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

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...
Thursday, January 22, 2026

Springfield man sentenced for firearms violation

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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 illegally po...
Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Retired Springfield firefighter killed in 3-vehicle accident

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(From the Springfield Police Department) Willis King, 57, died this morning in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 65. This was Springfield’s f...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

Springfield man sentenced for fentanyl trafficking, 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 yesterday for fentany...
Thursday, December 25, 2025

Barry County Sheriff's Office searching for stolen Dodge Dakota

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(From the Barry County Sheriff's Office) **STOLEN** 1993 Dodge Dakota MO Plate 8WGH48 Stolen from Seligman this morning(12/25/2025) If y...

Springfield Police investigate officer-involved shooting

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(From the Springfield Police Department) On Dec. 24, 2025, at 9 p.m., Springfield police officers responded to a domestic disturbance in the...

Arrest made following Vernon County shooting, victim in critical condition

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(From the Vernon County Sheriff's Office) The Vernon County Sheriff's Office responded to a shots fired call in the Montevallo area ...
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...
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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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