A Texas County man has been arrested after threatening a nursing facility on Wednesday, Nov. 19. According to online court dockets, Jacob Leon Evans, born 1997, of Houston, ...

Merry Christmas, everyone! I’ve got my fingers crossed that this impressive warm-up is enough to land me on Santa’s nice list ...

We could soon see the start of construction on the city’s newest national chain big-box store. On Tuesday, Dick’s Sporting Goods filed a Building Permit Application with ...

President Donald Trump marked Christmas Eve by quizzing children calling in about what presents they were excited about receiving, while promising to not let a “bad ...

Willard Police Chief Tom McClain has been in law enforcement for many decades, and has been the leader of Willard’s police force since 1993. He’s fought crime for years, ...

Hello everyone, I’m Dan Lucy on the Ozarks First digital desk. It’ll be a happy holidays for Missouri State basketball coach Cuonzo Martin. His Bears held off a ...

A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center, a holiday tradition dating back more than 20 years, has been canceled. The show’s host, musician Chuck Redd, says ...

A quarter of a century has almost passed, and now Ozarks First is taking a look at the local stories that captured the most readers on our website this year. 1. Public asked to ...

Cinema Slice is highlighting local filmmakers from Springfield and the Ozarks, including Kaleb Fobair from Joplin, who recently graduated from Missouri State University with a film degree.

Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura won Honduras’ presidential election, the country’s electoral authorities said Wednesday afternoon, ending a weeks-long count that ...

Ozarks First’s Parker Padgett and Tony Nguyen discussed their top six albums of the year, including Thriller by Michael ...

A Howell County man has been charged after narcotics were found during a traffic stop on Thursday, Dec. 18. Patterson’s ...