Stories from Friday, January 19, 2018

Saying it was cold on Jan. 17 is putting it mildly. When the final temperature tallies came in, Cassville clocked in at -14 degrees, making the city officially the coldest in the country on that day. Eric Wise, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Springfield, said it was the third-coldest day in Cassville on record, dating back to 1911, coming less than half a degree from setting a new record...

A collision between a 1995 Chevrolet pickup and a southbound Arkansas-Missouri freight train at 12:57 p.m. on Friday at the Washington Street crossing in Purdy sent the pickup driver to a Springfield hospital. According to Purdy Police Chief Jackie Lowe, the 18-year-old driver was eastbound on Washington when he failed to yield for the train, which had nearly reached the crossing. The bells on the crossing were working and the train horn was sounding, Lowe said...