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Texas County Memorial Hospital has inked a contract with Chad Law, DO, a family medicine and obstetrics physician that will provide weekend hospital coverage, board members heard at their monthly meeting on Tuesday. Law and his wife, Chandra, recently visited the hospital and community and...
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"Don't be alarmed if you see this all over Willow Springs for the next couple weeks," said Willow Springs Fire Department Chief Vance Farmer. The fire department and water department personnel will be exercising, inspecting, and performing maintenance on the fire hydrants throughout the city.
Westbound U.S. Route 60 in Howell County will be reduced to one lane with a 12-foot width restriction as contractor crews perform shoulder work.  This section of roadway is located from Route AM to Route 137 in Willow Springs, Missouri.      Weather permitting, work will take place Monday,...
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There was a collective gasp in Ozark County last Friday when it was announced that Circuit Judge Calvin Holden had found Theodosia resident Rebecca Ruud not guilty of murdering her 16-year-old biological daughter Savannah Leckie in 2017.  In fact, the judge found that Ruud was not guilty of all...
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On August 2, Texas County Deputies and a Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper responded to a business in the Hartshorn area for a report of an attempted abduction. A juvenile male reported being approached by a man (later identified as Darryl F. Harris) at the business stating he would trade...
A Mountain View home and business were both burglarized on the night of June 23. Brian Gimpel, 33, no permanent address, is charged with two counts of burglary and one count of stealing more than $750.  Assistant Police Chief Stetson Schwien responded to Renee Trucking/Draztic Changes on East...
Fun in the Sun ’22 kicked off Saturday morning at the Mountain View Family Youth Center (MVFYC), attracting visitors from all over. Caleb Smith and family traveled from Houston after seeing the event’s advertisement. “It is definitely a very nice activity for the kids,” Smith commented.  “The...
A Kansas man drowned in the Current River on Aug. 2. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Dee A. Hodges, 48, went missing while floating on the Current River overnight. His body was located downriver the following morning, near Cave Spring. He was pronounced dead at the scene by...
The City of West Plains would like to thank the voters who voted in the August 2 Primaries. On the ballot was the city’s proposed continuation of the Capital Improvement Sales Tax. City voters approved the measure with nearly 64 percent of the votes. In total, 1,019 people voted in favor of the...
The City of West Plains has opened the application period for the Community Development Grant Program. This grant program utilizes funds from the City of West Plains Hotel/Motel Tax. to promote tourism and economic development in West Plains. Any event/organization/project whose objective is to...

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