GOOD MORNING, THANKS FOR JOINING
US FOR DAYBREAK IN 10 ON KOLR
10.
LAUREN:
WE'LL BE ON THE AIR
COMMERCIAL-FREE FOR 10 STRAIGHT
MINUTES BEGINNING RIGHT NOW.
FIRST, LET'S HEAD OVER TO
METEOROLOGIST ELISA RAFFA WITH
YOUR FORECAST FIRST.
ELISA
BRRRR! WE'RE STARTING OUT 25-30
DEGREES
COLDER THIS MORNING AS CANADIAN
AIR SETTLES IN BEHIND OUR COLD
FRONT. LOWS IN THE 20'S FEEL
LIKE
THE TEENS AT THE BUS STOP,
BUNDLE UP!
CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES
TO TAKE
CONTROL BEHIND YESTERDAY'S COLD
FRONT. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THIS
MORNING WILL CONTINUE
TO CLEAR, GIVING WAY TO MOSTLY
SUNNY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON.
DESPITE THE SUNSHINE, NORTHWEST
WINDS KEEP A
COLD AIR MASS IN PLACE, HIGHS
WILL STRUGGLE FOR 40 DEGREES,
RUNNING 10 DEGREES BELOW
AVERAGE.
WE'LL STAY CLEAR, QUIET, AND
COLD TONIGHT. LOWS
DIP INTO THE 20'S WITH WIND
CHILLS IN THE TEENS AGAIN.
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS KICK
TOMORROW, PUSHING
OUR COLD AIR MASS TO THE EAST.
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM CLOSER TO
AVERAGE WITH SUNSHINE, EXPECT
HIGHS AROUND 50 DEGREES.
TEMPERATURES STAY AT/ A LITTLE
ABOVE AVERAGE
THROUGH THE END OF THE WORKWEEK
WITH SUNSHINE -- A MILD, QUIET
PATTERN!
BY SATURDAY COLDER AIR STARTS TO
SPILL IN ON
NORTHWEST WINDS. EXPECT HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 40'S WITH A MIX OF SUN
AND CLOUDS.
BY SUNDAY OUR NEXT BIG STORM
STARTS TO BREW
TO OUR WEST. WITH THE COLD AIR
ALREADY IN PLACE, WE COULD BE
LOOKING AT RAIN
TRANSITIONING TO/ MIXING WITH
SNOW LATE SUNDAY/ MONDAY. STAY
TUNED FOR UPDATES ON THAT
FORECAST!
JOE
BRINGING CRIME INTO FOCUS....
JOE
A DADE COUNTY MAN WILL BE
SENTENCED TODAY AFTER BEING
FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER A FEW
MONTHS
AGO.
60 YEAR-OLD CALVIN TRENT WAS
CONVICTED OF SHOOTING AND
KILLING HIS DAUGHTER'S EX-
BOYFRIEND.... DEVIN HUNT... LAST
YEAR.
COURT DOCUMENTS SAY TRENT AND
HIS SON.... WILLIS.... TRACKED
DOWN HUNT WHILE HE WAS BIKING
TO WORK.
THE VICTIM HAD THREATENED TO
TELL A DOCTOR THAT TRENT'S
DAUGHTER........ WAS
ILLEGALLY SELLING HER
PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.
WILLIS TRENT.... WHO WAS ALSO
CHARGED WITH MURDER.... WAS
RULED INCOMPOTENT TO STAND
TRIAL AND COMMITTED TO THE STATE
MENTAL HOSPITAL.
LAUREN
AROUND THE REGION
LAUREN
STUDENTS AND STAFF AT SOUTHWEST
BAPTIST UNIVERSITY ... ARE
MOURNING THE LOSS OF A
FORMER STUDENT - STEPHEN CARR.
CARR WAS THE POLICE OFFICER ...
IN FAYETEVILLE ARKANSAS WHO WAS
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY OVER
THE WEEKEND.
CARR, GRADUATED FROM S-B-U IN
20-15, AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE
BEAR-CAT FOOTBALL TEAM AS A
OFFENSIVE LINEMAN .. AND PLAYER
COACH.
HEAD COACH ROBERT CLARDY ...
TOLD US ABOUT THE MOMENT HE
HEARD ABOUT CARR'S PASSING.
"HEAD COACH ROBESRT CLARDY, SBU
FOOTBALL
TEAM: IT WAS SHOCK, YOU DIDN'T
WANT TO BELIEVE IT AT FIRST,
IT'S ALWAYS TOUGH TO LOSE
SOMEONE
YOUNG WHO HAS SUCH A GREAT
FUTURE AHEAD OF THEM AND MAKES
SUCH A GREAT POSITIVE IMPACT ON
THE WORLD, TO SEE HIS LIFE TAKEN
SO QUICK, ITS A VERY EMOTIONAL
TIME FOR OUR S-B-U FAMILY AND
THE
FAYETVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
STEPHEN'S FAMILY, OUR PRAYERS
ARE OUT TO
THEM"
LAUREN
CARR WAS AMBUSHED AND KILLED BY
A GUNMAN IN THE PARKING LOT OF
THE FAYETVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
.. ON SATURDAY NIGHT .. WHILE HE
WAS SITTING IN HIS PATROL CAR.
THE SUSPECT WAS SHOT AND KILLED
BY TWO OTHER OFFICERS...
LAUREN
WE ALSO KNOW NOW THAT FUNERAL
SERVICES FOR CARR WILL BE THIS
THURSDAY AT 1PM AT BUD
WALTON ARENA IN FAYETTEVILLE.
VISITATION WILL BE HELD TOMORROW
OFFICER CARR'S BODY WAS
TRANSPORTED TO THE ARKANSAS
STATE CRIME YESTERDAY..
JOE
FLU SEASON MAY JUST BE GETTING
STARTED, BUT THREE DEATHS HAVE
ALREADY BEEN CAUSED
BECAUSE OF IT..
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FLU CASES IN
THE STATE HAS TOPPED 15-HUNDRED.
SIX PEOPLE HAVE ALSO DIED IN
ARKANSAS FROM FLU-RELATED
SYMPTOMS.
THE DEPARTMENT IS URGING PEOPLE
TO GET VACCINATED, AVOID
CONTACT WITH SICK
PEOPLE .. AND ALSO WASH YOUR
HANDS THOROUGHLY AND OFTEN.
LAUREN
AND AROUND THE OZARKS...
LAUREN
FOR SOME SOLDIERS IN TRAINING
STATIONED AT FORT LEONARD
WOOD...GETTING HOME TO
FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS IS NOT
POSSIBLE.
THAT'S **WHY SPRINGFIELD MAYOR
KEN MCCLURE WELCOMES HUNDREDS OF
SOLDIERS
FROM THE BASE TO TOWN ON
DECEMBER 23-RD.
LOCAL BUSINESSES HELPED TO
CREATE THE "HOME FOR THE
HOLIDAYS" EVENT FOR THE
TRAINEES.
THE EVENT WILL INCLUDE A WELCOME
HOME RALLY...AND PARTICIPANTS
WILL ALSO BE TREATED TO
ENTERTAINMENT AROUND TOWN, AS
WELL AS A TASTE OF SPRINGFIELD
DINNER BUFFETT
COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR JAMES
BRECKINRIDGE WHO SAYS THE EVENT
WILL MEAN SO
MUCH TO THE MEN AND WOMEN
JAMES BRECKENRIDGE/COMMAND SGT.
MAJOR "when they learn what the
city of Springfield is doing for
them on
thier day, they are going to be
blown away."
LAUREN
THE COST THE TRIP IS
COVERED...INCLUDING
TRANSPORTATION.
JOE
LIBRARIES ACROSS GREENE COUNTY
HAVE OPENED UP A HOLIDAY STORE
FOR KIDS!
THIS WEEKEND -- CHILDREN BOUGHT
GIFTS PRICED FROM 25 CENTS TO 10
DOLLARS.
IT'S A WAY THEY CAN GET
SOMETHING FOR THEIR FAMILIES
THIS CHRISTMAS.
THE STORES HAVE THINGS LIKE
ORNAMENTS, MUGS, TOYS, AND
CLOTHING.
SOME LOCATIONS WILL BE OPEN
THROUGH THIS SUNDAY.
FOR TIMES AND LOCATIONS -- HEAD
TO OZARKS FIRST DOT COM.
JOE
IN MORE LOCAL NEWS.
TOMORROW THE MISSOURI JOB CENTER
WILL BE HOSTING A HIRING EVENT
FOR THE US CENSUS
BUREAU, FROM NINE UNTIL THREE.
IT IS LOOKING TO FILL POSITIONS
FOR CENSUS TAKER, OFFICE
ASSISTANT, AND SUPERVISOR.
DRESS PROFESSIONALLY AND BRING
YOUR RESUME.
IF YOU CAN'T COME TO TOMORROW'S
EVENT, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER
CHANCE ON DECEMBER
18TH.
LAUREN
IN POLK COUNTY -- THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT HAS STARTED A
RECRUITMENT DRIVE.
THE COUNTY NEEDS MORE
FIREFIGHTERS.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED -- THERE'S
A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE
DEPARTMENT ON JOIN-
POLK-FIRE DOT COM -- AND ON
FACEBOOOK.
THE WEBSITE SAYS ALL TRAINING TO
BECOME A FIREFIGHTER IS FREE.
PLUS, THE COUNTY TEACHES HOW TO
BECOME AN E-M-T OR TANKER
DRIVER.
JOE
THE SPRINGFIELD NATURE CENTER IS
HOLDING A VOLUNTEER INTEREST
MEETING TONIGHT.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED HEAD OVER
TO THE NATURE CENTER FROM SEVEN
TO EIGHT TO LEARN MORE
VOLUNTEERS MUST BE 18 AND OLDER
AND ARE ASKED TO COMMIT TO AN
AVERAGE OF AT LEAST TEN HOURS A
MONTH.
MANY VOLUNTEER POSITIONS ARE
AVAILABLE INCLUDING STAFFING THE
RECEPTION DESK, ANIMAL
CARE AND PATROLLING THE TRAILS.
JOE:
NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S
TRENDING ON GOOGLE THIS
MORNING...
LAUREN
IF YOU HAVE ANY WHITE CASTLE
FROZEN BURGERS SITTING IN YOUR
FREEZER -- YOU MAY NEED TO THROW
THEM OUT.
THE COMPANY RECALLED SEVERAL
VARIETIES DUE TO POSSIBLE
LISTERIA CONTAMINATION.
SITTING IN YOUR FREEZER -- YOU
MAY NEED TO THROW THEM OUT. THE
COMPANY RECALLED SEVERAL
VARIETIES DUE TO POSSIBLE
LISTERIA CONTAMINATION.
SOME OF THE PACKAGES INCLUDE --
6 PACKS OF HAMBURGERS,
CHEESEBURGERS, AND
JALAPENO CHEESEBURGERS.
LARGER 16 PACK VERSIONS ARE ALSO
PART OF THE RECALL.
ALL OF THE PRODUCTS HAVE BEST BY
DATES OF AUGUST 20-20.