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For the seventeenth year, the West Plains Chamber of Commerce Non-Profit Alliance, along with Ozark Action, representatives from West Plains schools, West Plains area rural schools, law enforcement, businesses and other community groups, have once again joined forces for the community-wide...
Bring your old computers, printers, and other electronics to the E-Waste Collection event Oct. 22 in West Plains.
The South Central Solid Waste District and the City of West Plains is pleased to offer this service free of charge to residents of Douglas, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Texas, Howell,...
A National Visitor Use Monitoring (NVUM) survey will be conducted on Mark Twain National Forest from October 2022 through September 2023. The information gathered is useful for forest planning and to help us align our recreation program and facilities in a way that provides the best customer...
The Howell County Fire Engine Rally will be held Saturday, Oct. 8. If rain delay is needed, it will be held the following Saturday, Oct. 15 on the same time schedule.
Breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m. at the West Plains Station Fire Station 1. Breakfast will be provided by the Howell County...
A former Fairview Elementary School teacher has been charged with stalking and harassing a former student on social media. Sheldon Wilkening, 38, of West Plains faces felony charges after a West Plains Police Department investigation.
Police began their investigation when the student's mother...
Tyler and Brittany Blair of Willow Springs, MO, are the parents of a baby boy, Layton Dean Blair. He was born Aug. 23, 2022, at 1:33 p.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. He weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces and was 21 and 1/2 inches long. His siblings are Addison, 9, Luke, 5, and Levi, 3.
Dakota and Hannah Bates...
Southern Missouri production company, Haven Films (John Hollback and Tray Whitsell), has accepted a script from Edwin Woolsey's book, The Chronicler - Wolves of War, to produce a pilot film for promotion as a movie or television series.
Edwin's book series chronicles his family's historic saga...
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced last week that his office has filed an application for a show cause hearing and a Motion for Judgment of Criminal Contempt against dog breeder Marilyn Shepherd, after finding that she currently possesses dogs on her property and a billboard...
For the first season in forty years, a familiar face is missing from the Willow Springs Bears sidelines. Dr. Robert Shaw was the team physician for the school district for nearly 400 varsity football games. This school year is the Bears' first season without him since 1982.
During the home game...
Landowners who are considering using controlled burns but are wondering if it can be done safely, or if it is worthwhile, are invited to attend an upcoming panel discussion, “Fire benefits Ozark landscapes.”
The session will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8 at Hammond Mill Camp, during...