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Authorities are seeking public input to identify the body of a white female found on US Highway 60 near Winona on January 12, 2022. An autopsy performed on the remains determined the cause of death was homicide.
Jane Doe is believed to have been 40-60 years old, 4'10" to 5'4" tall and weighed...
A statewide law banning distracted driving passed the Missouri legislature this month and has moved on to the governor’s desk for signature. Last month, the Willow Springs Board of Aldermen considered a draft ordinance to ban distracted driving within the city limits. They took no action at that...
Several local emergency agencies responded to a serious accident around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9 on State Route 19 just north of Eminence. A vehicle went off the side of the road and about 30 feet down the embankment before coming to rest in some thick brush. Had the accident not been...
The West Plains Police Department is pleased to announce that on May 8 four new police officers were sworn in at the West Plains City Hall. These offiers were sworn in after graduating LETI in Columbia, MO. The four officers are Robert Shell, Austin Deshazo, Jacob Miller, and Jerry Mingus. The four...
Drury University’s Law Enforcement Academy will now provide students in the West Plains area access to their training program. Through the mirror academy, lectures will be taught synchronously with the Springfield campus, allowing students outside of Springfield to attend the academy online in...
The Mountain View City Council met on Tuesday, May 9 with a small agenda.
A topic at the forefront of everyone’s mind was an opening date for the city pool.
The Board of Alderman again discussed the pool rates for the 2023 season as well as the pool budget and a possible opening date. For...
The Willow Springs school board heard an update from the Ozarks Family YMCA regarding a new facility at its meeting May 8.
Chad Watson, executive director for the YMCA, showed the board preliminary drawings for the facility. He said hopes are that it will be 25,000 square feet, including two...
After two long years, the city of Mountain View can look forward to opening the pool for the summer. A tentative date of the fifteenth of June has been set, if construction can be finalized.
"We're at their mercy," said City Operations Manager Eddie Owens at the meeting of the Board of Aldermen...
The First Annual Give Back Summer Event will be held on Friday, June 2 in Downtown Mountain View.
The event is a concert featuring opening acts Levi Moore, and Billy Randolph with Aaron Tippin headlining. Gates to open at 3:00 p.m. and the concert to begin at 5:45 p.m.
The event is sponsored...
How would it affect your life if twenty thousand tourists came to town? This is the question community leaders across the Ozarks gathered to consider last week.
On Thursday, OzSBI presented EPIC: An Ozarks Eclipse Experience to help community and business leaders prepare for the total eclipse...