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ROGERSVILLE, Mo. -- Firefighters battling a grass and brush fire on Tuesday afternoon also had to deal with the extreme heat.  The fire started near Mill Street at Mooney Street along the railroad tracks that run through town.  The fire spread to a couple of nearby outbuildings. Surrounding departments helped Rogersville firefighters put out the fire.

A family is without a home, as investigators are looking into what caused a house fire near Rogersville Sunday afternoon. Flames broke out in the two-story house in the 200 block of Wintergrape Lane. Crews from Logan-Rogersville, Strafford and Battlefield were called in with tankers to fight the fire. The family was able to escape; no one was hurt.  The home is a total loss.

ROGERSVILLE, Mo. -- A man is recovering from serious injuries after he was hit by a car near Rogersville.  The crash happened around 1 a.m. Tuesday on Highway VV, just south of U.S. 60. Authorities say the man, who is in his 30s, was walking on the right side of the road when the car hit him.  The man, whose name and other information has not been released, was listed in stable condition on Tuesday morning. Police say they do not expect charges to be filed against the driver.

CARTHAGE, Mo. -- A man from Rogersville has been sentenced to prison for cattle theft. Twenty-five year old Melvin Fincher will serve six-years after pleading guilty to having 10-head of stolen cattle in his possession at the Sarcoxie Livestock Auction. The sentence will run concurrently with two, seven-year sentences from Webster County on theft and two other seven-year sentences for theft of livestock from Barton County.

ROGERSVILLE, Mo. -- A truck being repaired fell on and killed a 78-year-old man in the 6600 block of East Farm Road 186 on Monday.  The accident was at a home. A relative and neighbor found the man's body on Monday afternoon about 4:30.  She found the truck rolled off a ramp and crushed the man.  The time of the accident wasn't known. The Greene County Sheriff's Department will investigate since it was an unattended death, but deputies don't believe anyone else was involved.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A pickup belonging to a man found shot to death in a home in Rogersville was found Tuesday morning in Springfield.  A police officer on patrol found the truck in the 1900 block of North Rock Island Avenue, near Kansas Expressway at Division Street. Police say no arrests have been made in the death of Russell Lawson.  The 24-year-old man's body was found by his mother at his home on Mill Street across from Logan-Rogersville Upper Elementary School Monday morning.

ROGERSVILLE, Mo. -- A manufacturing company, UnderCover, showed off its 70,000-square-foot expansion and touted its 30 new jobs on Friday.  The company said at a news conference and tour for reporters that the expansion increases its "employee count by over 30 percent," meaning it now has about 120 employees.  In addition to the new jobs, the Rogersville community benefits from UnderCover's $5.3 million capital investment with the purchase of...

ROGERSVILLE, Mo -- The City of Rogersville is thinking outside the box to try to attract home construction. Aldermen unanimously voted Monday to temporarily reduce impact fees on new homes built in the area. The fees will be reduced by 75% in Rogersville. That includes CID districts. Aldermen also decided to eliminate an $800 fee in another special district in the area. The reduction will last until August 31, 2012. In the last year, only a handful of new homes have popped up.  With numerous open lots in area subdivisions, city officials hope a discount for building new homes will help start a new housing boom.

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. -- Firefighters say an alert neighbor helped a family escape their burning home early Thursday.  The flames were spotted around 1 a.m. at a home in the 200 block of West Helena. A man saw the fire and helped a woman and her two children out of the house.  Investigators say, with the flames moving so quickly, they're thankful no one was hurt. The home is a total loss.  An investigator will try to find the cause.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A man from Rogersville died at a hospital after a crash on Monday afternoon. Tucker Redfern, 21, lost control of his northbound Ford 150 pickup on National Avenue just south of Seminole Street near Mercy Hospital.  Witnesses say Redfern's truck veered into the southbound lanes, missing cars, then returning to the roadway before striking a signal pole on the west side of the intersection. Police say the investigation is ongoing. ---- Related news release from City of Springfield: The City of Springfield Public Works Department on Tuesday released its September 2012 Crash Report Card for crashes taking place Jan. 1 - Sept.

ROGERSVILLE, Mo. -- A man is recovering from serious injuries after he was hit by a car near Rogersville.  The crash happened around 1 a.m. Tuesday on Highway VV, just south of U.S. 60. Authorities say the man, who is in his 30s, was walking on the right side of the road when the car hit him.  The man, whose name and other information has not been released, was listed in stable condition on Tuesday morning. Police say they do not expect charges to be filed against the driver.

MARSHFIELD, Mo. - A woman accused of killing her ex-boyfriend in Rogersville last week has pleaded not guilty to the crime. April Guy entered a not guilty plea to charges of second-degree murder in the death of Russell Lawson. Russell Lawson's mother found him dead last Monday. He had been shot in the head. Police in Springfield arrested Guy on Friday after she had been seen walking down Lynn Street. Officers say she had changed her appearance. Court documents show Guy and Lawson had a rocky relationship.

FLIPPIN, Ark. - A man and woman from Rogersville face a series of charges after a multi-state crime spree. The Baxter County Bulletin reports that police arrested John Griffith and Merannda Coffer last Thursday. Investigators say the couple tried to cash a stolen check at a bank in Flippin, Ark. Police also say the two were driving an SUV that was stolen at gunpoint in Kansas. They also apparently had a travel trailer that was stolen from Forsyth. Griffith is now back in the Greene County Jail.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The former girlfriend of a murdered man from Rogersville changed her appearance but that didn't prevent her arrest.  State troopers and Springfield police officers arrested April Guy about 11:55 a.m. Friday near the intersection of Lynn Street at Kansas Expressway in Springfield. Guy was charged on Wednesday in Webster County with second-degree murder for the death of Russell Lawson.  His mother found his body in his home in Rogersville on Monday morning.  Her bond is set at $500,000.

MARSHFIELD, Mo. -- A 32-year-old woman is charged with killing a man from Rogersville last weekend.  Detectives say April Guy, also known as April McCafferty, had "an on and off relationship" with Russell Lawson, who was shot in the head and chest at his home. Guy was charged with second-degree murder late Wednesday afternoon.  A probable cause statement used as the basis of the charge says detectives learned Guy told some other people early Sunday that she and Lawson argued on Saturday night and she shot him twice with a .22-caliber weapon.   That fits with investigators' assessment that Lawson was killed 24 to 48 hours before his body was found about 8:30 a.m. Monday.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A pickup belonging to a man found shot to death in a home in Rogersville was found Tuesday morning in Springfield.  A police officer on patrol found the truck in the 1900 block of North Rock Island Avenue, near Kansas Expressway at Division Street. Police say no arrests have been made in the death of Russell Lawson.  The 24-year-old man's body was found by his mother at his home on Mill Street across from Logan-Rogersville Upper Elementary School Monday morning.

ROGERSVILLE, Mo. -- City police and other law enforcement agencies are investigating the shooting death of a 24-year-old man at his home on Mill Street across the street from Logan-Rogersville Upper Elementary School.   The police chief says Russell Lawson's mother found his body between 8:30 and 9 a.m. Monday.   Police Chief Paul Laughlin says Lawson was shot in the head, and it was not a suicide.  He said no one in Lawson's family has reported...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-- Authorities continued their search Saturday morning for a man following an overnight high-speed chase. The chase began in Webster County following what was supposed to be a routine traffic stop. The suspect then drove into Springfield crossing through the National and Battlefield intersection before he struck another car at Seminole and Glenstone. The driver was last seen near Highway U and Fenbrook Drive. Rogersville police tell KY3 News that the suspect was driving a dodge dually pick-up truck that now has significant damage to its front end. You are asked to call either Rogersville or Springfield police with any information.