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State Budget Director Dan Haug announced today that net general revenue collections for December 2025 decreased 0.5 percent compared to those for December 2024, from $1.30 billion last year to $1.29 billion this year.
Net general revenue collections for 2026 fiscal year-to-date increased 3....
Brooklyn Barlett of West Plains, Mo., is the mother of a baby boy, Jaxyn Xavier Bartlett. He was born December 24, 2025, at 9:47 p.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. He weighed 9 pounds 7 ounces and was 22 inches long. His grandparents are Danny Bartlett of Gassville, AR, Jason Tapley, and Coty Sanders,...
Endurance Church announced that they will serve as a host of the 2026 Night to Shine, sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation. The unforgettable worldwide celebration event, centered on God's love, honoring and valuing people with special needs will be held by host churches around the world...
Dr. Scott Ream, of West Plains, was reappointed to the State Board of Optometry by Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe, the governor’s office announced this month.
Dr. Ream has been the owner and primary optometrist of Scott Ream Optometry for nearly 40 years. He remains an active member in the...
A West Plains man remains in custody after accusations that he raped a woman at knifepoint. Taylor Wilcox, 33, faces five felonies after the events of January 4: first degree rape, kidnapping, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, and possession of a controlled substance.
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Konnor and Emily Alexander are the parents of a baby boy, Heath Thomas Alexandar. He was born December 18, 2025, at 1:59 p.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. He weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. His grandparents are Paul Summes and Kelly Marsh of Bakersfield, MO, and Johnny and Kim...
It’s a boy! And then another boy! A White Church couple welcomed the first baby born at Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains, the hospital announced. Theodore Blaze Dillinger, born to Jonathan and Alicia Dillinger on January 5 at 2:28 a.m.
Theodore was delivered by Dr. Tony Lam, OB/GYN at...
On Feb. 26, 2025, a Howell County grand jury indicted Donald A. Macias, 47, of West Plains, on ten separate charges. This month, Macias entered an Alford plea of guilty, and the state agreed to drop nine of those charges.
Under the plea agreement dated January 5, Macias is guilty of one...
Start on time; end on time, and have something of value in between. Seeking to follow this advice, a motto of Willow Springs’ Wendell Bailey, a crowd of nearly a hundred gathered on January 2 to dedicate a Main Street park in his honor.
Bailey has represented Willow Springs in Jefferson...
Tristan Bradley, of Willow Springs, is the Grand Prize winner of the 2025 Great Christmas Giveaway! Bradley’s purchase at Friga Tire gave her two winning ticket numbers. She won both the $500 Grand Prize and the Week Five $50 prize.
With her winnings, she went straight back to Friga Tire...