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Mike Chaney, of Willow Springs, grew this two-pound beefsteak tomato. Chaney reports he has been growing tomatoes as a hobby for 25 years. Last year, he managed to grow a 3-pounder. This year, Chaney started his plants indoors in mid-March, and moved them outside on the first of May.
There were only two items on the agenda of the August meeting of the Public Safety Advisory Committee. First was a request to move the date of the meetings from the first Monday of the month. After brief discussion, the committee reached a consensus that the meetings should remain as scheduled...
The Howell County Commission, with representatives of the South Central Ozarks Council of Governments (SCOCOG) and the city of West Plains, called a press conference on August 7 to announce $2.7 million in grant funding that will be used to improve County Road 6460 from Worley Drive to Garner...
Will Pendergrass, son of David and Krista Pendergrass of West Plains, Missouri has received a unique full-scholarship opportunity for flight training, thanks to EAA Chapter #1218 of Willow Springs and the Ray Aviation Scholarship administered by the Experimental Aircraft Association in Oshkosh,...
The Ozarks Family YMCA has been serving the Willow Springs community for 25 years. On Thursday night, the board of the Willow Springs branch invited about 50 community members to be the first to hear about their vision for a new, $5 million state-of-the-art facility that they say the Willow...
A West Plains man was sentenced to 20 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections after he pled guilty to charges of voluntary manslaughter.
Christopher Greenough was sentenced by Judge John D. Beger on July 25 after a plea of guilty to charges of voluntary manslaughter stemming from an...
The Willow Springs Boosters 5th Annual Pulled Pork Dinner and Auction will be held on Friday, Aug. 15 at Pine Meadows Venue.
Doors will open at 5:00 p.m. with the dinner at 6:00 p.m. Alpha Gal options will be available while supplies last. The auction will follow dinner. Tickets are $25.00...
Salutes Veterans Shelter of West Plains received a $365.00 donation from the Ozark Spring Chapter Daughters of American Revolution (OSCNSDAR).
The donation supports Salutes Veterans Shelter who offer transitional housing with priority given to veterans, but also partners with Ozarks...
The July 23 meeting of the Mountain View Garden Club was held at the Community Center in Mountain View. One of the guests was Phil Pelc, the new Mountain View Parks Department Manager. He had asked to join the meeting to discuss how the parks department and the club could work together to make...
The Harlin Museum is honored to announce the recent donation of a significant collection of World War II artifacts from Dr. Sandy Woodside, given in memory of her father, Earl Quay—a native of Brandsville, Missouri, and a survivor of the Bataan Death March.
Included in the donation are Mr....