Chestnut Expressway

At 11 p.m. Sunday, MoDot closed Chestnut Expressway under Highway 65 so it can build a new bridge for the freeway widening project. The closure is expected to last up to six weeks. MoDOT wants to remind drivers to give yourself some extra time if your route will be affected.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- City police believe a driver's medical condition led to a crash near Chestnut Expressway at Golden Avenue.  Police say the driver smashed into a light pole.  His car then kept going on Chestnut, ending up in a parking lot where he hit a tree. The officer had to do CPR on the driver.  He is hospitalized.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Drivers utilizing Chestnut Expressway at the U.S. Highway 65 interchange will need a little extra patience Tuesday and Wednesday as crews work to install drain pipes under the roadway. The work means crews will need to shut down lanes of Chestnut under U.S. 65 from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. both days. Traffic shifts will be in place and will be signed. Drivers can expect minor delays.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Some drivers in center city Springfield will have to reroute their usual trips. National Avenue between East Trafficway and Chestnut Expressway is closed until Dec. 14. Crews are improving the National Avenue at East Trafficway intersection.  Detour signs and alternate routes are set up.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A closure of Chestnut Expressway that was originally scheduled for this weekend has been postponed, according to transportation officials. A construction-related delay has caused the work on Chestnut Expressway underneath U.S. Highway 65 to be postponed to sometime in November, although an exact date has not been set. The Missouri Dept. of Transportation said they will announce the new closure dates as soon as they are scheduled. When the closure takes place, crews will install infrastructure needed to convert the interchange to a diverging diamond.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Chestnut Expressway is about to look a lot different on the east side of Springfield, and a portion of it will close this weekend to make that happen. Crews will close the Chestnut Expressway underpass under U.S. Highway 65 from Friday evening to 6 a.m. Monday morning as they convert the road to a diverging diamond interchange traffic pattern. However, the ramps connecting U.S. Highway 65 and Chestnut Expressway will remain open, according to transportation officials.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Frigid temperatures opened the Salvation Army's Cold Weather Shelter overnight.  The shelter on west Chestnut Expressway opens anytime wind chills are forecast to get to 14 degrees or below, like they did last night.  Those seeking shelter at the Salvation Army will be given a cot to sleep on, and a hot breakfast in the morning.  Last year, the army saw about 200 people use the services.

Springfield, Mo. -- Customers are leaving the Hostess shop on West Chestnut Expressway in Springfield with bags and boxes full of goodies.  The empty shelves show just how busy the store has been since the company announced Friday it would go out of business for good. "The Hostess products, my kids love them.  I don't typically let them have them very often, so I figure I might as well spoil them before it's all gone," said Tami Gray. Longtime cashiers at the Springfield Hostess shop said the store is busier now than it has ever been before.  The slashed prices created excitment for their customers.  But the changes mean uncertainty for them.  Some of the employees have been at the shop close to two decades.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A man from Jasper County faces a prison sentence up to 25 years for a series of bank robberies, including one in Springfield. Michael Manis of Alba will be sentenced in U.S. District Court after he confessed to holding up the Great Southern Bank near Chestnut Expressway at Scenic Avenue in February, and two other heists in Webb City and Joplin. Police say Manis used a pellet gun to threaten tellers and get the cash.

SPRINGFIELD, --  A suspected thief is dead and a detective is recovering from an early-morning shooting. It all happened Near Grand and Clifton in Springfield. Officer Travis Wilson was grazed in his lower back with a bullet. He was just one of the many officers setting up a search warrant. They believe the suspect stole a truck, wrecked it, then walked to the home. Thanks to the recent ice storm, police could follow the suspect's shoe tracks from the truck to the home. Police say the suspect was involved with a string of burglaries starting at a car lot off Chestnut Expressway.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- There's one less place in Springfield to get your donut fix.  The Krispy Kreme store on North Glenstone Avenue at Chestnut Expressway closed its doors. Company leaders say the store hadn't brought in much business in recent years.  It was officially closed on Sunday night. Krispy Kreme fans in the Ozarks still have an outlet for donuts. The store on South Campbell Avenue is open.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A major road improvement project includes a safer and more appealing entrance to downtown. A $1.25-million project at the intersection of National Ave. and East Trafficway includes new turn lanes, traffic signals, and a new landscaped gateway to Jordan Valley Park. Also included in the improvements is a new railroad crossing on National, just south of Chestnut Expressway.  Aside from a brand-new road surface, new crossing signals and gates have been installed.  The former crossing arrangement included lights only, and lacked gates.  The new gates and signals are in a “quadrant” arrangement.  This ensures all four lanes of traffic are completely blocked by barriers when a train is coming.  The goal is to make it much more difficult for vehicles to drive around the gates to try and beat a train.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Some drivers in center city Springfield will have to reroute their usual trips. National Avenue between East Trafficway and Chestnut Expressway is closed until Dec. 14. Crews are improving the National Avenue at East Trafficway intersection.  Detour signs and alternate routes are set up.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Three people are in custody after an apparent domestic incident led to a standoff very early Friday morning. Police in Springfield were called to an apartment complex on North Patterson Avenue near East Chestnut Expressway at 12:45 this morning. Officers say they talked to people coming out of the apartment and discovered several people inside had warrants against them. Police called for backup, and a SWAT team was called when those people refused to come out. Patterson was blocked off while the standoff took place.

Springfield, Mo. -- Customers are leaving the Hostess shop on West Chestnut Expressway in Springfield with bags and boxes full of goodies.  The empty shelves show just how busy the store has been since the company announced Friday it would go out of business for good. "The Hostess products, my kids love them.  I don't typically let them have them very often, so I figure I might as well spoil them before it's all gone," said Tami Gray. Longtime cashiers at the Springfield Hostess shop said the store is busier now than it has ever been before.  The slashed prices created excitment for their customers.  But the changes mean uncertainty for them.  Some of the employees have been at the shop close to two decades.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- City police said Friday that a Marshfield school bus driver may have run a red light before a crash on Thursday morning.  The accident injured the bus driver and the driver of a car that hit the bus, and 16 of the 50 third-grade students on the bus. Police said they got information about the possible red light violation from witnesses, but said the crash is still under investigation.  The crash was at the intersection of...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A car and a Marshfield school bus collided on Chestnut Expressway at Cedarbrook Avenue shortly after 9:30 a.m. Thursday.  The bus was one of three that were taking third grade students to the Discovery Center near downtown.  The Marshfield School District superintendent says children suffered bloody noses and other minor injuries.  Multiple school officials came to the scene of the accident.  Some students appeared to...

SPRINGFIELD -- The first ten minutes of police dash-cam video from a Springfield patrol car recorded on November 1, 2011, illustrate another routine traffic stop. But what one Sprinfield man said happened after those first minutes has become the basis of a civil lawsuit filed by Peter Anselmo on October 31, 2012. Springfield police officer Brian Reeves issued Anselmo tickets for speeding and driving without proof of insurance after he pulled him over a year ago. When the officer started to pull away, Anselmo opened his door and leaned out to ask the officer if his name was on the ticket.