Willow Springs, population around 2000 souls, has three starting volleyball players standing over 6 feet tall. Yes, that’s right, three.
West Plains, population around 12,000 souls, has none.
A West Plains man is held in jail after he was arrested for threatening a man and shooting multiple firearms while intoxicated. Bruce Alan Skinner, age 60, of West Plains, is charged with six felony counts: four counts of armed criminal action, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon – subsection...
Willow Springs, population around 2000 souls, has three starting volleyball players standing over 6 feet tall. Yes, that’s right, three.
West Plains, population around 12,000 souls, has none.
Two well-coached teams from Howell County met on the court last Tuesday, September 2, for the...
A much-improved West Plains football team outperformed Parkview in every aspect of the game last Friday, September 6, even in penalties.
In the first home game of the season, a large crowd watched the Zizzers score 15 points in a scant three and a half minutes of the first quarter. On their...
No doubt about it. The Willow Springs Bears and the Pleasant Hope Pirates each had something to prove when they faced off Friday night. The Bears were looking for their first win in two years, the Pleasant Hope program returning to varsity play after spending four years playing exclusively JV...
And just like that, another season begins as the Willow Springs football Bears rolled into their season opener against the Lincoln Cardinals. Behind freshman quarterback, Caden Lee, the Bears had the look of a team trying to outrun the ghosts of seasons past. With a combination of carries by...
A big fourth down play with 3:26 left in the game propelled the Liberty Eagles to a road win north of Kansas City on Saturday afternoon. Eagle quarterback Gavin Reese hit Parker Tune in stride on fourth-and-29 for a touchdown to seal the win.
The game started with both teams stumbling a...
This year has seen significant leaps forward in restoration and revitalization efforts in downtown Willow Springs. The nexus of all this progress is the Willow Springs Community Foundation. According to WSCF Director Dean Aye, however, the common thread of all that has been accomplished is...
The raising of a barn-style home drew people to the Pomona area from both coasts and Canada over the Labor Day weekend. Richard Miller, whose homestead is between Pomona and Willow Springs, had initially invited “a few friends” to help construct the building, but the turnout brought over 70...
Head Coach Joel Wyatt and the West Plains Zizzer football team crossed the border into Arkansas to play at Mountain Home on August 30, in a match that pits Wyatt against his friend and former Zizzer Coach, now the Bombers Head Coach, Steve Ary.
The two coaches worked together every day for...
