OTTAWA COUNTY, OK – Continuous rainfall has caused major flooding in parts of Ottawa County.

Officials say five roads are now closed, and three bridges haven been shut down.

Flood waters have washed away the sides of “East 120 Road Bridge” and buckled the pavement.

The bridge was installed only last year, after a previous one was damaged by flooding.

Flooded roads and other damages are primarily north of Highway-60

“Turn around, don’t drown. Do not trust water on the roadway even if you think you can see the road. Understand this water has got so much velocity right now. The ground is so saturated. It is literally washing out underneath tires as you sit on some of these roads.” Says Steven Chasteen County Commissioner for District 2.

Engineers will check the “East 120 Road Bridge” once the water recedes.

MIAMI, OK – The city of Miami will soon acquire 9 homes and 3 businesses.

Tonight the Miami City Council approved purchasing 12 structures that are sitting in a floodplain.

This purchase is part of a FEMA grant to demolish structures that are unlivable.

“We had several of them that were red tagged meaning they could not be cleaned up or fixed up and have people moved back into them.” Says Kristi McClain, Director of Community Development.

Miami started assessing flood prone properties after flooding in May 2019.

The city then approached FEMA about a grant to demolish properties in flood zones.

“Once we found out we were getting the funding for the acquisition and the demolition we contacted those owners and let them know we would contact them in the future to come in and talk about the acquisition process.” Says McClain.

The process will cost more than $750,000. 75% of that money is coming from the federal government and 25% is coming from the city.

If property owners decide not to sell, the city would give the money back to the federal government.

“We’ll send that paperwork back to FEMA, then we’ll start the process on our end of meeting one on one with these property owners and making the offer that we’ve been able to get from FEMA, negotiating all of that.” Says McClain.

Miami will start acquiring the 12 properties in the next few months.

The properties are located between the NEO campus and Steve Owens Boulevard.

They cannot release the specific addresses until everything is signed and agreements are reached.

Tonight the city also received a reimbursement from FEMA for tornado siren repairs.

two of the city’s 19 tornado sirens were damaged after the 2019 tornado and flooding.

“We were just finally able to get those repaired and we started working on that before our spring season to make sure the city was safe and our outdoor system was working.” Says Thomas Anderson, City Emergency Manager.

The city recently repaired their outdoor tornado sirens.

The city received more than $4,300 from FEMA to cover the repair.

WEBB CITY, MO – A new shelter is in the works at a Webb City park.

Crews are building a new pavilion on the south side of the Praying Hands Statue.

The project is the third shelter for the park, and is part of a series of improvements designed to enhance city recreation facilities in Webb City.

“The city council has really focused the last many years on upping our parks, not just King Jack Park but all of our parks – you know, improving our parks system.” Says Carl Francis, WC City Admin.

Recent wet weather has slowed progress on construction.

But crews say it won’t take long to finish the new pavilion once the site dries out.

MONETT, MO – A former Southwest Missouri hospital will soon be in the hands of a non-profit.

Life360 Community Services, a non-profit out of Springfield, will soon be taking over the former Cox Health Hospital in Monett.

Here, they’ll have facilities for mental health, foster care, crisis pregnancy and more.

“The resources they have, behind, to make this project successful really made us feel good about the whole project and that it would come to fruition.” Says Darren Bass, President of Cox Monett Hospital.

The non-profit has 4 initiatives: To house, empower, educate, and feed.

In fact, Life360 Community Service Executive Vice President, Jeremy Hahn, says the building will better help them feed over 25,000 kids in Southern Missouri.

“Here in the Cox Monett building, we would move some of those food processing, food packing programs into the building and then be served into the local school systems.” Says Hahn.

Hahn adds, while they’re excited to better the community, they’re even more excited for the support.

“We want to bring together those non-profits, those leaders in the community who are already doing great things to one roof. And, almost create a one-stop shop for residents who might need a service, or multiple services.” Says Hahn.

And Bass couldn’t agree more.

“To continue to be able to serve the community for those people that may not have the resources to manage a lot of the problems that they’re facing, and to really have a one-stop shop come in here and either free, or at a affordable cost be able to get the services they need, it just made us feel very good.” Says Bass.

Bass adds that Life360 will completely take over the property on August 13th.

JOPLIN, MO – The “Boy’s and Girl’s Club” in Joplin has received a grant that will help it continue to improve the lives of young people.

$25,000, courtesy of the “Panda Cares Foundation,” which is the philanthropic arm of the “Panda Express” restaurant company.

The money is designed to help bring academic support programming to the club.

“I’m excited about the Panda Cares grant because it will help us live out our mission by helping us enrich the life of children.” Says Amia Warren, Boy’s and Girl’s Club of SWMO.

The grant goes into effect on July 1st, and runs through September.

GROVE, Okla. — Collectors from across the US were in Grove this weekend selling rare items.

Sunday wrapped up the Second Annual Northeast Oklahoma Coin Show.

The free event was held at the Grove Civic Center this weekend.

Vendors were selling coins, sports memorabilia, stamps and more.

A Nebraska vendor with her own YouTube channel started selling coins five years ago and hopes more people become interested in collecting.

Jaye Watermann, Lady Jaye’s Gold & Silver, says, “We’ve been doing a lot of great things like the Great American Coin Hunt. The U.S. Mint put the w quarters into circulation to start out and now they did a whole entire coin series that they put out with the w mint mark for people to search their change to get people interested in the hobby.”

Organizers say they are planning on holding this event every year.

JOPLIN, Mo. — A local animal shelter is helping families keep their pets safe.

Sunday afternoon the Joplin Humane Society held a low cost vaccination clinic.

They offered Bordetella, distemper and rabies shots for pets along with microchipping for $10.

They were also testing pets for heartworm, feline FIV, and flea and ticks.

Lex Evelhaoch, Volunteer Coordinator, says, “If your pet doesn’t keep up on their vaccinations they are able to get that distemper, they are able to pick up Bordetella. Any type of daycare or if you take your dog to the dog park if they’re not vaccinated for Bordetella its a lot easier for them to pick that up.”

They will host another low cost vaccination clinic in September.

SARCOXIE, Mo. — Sarcoxie is under a boil order after storms caused issues for their well pump.

Saturday morning, Sarcoxie’s well pump stopped working, which caused low water pressure.

The city repaired the issue Saturday night, but they are asking residents to continue boiling their water before drinking it.

The boil order is in effect until Tuesday.

JOPLIN, Mo. — A Joplin car show is giving back to military families.

Sunday afternoon Car Buddies Cruises held their 12th annual Cruisin for Camp Corral’s Kids outside the Golden Corral in Joplin.

Camp Corral gives children of wounded or fallen veterans an all expense paid summer camp.

Last year’s fundraiser sent four local children to summer camp.

Max Hill, Co-Founder of Car Buddies in Joplin Missouri, says, “A lot of times kids in the wounded warrior families they go through so much. Not only are they having to deal with those wounded and sometimes even fallen, but they are also in the position to be a caregiver. We just give them an opportunity to be with other kids who get it.”

Car buddies cruises hopes to send three kids to camp.

If you would like to donate to camp corral go here