Chris Bryant
Multimedia Journalist
Chris joined KY3 as a Multimedia Journalist in August of 2023 after spending two and a half years as the Chief Photographer at KMIZ in Columbia, Missouri. This is a return to the Ozarks for Chris and his family. He was a multi-award-winning photographer and storyteller at KY3/KSPR from 2013 to 2016.
Chris has covered stories nearly all across the county. Wildfires in Utah, hurricanes in Texas and South Carolina, the World Series, Super Bowl, and NCAA basketball tournaments, and Immigration Issues on the Southern Border.
In addition to his previous time at KY3/KSPR, he worked for stations in Topeka, Tucson, Salt Lake City, Chattanooga, Louisville, and Columbia. He is a husband to his wife, Sarah, and father to their four children.
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|By Chris Bryant
The Affordable Connectivity Program helps anyone 200 percent below the federal poverty line get an internet connection.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2024 at 11:55 AM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
Heavy rain through the week flooded many low-water crossings across the Ozarks. It led to many road closings.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2024 at 4:31 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
An education bill is now on Missouri Governor Mike Parson’s desk, now attention turns to the state budget and questions about how to pay for everything in that bill.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2024 at 12:50 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
Families can find it challenging to ensure their students’ nutrition during the summer months, and The Ozarks Food Harvest has started a campaign to help ease that burden.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2024 at 12:12 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
Many mental health patients in north Arkansas must drive an hour or more to see a healthcare provider.
Updated: Apr. 23, 2024 at 4:29 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
Springfield residents are starting to see warnings and fines on properties considered nuisances.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2024 at 10:47 AM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
Ozark Foods Group will run the plant, which Searcy County owns.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2024 at 5:22 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
According to the American Council of Engineering Companies, the engineering and design industry is responsible for 1.5 million jobs. The average salary across the country is $97,300, but it is a career field experiencing a shortage.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2024 at 11:42 AM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
With just over four weeks left in the Missouri legislative session, educators are monitoring a bill affecting student discipline closely.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2024 at 4:42 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
The Department of Justice is warning Medicare recipients regarding a data breach.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2024 at 12:36 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
A local non-profit working to expand indoor swimming and diving to Queen City has chosen a location for a new aquatic center.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2024 at 4:36 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
Boston Mountain Rural Health Center (BMRHC) celebrated the opening of the Claude Parrish Community Health Center in Lead Hill.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2024 at 11:02 AM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
The new addition of state-of-the-art pregnant mannequins offers unique training for nurses and doctors across the Mercy System.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2024 at 4:29 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
The Springfield Police Department is warning about a rise in thieves stealing purses from shopping carts.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2024 at 4:41 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
The United States Department of Agriculture last updated the WIC guidelines in 2014. The changes were proposed to the USDA in November 2022 and recently approved.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2024 at 4:21 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
The Springfield City Council took the next step in developing the Lake Springfield area.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2024 at 4:05 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
Visitors to the Buffalo National River in Searcy County experienced the totality of the solar eclipse on Monday.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2024 at 9:43 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
Drive-In movie theaters have long been a summertime staple, and for the last two years, the Sunset Drive Inn in Aurora has been up for sale.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2024 at 11:30 AM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
School districts across the Ozarks are starting to prepare for this summer and fall, and they’re asking families to help with that process.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2024 at 11:22 AM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
Liberty Utilities notified Bolivar city leaders of its plans to increase customer water rates.
Updated: Apr. 2, 2024 at 4:26 PM CDT
|By KY3 Staff and Chris Bryant
A line of storms Monday night damaged trees, homes, and the high school in Fair Grove.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2024 at 3:02 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
The Aurora-Marionville Police Department is honoring a fallen officer from over a century ago.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2024 at 4:22 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
Last fall, SPS leaders scrapped plans to relocate Pipkin to the east side of Springfield.
Clever School District asks voters to approve bond measure for new classrooms, security improvements
Updated: Mar. 28, 2024 at 12:19 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
The $16 million bond would extend the current tax levy another 19 years.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2024 at 3:34 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
Wednesday marked one year since a school shooting in Nashville that took the lives of three students and three faculty members at the Covenant School.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2024 at 11:54 AM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
The new library will be in downtown Houston at Pine and First Street, where the community storm shelter is currently located.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2024 at 11:19 AM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
The city of Fair Grove announced the hiring of its new police chief.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2024 at 10:57 AM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
The no-levy-increase bond is for $3 million.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2024 at 11:11 AM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
Alcohol-impaired driving among Missouri college students has declined nearly 12 percent in the last six years. When it comes to figures involving students and impaired driving, colleges and universities study all the data.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2024 at 11:31 AM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
The Billings Fire Protection District is looking for the people responsible for damage to the grounds at Fire Station 4.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2024 at 12:52 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
Republic has a new ordinance regarding golf carts and utility vehicles. The recently passed ordinance requires a special use permit for golf carts or UTVs.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2024 at 3:08 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant and KY3 Staff
Law enforcement raided a home and a business Tuesday at two separate locations in Springfield.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2024 at 1:03 PM CDT
|By KY3 Staff and Chris Bryant
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in the social media censorship case Murthy v. Missouri.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2024 at 12:29 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
A fire on March 5 destroyed the firehouse, trucks, and valuable equipment.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2024 at 4:44 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
Springfield’s Mercy Hospital Patients may think they have stepped into a sci-fi movie.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2024 at 2:22 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
The Greene County Sheriff’s Office is working to fill several vacancies, including detention officers. It will offer an incentive to those without a GED.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2024 at 4:31 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
Proposition Public Safety will appear on the April ballot.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2024 at 3:49 PM CDT
|By Chris Bryant
This past fall, Christian Action Ministry received a $10,000 grant from Ozarks Food Harvest.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2024 at 4:26 PM CST
|By Chris Bryant
College students are increasingly facing mental health issues on campus, along with other problems like substance abuse and housing and food insecurity.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2024 at 2:36 PM CST
|By Chris Bryant
A new report details why Missouri teachers leave the profession.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2024 at 4:52 PM CST
|By Chris Bryant
The April elections are traditionally races and question ballot measures impacting the local level in Missouri. The ballots include money issues, city council races, mayors, school board races, and fire protection districts.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2024 at 1:03 PM CST
|By Chris Bryant
The Battlefield Fire Protection District has been testing out some new equipment for the firefighters within the district.
Updated: Feb. 29, 2024 at 8:55 AM CST
|By Chris Bryant
The goal of the program was to help those patients who had five or more ER visits over the course of 365 days in order to help a backlog in the ER and to help with the cost to the patient for treatment.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2024 at 12:41 PM CST
|By Chris Bryant
It’s been a busy few days for fire crews across the Ozarks.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2024 at 12:47 PM CST
|By Chris Bryant
A house fire can happen anytime for almost any reason. Firefighters say having a plan in place for your family is important.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2024 at 4:35 PM CST
|By Chris Bryant
The city’s lack of affordable housing over the past few years has led to a shortage of workers.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2024 at 11:15 AM CST
|By Chris Bryant
First responders know every call could turn bad quickly.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2024 at 4:45 PM CST
|By Chris Bryant
The Missouri Council for Activity and Nutrition reports that 45% of college students in the state have experienced food insecurity.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2024 at 1:03 PM CST
|By Chris Bryant
Students received a chance to explore their careers in Lebanon.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2024 at 11:50 AM CST
|By Chris Bryant
The city of Republic will hold a public comment session at its city council meeting on Tuesday night regarding a wastewater rate increase.