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A renewed tradition sprang to life this year as multiple groups cooperated to provide a free hot dog lunch with treats to the community in the American Legion park. First responders were also on hand to meet and greet including Eleven Point Fire Department, Willow Springs Fire Department, the...
This year’s patriotic program in the Star Theater featured twelve costumed educational speakers giving speeches about great figures in American history. At the beginning of the program, emcee Avery Parker recognized all the veterans present. The United States Army was the best-represented branch...
What began as a typical day for Joe Bogowith, a paramedic at TCMH, and Dillon Webb, an EMT-B at TCMH, in Mountain Grove on Saturday, May 10, quickly transformed into an unforgettable experience. Neither of them had ever delivered a baby before.
Lisa Manfredi, the mother of Marley Kerkhoff,...
Hollis Tidmore, MD, a board-certified general surgeon, has submitted his resignation from TCMH, effective July 9. Dr. Tidmore has been part of the organization since April 2022, providing both inpatient and outpatient general and vascular surgery services. Throughout his tenure, he has held...
Despite continuing legal maneuvers in Carter County courts, Lance Shockley has an execution date. Governor Mike Kehoe’s office was served with an order and warrant of execution on June 18.
Shockley is scheduled to be executed October 14, 2024.
As previously reported by the news, Shockley...
S. David Gohn, chairman of the board of West Plains Bank and Trust Company, was honored with the Missouri Bankers Association Chairman’s Award on Wednesday, June 11, during MBA’s 135th Annual Convention at the Chateau on the Lake Resort in Branson.
The MBA Chairman’s Award is the highest...
The Mountain View Board of Aldermen re-hired Phillip Pelc as the parks department supervisor during the Tuesday, June 17 meeting.
The re-hiring of Pelc came after the board called a special meeting on Friday, May 23 in which the board immediately went into closed session. The topic of...
Dalton and Holly Graham of West Plains, MO, are the parents of a baby girl, Ivy Blake Graham. She was born March 7, 2025, at 4:36 p.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. She weighed 8 pounds 9 ounces and was 21 and 1/2 inches long. Her grandparents are Peter Jr. and Bobbi Johnson of Hartford, MI, Tony and...
Jared Q. Hummel, right, pictured with Mark James, left, as Hummel is awarded the Superintendent's Award as top recruit of the 123rd Recruit Class of MSHP. Hummel is a native of Willow Springs and a Willow High graduate. James, also a Willow native and WSHS alumnus, graduated top recruit of the...
Effective June 16, 2025 Howell County has been placed under a rabies alert by the Howell County Health Department. This alert has been issued due to the increased rate of positive rabies tests on skunks, bats and domestic animals in 2025. Currently, the Howell County Health Department has 4...