SPRINGFIELD, MO — Like a terrifying scene from the 1971 movie “Dirty Harry” (pictured above) this week, a sex offender who failed to register forced his way onto a school bus of Pershing Elementary and Middle School students. Kids escaped out the back door for their safety as neighbors watched. The offender, William Moore, 25, barricaded himself in a house on South Barnes after taking the keys to the bus.
I drove by Barnes Ave. shortly after the Wednesday morning incident. Police had the street (north of Battlefield) blocked off. The standoff lasted more than 7 hours.
The creep is convicted of kidnapping and molesting a 17-year-old girl.
Parents are worried. This isn’t the first concern they’ve had about students walking past sex offenders’ homes on the way to school.
What can we do about safety?
Spiritual attack
Our country is under attack morally and spiritually. We are in a post Christian nation now. Because we have abandoned our values as a society, because our top leaders are corrupt, it affects who we are.
A book was recently published by John Daniel Davidson. Pagan America: The Decline of Christianity and the Dark Age to Come describing current spiritual darkness.
We need strong fathers and husbands to assume their biblical authority in the home as spiritual leaders. But these leaders are not being trained.
It’s taking its toll on our children.
What are your thoughts?
Johnny Rooster lives in Christian County, but drives all over Springfield during the week, delivering for Doordash. He thinks school bus drivers are brave and courageous. They deserve free pizza. If you know a bus driver who wants a pizza, let Johnny Rooster know. He also works for Papa John’s!