Fiber optics is paying off for City of Monett

Monett Times - Fri Nov 20

Fiber optics, a resource added to the infrastructure of the Monett Electric Department over the past five years, is quietly and steadily making money for the city.

String of arsons keeps Springfield fire marshals busy

KYTV Springfield - Fri Nov 20

City fire marshals have case files on several unsolved arsons in the past few weeks.

Springfield officials say all but six homes near explosion can be occupied

KYTV Springfield - Fri Nov 20

City building inspectors say eight of the 14 homes damaged on Thursday by an explosion can be occupied now.

DNR vows to enforce water well reports

Sedalia Democrat - Thu Nov 19

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will start enforcing water well reporting after a newspaper probe found numerous instances of missing reports or reports that were clearly inaccurate, the agency's chief said.

Natural gas leak caused explosion that levelled home

KYTV Springfield - Thu Nov 19

Investigators say a natural gas leak caused a massive explosion late Thursday afternoon that destroyed one Springingfield home, and damaged about eight othes.

Bill M. Crowley

Trenton Republican-Times - Thu Nov 19

Topic: Obituaries Submitted Obituary : Bill M. Crowley Published Online Nov 19, 2009 - 01:43 PM Bill M. Crowley, a 73-year-old resident of Libby, MT, died Monday Nov.

Water group ponders political influence

Joplin Globe - Wed Nov 18

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. - Since its inception in 2003, the Tri-State Water Resource Coalition has focused on the technical side of finding more water for the region.

Signs of Diesel Spring pop up in Springfield

KYTV Springfield - Wed Nov 18

A man this week followed signs on property that he owns that read "Diesel Spring." The signs led him to Jordan Creek near College Street at Fort Avenue.

First Ozarks Honor Flight took 76 veterans to Washington, D.C

KYTV Springfield - Wed Nov 18

Thousands of dollars in donations from the community came to fruition on Tuesday morning, helping 76 World War 2 veterans see their memorial in our nation's capital.

Teen's parents are unhappy with Nixa police chief's probe

KYTV Springfield - Tue Nov 17

Nixa Police Chief James Bacon found there was no criminal or civil violation but says his officers did violate some internal policies during a traffic stop in September.