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The City of West Plains has extended the face covering mandate due to the COVID-19 pandemic through March 31, 2021. This matches the State of Missouri’s Emergency Order, which is set to expire March 31, 2021 and the City of West Plains Civil Emergency Order, which is also set to expire March 31,...
Mark Adam Howell, 40, of Willow Springs, has been sentenced to serve five years with the Missouri Department of Corrections after an Alford plea for the July 6 incident at Chapala Mexican Restaurant on West Main Street in Willow Springs.
On July 6, Sergeant Michael Huffman responded to a...
Candidate filing for the upcoming municipal election in Mountain View closed on January 29. There are two seats up for election this spring: West Ward and East Ward Aldermen.
In the West Ward, the seat is contested by four candidates. The incumbent, John Krasuski, has filed to run again....
Gov. Mike Parson proposed a well-funded 2022 state budget thanks to federal cash buoying pandemic-related revenue losses.
Many of Parson's budget priorities are consistent with his administration's longstanding goals, from workforce development to infrastructure.
State Budget Director Dan...
An assistant principal at Nixa Junior High School in Nixa, Missouri, was charged in federal court on January 30 with the sexual exploitation of a child for the purpose of producing child pornography.
Colby Fronterhouse, 41, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District...
Volunteers will be at the Willow Springs Senior Center on February 5 and 19 to help seniors fill out their 2020 tax returns, including for rent rebates or property tax credits.
To avoid fraud and theft, Willow Springs Senior Center encourages seniors to file a federal return, even those who...
At the last City Council meeting, the Willow Springs Board of Aldermen unanimously voted to spend approximately $9,000 on an upgrade to the City’s storm siren system.
In early December, the City had an issue with sirens going off without prompting from the City.
“It was causing a...
Landry Randolph, 20, of West Plains, sustained moderate injuries in a crash in the early morning hours of January 24. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop G, Randolph was travelling southbound on Highway 63 at 4:35 a.m. when he lost control of his Chevy Silverado. The truck...
Ozarks Healthcare, the Missouri National Guard, Howell County Health Department, and City of West Plains partnered to present the first mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the West Plains Civic Center on Friday, January 29. Over 2,800 initial doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine were administered...
The Howell County Commission approved the annual county budget on January 28. The total budgeted operating funds are just over $16 million for 2021.
Presiding Commissioner Mark Collins said, “The county remains in very strong financial condition with solid revenues to support the growing...