And sadly, it only made the very local news.

The page linked for the story has no identification of where all this happened, except for an offhand reference to "Springfield" and the name of "Lake McDaniel." The "Ozark News" note at the top gives a clue that cuts the 148 "Springfield" locations found by my US CD map to somewhere in a (probably) 5 state area, where there are only about 34 "Springfields" and 5 "McDaniel lakes."

#$@! hick town #$%! small town $%*^! provincialism.

(The several misspellings aren't too profesional either.)

That said, it is a very nicely produced article with great visual appeal, and gives well-earned recognition to some deserving local boys from somewhere around Springfield Missouri (US).

There are some additional "related stories" linked, that do give the information that mother had kicked the guy out, and that he was under a restraining order for prior domestic abuse, although I didn't look at the details.

John