Stories from Thursday, January 5, 2017

After more than two years in federal court, a Cassville man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to sexual exploitation of a child. Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that Chase Trevor Norman, 26, of Cassville, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 16 years and eight months in federal prison without parole...

An Aurora woman was injured Thursday in a wreck at 5:47 a.m. on Highway 248, eight miles northeast of Cassville. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Angela LeBlanc, 43, of Aurora, was driving a 199 Chevrolet Blazer northbound when her vehicle lost control on the ice-covered roadway, slid off the roadway and overturned...

Three people, including two minors, were injured in a wreck at 11:15 a.m. on Route YY in Shell Knob. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Robert Marts, 83, of Shell Knob, was driving a 1993 Mazda pickup northbound when his vehicle failed to yield and turned into the path of a 2003 Ford Escape, being driven westbound by Chisty Lodwick, 41, of Shell Knob...