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Candidate for U.S. Senate Vicky Hartzler spent two days touring southeast Missouri on May 3 and 4. After a whirlwind tour of Ava, Gainesville, and Houston on Tuesday, Hartzler ended the day at Cattlemen’s Steakhouse in Willow Springs. Wednesday’s agenda featured stops in West Plains, Alton, and...
The Willow Springs Alumni will hold their festivities on Saturday, May 28. Anyone who attended Willow Springs Schools is invited to attend.
Approximately 564 letters were mailed, emails sent, Facebook posts completed, nametag blanks ordered and the menu set. The event will be held at the EAA...
The lawsuit to remove Janet Crow from the ballot for Howell County collector will proceed to a hearing, a judge has decided.
In a hearing on May 6, the Honorable Steven Lynxwiler denied a motion to dismiss the suit. Mark Collins, a contender for the collector’s seat himself, filed a lawsuit on...
A radio operator from Willow Springs’ Troop G of the Missouri State Highway Patrol was among those honored at a statewide awards ceremony April 29.
Lori Wood received the patrol’s Lifesaving Award at The Masters ceremony and banquet in Columbia. Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the...
On May 5 at 5:43 a.m. officers with the West Plains Police Department were dispatched for a hit and run traffic crash. The caller advised a bicyclist had been struck by a red car on U.S. Highway 63 near Elmore Drive in West Plains, MO.
The officers that arrived in the area found a 19-year-old...
Area youngsters entering grades two through eight are invited to participate in the Grizzly Basketball Camp June 20-22 at the West Plains Civic Center.
The camp is being hosted by Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) Grizzly Basketball Head Coach Jared Phay, Assistant Coach Jason...
A West Plains, MO, man was sentenced in federal court yesterday for distributing methamphetamine and illegally possessing a firearm.
Dale Wayne Martin, 50, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 240 months in federal prison without parole.
On June 24, 2021, Martin pleaded...
Jan Howard is a native of West Plains, Missouri. She was a female star in Nashville when it was not popular for a woman to be in the country singing business. Most women were used a backup singers for men. Jan became a solo artist singing about heartaches as she knew about only too well....
As lower trends in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue across Ozarks Healthcare’s region and surrounding states, the health system is adapting the masking policy for staff in non-patient care areas.
Beginning Sunday, May 1, Ozarks Healthcare staff members who are fully vaccinated...
The Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) University/Community Programs (U/CP) Department will host three lifeguard courses this spring at the West Plains Civic Center.
The classes are for those who would like to work at the West Plains Civic Center indoor pool or the City of West...