Over 8,000 people in southeast Missouri are without power due to thunderstorms, with outages most concentrated in the Springfield area and Newton and Polk Counties.

UPDATE 10:15 AM – City Utilities says that power has been restored to the parts of northwest Springfield that experienced outages Monday morning. According to CU, they have identified the issue as a ...

UPDATE @ 1:38 p.m.: First Energy’s outage map shows that power has been restored to the Springfield area. There is still no word on the cause. INITIAL REPORT: We are hearing reports of a large ...

SPRINGFIELD – The capital city woke up to buildings at the local airport tossed around, and warped fences, along with significant damage to a northside animal shelter. As of Thursday morning, the ...