Lauren Schwentker
Multimedia Journalist
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Lauren shoots, writes, and edits stories for the evening KY3 newscasts.
Lauren is a Missouri native. She graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism where she studied Broadcast Journalism with an emphasis in reporting and anchoring.
Education
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 10:01 PM CST
|By Lauren Schwentker
Thousands of Foster families across the Ozarks will no longer have to change healthcare systems.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 9:52 PM CST
|By Lauren Schwentker
Teacher pay in Missouri ranks among the lowest in the country. Governor Parson proposes to change that.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 10:24 PM CST
|By Lauren Schwentker
Since the start of the pandemic, Missouri businesses have struggled to keep workers in part because it’s hard to find child care.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 10:27 PM CST
|By Lauren Schwentker
For the first time, a grieving family saw dashcam video of an officer-involved shooting in Ozark that killed their daughter.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2022 at 9:03 PM CST
|By Lauren Schwentker
The recent arctic blast burned a hole in some pocketbooks of boaters paying thousands in towing and repairs.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 10:27 PM CST
|By Lauren Schwentker
Eighty-seven school shooting threats have been reported in 2022 to the Missouri State Highway Patrol through their “Courage2Report” app.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2022 at 10:19 PM CST
|By Lauren Schwentker
Inmates in Texas County are overdosing on drugs that are getting past the prison gates and investigators say it’s happening across Missouri.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2022 at 9:36 PM CDT
|By Lauren Schwentker
Aden Harper, 41, faces more than 40 counts of forgery.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2022 at 9:15 PM CDT
|By Lauren Schwentker
A Doordash driver caught the fire on camera.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2022 at 8:03 PM CDT
|By Lauren Schwentker
A new law requires Missouri voters to show a photo ID to vote. The law also removes mail-in ballots while allowing certain absentee ballots.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2022 at 9:35 PM CDT
|By Lauren Schwentker
Barry County deputies and U.S. Marshals are actively working on leads after three inmates escaped from the jail on Friday morning.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 7:44 AM CDT
|By Lauren Schwentker
The IRS expects to receive tens of millions of last-minute filings electronically and through paper forms on tax day.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2022 at 4:54 PM CST
|By Lauren Schwentker
Law enforcement officers and first responders around southwest Missouri paid respects to fallen Joplin officer Ben Cooper on Friday morning as he was escorted to Republic.
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