Arts/Education
The public was invited to tour two new facilities at Willow Springs Schools Tuesday night – Innovation Hall and The Bear Training Facility.
Innovation Hall is housed in a former MoDOT building on Old Springfield Rd. The property was conveyed to the school district in 2022 by the City of Willow...
The Willow Springs Elementary School would like to recognize the following students as Pawsitive Bears who have shown the character trait of "Encouragement" during the second quarter of school. These Bears have displayed how to be a good friend to others.
The Willow Springs Head Start took a field trip to Pizza Americana where they learned how to make a pizza.
The class learned the process of making a pizza Pictured above, back row: Lauri, Ms. Susan, Ms. Chris, and Ms. Hilary. Front row: Willow Springs Head Start students Amaya, Wyatt, Jaxon,...
Smokey Bear is 80 years old next year, and the local elementary students (first to fifth) in Mountain View and Birch Tree participated in a poster contest for the forest service. The Mountain View Garden Club and Smith Flooring sponsor the contest every year. The first place winners of each grade...
Winners have been announced in the Second Annual Ozark Artery Art Show Competition at the Yellow House. August Earls was chosen by a panel of three judges as the Grand Prize winner with her best of show pen and ink entry "Summer Lights." She also won second place with her acrylic painting, "...
West Plains Council on the Arts (WPCA) will host a "Starting with Watercolor" workshop led by artist Lee Copen. The workshop will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, in the Walnut Room at the West Plains Civic Center, located at 110 St. Louis Street in West Plains, MO...
The West Plains R-VII School District announced last week that Virginia Uphaus as the new West Plains Elementary School principal for the 2024-2025 school year.
Uphaus is currently an assistant principal at West Plains Elementary and has served since 2021. Before becoming an assistant principal,...
Members of the Missouri State University Board of Governors approved the purchase of the building that houses the Grizzly Lofts residence hall for $4.5 million during a special closed session meeting on Nov. 15 in Springfield.
The university will take ownership of the building immediately...
Officials with the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) will host a presentation on the poetry of Christmas hymns at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19 at the Garnett Library, 304 W. Trish Knight St., in West Plains.
The presentation, "The First Noel:...
For the third year in a row, students at Willow Springs School District have celebrated MO Beef Day. For the first time, this year’s event featured the Missouri Beef Industry Council’s mascot – Hazel the Heifer.
Hazel visited the middle school and high school throughout the day on Tuesday to...