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APRIL ELECTIONS ARE TOMORROW...
AND THERE ARE QUITE A FEW
QUESTIONS THAT COULD
IMPACT YOUR WALLET.
SOME OF THE BIG ISSUES INCLUDE
... THE SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC
SCHOOLS BOND ISSUE... THE
REPUBLIC SALES TAX... AND THE
LAWRENCE COUNTY 9- 1-1 QUESTION.
SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS'
PROPOSITION S WILL FUND 39
PROJECTS... IDENTIFIED BY A
CITIZEN
TASK FORCE.
IF PROP S PASSES... THE PROJECTS
CAN BEGIN IMMEDIATELY.
(Stephen Hall / Springfield
Public Schools): "Secure
entrances for 31 of our schools,
as well as six facilities that
will receive major renovation or
reconstruction. As well as a new
early childhood center for
expanded preschool services for
our community."
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SPRINGFIELD'S SCHOOL BOARD
ELECTIONS WILL ALSO BE ON THE
BALLOT.
THERE ARE THREE CANDIDATES...
THIS MORNING AS THE EVANS ROAD
BRIDGE OVER HIGHWAY 65
WILL BE CLOSING.
THIS IS PART OF THE WIDENING OF
HIGHWAY 65.
THE EVANS BRIDGE WILL CLOSE AT
SEVEN TODAY AS MO-DOT PREPARES
FOR DEMOLITION OF THE
BRIDGE.
ROUTE 65 DRIVERS MUST USE ROUTE
CC AND J AND BATTLEFIELD ROAD
INTERCHANGES DURING THE
WORK.
NIGHTTIME WORK ON 65 WILL HAPPEN
TONIGHT INTO TMORROW MORNING AND
JOE
THE MISSOURI FREE APPLICATION
FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID DEADLINE
IS HERE.
STUDENTS IN MISSOURI HOPING TO
RECEIVE FEDERAL FINANACIAL AID
HAVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT TO
SUBMIT FAFSA APPLICATIONS.
EACH PERSON'S FINANCIAL
ELIGIBILITY IS DETERMINED BY
THEIR EXPECTED FAMILY
CONTRIBUTION.
YOU CAN APPLY ONLINE AT
STUDENTAID DOT ED DOT GOV
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PUTTING CRIME INTO FOCUS
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A HOWELL COUNTY MAN IS EXPECTED
BACK IN COURT TODAY FOR A PLEA
HEARING....
JOHNATHAN JOHNSON IS CHARGED
WITH EIGHT FELONIES INCLUDING
STATUTORY RAPE OR
ATTEMPTED STATUTORY RAPE AND
HAVING AN
INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH
HER.
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THE MOTHER OF A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL
WHO DIED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN
MARIES COUNTY LAST MONTH WILL
APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE TODAY.
43-YEAR-OLD TRACY ELLIS HAS BEEN
CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE
ENDANGERING THE
WELFARE OF A CHILD AND SECOND
DEGREE MURDER.
PROSECUTORS SAY ELLIS' DAUGHTER
NEEDED SPECIAL CARE - AND SHE
OFFICERS TO TAKE THEIR
GUNS WITH THEM ON RETIREMENT
DAY...
CHIEF PAUL WILLIAMS SPOKE WITH
CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK TO
EXPLAIN THE SENTIMENTAL VALUE OF
THE GUNS TO THE OFFICERS.
THE NEWS LEADER IS REPORTING
THAT THIS PLAN COULD ALSO MAKE
THE CITY SAFER...
RIGHT NOW -- THE CITY TAKES THE
OUTDATED WEAPONS AND SELLS THEM
TO A VENDOR, WHICH THEN
SELLS THE GUNS BACK TO THE
PUBLIC...
IF OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO KEEP
THEIR GUNS THAT WOULD REDUCE THE
AMOUNT OF WEAPONS THAT
RE-ENTER THE PUBLIC MARKET
WHETHER OR NOT THE OFFICERS
WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY PAY TO
KEEP THEIR GUNS IS UNCLEAR
ABOUT 10 TO 15 OFFICERS RETIRE
EACH YEAR.
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MULTIPLE CREWS RESPONDED TO A
LARGE BUILDING FIRE IN LEBANON
OVERNIGHT.
IT STARTED IN A BUILDING BEHIND
A HOME IN THE EIGHTEEN HUNDRED
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COX HEALTH IS HOPING TO BEAT ITS
2018 DIAPER DONATIONS -- WITH
ITS ANNUAL DIAPER DRIVE THAT
KICKS OFF TODAY.
BOTH CLOTH AND DISPOSABLE
DIAPERS ARE ACCEPTED DURING THE
THE ORGANIZATIONS WILL THEN
DISTRIBUTE THE DIAPERS TO LOCAL
FAMILIES IN NEED.
37 THOUSAND DIAPERS WERE DONATED
LAST YEAR... WHICH WAS ABOUT 12
THOUSAND MORE THAN
IN 2017.
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SIX RURAL COUNTIES IN OUR AREA
WILL RECEIVE MICRO GRANTS TODAY.
THE OZARK REGION WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT BOARD IN SPRINGFIELD
IS
PRESENTING MONEY TODAY AT 1:30
AT THE MISSOURI JOB CENTER...TO
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THE MONTH OF APRIL IS NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED AS CHILD ABUSE AND
NEGLECT PREVENTION
MONTH.
AND TO KICK OFF AN AWARENESS
EFFORT -- LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
ARE TEAMING UP WITH
SPRINGFIELD'S ISABEL'S HOUSE --
TO PLANT PINWHEEL GARDENS.
THE FIRST TWO PINWHEEL PLANTINGS
WILL BE HELD TODAY AT TEN A-M AT
THE JORDAN VALLEY
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER AND THE
COXHEALTH NORTHSIDE CLINIC.
EACH PINWHEEL REPRESENTS
CHILDREN WHO RECEIVED CARE AT
ISABEL'S HOUSE LAST YEAR
-- WHICH IS A LOCAL CRISIS
CENTER FOR KIDS.
THE ANNUAL TRADITION IS APART OF
A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT CALLED GO
BLUE IN
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
THE NON PROFIT WILL ALSO BE
PLANTING PINWHEELS AT SIX MORE
LOCATIONS DURING THE
NEXT THREE DAYS.
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HAPPENING AROUND THE OZARKS
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THE FUTURE OF ARKANSAS'S
MEDICAID EXPANSION PROGRAM IS
QUESTIONABLE,
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THAT'S AFTER THE STATE HOUSE
VOTED DOWN ITS BUDGET LAST WEEK.
HANNAH ZETTL JOINS US IN
STUDIO NOW WITH THE REASON WHY
HANNAH
THE VOTE COMES JUST DAYS AFTER A
FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKED THE
PROGRAM'S WORK
FOR AND NOW HE'S PUSHING THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SEEK AN
EXPEDITED APPEAL OF THE JUDGE'S
DECISION.
MANY REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED
AGAINST THE BILL SAID THERE WERE
TOO MANY UNKNOWNS IN THE
WAKE OF THE WORK REQUIREMENT
RULING.
IN THE MEANTIME -- A LOT HANGS
IN THE BALANCE AS WE WAIT TO SEE
IF LAWMAKERS CAN FIND THE
VOTES TO APPROVE THE MEDICAID
BUDGET.
"Wherever they fall on the
idealogical spectrum with the
"The work requirement was a big
issue in helping it get the
supermajority that it needs to
pass, and now i think, rightly
so, you see a lot of members
wanting to take step back so
they can have an understanding
of what they're really doing to
appropriate the money and what
the legal situation surrounding
it."
HANNAH
LAST YEAR MORE THAN 18,000
PEOPLE LOST COVERAGE FOR NOT
COMPLYING WITH THE
WORK REQUIREMENT.
BUT HUTCHINSON SAYS LESS THAN
2000 OF THEM HAVE BEEN RE
ENROLLED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF
THE YEAR.
JOE:
NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S
TRENDING ON GOOGLE THIS
MORNING...