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A downed power line sparked a grass and brush fire that caused a widespread power outage in West Plains Friday afternoon, confirmed the City of West Plains. First responders answered three separate fire calls in the two o'clock hour that afternoon throughout the area. Emergencies were thick on...
A train car caught fire as a BNSF train sat paused on the tracks through Willow Springs Friday afternoon.
Willow Springs Fire Department responded to the scene just after 6:00 p.m., said Fire Chief Vance Farmer. Temperatures were still in the upper 90s at that time.
A passerby noticed smoke...
The Primary Election is Tuesday, August 2. In primaries, voters choose a partisan ballot and vote within their own party lines.
Local races that will be decided in the primary, because only Republicans are running, include Howell County Presiding Commissioner and Howell Township Committeewoman...
The State Historical Society of Missouri has released a series of 12 workshop videos aimed at teaching basic genealogy techniques. Hosted by Bill Eddleman, a professional genealogist and associate director of the SHSMO Cape Girardeau Research Center, each episode explores a different resource...
Stream Teams United announces the 2022 Paddle MO river adventures, which will be hosted in four Missouri locations this year. Paddle MO trips are multi-day, educational paddle trips hosted on some of the most scenic and historic stretches of our state's waterways. This year's river adventures...
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded a $30,000 Drinking Water Engineering Report Grant to the city of Winona to evaluate the city's drinking water system. The grant offers funding to qualified communities to help cover engineering costs for evaluating drinking water treatment...
Wesley and Mary Haley of West Plains, MO, are parents of a baby boy, Noah Jensen Haley. He was born July 3, 2022, at 5:08 a.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. He weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. His siblings are Jenna, 9, Jesse, 6, and Jonah, 3. His grandparents are Roger and Emily Smith...
The 39th Annual National Night Out is August 2. Community members are asked to mark it down on calendars and start preparing.
What is National Night Out or America’s Night Out Against Crime:
National Night Out is designed to: (1) Spread awareness about crime and drug prevention; (2) Generate...
The Pregnancy Resource Center of West Plains is excited to update the community and the generous donors about the new and exciting progress that have been made over the spring and summer months. The center has hired two Co-Directors to manage the center and work with clients.
Michelle Watson...
Two new picnic pavilions and the recently renovated historic entrance station are now open in the Big Spring district of Ozark National Scenic Riverways.
The Big Spring pavilion, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1935, and the Peavine pavilion, built in the 1950s, were both...