Walnut Grove News

A stubborn fire in a house near Willard kept firefighters from two rural departments busy for more than four hours overnight.

Traffic changes on area roads this week: - One northbound lane of U.S. 65 will be closed at Farm's Branch bridge south of Evans Road, after 6 p.m. - Greene County KK will be closed at north 65.

A city project has closed Montclair, from National to Maryland, until Monday. New state jobs today: - A lane closes and traffic is shifted on Webster County CC at Missouri 38 at Marshfield.

A Walnut Grove woman was sentenced to two days in jail for violating the state's compulsory attendance law.

Justin Brannon learned that no two Holsteins look alike; Devin Guyer learned that cheese is made from milk; and Brianna Smith learned that pepperoni pizza owes a lot to cows.

A Walnut Grove woman has been sentenced to two days in jail because her 13-year-old son missed nearly half of the 2006-2007 school year.

A Walnut Grove woman has been sentenced to two days in jail because her 13-year-old son missed nearly half of the 2006-2007 school year.

Ryan Prewitt photo Rex Murray, a bailiff in St. Charles County Court, Mark Schumacher, a St.

A Greene County judge on Thursday denied a new trial for a Walnut Grove woman convicted last month of allowing her son to miss school.

Following a KY3 News special report on April 24 about schools not always sending children to the safest spots during severe weather, administrators at more than 20 schools in five school districts in Greene ...

A southwest Missouri woman may go to jail for allowing her 13-year-old son to miss nearly half the 2006-2007 school year. via KCTV Kansas City

Town police are looking for the driver of a car who led them on a chase that reached 100 mph on Tuesday. via KYTV Springfield

“From the day you were all little, you've all been taught not to take another life. You better think long and hard before you shove that (shotgun) in somebody's face.”

Gov. Matt Blunt stopped in Springfield on Tuesday to tout the state's successes fighting cattle rustling, but local farmers were more interested in talking about continued thefts. via Springfield News Leader

A Walnut Grove teenager was injured this afternoon in a Greene County collision, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. via Springfield News Leader

A woman is safe after being rescued from flooding in Southern Polk County. She waited four hours-- screaming on top of her car in rising water near the Little Sac River Bridge on 111th road Northeast of Walnut ... via KYTV Springfield

State crews have been working to patch up a leak in a Greene County pipeline, about a mile south of Walnut Grove. via OzarksFIRST.com

“I'd love to have some oral memories or family anecdotes about ancestors who lived in this home from 1869 to 1870.”

The next time you're breezing through the busy intersection of Campbell Avenue and Sunshine Street, think of orphans. via Springfield News Leader

“I've dedicated pretty much my entire adult life to public service and safety”

Mike Brooks has had a clear direction for his life since childhood -- two directions, actually. via Springfield News Leader

Here are some storylines to follow. Feel free to post your own predictions * Is Class 5 District 11 the best boys' district in the state? Five of the six teams are capable of deep state runs with Waynesville, ... via Springfield News Leader

“So the next day, we went back to Ash Grove about 2 in the afternoon, and there he was, laying on the side of the road in the grass, just waiting in the same place I'd seen him the night before”

There's a growing problem population in Greene County outside of Springfield. Dogs being abandoned on country roads are nothing new but the breed that one woman picked up a couple weeks ago was a little ... via KYTV Springfield