Rogersville

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The National Weather Service confirms an EF-0 tornado, the weakest variety, touched down three miles north of Rogersville late Sunday night.  It tracked to the northeast around 11 p.m. before lifting off the ground five miles northwest of Fordland. Damage in Webster County was primarily to trees and out- buildings.  Before it got to Rogersville and before it spawned a tornado, that same storm did some damage outside Bois D'Arc, west of Springfield.  Strong wind ripped apart some farm buildings.

ROGERSVILLE, Mo. -- A man from Rogersville died in a motorcycle crash in northern Christian County on Friday.  Passersby found the body of William Click, 51, by the crashed bike about 1:45 p.m. in a ditch along Highway U south of Rogersville. Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers are trying to figure out what caused him to crash and what time it happened.  They say he was eastbound, 4.5 miles southeast of Rogersville, and ran off the north side of the highway.

It's the perfect night to run the quarter-mile in Rogersville.  Saturday, the Jake Yeates Foundation held their annual summer drag race. Dozens of hot rods, funny cars, street bikes and pavement-pounders of all shapes and sizes ran the track, all to help raise money for the Jake Yeates foundation. This is the fourth year for the drag race.

ROGERSVILLE, Mo. -- Fog on Friday morning likely played a part in a nasty looking cras.  A truck and a car collided on Missouri 125 near Farm Road 194 around 7:30 a.m. Both drivers were taken to a hospital in Springfield with moderate injuries.  The car caught on fire briefly after the crash.  Passersby stopped to pull the driver free of the flaming wreckage.

ROGERSVILLE, Mo. -- Drivers should anticipate traffic delays on Monday near Rogersville. Construction crews will work on Missouri 125 between U.S. 60 and Farm Road 182. Workers are replacing some old drainage pipes under the roadway.  The road will be closed to through traffic but residents in the area will still be able to leave their driveways.  The job should be wrapped up by Tuesday night.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-- Police are trying to figure out why a woman from Rogersville made a sudden turn into the path of another car in the construction zone east of highway 65.  40-year-old Ranee Porter was killed in the crash just before 11:30pm Friday.   The other driver, a 53-year-old woman also from Rogersville is hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.        The road was down to one lane for most of the overnight hours while police investigated the crash.

ROGERSVILLE, Mo. -- Officers spent the early morning hours on Sunday searching for the driver of a car that crashed into a home in Rogersville.  It happened around midnight near Greene County Farm Road 194 at Missouri 125. Few details about the accident have been released, but witnesses say the car ran off the road and hit a truck in the driveway before smashing into the garage.  The driver ran from the scene and police looked for him.

A convicted child molester has been sentenced to two, fourteen year stretches in prison. Adam Corbine of Rogersville pleaded guilty to sexually abusing three, underage family members.      Prosecutors say since Corbine doesn't have a previous criminal history, he will be eligible for parole during his sentence.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson announces that on February 11, 2013, Travis A. Dibben, 31, of Rogersville, Missouri entered a guilty plea to distributing a controlled substance. Travis A. Dibben entered a guilty plea before the Honorable Dan Conklin to the charge contained in the felony information. The facts supporting Mr. Dibben's guilty plea include, but are not limited to, the State being able to show that on March 3, 2010, undercover law enforcement with the Springfield Police Department had been in contact with Tyler and Travis Dibben and made arrangements with them throughout the prior days to purchase cocaine.

REPUBLIC, Mo. -- Coach Rod Gorman's Rogersville Wildcats continued their somewhat surprising run to the Class 4 District 11 championship game on Thursday night, as the Wildcats upset the host Republic Tigers in a thriller 49-45.  Rogersville built on the momentum of their opening round win over Bolivar on Tuesday, and finally beat Republic despite having lost two previous games to the Tigers this season.  Republic started the game off well,...

MARSHFIELD, Mo. -- A man from Rogersville is scheduled to be sentenced in June for the shooting death of a man from Springfield.  Dewayne Layton pleaded guilty in Webster County Circuit Court last week for killing Billy Harris, 28, of Springfield at Layton's home in February 2012.  The Webster County sheriff says the men were arguing over a truck.  Harris's body was found in late February 2012 in a wooded area north of Rogersville.  Layton was...

ROGERSVILLE, Mo. -- Voters here are being asked to approve a $3 million bond issue to pay for street and railroad crossing improvements.  With an old caboose the centerpiece of its park, Rogersville is proud of its railroad heritage, but it's the railroad noise of which many residents aren't so fond. "For those living anywhere near the tracks, they may be hearing 18 toots on that horn coming through at 4 o'clock in the morning," said Mayor Jack Cole. In addition, there are the traffic backups.  Motorists are delayed by passing trains between 20 and 30 times per day. The delays for residents only get worse.  The railroad line is BNSF Railway's main corridor linking California and Kansas City with Springfield and Memphis.  The railroad has said rail traffic on the route is expected to increase exponentially in the coming years.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.--  It's a coffee shop serving up more than just coffee, smoothies and sandwiches.  Red Rock Coffee Company is also serving its community, free of charge.  The food made fresh daily at Red Rock Coffee Company is pleasing more than just those who stop in at the new Rogersville shop.  Owner Alicia Adamson said, "Our muffins, bagels, biscuits, our granola, soup.  We don't actually use any of it the next day.  It's all...

ROGERSVILLE, Mo. -- Living behind closed gates may provide a sense of security but doing so can also create barriers for those trying to deliver help. "They serve a good purpose in trying to keep people out and privacy and things like that, but, when the fire department needs to get in, that becomes the issue," said Logan-Rogersville Fire District assistant chief Robert Talburt. Logan-Rogersville firefighters have run into problems being greeted by gates and no way to get in.  "We are just trying to overcome those issues.  Again, the seconds or minutes from the delay can mean a big difference in how we respond to the incident," Talburt said.

ROGERSVILLE, Mo.-- The Highway Patrol has released the names of the two people who were killed in a single car crash that happened on Valentine's Day. They say Kaci Cook was driving a car on Route B two miles north of Rogersville, when she missed a curve. A little one-year-old boy Roger Walker was also inside. Troopers say the car hit a fence and a couple of trees-- then burst into flames. Both were killed in the fiery crash.

ROGERSVILLE, Mo. - Rogersville city officials are asking residents to boil their water before drinking it this morning. An equipment failure caused low chlorine levels in the water supply, causing officials to issue a boil advisory as a precaution. The city will notify customers when the water is safe to drink again. The city is sending water samples to the state for testing.

WEBSTER COUNTY, Mo. - Authorities are still trying to identify two people who were killed in wreck near Rogersville Thursday morning. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 1995 Ford Taurus was traveling southbound on Route B two miles north of Rogersville when it missed a curve. The car then hit a fence and two trees, causing it to burst into flames. Both people inside the car were killed in the crash and resulting fire. The Webster County coroner was unable to positively identify both victims at the scene.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson announces that on February 11, 2013, Travis A. Dibben, 31, of Rogersville, Missouri entered a guilty plea to distributing a controlled substance. Travis A. Dibben entered a guilty plea before the Honorable Dan Conklin to the charge contained in the felony information. The facts supporting Mr. Dibben's guilty plea include, but are not limited to, the State being able to show that on March 3, 2010, undercover law enforcement with the Springfield Police Department had been in contact with Tyler and Travis Dibben and made arrangements with them throughout the prior days to purchase cocaine.

MARSHFIELD, Mo. -- The Webster County prosecuting attorney dropped a murder charge against one of three men charged with killing a man from Springfield a year ago.  Alfred Clevenger of Rogersville is now charged with abandonment of a corpse and two counts of tampering with evidence but no longer is charged with second-degree murder. Someone shot Billy Harris and hid his body in a wooded area near Rogersville last January.  Investigators were told Dewayne Layton shot Harris in the face during a dispute over a truck.  They believe Clevenger and Kevin Layton were present, as well as a woman who was kept against her will and threatened to be shot, at the murder at the Laytons' home on Corner Road near Rogersville.

ROGERSVILLE, Mo.-- A local school district is making some changes following last month's massacre at an elementary school in Connecticut. District administrators with Logan-Rogersville schools say they're doing everything they can to try to prevent that type of incident from happening in their schools. The school resource officer says it's nearly impossible to stop someone with crazed determination. "If someone wants to break in, they are going to break in," said Mark Hall, Logan-Rogersville's lone school officer.