Daily brief (3/6): Top picks from the Springfield media

Today will have another cold start but will turn partly sunny, with a high of 48.

The clouds will return tonight, though, with temperatures dropping below freezing overnight. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 50.

Today’s picks

• News-Leader: Debt-laden Branson Airport struggling. Though passenger numbers are rising at the Branson Airport, they remain below expectations. And the fledgling private airport is struggling under a mountain of debt.
• OzarksFirst [KOLR/KSFX]: Gas prices grow interest in locally grown food. With increases in delivery costs, some are looking at local options — and opportunities — for food.
• OzarksFirst: Eight file for guardianship of John Q. Hammons. The 92-year-old is in a health-care center, and access has been limited to him. (Other coverage: KSPR)
• News-Leader: Computer tech jobs ‘booming.’ Information technology is a bustling, growing sector of the Ozarks economy.
• KY3: Calling All Superheroes event draws hundreds. The Community Partnership of the Ozarks honored local heroes for children at an event Saturday at the O’Reilly Family Event Center at Drury University.

Daily brief (12/5): Top picks from the Springfield media

Today’s weather will be a repeat performance of yesterday’s: Partly sunny, with highs hitting about 35.

There’s a break on the horizon, though. Temperatures should be back into the 50s by midweek.

Today’s picks:

• News-Leader: Distribution center in Republic promises jobs. A 400,000-square-foot distribution center for McLane will have about 300 workers, company officials estimate.
• KY3: Farmers concerned about impact of proposed food-safety changes. A bill making its way through the U.S. Senate has some farmers concerned about what those changes — the most comprehensive since 1938 — would mean for them.
• OzarksFirst (KOLR/KSFX): Strafford plans to build new firehouse. Fire chief Fred Osbourn says the money to fund the new firehouse won’t be coming from a new tax designated for firefighters’ salaries.
• KSPR: New $12 million Branson bridge opening. A bridge spanning Lake Taneycomo connecting Branson and Hollister has opened, but some worry about the coming traffic jams as a neighboring bridge closes for repairs.