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

Friday, December 12, 2025

Springfield man pleads guilty to mail fraud, identity theft, money laundering

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(From the U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri) A Springfield, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today for his role in...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Monett Police searching for missing juvenile

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(From the Monett Police Department) The Monett Police Department is seeking information on a missing Juvenile last seen in Monett on Novembe...
Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Barry County Sheriff's Office searching for stolen camper

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(From the Barry County Sheriff's Office) 2004 white R-Vision 33-foot camper Stolen off State Highway 248, just outside of Cassville, bet...

Willard Police Department investigating homicide, arrest made

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(From the Willard Police Department) On December 8th at approximately 0327, officers responded to the 900 block of Fox River in Willard, Gre...

Springfield business owner pleads guilty to filing false tax return, illegally possessing firearms

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(From the U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri) A Springfield, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court before U.S. Magistrat...
Saturday, December 6, 2025

Springfield Police searching for car, driver in fatal hit and run

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(From the Springfield Police Department) The Springfield Police Traffic Unit is seeking your help to locate the driver and/or vehicle involv...

Two Shell Knob residents killed in crash on Stallion Bluff Road

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Two Shell Knob residents were killed in a one-vehicle accident 10:52 p.m. Friday on Stallion Bluff Road three miles north of Shell Knob. Acc...
Thursday, December 4, 2025

Barry County Route B west of Purdy to be reduced to one lane

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(From MoDOT) TRAFFIC ALERT: Barry Co. Route B Reduced to One Lane West of Purdy Dec. 15-18 Where: Barry County Route B approximately 1.5 mil...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Springfield gang member sentenced for illegal firearm

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 (From the U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri) A Springfield, Mo., man with ties to a local gang was sentenced in federal c...
Sunday, November 16, 2025

Republic man killed as Freightliner collides with motorcycle

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A Republic man was killed in a two-vehicle collision 1:15 p.m. Saturday on Sawyer Road west of Highway MM in Republic. According to the High...
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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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