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The Willow Springs R-IV School Board approved a final budget for Elementary and Secondary Education Emergency Relief Funds (ESSER III) at their regular March meeting on March 14. The district received “slightly more” money than they were expecting, said School Board President Tony Friga. The...
Traffic on State Route 76 came to a standstill as emergency response crews were dispatched to a structure fire four miles outside of Willow Springs Thursday night. The fire broke out after a brush pile on the Beason property spread to nearby garages. The fire rapidly increased due to high winds...
The Southern Ozarks Alliance for Rural Development (SOAR) met on March 9 to discuss expanding US Highway 63 to a four-lane highway from Thayer to Rolla. More than 40 people gathered on the ground floor of the Ferguson Building in downtown Willow Springs to discuss the project.
Despite the...
A dusting of snow fell across Howell County on Friday. Pictured: an inch of snow blankets the American Legion Municipal Park in Willow Springs on March 11.
In response to the continued downward trend of COVID-19 cases, Ozarks Healthcare (OZH) wants to welcome the community back inside the walls of the hospital.
"Visitors are vital to the healing process," Tom Keller, Ozarks Healthcare President and CEO, said. "Families will always be an important...
Registration is now being accepted for the "Grief Recovery Method: Grief Support Group" sponsored by Texas County Memorial Hospital Hospice of Care.
The seven-week Grief Recovery Method program will begin Tuesday, April 19 at 6:00 p.m. at the Hospice of Care office located at 1422 S. Sam...
The West Plains Ozark Spring Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution (OSCDAR) membership is growing. During March's Women's History Month, three new members were sworn into the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) by Chaplain Ms. Jessica Joice-Frazier.
The new members are Ms. Robbie...
The polling locations for the April 5, 2022 General Municipal Election have been announced for Howell County voters.
Inside the City of West Plains
Howell 1 (Richards School Inside City) - First Church of God, 1700 Wayhaven Dr., West Plains - Located next to the Heart of the Ozarks...
On March 1, 2022, a federal grand jury for the Eastern District of Missouri in Cape Girardeau returned an indictment against Marvin "Mark" Remster in connection with the arson of the Round Spring Visitor Contact Station in Ozark National Scenic Riverways last December.
According to the four-...
A Sentimental Journey
It’s no small wonder that Doris Day was able to achieve all that she did over a 73-year period. She grew up in Cincinnati, OH and was the daughter of a music teacher/choirmaster father and homemaker mother.
At the early age of 13, she formed a dance duo with a partner,...