YOUR FORECAST FIRST.
ELISA
MUCH WARMER OUT THERE THIS
MORNING, LOWS ARE
STARTING IN THE 30'S.
TODAY WE'LL BE SANDWICHED IN
BETWEEN A
HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST, AND
LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST. THAT
WILL KICK BREEZY SOUTHERLY
WINDS IN THE OZARKS WITH GUSTS
TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE. BREEZY SOUTH
WINDS AND SUNSHINE KEEP
TEMPERATURES MILD AND ABOVE
AVERAGE FOR DECEMBER IN THE
MIDDLE 50'S.
TONIGHT WE'LL HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY
SKIES
WITH LOWS IN THE 30'S.
STILL MILD ON SOUTHERLY WINDS
AND SOME SUNSHINE
TOMORROW, HIGHS GO BACK IN THE
MIDDLE 50'S.
COLDER AIR MOVES IN ON SATURDAY
ON STEADY
NORTHWEST WINDS. HIGHS TURN
COLDER ONLY REACHING THE MIDDLE
40'S.
THAT COLDER AIR WILL SET THE
STAGE FOR SOME
WINTRY WEATHER POSSIBLE SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY AS OUR NEXT STORM
PASSES THROUGH.
THERE IS STILL A LOT OF
UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS FORECAST
BECAUSE JUST A FEW MILES
DIFFERENCE
NORTH/ SOUTH IN TRACK WILL
GREATLY CHANGE THE TEMPERATURE
PROFILE -- AND THAT WILL GREATLY
CHANGE PRECIPITATION TYPE AND
TOTALS.
FOR NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE A LIGHT
RAIN TO MIX STARTS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, TRANSITIONING
TO A MIX TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AND
INTO MONDAY. AREAS IN
CENTRAL MISSOURI HAVE THE
GREATEST RISK OF SNOW, MAYBE
MORE RAIN TO THE SOUTH. AGAIN,
WE
HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS TO STILL
PIN DOWN HERE SO STAY TUNED FOR
MORE DETAILS AS THE STORM
GETS CLOSER!
THE STORM CLEARS BY TUESDAY WITH
SUNSHINE
AND COLD HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30'S
IN ITS WAKE.
JOE
A NEW LEGAL SETTLEMENT WILL
CHANGE THE WAY FOSTER KIDS ARE
PRESCRIBED PSYCHO-
TROPIC MEDICATIONS.
LAUREN
THAT SETTLEMENT CAME AFTER A
FEDERAL JUDGE RULED ON A
CLASS-ACTION SUIT CENTERED ON
CHILDREN TAKING TOO MUCH
MEDICATION...
"WITHOUT REALLY A CAREGIVER
BEING ABLE TO
ADVOCATE FOR THAT CHILD,
SOMETIMES THEY GET PUT IN
SITUATIONS WHERE THEY MAY BE
OVERMEDICATED."
JOE
FOSTER CHILDREN COULD BE
OVERMEDICATED WITH DRUGS LIKE
XANAX AND ZOLOFT - WHICH ALTER A
PERSON'S MIND - AND CAN HAVE
SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS.
THAT LAWSUIT --
CLAIMED PHYSICIANS WERE
PRESCRIBING FOSTER KIDS DRUGS,
WITHOUT CHECKING THEIR MEDICAL
HISTORY
AND DIDN'T HAVE PROPER CONSENT.
ONE FOSTER CHILD WAS PRESCRIBED
SEVEN MEDICATIONS, WHICH LED TO
HALLUCINATIONS, SELF-
HARM, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, AND
EVEN TYPE 2 DIABETES.
LAUREN
THE RULING WILL AFFECT 13
THOUSAND FOSTER KIDS IN MISSOURI
-- AND OVERHAUL THE STATE'S
DRUG PRESCRIBING PRACTICES.
SO HERE'S WHAT'S CHANGING..
JOE
FIRST - FOSTER KIDS WILL NOW
HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL
FILE IF THEY RECEIVE
PSYCHO-TROPIC DRUGS.
2ND -- ADULTS MUST HAVE INFORMED
CONSENT, AND UNDERSTAND THE
RISKS, BEFORE AUTHORIZING
PRESCRIPTIONS.
THE STATE IS REQUIRING A SECOND
REVIEW OF THE MEDICATIONS .. BY
A CHILD PSYCHIATRIST.
AND LASTLY -- FOSTER STAFF WILL
RECEIVE TRAINING ON SIDE EFFECTS
OF MIND ALTERING DRUGS
ON KIDS.
LAUREN
ALLISON GREGORY IS THE SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
FOSTER ADOPT CONNECT.
SHE SAYS MANY FOSTER KIDS HAVE
BEHAVIORL ISSUES, WHICH IS WHY
THEYRE GIVEN MEDICATION.
THE NEW OVERHAUL IS AN
IMPROVEMENT, BUT MORE CAN BE
DONE.
ALLISON GREGORY
SOUTHWEST MO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- FOSTER ADOPT
CONNECT
"YOU KNOW THE CHILDREN DO COME
WITH A HISTORY
OF TRAUMA. AND THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT SHOULD NOT ONLY BE
POTENTIALLY WORKED WITH DOCTORS
AND MEDICATION, BUT ALSO THROUGH
THERAPY...AND A LOT OF OTHER
MEANS. MEDICATION ISN'T THE ONLY
ANSWER. IT CAN BE ONE OF THE
ANSWERS OR SOLUTIONS, BUT IT HAS
TO WORK THE WHOLE CHILD TO
GET PAST THE TRAUMA THEY'VE
EXPERIENCED."
JOE
GREGORY ALSO BELIEVES THE FOSTER
PARENT OR CARE GIVER NEEDS A
MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN THEIR
CHILD'S HEALTH, TO FULLY
ADVOCATE FOR THEIR MENTAL WELL
BEING.
LAUREN
BRINGING CRIME INTO FOCUS....
LAUREN
EARLIER THIS WEEK WE TOLD YOU
ABOUT A MONETT MAN BEING CHARGED
IN A HOMICIDE OUT OF
LAWRENCE COUNTY.
TODAY...THAT MAN....54-YEAR-OLD
RAYMOND FRYLING WILL BE
ARRAIGNED ON FOUR
FELONY CHARGES INCLUDING
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
AUTHORITIES ALLEGE THAT FRYLING
SHOT COY COLE AND THEN BURNED
HIS BODY.
JOE
AND A BRANSON MAN IS SCHEDULED
TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY FOR A
BOND HEARING.
GARY MURPHY IS BEING HELD ON NO
BOND FOR FIRST-DEGREE
KIDNAPPING.
A PROBABLE CAUSE STATEMENT
ALLEGES THAT MURPHY AND TWO
OTHERS HELD A MAN IN A HOTEL
ROOM AGAINST HIS WILL AND
ASSAULTED HIM.
THE INCIDENT HAPPENED THIS PAST
APRIL AT THE STRATFORD HOUSE
INN.
POLICE SAY THE VICTIM FOUND A
KNIFE, CUT ONE OF HIS CAPTORS,
AND RAN AWAY.
THE VICTIM FLAGGED DOWN A
DRIVER, WHO CALLED POLICE.
LAUREN
ANYONE IN SPRINGFIELD WHO LIKES
TO WALK THE TRAILS AT THE NATURE
CENTER WILL HAVE TO FIND
SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GO THIS
WEEKEND.
THE NATURE CENTER IS CLOSING ITS
TRAILS WHILE HOSTING A MANAGED
DEER HUNT TO KEEP THE
POPULATION REGULATED INSIDE
SPRINGFIELD CITY LIMITS.
THE ARCHERY HUNT WILL RUN FROM
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
THE NATURE CENTER WILL BE OPEN
SATURDAY -- BUT WILL STAY CLOSED
SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
JOE
RECYCLING EXPERTS SAY AMERICANS
THROW AWAY ROUGHLY
25-MILLION-TONS OF GARBAGE IN
THAT
STRETCH FROM THANKSGIVING TO NEW
YEAR'S, WHICH IS 25-PERCENT MORE
THAN
AVERAGE....
LAUREN
KOLR 10'S NYZAH MCDONALD MET
WITH ONE LOCAL RECYCLING
EXPERT.... AND JOINS US
NOW TO EXPLAIN SOME HOLIDAY
RECYCLING DO'S *AND DON'TS......
NYZAH?
NYZAH
LAUREN AND JOE - AFTER ALL THE
PRESENTS ARE UNWRAPPED AND THE
FOOD IS EATEN....THE HOLIDAYS
CAN LEAVE US WITH A LOT OF
TRASH.....
WHICH IS WHY THE CITY OF
SPRINGFIELD IS ENCOURAGING YOU
TO BE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY
CONSCIOUS THIS HOLIDAY
SEASON.....
RECYCLING EXPERT ASHLEY KRUG
SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECYCLE
WHEN YOU CAN....
KRUG SAYS THINGS LIKE CARDBOARD
BOXES, TISSUE PAPER AND
NON-SHINY WRAPPING PAPER MAKE
FOR PERFECT RECYCLABLE ITEMS....
SHE SAYS YOU SHOULD ONLY "THROW
AWAY" WHEN IT'S ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY....
Ashley Krug/Marketing
Development Coordinator, City
of Springfield: "We like to
really encourage people to think
beyond the "throwing of away"
because remember there is no
away. It's going to a landfill
and that landfill is a resource
that we have that has a finite
lifespan. And so we want to make
sure
that we are ensuring that things
can go to the landfill for a
long time and we're not filling
it up as quickly as possible. So
that's
why making sure we are thinking
about what we are purchase,
thinking about what we can
recycle going on so that
we're not throwing things away
we know the only things that are
going there are what absolutely
needs to be there."
NAME
LAUREN
SOME GOOD NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU
"We don't know what people are
going through. And it's amazing
how the little elf on the shelf
can really make a difference."
LAUREN
WE TOLD YOU ABOUT ELFIE -- COX
BRANSON'S VERY OWN ELF ON A
SHELF.
JOE
AND WE HAVE MORE OF HIS
ADVENTURES TO SHARE!
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE HE TOOK A
RIDE ON THE HOSPITAL'S
HELICOPTER ...
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL.
HE EVEN TRIED TO WRITE HIMSELF A
ONE BILLION DOLLAR CHECK FOR
COOKIES.
BUT ELFIE SAYS HIS FAVORITE PART
OF THE DAY WAS CHEERING UP THIS
TINY PATIENT.
LAUREN
KIM JOHNSON- WHO WORKS IN THE
SURGERY DEPARTMENT OF COX
BRANSON ... IS ON THE
TEAM THAT INVITED ELFIE TO
VISIT.
JOHNSON SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TO
KEEP DEPARTMENT MEMBERS HAPPY
AND EXCITED ABOUT
COMING TO WORK.
SHE SAYS YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT
PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL ARE GOING
THROUGH ... EVEN THE
STAFF.
Kim Johnson/Surgery Department,
CoxHealth Branson
"We are never guaranteed in life
what we're promised. This year,
yes, I was diagnosed with stage
4 ovarian cancer. My goal is to
shine the light for somebody
else, no matter what I'm going
through."