Arts/Education
The Harlin Museum's annual art show, dedicated this year to the nation's semiquincentennial (250th anniversary), concluded with a reception and awards ceremony on Saturday, April 25, drawing artists, patrons, and community members together to celebrate creativity and national pride.
Guests...
West Plains Schools is proud to announce the appointments of two experienced and dedicated educational leaders to key roles within the district: Seth Bryant as Coordinator of At-Risk Services and ZPA Director, and Camisha Hunter as Assistant Principal at West Plains Middle School.
Seth...
The West Plains R-VIII School District Board of Education met on Tuesday, April 21 and swore in newly elected board members. Voters invited incumbent Reid Grigsby back for another term, but challengers Jim Laughary and Jim Thompson unseated incumbent Jodi Purgason and filled the seat vacated by...
The new members of the Mountain View-Birch Tree R-III School District Board of Education were sworn in on Thursday, April 16. Cody Honeycutt, John Thompson, and Brandon Tate were sworn in to the three vacant positions on the board. Mike Smith was elected as the School Board President, John...
Three students of His Place Christian Academy (HPCA) placed in events at the 2026 State of Missouri BETA Convention in March. Those students are Senior BETA-Kyla Martin, 9th grade, placed second in spelling; Junior BETA-Adisen Worley, 8th grade, placed third in solo singing; and Cade Brown, 5th...
In what the district’s financial consultant called, “a perfect storm,” the newly reorganized Willow Springs school board heard last week that revenue will be less than expected this year and projected revenues for next year will be lower still.
Expected revenue for this fiscal year is...
It started with a social media post announcing a fundraiser selling snacks during upcoming MAPS testing, but it ended with an outpouring of donations and community support that will allow every student in the middle school to receive extra snacks – and every child in the elementary as well...
Members of the FFA alumni and current Willow Springs FFA chapter addressed the school board last Monday night. Their request was to retain a two-person agriculture department. The board approved that night the resignation of Shiloh Walden, agriculture teacher, but prior to that vote, stakeholders...