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Contest results:
G&W Chili Cook-Off
First Place: Sharleena Garlitz
Second Place: Pam Price
Third Place: Debbie Hook
Fourth Place: Anna Roberts
Quilt Contest
sponsored by the Willow Springs Church of Christ Quilt Ladies
Traditional
First Place - Della Crisp
Second...
After a recent order in Howell County Courts declaring West Plains’ Larry Lindeman indigent, the public defender’s office is pushing back. Seven months into the first-degree murder case Lindeman, the defendant has yet to secure a defense attorney.
Last week, the Honorable Robert Craig...
Captain Clint Harper of the Gallatin County Montana Sheriff's Office for recently graduated from session 299 of the FBI National Academy.
Internationally known for its academic excellence, the National Academy offers 10 weeks of advanced communication, leadership, and fitness training for...
For their first two years, the Missouri State-West Plains baseball program improvised where to practice and play without a field of its own. Now, with construction underway, head coach Kadem Tharp sees the Grizzlies putting down more permanent roots.
The program first took the field in fall...
An October 2 Order from the Honorable Melissa Stewart in Shannon County Court declares the 2018 drowning death of Robbie Crites was not a crime. A West Plains man, Zachary D. Watson, 32, was charged with second degree murder, alongside two Shannon County residents: Austin Womack and Ronald...
Since 2012, West Plains Bank and Trust Company has offered community debit cards to customers. The cards feature designs for school districts where the bank has branches, Missouri State University – West Plains, and Ozarks Healthcare. Each time a card is used to make a purchase at a retailer, $0....
Caleb Rutledge, WSHS '15, has been appointed a judicial law clerk to U.S. Circuit Judge Justin D. Smith. The U.S. Court of Appeals hears appeals from the federal courts and agencies in the seven midwestern States within the Eighth Circuit. Its decisions can be reviewed only by the U.S. Supreme...
Seven months after a Howell County grand jury indicted Larry Lindeman, of West Plains, on a first-degree murder charge, the court has declared the defendant “indigent,” and will appoint a public defender to his case.
The Honorable R. Craig Carter entered the order last Thursday. As...
Howell County Sherriff’s deputies attempting to arrest a Willow Springs man on warrants called in the SWAT team for a Sunday night stand-off that ended in a peaceful arrest.
Dayton Terrill-Austin, 29, had active arrest warrants for possession and absconding from parole. The absconder...