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The Willow Springs Schools Alumni Celebration will be held Saturday, May 29 at the EAA Hangar located at 810 Bryan St. The featured class is the Class of 1971, as well as the Class of 1970 that missed out on their celebration last year. Note the cookout has been moved to Saturday to allow those...
Tuesday Study Club met at the Senior Center for our March 2, 2021 meeting. Mary Knott and Kathleen Carel were the ones hosting the meeting. After the business of the club was taken care of, the program was given by Pauline Cape.
Queen Victoria was born May 24, 1819. She was born with no...
Route AH in Texas and Wright Counties will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews overlay the roadway.
This section of roadway is located from Route 32 to Route M.
Weather permitting, work will take place from March 15 through Friday, March 26 from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m...
Matthew Jones, 29, of West Plains, sustained serious injuries when he failed to negotiate a right hand turn on his Harley Davidson on Highway AP seven miles south of Willow Springs.
Information from the Missouri State Highway Patrol shows the crash occurred on March 7 at 1:00 p.m.
Jones...
Dustin Chaney, 38, of Willow Springs, has been charged with one felony charge of second degree burglary and one misdemeanor charge of stealing less than six weeks after similar charges were filed against him for a string of thefts at Sunshine Village in Willow Springs.
The new charges were...
Birthday Blessings will hold their Annual Birthday Bash Campaign March 25 through 27. This includes an open house at their building in West Plains on the March 27 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The 501c3 organization provides a variety of resources to foster children in 19 Missouri counties. In...
Nine-time World Grand Champion horse trainer in the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association (MFTHBA), Geno Middleton, has been inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame with its 2021 class of honorees.
Middleton and his wife, Barb, reside on a farm in Pomona. His 40-year career...
Good Graces Pharmacy officially opened on March 15. The pharmacy is locally owned and operated by Brandon and Bobbi Gregory. The Gregorys have been in possession of the retail space since late November, and the date of their official opening has been much anticipated by the community.
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Chief Bryan Hogan, of the Willow Springs Police Department, returned to active duty on March 8 after a four-month absence caused by his battle with COVID-19.
“I was ready to come back,” said Hogan in an interview on March 11, “While I was gone, many local citizens were praying and sending...
An extensive brush fire at State Route 137 and County Road 1130 required the services of Willow Springs, Eleven Point, and Pomona Fire Departments. The alarm toned out at 7:50 p.m. on March 8 calling Willow Springs Fire to an emergent brush fire.
Personnel from Eleven Point Rural Fire...