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Emma McDaris

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Emma McDaris

    Springfield-based program helps homeless youth transition to adulthood (opens the original)

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    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) -Young people facing homelessness now have a program in Springfield to help them transition successfully into adulthood. Chloe Keeling says that in the past year, her life has started a new chapter. “I was in my senior year and getting ready to go homeless. And I reached out to a teacher who helped me find KVC,” Keeling said. The KVC Empowering Youth Transition Program allows young people between 16 and 21 to reach out and get housing and life skills training. “We address

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Emma McDaris

    Southwest Missouri water coalitions finalize 30-year Stockton Lake deal (opens the original)

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    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Utility companies, cities, and counties in southwest Missouri gathered in Springfield to discuss the future of public water in the region. The Southwest Missouri Joint Municipal Water Utility Commission and the Tri-State Water Resource Coalition explained a new deal with the Army Corps of Engineers and how it will shape the future of water in the region. Roddy Rogers, executive director of Southwest Missouri Water, said the agreement followed almost 20 years of planning.

  3. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Emma McDaris

    MSU program teaches water safety to Ozarks kids with autism (opens the original)

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    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A program at Missouri State University is teaching local children basic water safety skills at the university’s rec center pool. The program, called FLOAT, is run by occupational therapy students who volunteer their time to work with families. “We really wanted to bring it to the community here, so they can learn to be safe around all the water bodies. When they are with their family at the lake or the pool, you know, there’s so many families there outdoors during a lot

  4. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Emma McDaris

    Ag Day initiative gives Ozarks students hands-on farming experience (opens the original)

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    LACLEDE CO, Mo. (KY3) - Hundreds of students across the Ozarks are getting hands-on experience learning the practical and financial skills it takes to be a farmer through the Ag Day initiative. “My end goal in this program is I want to expose more people and more students to agriculture that probably would have never had the opportunity to,” Arl said. At the Mid-Missouri stockyards, several schools around the area brought in groups to learn about practical skills they would need to run a farm. “

  5. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Emma McDaris

    Deaf Awareness Week highlights resources and workforce programs for Missouri students with disabilities (opens the original)

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    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is marking Deaf Awareness Week by highlighting programs that help students with disabilities prepare for the workforce. In Courtney Kuehne’s classroom, learning looks different than in a typical classroom. Kuehne is a deaf and hard-of-hearing teacher at Holland Elementary in Springfield. “We in the DHH teachers, we are very, we make sure that they are included and that they are learning and they are involved i

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