Arts/Education
The Missouri Pork Association is now accepting applications for the 2021 Youth Pork Ambassador Program. The program allows students to actively interact with leaders in Missouri’s pork industry and receive a $1,000 scholarship, payable to any technical school, community college, or a four-year...
COVID-19 exposure levels and positive cases continue to rise in Howell County and in our community. The district is experiencing an increase in student absences as well as students and staff on quarantine. As a result of the feedback from our community and staff, we are changing to a hybrid...
On Friday, September 4, the Willow Springs School District was informed by the Howell County Health Department of a positive COVID-19 case of a student attending Willow Springs High School. Contact tracing was completed for that student, and any person who had close contact with this individual has...
Area county health departments recommend 50% seating capacity at all school related activities to allow for social distancing, reads a release from the West Plains School District. Vouchers (pre-purchased tickets) will be used by Ozark Conference Schools, which includes West Plains School...
Jeff & Sheri Easter will be in concert at First General Baptist Church in Willow Springs on Friday night, September 4 at 7:00 p.m.
Over the past thirty-two years, Jeff and Sheri have produced over sixty Top 20 songs, received numerous Dove and Grammy Award nominations, and acquired various...
Ozarks Medical Center (OMC) will open a new healthcare clinic located on the West Plains School District campus, beginning on the first day of school on August 24.
OMC/Zizzer Clinic is a unique healthcare model in which comprehensive physical and preventative healthcare services are provided to...
On September 1, Charlotte Gray will transition ownership of Texas County Technical College (TCTC) in Houston, Missouri. For the past twenty-five years, Mrs. Gray has been President of TCTC and has developed a successful nursing school well-respected in the surrounding area. Arizona College, with...
The Classical Conversations of Willow Springs homeschool community enjoyed a robust reading contest this summer. A total of 23 participants from K-6 finished the 13 week contest with a collective 127,464 minutes of reading! They celebrated with a pool party and prizes this week. The overall...
Carson L. Lowe, Willow Springs, has been awarded the Dean's Scholarship from Missouri State University-West Plains. Lowe, a 2020 graduate of Willow Springs High School in Willow Springs, is a freshman at Missouri State-West Plains. He is the son of Kurt and Christy Lowe, Willow Springs.
Lindsey N. Osborn, Pomona, has been awarded the Ted and Jeanette Gilliam Endowed Scholarship from Missouri State University-West Plains. Osborn, a 2019 graduate of Willow Springs High School in Willow Springs, is a sophomore at Missouri State-West Plains who plans to pursue a degree in elementary...