Arts/Education
The West Plains Council on the Arts (WPCA) and West Plains Public Library (WPPL) will partner to bring quarterly art displays to the library. Artwork from local artist Garrett Melby will be featured Oct. 2 through the end of December 2023, featuring some pieces from his "Tone Poets" collection....
Local artist Ann Kulpa's artwork will be featured on OzSBI's first floor from the beginning of October through the end of December 2023. The West Plains Council on the Arts (WPCA) and Ozarks Small Business Incubator (OzSBI) have partnered to bring quarterly art displays to the incubator. Visitors...
The West Plains Board of Education met on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at the West Plains High School Library.
The meeting began with a presentation of a check in the amount of $10,000 to the Connor Lair Family. Class of 2022 Zizzer alumnus and football standout Connor Lair has recently been diagnosed...
The Willow Springs second grade team made up of Mrs. Kelley, Mr. Gossard, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Anderson, and Mrs. Thompson has been awarded two $500 Missouri Farm Bureau mini-grants for this school year.
The Missouri Farm Bureau awards mini-grants to educators every year to help improve...
The West Plains School District Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at the West Plains High School Library.
The meeting will begin with closed session at 5:00 p.m. and then go into open session at 5:30 p.m.
Items on the agenda for the meeting include new stuff inductions; WPMS...
The Mountain View-Birch Tree R-III School District will hold their monthly Board of Education meeting on Thursday, Sept. 21 at the Birch Tree Elementary School Media Center.
Items on the agenda include: approval of consent agenda; student time presented by Birch Tree Elementary students; MSBA...
The Richards R-V School District will hold a board meeting on Thursday, Sept. 21 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will take place in the boardroom.
Items on the agenda to include approval of the consent agenda; administrative reports; playground expansion project which will be a discussion on saving...
Members of the Willow Springs FFA Chapter joined more than 700 FFA members and agricultural leaders at the Missouri State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 15, for the Missouri State FFA Food Insecurity Day of Service held in conjunction with the Missouri Farmers Care Foundation Drive to Feed Kids. Together...
Local McDonald's restaurants will again celebrate area teachers this Fall with the launch of the fourth-annual McDonald's Outstanding Educator Awards. Nominations will be accepted online through September 15 at www.surveymonkey.com/r/moeducator23.
Since launching this award program in 2020,...
Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) recently hosted a luncheon for new teachers in the West Plains R-7 School District as part of its "New Teacher Academy" program. Chancellor Dennis Lancaster welcomed the group to campus and the community and shared how teachers can make an impact on...