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Domestic Violence is one of the most rapid growing crimes we face in the state of Missouri. Missouri was ranked at number 7 in the nation for the crime of domestic violence just 2 years ago. Last year, 2020, Domestic Violence Homicide increased by 34% according to the Missouri State Highway...
Changes are happening to What Park in downtown Mountain View after the discovery of homeless individuals living under the shrubbery, as well as litter, human fecal matter, and drug paraphernalia. After the discovery of these conditions, and a visit to the park with police, Mountain View Mayor...
The recent closure of the Houston license office has caused customers to question whether the Willow Springs and Mountain View offices are closed or plan to close, reports owner Cindy Blades. Blades hopes to assure the Willow Springs and Mountain View communities that the offices in their towns...
“We can still fight this quarry, and I think we have a good chance of stopping it,” said Dale Henry, with the Eleven-Seventeen Watershed Association, a newly formed group that is challenging a proposed quarry near Mountain View. The mine property borders the Eleven Point River near where it...
Municipal elections will take place on April 5, 2022. Candidates interested in running for local office should file for candidacy between December 7 and December 28.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that Missouri hunters harvested 12 black bears during the state’s inaugural bear-hunting season, which ran Oct. 18–27. More than 6,330 hunters applied for 400 permits for the season with the maximum total harvest for the season being 40 bears...
West Plains Tourism Coordinator Melissa Wharton received the Rising Star Award at the annual Governor's Conference on Tourism, held October 13-15 in Branson.
The award honors an individual who has worked for a tourism-related organization less than five years or who has transitioned to a new...
Caleb and Christa Bair of Thayer, MO, are the parents of a baby girl, Mirabella Dee Bair, born September 16, at 4:16 p.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. She weighed 6 pounds 2 ounces and was 20 inches long. Her grandparents are Roy and Marie Rudd and Charlie Wilson of Alton, MO, and Tony and Dee Bair and...
Did you know? November is homeless awareness month! The Glass Sword Cinema in West Plains will be sponsoring the 22nd Annual Can Film Festival on November 1, at 7:00 p.m. Price of admission is 2 cans of unexpired food. All proceeds go to the Martha Vance Samaritan Outreach Center, a homeless...
On October 28 at 5:30 p.m., Representatives Ron Copeland and Bennie Cook will host a Regional Broadband Meeting at Echo Bluff State Park Lodge. Anyone interested in rural broadband access is welcome to attend.
This meeting will give those in attendance more information about the benefits of...