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While out shopping, a Missouri Lottery player stopped by a lottery vending machine at Town & Country Supermarket in Willow Springs to check if the Mega Millions ticket she had purchased for the Dec. 27 drawing was a winner, says a press release from the Missouri Lottery.
“The screen...
The Willow Springs School District Board of Education held a special session last week to speak to the public about possibly moving to a four-day school week. Willow would be joining many other nearby schools, such as Mountain Grove and Cabool by moving to a four-day week, with over a quarter of...
The annual awards banquet held by the Willow Springs Chamber of Commerce introduced two never-before-seen awards.
“We are always looking for ways to recognize more of our businesses for their outstanding commitment to our community,” said Chamber President Mary Aye. “The Community...
The Ozarks has been hit hard with absences as influenza runs through local school districts.
On Thursday, Jan. 30 the Mountain View-Birch Tree School District announced it would have an AMI Learn and Return Day on Friday, Jan. 31. The reason was due to "the high number of sick students and...
West Plains High School named Brock Kenega the Head Coach for their 2025-2026 high school football season. Kenega has 28 years of coaching experience under his belt. He served as an assistant coach for Buffalo High School before spending 27 years back in his hometown at Liberty High School, where...
West Plains Council on the Arts (WPCA) has issued a call for submissions for their juried 2-D and 3-D exhibit for Current and Retired Art Teachers. WPCA will host the exhibition of works in the Gallery at the Center, West Plains Civic Center from May 17 through June 21. The Gallery, on the...
At the January 2025 meeting of Chapter FW, P.E.O., members celebrated a 50-year member. Ruth Anne DeKrey (pictured left) and her sister, Jan Williamson, from Iowa, were both initiated into Chapter FW in 1975. “It was an honor to celebrate the dedication to P.E.O. of both of these ladies,” said...
Many residents spoke out against a rezoning effort seeking to build multi-family homes. The West Plains City Council did something a little different in their January meeting, asking for public comment on each bill following the council's discussion of it. Only one of the three bills discussed...
One person was arrested after West Plains Police enacted a search warrant on a residence on Joe Jones Boulevard on Thursday morning. Police recovered multiple controlled substances when they searched the home and arrested a man with a history of drug possession.
West Plains Police arrested...
It’s a boy! John Craig Decker was the first baby born at Texas County Memorial Hospital in 2025, arriving at 4:09 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 1. His parents, Nicholas and Leah Decker, of Eminence, Missouri, were overjoyed to welcome their precious son, John. Christopher Baldwin, MD, an obstetrician and...