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Download the KY3 Weather App ¿¿SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Stay ahead of the storms with the KY3 Weather App. Track radar in the Ozarks or on the go anywhere across the country.  Also, view the latest video forecasts from the KY3 Storm Team meteorologists.  And get up to ...

Storm knocked out power to nearly 5,000 served by White River Valley Electric Cooperative BRANSON, Mo. - Powerful storms that hit the Ozarks on Monday knocked out power to 4,800 customers of the White River Valley Electric Cooperative, the utility said in a news release.By 8:30 Tuesday morning, 150 people in the Ava area were ...

Arkansas teen killed by flying storm debris SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) - Authorities say a teenager was killed in northwest Arkansas on Monday night when storm debris crashed into his car. Arkansas State Police say 19-year-old Austin Deere of Prairie Grove died at about 7:30 p.m. Monday while driving on ...

Convoy of Hope sends trucks with supplies to Moore, Okla. for tornado relief SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Springfield-based humanitarian organization Convoy of Hope has begun sending trucks with emergency supplies to the Moore, Oklahoma area, the morning after a devastating tornado claimed dozens of lives there and left a path of destruction. Assessment teams with Convoy ...

Walmart Rezoning Issue to go to Public Vote SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Rezoning issues rarely rise to the level of citywide interest, but the status of a piece of land at a corner in Springfield is about to get a citywide vote. Monday evening Springfield Council bowed to the will of ...

City of Joplin sending assistance to Moore, OK tornado victims JOPLIN, Mo. -- Joplin City officials have organized a support team of public safety employees and deployed them to Moore, Oklahoma to arrive later tonight. The team included approximately a dozen members from the police and fire departments. This group will offer ...



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Fair, 67 F

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Tue - Scattered Strong Storms. High: 72 Low: 56
Wed - Partly Cloudy. High: 76 Low: 53

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South Africa: Winnie Mandela forced auction flops
Press gather outside the Soweto, South African home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of former president Nelson Mandela, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. A scheduled auction to sell items belonging to Madikizela-Mandela came and went without a single bid. Court sheriff John Maluleke and two other officials joined reporters gathered outside the gated home where some of her items were expected to be sold to cover an old debt she owes for school fees for her grand-niece, but were denied entry despite officials repeatedly banging on the gate. (AP Photo) SOUTH AFRICA OUTJOHANNESBURG (AP) — There were no bidders and no locksmiths willing to force entry for a scheduled auction Tuesday to sell artworks and other belongings of Nelson Mandela's ex-wife.

Pigeon sale yields world record for feathered Bolt
FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 file photo, pigeons fly inside their coop at Pigeon Paradise in Knesselare, Belgium. Lightning fast pigeon Bolt with a name and pedigree to match has become the world’s most expensive racing bird when his Belgian breeder sold it for 310,000 euros ($400,000) to a Chinese businessman. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, file)BRUSSELS (AP) — Flying high above Europe's economic crisis, a local lightning-fast pigeon called Bolt became the world's most expensive racing bird when his Belgian breeder sold it for 310,000 euros ($400,000) to a Chinese businessman.

Fighting for 2nd day between army, rebels in Congo
FILE - In this November 30, 2012 file photo, M23 rebels withdraw from the Masisi and Sake areas in eastern Congo. Fighting between M23 rebels and the army continued for a second day Tuesday, May 21, 2013, near Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma, in clashes that have so far killed 20 people, all of them either soldiers or rebels, officials said. Peace talks reached a dead end in recent weeks, and after a six-month lull, the Congolese army and the M23 started fighting again on Monday. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)GOMA, Congo (AP) — Fighting between the M23 rebels and the army continued for a second day Tuesday near Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma, in clashes that have so far killed 19 people, all of them either soldiers or rebels, officials said.

New Egypt tax law: cuts for poor, business hikes
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president has signed a new tax law that cuts the amount paid by poorer Egyptians while increasing taxes on small and medium-sized businesses.

Georgian ex-PM detained on abuse of office charge
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Two allies of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili — a former prime minister and a provincial governor — were charged on Tuesday with embezzlement and abuse of office in another sign of an ongoing power struggle between the country's top two officials.