Mountain Home announced it will close its outpatient behavioral health center.
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Local

Police searching for an elderly woman reported missing from Mountain View, Mo.

Updated: 6 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
The Mountain View Police Department issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a reported missing woman.

Local

Driver faces charges for deadly crash in Mountain Home, Ark., in 2022

Updated: 7 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
Prosecutors filed charges against a driver for a deadly crash in Mountain Home.

Local

COMING SOON: The Celtic Woman announces tour stop in Springfield, Mo.

Updated: 7 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
The Celtic Woman announced its 2024 tour will stop in Springfield.

Local

A bullet goes through the window of a business on Park Central Square in Springfield

Updated: 11 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
Shot fired after a fight over money on Park Central Square.

Local

Man stabbed while checking on a house for a friend in Springfield, Mo.

Updated: 11 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
Springfield Police investigate a stabbing Monday night.

Local

Greene County, Mo. railroad crossings to close for upgrades

Updated: 11 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
Traffic alert for drivers between Springfield and Ash Grove.

News

Water providers say additional water supply is needed to meet demand in southwest Mo.

Updated: 13 hours ago
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By Reagan Di Trolio
Tri-State Water Resource Coalition and the Southwest Missouri Joint Municipal Water Utility Commission comprise SWMO Water.

On Your Side

Buyer beware: Some consumers say to think twice before buying from Temu

Updated: 18 hours ago
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By Lauren Schwentker
Some consumers are saying to think twice before you shop at a popular online retail marketplace called “Temu”.

Local

Lebanon, Mo., man charged after woman shot inside home

Updated: 19 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
A woman has been shot, and a man has been arrested at a home in Lebanon Monday evening.

Local

Aldermen seek to impeach Willard Mayor Samuel Snider during board meeting

Updated: 19 hours ago
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By Frances Watson
Monday night at a regular board meeting, the city’s aldermen announced they will be seeking to impeach Mayor Samuel Snider.

Sports

‘Travis Swift’: Local businesses cash in on Kansas City’s Chiefs Era

Updated: 19 hours ago
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By Grace Smith
Local shops are seeing a boost in sales and getting creative when it comes to Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s romance.

Local

Nixa City Council amends budget to fix leak at community pool that never opened this summer

Updated: 20 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
During Monday night’s Nixa city council meeting, council members voted on making repairs to the community pool.

News

Mo. Dept. of Conservation seeking input from turkey hunters on possible changes to hunting regulations

Updated: 21 hours ago
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By Olivia Tock
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is seeking input from turkey hunters on possible changes to spring and fall wild turkey hunting seasons.

News

Mayor arrested for “disorderly conduct” at A-State football game

Updated: 21 hours ago
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By Hayden Savage
Arrest records show 28-year-old Ethan Barnes of Hardy, AR was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and booked into the Craighead County Detention Center on Sept. 23.

Local

Several Ozarks area first responders and citizens to be honored with Missouri Public Safety medals

Updated: 22 hours ago
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By Joe Hickman
Several first responders and civilians from the Ozarks will be honored this week at the Missouri Public Safety Awards in Jefferson City.

Local

Lebanon Police Department and Lebanon School District team up to implement “Cop on a Bus”

Updated: 22 hours ago
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By Marina Silva
Lebanon School District and Lebanon Police Department have teamed up to do “Cop on a Bus” during bus routes.

Local

Changing fall colors returning to the Ozarks

Updated: 23 hours ago
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By Nick Kelly
With the arrival of the fall season, many are wondering how the upcoming fall foliage will unfold.

On Your Side

On Your Side: Children’s board book recall

Updated: 23 hours ago
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By Paul Adler
An On Your Side Recall Alert for more than 250-thousand board books for kids. The Rainbow Road Series has plastic binding rings. They can detach from the books..., posing a choking hazard to young children.

Local

Drury University begins 150 year celebration with Founder’s Day ceremony

Updated: 23 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
Drury University is celebrating a milestone birthday in 2023.

On Your Side

Consumer Reports: Water bead toy danger

Updated: 23 hours ago
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By Ashley Reynolds
A Consumer Reports investigation finds the beads have reportedly been the cause of thousands of emergency room visits according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission and even linked to several deaths.

News

SLU nurses walk off job for one-day strike

Updated: 24 hours ago
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By KMOV Staff
St. Louis University Hospital nurses will walk off the job for a one-day strike.

Local

Improvements coming to a railroad crossing in Monett, Mo.

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 4:28 PM CDT
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By KY3 Staff
An average of 25 trains go through the crossing south of Kelly Creek every day.

Local

Amazon looking to hire 4,500 employees in Missouri going into the holiday season

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 4:22 PM CDT
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By KY3 Staff
With the holiday season approaching, Amazon is looking to hire 4,500 new employees in Missouri.

Local

Suspect in custody after leading SPD and GCSO on chase down Kansas Expressway

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 4:19 PM CDT
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By KY3 Staff
One person has been arrested after leading law enforcement on a car chase down Kansas Expressway Monday afternoon.

Local

911 phone outage in Stone, Taney, and other counties raises concerns about emergency services

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 4:18 PM CDT
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By Elizabeth VanMetre
The outage, which occurred while the Brightspeed services upgraded a new generator, left many residents unable to contact 9-1-1 during emergencies.

Local

Man from Ash Grove taken to the hospital after tree falls on truck during Saturday night storms

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 3:39 PM CDT
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By KY3 Staff
A volunteer firefighter from Ash Grove was taken to the hospital Saturday night after a tree fell on his truck.

News

Singer-Songwriter Stevie Nicks returns to the Natural State

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 3:28 PM CDT
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By K8 Newsdesk
Legendary singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks announced on Monday she will be returning to the Natural State.

On Your Side

On Your Side: Bike parts under recall because they can break, triggering crashes

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 3:16 PM CDT
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By Paul Adler
Nearly 700-thousand bike parts are under recall (in the United States) because they can break causing injuries. The part is the crankshaft. It’s the piece on the bike that the chain and pedals attach to for pedaling.

News

Cooking with Kaitlyn: Brie bites three different ways

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 3:14 PM CDT
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By Kaitlyn Schumacher
These brie bites are the perfect hors d’oeuvre and so simple.

Sports

Chiefs offense gets going, galvanized by perception that officials are picking on their right tackle

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 2:48 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
After their season-opening loss to Detroit, video of Jawaan Taylor circulated on social media that showed him consistently lined up an extra step in the backfield, and getting what appeared to be a small jump on the snap.

Queen of Clean

Queen of Clean: Make your own hand sanitizer

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 1:19 PM CDT
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By KY3 Staff
Here’s how to make hand sanitizer.

Sports

Mizzou in AP Top 25 for first time since 2019

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 1:13 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
No. 23 Missouri is ranked for the first time since a brief stay in 2019

Local

A judge has rewritten Missouri ballot summary language that described ‘dangerous’ abortions

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 1:03 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press and Joe McLean (KY3)
A Missouri judge tossed Republican-written ballot summary language Monday that described several proposed constitutional amendments as allowing “dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth.”

News

Pittsburgh Steelers make emergency landing at KCI, no injuries reported

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 1:01 PM CDT
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By KCTV5 Staff
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ charter flight home from Las Vegas was forced to make an early-morning emergency landing in Kansas City.

Sports

Charlie Hustle releases Taylor Swift themed Chiefs gear

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 12:53 PM CDT
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By Gabe Swartz
Charlie Hustle is getting in on the K-Swift fun.

Local

KY3 Digital Extra: Springfield Police Department report increase in domestic violence cases

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 12:48 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Springfield Police Department shares factors behind the increase in domestic violence cases.

Leigh's Lost and Found

Leigh’s Lost and Found: clearing up confusion about Springfield’s Pit Bull ordinance

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 11:20 AM CDT
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By Leigh Moody
Answering the most frequently asked questions about Springfield's rules about owning a Pit Bull

Local

1 shot during altercation near Drury University in Springfield

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 11:08 AM CDT
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By KY3 Staff
Police say one person suffered a gunshot wound in a shooting near Drury University on Sunday.

Local

More Missouri schools are adopting 4-day weeks. For parents, the challenge is day 5

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 9:29 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
In more than 13,000 school districts nationwide, nearly 900 operate on a truncated schedule, up from 662 in 2019 and a little more than 100 in 1999, said Paul Thompson, an associate professor of economics at Oregon State University.

News

Three-year-old dies after being shot in Columbia, police ID murder suspect

Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 8:39 AM CDT
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By KCTV5 Staff
Larry Brownlee Jr. is wanted on charges of second-degree, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm.
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