Jackie Rehwald

After having to furlough nearly all its staff in January, the International Institute is leaning on volunteers to help with refugee resettlement in Springfield.

Matthias Jones has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of Phillip Farley.

Bryan Earnest McGee, 65, pleaded guilty on Friday, Feb. 7, to one count of first-degree statutory sodomy and one count of sexual misconduct involving a child.

David Allen Gaunt, 57, was charged in a 16-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Tuesday, Feb. 4, for illegally trafficking firearms and methamphetamine.

Marianne Rector was already facing state-level child pornography charges. She pleaded guilty on Monday to a federal charge that carries up to 20 years in prison.

Former Willard High School soccer coach Tim Magee pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy.

The point-in-time count, known locally as the "Every One Counts Campaign," will take place Jan. 22-24 throughout Greene, Christian and Webster counties.

Jayden Simmonds is charged with one count of being an unlawful user of a controlled substance while in possession of a firearm.

Testimony began Monday in a civil trial centered around whether a Taney County judge violated the rights of two children, ages 12 and 14, by putting them in jail in 2019 when they didn't want to go live with their mother.

The suit alleges Copperhead Mountain Coaster employees put the two women in the same cart in violation of the park's safety policies.