Parker Padgett

1 week ago | ozarksfirst.com | Parker Padgett |Tony Nguyen

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1 week ago | yahoo.com | Parker Padgett

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — “At night when I’m going to sleep, I’ve never had that much total darkness and total silence,” John Wyrsch said. “There’s nothing and it’s different.”As thousands remain without power in Springfield, many are adapting the change. “I have a barbecue grill, so that’s what we have been cooking on, and I just been kind of cooking as much as I can, going through my freezer and seeing what’s thawing and cooking that each day,” Darnella McDowell said.

1 week ago | ozarksfirst.com | Parker Padgett

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — “At night when I’m going to sleep, I’ve never had that much total darkness and total silence,” John Wyrsch said. “There’s nothing and it’s different.”As thousands remain without power in Springfield, many are adapting the change. “I have a barbecue grill, so that’s what we have been cooking on, and I just been kind of cooking as much as I can, going through my freezer and seeing what’s thawing and cooking that each day,” Darnella McDowell said.

2 weeks ago | ozarksfirst.com | Parker Padgett

NIXA, Mo. — John Reppert says he worked for a power company for nearly 15 years, always responding to storms after the fact to help how he can. Tuesday, he found himself in the middle of a tornado. “I don’t ever want to do it again,” Reppert said. Reppert, who now owns Complete Diesel and Auto Repair in Nixa, was overwhelmingly impacted by an EF-0 tornado that passed through Tuesday morning. “We were all three in the shop. My two sons work for me, so we were all three in the shop.

2 weeks ago | ozarksfirst.com | Parker Padgett

BARRY COUNTY, Mo. — Workers at Camp Barnabas are now up against the clock. “As soon as I pulled down property and saw a few trees down, I thought, okay, we have some damage,” Camp CEO Bernadette Losh said. “After walking through camp, I did not expect this by any means.”With just weeks until the summer camp season preparations are set to begin, severe weather ravaged the non-profit campsite. “We’ve got multiple large trees down,” Losh said. “We actually lost count. I think roughly around 30.