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On Your Side: Ozarks roofer avoids prison time, ordered to pay nearly $140K in restitution (opens the original)
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Editor’s note: The business mentioned in the story below is Midwest Roofing Commercial and Residential and is not Midwest Roofing located in Eldon and Springfield, nor Midwest Roofing and Supply in Springfield. An Ozarks contractor accused of taking thousands of dollars from homeowners without completing promised work has been sentenced in Greene County Court following an On Your Side investigation. Glenn Jessen must pay more than $137,000 in restitution to former custom
More than 100 animals rescued from Lawrence County, Mo., property (opens the original)
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) - The Humane Society of Missouri’s Animal Cruelty Task Force, in coordination with the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department and the Missouri Department of Agriculture, is in the process of rescuing more than 100 animals from a property in Lawrence County. The Humane Society of Missouri was contacted by a private individual with concerns about the number of animals kept on the property and the condition of the property. Video taken by another individual
On Your Side: Families affected by Dent County funeral home’s bad business practices speak out (opens the original)
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DENT COUNTY, Mo. (KY3) - Days after Missouri regulators shut down two Dent County funeral homes, affected families are speaking out. State regulators have revoked the licenses of James & Gahr Mortuary and Dent County Memorial Chapel, along with the funeral director and pre-need licenses of operators Donn and Connie James. Regulators cited violations of state pre-need contract laws and the mishandling of funds. Earlier this year, Melissa Wynn laid her sister, Leann Hughes, to rest believing the f
On Your Side: Rental home scams hit Springfield (opens the original)
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) — Finding an affordable rental in Springfield is tough enough, but imagine paying nearly $1,800, moving your family in, and then being told you are trespassing. That is the reality one local family is facing. It started with what seemed like the perfect listing on Facebook Marketplace: a two-bedroom, one-bathroom home with a detached garage on West Thoman Street in north Springfield. “It was supposed to be beneficial for all of us, and it ended up being chaos,” said Mystic
On Your Side: Why Ash Grove residents must pay higher home insurance rates (opens the original)
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ASH GROVE, Mo. (KY3) - While many homeowners assume rising insurance premiums are just another symptom of inflation, families in Ash Grove are facing rate hikes for a very different reason: the local fire department’s safety score fell to dead last. When residents couldn’t get straight answers about the sudden surge in their bills, they turned to the On Your Side team for help. Like many neighbors across the community, Brad and Renee Burton saw their homeowners insurance jump by hundreds of doll
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