The Lincoln School Project continues its mission with programming like last week’s visit from authors/artists Charly Palmer and Dr. Karida Brown. The husband and wife are nationally renowned for their work, and their visit to West Plains was promoting their NAACP Image Award-nominated book, “The...
A West Plains man has received felony charges after knocking out another man at the Heart of the Ozarks Fairgrounds during an eclipse event on April 6. Howell County Sheriff's deputies responded to the altercation during the Balloon Glow at the fairgrounds on Saturday night after learning of a...
The Howell County Commission entered into a lease for a new road grader during the meeting held on last Thursday. The commission approved unanimously to enter into a lease agreement with Caterpillar Financial for a new road grader for the southern area. The commission's normal grader replacement...
A Koshkonong man arrested last week is charged with multiple felonies after a minor reported a sexual incident to a school counselor. Gary Cope, Jr., age 41 of Koshkonong, is charged with two counts of felony incest, two counts of felony first-degree sodomy, and one count of felony second-degree...
A truck working to repair crumbling stormwater infrastructure on Mountain View’s Oak St. sank into a storm drain. A truck that belongs to HR Quadri was damaged, but no one was hurt in the Thursday afternoon mishap, confirmed City Operations Manager Eddie Owens.
HR Quadri is working to...
After the three counties in the Mountain View-Birch Tree R-III School District certified their results, the candidates with tied votes met Thursday for the coin flip that would determine who wins the seat. With three candidates for two seats on the school board, frontrunner Gaylon Noble claimed...
Two candidates for Mountain View-Birch Tree R-III School Board have received an equal number of votes across the three counties in the district. Michael Smith and incumbent school board president Jen Foster have each received 268 votes, according to unofficial election results.
Each of the...
The Public Safety and Advisory Committee (PSAC) in Willow Springs met on Monday, April 1. They reviewed a survey about the police and fire departments that are to be sent out to all Willow Springs businesses. PSAC will partner with the Willow Springs Chamber of Commerce to reach the majority of...