Top Stories: Springfield ranks number eleven on a top-25 list of cities where crime is soaring. The survey from 25 24/7 Wall St. reviewed FBI data for 200 metropolitan areas, noting Springfield is one of only a dozen to report a more than a 40% spike in the violent crime rate in the last five years. And a long-time mid-Missouri County Clerk has died. Boone County’s Wendy Noren pointed to health issues when she resigned from the post last June after being elected nine times since 1982.
