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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today filed a class action lawsuit against school districts forcing a mask mandate on schoolchildren and teachers. The lawsuit, which is a reverse class action that was filed earlier this morning, names Columbia Public Schools, the Board of Education for the...
Dear Editor:
The term "Critical Race Theory" has been used to arouse fear, apprehension and action. Former vice-president Mike Pence said CRT is racism. Senator Ted Cruz said CRT "is every bit as racist" as the Ku Klux Klan. Noting in the research or conclusions in CRT supports those...
Just a heads up to my community.
Last fall, Intercounty Electric’s clearing crew came through our area. Clearing for the electric lines is understandable and to be expected. Unnecessary and dangerous destruction is not.
Down our road, several survey markers were badly damaged. The expense of...
The City of Willow Springs has just finished laying a sidewalk in front of my house on E. 4th St. I wanted the City and the residents of Willow Springs to know what a great job Mr. Kurt Kargel and his men did. Mr. Kargel has such work ethics and integrity, the City of Willow Springs should be...
This letter is in response to the letter posted on August 25th by Mr. Woolsey and Mr. Miller. First off, neither one of these men live in the city limits of Mountain View. So the only thing they know is what they have been told by person that have an axe to grind.
Mayor Donnie Pruett, the...
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Matthew 10:16
Truly, the Church inhabits a very tenuous position in this secular world, and Christ's admonition to be "wise as serpents, and harmless as doves" has never...
In reading the letter to the editor from Mayor Donnie Pruett regarding Randy Reese's letter to the editor the week before, I became bemused by the rantings of an arrogant and egotistical individual who uses his position as mayor to fire people because of personal vendettas. This same person now...
As our weekend comes to a close and a new school year inches closer and closer, we tucked our babies into bed this evening full of excitement. You see, they only have one week left until school starts. We have three children in the West Plains R-7 school system: a first grader and two incoming...
Dear Editor,
Although I wouldn't know the mayor of Mountain View if I met him on the street, yet I do know Randy Reese after growing up with the fellow from childhood. Thus, what I know about Randy is that he is a plain talker and a straight shooter! If Randy tells you something, then his...
Dear Howell County News,
Thanks to the Lions Club, the vintage caboose has been restored to its previous charm and glory. A great job of carpentry and painting by the artisans! You make Willow Springs proud. You have also honored those such as my father, his contemporaries, and...