GALENA, Mo. – Two people are injured in a single vehicle accident on Bass Hollow Road about seven miles northeast of Galena last night. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol’s accident report, 26-year-old Heather Jones of Hollister was westbound when her passenger was “injured after jumping and/or being pushed from the vehicle.” He is identified …
FORSYTH, Mo. – Judge Carr Woods sentences 53-year-old Rocky Lee Barrows to eight years in the Missouri Department of Corrections for a Class B felony DUI. According to Taney County Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Merrell, Barrows was pulled over by a state trooper in December 2010, after the officer noticed a broken headlamp and taillight. Barrows …
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Springfield school district officials say a gun fired in a backpack this afternoon at Central High School but no one is reported injured. The gun reportedly discharged in the school’s commons area. The student brought the loaded weapon into the school and was taken into police custody. Authorities aren’t sure what the …