Voters approve issues across the Ozarks Voters approved a handful of local issues in Tuesday's elections.NIXA SCHOOLS - YES 3,306, NO 996Voters in the Nixa school district overwhelmingly approved a no-tax-increase $9 million bond issue to pay for construction projects throughout the district. The issue needed 67 ...

Fatal car crash numbers in MO at lowest levels since 1940s SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - From rumble strips to really-wide freeways, upgrades to our roads are helping us 'get there and back' a lot easier. “I am glad.  I work around town so i have to get from the north side to the south ...

Springfield voters narrowly approve E-Verify ordinance SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Voters narrowly approved a controversial measure requiring employers to use E-Verify to determine workers' eligibility to legally work in the United States.  With 80 of 82 precincts counted, the proposal - placed on the ballot by a citizen ...

MSU adds site security hosts at downtown buildings SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-- Missouri State University has more and more students and staff spending time off-campus, in buildings downtown, and they want people to feel just as safe there as in the middle of campus.MSU safety officials just added a site security ...

Gov. Nixon proposes softening state colleges' budget cut JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Jay Nixon wants to soften his proposed budget cut to colleges and universities by tapping money from a possible settlement with mortgage lenders.  The governor's office announced the change on Tuesday afternoon.Nixon's budget proposal last month ...

Funeral for Don Wessel is Friday at his church in Springfield SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The family of Don Wessel has completed the schedule for his funeral.  The longtime car dealer, philanthropist and civic volunteer died on Monday.The public visitation for Wessel’s family is Thursday from 5 – 7 p.m.  The funeral is ...

Romney's bad day is Santorum's best in GOP race (AP)
AP - Republican Rick Santorum is looking to capitalize on a string of stunning victories that snapped his four-state losing streak and raised new questions about front-runner Mitt Romney's clout with conservatives.

Scores killed in shelling of Syrian city of Homs (AP)
AP - Syrian troops bombed residential neighborhoods in the central city of Homs Wednesday for the fifth straight day, killing scores of people in what activists say is the regime's final push to retake areas controlled by the rebels.

US searches for strategy to halt Syria violence (AP)
AP - The United States appears to be out of answers on what to do with Syria.

Experts: Marriage ban's path to high court unclear (AP)
AP - Conservative critics like to point out that the federal appeals court that just declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional has its decisions overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court more often than other judicial circuits, a record that could prove predictive if the high court agrees to review the gay marriage case on appeal.

Mo. teen described as thrill killer by prosecutors (AP)
AP - A Missouri teenager who confessed to murdering a young neighbor girl faces the possibility of life in prison when she's sentenced Wednesday morning.