Category: KWTO News

What We Know: A licensed respite foster parent in Nixa is facing charges after police say she failed to immediately report suspected sexual abuse involving a 12-year-old child. Patricia Liggenstoffer is charged with two counts

What We Know: Springfield Police and Community Partnership of the Ozarks are teaming up on a new message about firearm safety. What It Means: The groups have released a public service announcement encouraging gun owners

What We Know: Springfield Public Schools is entering its second year with a bell-to-bell student cell phone ban, just as a similar requirement takes effect statewide. Under Missouri law, public and charter school students cannot

What We Know: The Nixa City Council has voted to move forward with a partnership between the city’s police department and federal immigration officials. What It Means: Council members voted 5-to-1 Tuesday to approve an

What We Know: Southwest Missouri Congressman Eric Burlison is proposing a new way to help pay for changes to the nation’s healthcare system. What It Means: The Republican from Missouri’s 7th Congressional District has unveiled

What We Know: A man from Springfield is facing charges after investigators say he intentionally set fire to two vehicles early Monday morning. What It Means: Richard Vent is charged with two counts of knowingly

What We Know: One person has been taken to the hospital after being pulled from a submerged vehicle at Lake Taneycomo. What It Means: The Missouri State Highway Patrol says emergency crews responded around 2:30

What We Know: A man from Springfield is now charged in connection with a deadly shooting Sunday night. What It Means: Greene County prosecutors charged 36-year-old Darvin Toman with second-degree murder and armed criminal action

What We Know: A nearly 30-year-old Christian County cold case has led to an arrest. What It Means: A grand jury has indicted James Deckard on a first-degree murder charge in the 1997 shooting death

What We Know: A former Dallas County sheriff has pleaded guilty to assaulting a FedEx driver during an encounter north of Buffalo. What It Means: Scott Rice pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault. What;s Next: A

UPDATE: 12:01 p.m. What We Know: Police in Springfield are investigating a deadly shooting on the city’s west side. What It Means: Officers responded late Sunday night to the 2500 block of West Water Street,