Inside the Ozarks

Inside Springfield features news about Springfield, Greene County, and the surrounding area in Southwest Missouri. If you have any information you would like to see published on this website, please contact Randy Turner at rturner229@hotmail.com

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Springfield man sentenced for illegally possessing firearm

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(From the U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri) Joseph Bradley Garrison, 48, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. ...
Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Former Springfield postal employee sentenced for burglarizing post office, stealing mail

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(From the U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri) A former Postal Employee living in Springfield, Mo., area, was sentenced for ...

Springfield man sentenced to 12 1/2 years on federal weapons charge

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(From the U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri) A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for being a felo...
Friday, February 27, 2026

Motorcycle crash kills Stockton man, Branson woman lifeflighted to Cox South

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One man died and a woman was injured following a one-vehicle accident 6:25 p.m. Thursday on Route  three miles northeast of Aldrich. Accordi...

Cedar County attorney pleads guilty to defrauding clients

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(From the U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri) A Cedar County, Mo., attorney pleaded guilty to wire fraud yesterday for defr...
Thursday, February 26, 2026

Springfield business owner pleads guilty to COVID fraud

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(From the U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri) A Springfield business owner pleaded guilty today for fraudulently obtaining ...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Springfield gang member sentenced on weapons charge

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(From the U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri) A Springfield, Mo., man who was closely associated with a local street gang k...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Mexican national pleads guilty to reentering U. S. illegally

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(From the U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri) A Mexican national pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally reenter...
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Ozark time share salesman sentenced to prison for tax evasion

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(From the U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri) An Ozark, Mo., timeshare salesman was sentenced in federal court today for at...
Friday, January 23, 2026

Springfield woman pleads guilty to mail fraud, identity theft

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(From the U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri) A Springfield, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday for her r...
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I am a former teacher in the Joplin and Diamond, Missouri, school districts. Before entering the teaching field, I spent 22 years as a reporter and editor for various Southwest Missouri newspapers. I have published three novels, Small Town News, Devil's Messenger, and No Child Left Alive, and seven non-fiction books, The Turner Report, Newspaper Days, Silver Lining in a Funnel Cloud, Greed, Corruption, and the Joplin Tornado, 5:41: Stories from the Joplin Tornado, Spirit of Hope: The Year After the Joplin Tornado, Scars from the Tornado and Let Teachers Teach.
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