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The Willow Springs Police Department (WSPD) received their first Blue Shield Designation by the Missouri Department of Public Safety May 29.
The Blue Shield Program recognizes Missouri communities that demonstrate a strong commitment to public safety and supporting their law enforcement,...
Porch camera footage captures West Plains’ Joshua T. Mansfield, 35, telling an eleven-year-old boy he’s, “coming for him,” according to court documents. The child was on his own front porch, and Mansfield was fully nude during the brief interaction.
West Plains Police Department responded...
The roots of community run deep in the small town of Mountain View. Woven within those roots is a strong, proud history of patriotism. Recently, the VFW Auxiliary 3009 worked in conjunction with the city of Mountain View to honor local veterans and active-duty service members.
As visitors...
Citizens in West Plains have a new way to communicate to the city government. A recently implemented artificial intelligence (AI) feature has been added to the website. A small logo in the bottom right-hand corner of westplains.gov launches the chat window.
“Citizens are encouraged to...
Texas County Memorial Hospital has signed a three-year contract with Sabera Shabnam, MD, a family medicine physician, board members heard at their monthly meeting on Tuesday.
Shabnam will join the TCMH medical staff as a part-time hospitalist beginning in July, providing care for patients...
About 60 local Democrats gathered Saturday at the Yellow House Community Arts Center in West Plains to welcome Missouri Democratic Party vice-chair Yvonne Reeves-Chong; MDC Secretary and Chairman of the Rural Caucus, Joshua Dunne; and 8th District Committee Chair, Randi McCallian.
The...
Members of the IAM Local 2782 machinists’ union have been in a labor dispute with their employer, Leonardo DRS, of West Plains, since May 1. Howell County News has been in contact with members of the union since April 25. IAM Local 2782 distributed a press release on May 11 calling the dispute, “...
American Legion Post 384 held its annual Memorial Day program at the Willow Springs City Cemetery on Memorial Day. The speaker was retired Marine GySgt Tony Buster and Logan Mullins played Taps.
It was a busy community service weekend for Boy Scouts of Troop 160. On Friday night, the scouts gathered at Oak Lawn Cemetery in West Plains with area veterans, community leaders, and other local volunteers to place small US flags on every veteran grave site in the cemetery.
At 6:00 a.m...
Braden and Makayla Marriott of Mountain View, Mo., are the parents of a baby girl, Eden James Marriott. She was born April 20, 2026, at 7:46 a.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. She weighed 8 pounds 9 ounces and was 20 and 1/2 inches long. Her siblings are Whitley, 5, and Sloan, 3. Her grandparents are...