Springfield, county leaders see jail report differently

Sunday, November 15, 2015

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Nearly 3,000 crimes have gone "essentially unpunished" in the six months since Greene County's sheriff said he would no longer accept Springfield municipal prisoners at the county jail, according to a city report to Springfield City Council members.

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