Drew Tasset

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Weekend Digital Producer at Nexstar Media Group

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Dallas County authorities to be featured on Discovery Channel show "Body Cam"

6 days ago | ozarksfirst.com | Drew Tasset

BUFFALO, Mo. — The Buffalo Police Department (BPD) announced on Facebook Friday that they and the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office will take part in an episode of the Discovery Channel series Body Cam. According to BPD, Discovery Channel will be filming the episode in Buffalo and will center around a shootout with Nathanael McElroy from November 2020. McElroy was sentenced to 19 years in prison in 2023 after he pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting a police officer, among other charges.
One dead, three injured after six-vehicle crash near Nixa

6 days ago | ozarksfirst.com | Drew Tasset

CHRISTIAN COUNTY, Mo. — A crash between six different vehicles killed one person and seriously injured three others on U.S. 160 two miles south of Nixa Thursday night, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP). The MSHP crash report states that a 2015 Harley-Davidson motorcycle was northbound on U.S. 160 at around 8:52 p.m. when it crossed into the opposite lane and struck a southbound 2000 Pontiac Firebird.
Endangered Silver Advisory issued for 82-year-old man last seen in Republic

6 days ago | ozarksfirst.com | Drew Tasset

TANEY COUNTY, Mo. — The Taney County Sheriff’s Office has issued an endangered person advisory alert for Wayne Ferry, 82, who was last seen in Republic on Thursday, May 8. Ferry was last seen in Republic at around noon on Thursday heading to his residence on Hollister, but he has not arrived. He was in a Gray 2011 Chevrolet Equinox bearing Missouri license plate TG8V9S. Ferry is described as a white male who is 5’10” and 190 lbs.
Postal workers to kick off 33rd Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Drew Tasset

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The 33rd annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive held by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) is set to begin on Saturday, May 10, to help families in need of food in the Ozarks. To participate in the food drive, local residents just have to leave a bag of nonperishable food next to their mailboxes on Saturday morning for mail carriers to collect while delivering mail.
Postal workers to kick off 33rd Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive

6 days ago | ozarksfirst.com | Drew Tasset

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The 33rd annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive held by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) is set to begin on Saturday, May 10, to help families in need of food in the Ozarks. To participate in the food drive, local residents just have to leave a bag of nonperishable food next to their mailboxes on Saturday morning for mail carriers to collect while delivering mail.
Rolla named among cities with biggest student debt burden

1 week ago | ozarksfirst.com | Drew Tasset

ROLLA, Mo. — A recent study from WalletHub saw a town in the Missouri Ozarks among the U.S. cities most burdened by student debt. The study looked at over 2,500 cities across the country and compared the median student-loan balance with the median income of people over 25 years old who have a bachelor’s degree. Rolla ranked 10th overall in the most overleveraged towns for student debt in the study.
Jury finds Nixa man guilty of killing wife in 2019

1 week ago | ozarksfirst.com | Drew Tasset

PLATTE COUNTY, Mo. — Todd Blankenship of Nixa was found guilty of murdering his wife in Nixa in July 2019 by a Platte County jury on Wednesday, May 7. After a trial that lasted nearly two weeks, the jury found Blankenship guilty of all four criminal counts. Blankenship was charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, third-degree domestic assault and fourth-degree domestic assault.
Minnesota man finds 3.81-carat brown diamond at Arkansas State Park

1 week ago | ozarksfirst.com | Drew Tasset

MURFREESBORO, Ark. — A visitor of Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas uncovered a 3.81-carat brown diamond in the ground while visiting with his family in April. The man who found the diamond was David DeCook, a regular visitor to the park from Stewartville, Minnesota. The state park says DeCook was visiting with his family on Monday, April 21, when he spotted what he first thought was a candy wrapper south of the park’s south wash pavilion.
Greene County Office of Emergency Management asking residents for damage reports

1 week ago | ozarksfirst.com | Drew Tasset

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) says it needs residents to continue sending them damage reports from the major storms last week. OEM says the damage reports are needed for their team to send to both the state and federal government to help apply for a disaster declaration and potentially bring more aid to the county.
Crash between two trucks kills woman in Boone County, Arkansas

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Drew Tasset

BOONE COUNTY, Ark. — A woman from St. Joe’s, Arkansas, was killed in an accident between two pickup trucks east of Harrison on Monday, May 5. Arkansas State Police (ASP) says the crash occurred on U.S. Highway 62 near Sharp Court between a westbound 1996 Toyota Tacoma and an eastbound 2014 Dodge Ram. According to ASP’s crash report, the Toyota crossed into the opposite lane of the road and struck the front of the Dodge Ram.

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