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On Monday August 3, 2020 the Missouri Office of Homeland Security launched a new tool to instantly report suspicious activity. The tool is a mobile app called SafeNation and will allow citizens to submit anonymous reports which pertain to potentially suspicious activity observed, known, or...
Applications are now being accepted for the 2020 Humanitarian Award to honor a southwest Missouri resident for service that contributes to the betterment of his or her community. This year will mark the 31st annual Humanitarian Award, which was founded by the late Jewell Thompson Schweitzer....
Knial Piper II is originally from Springfield, but has made his home in West Plains for seven years. His second novel was published on August 1 by Xlibris.
The book The Demonic Virtue, “follows an angel who falls from heaven and witnesses the history of the earth and man,” said Piper in an...
David Keeler, 40, of Summersville, faces a charge of first degree involuntary manslaughter and two counts of second degree assault of a special victim after a tractor trailer crash in January that claimed the life of a woman.
Officers from the West Plains Police Department responded to the...
The street department for the City of Willow Springs has been painting parking lines and curbs since Main Street was repaved. City workers have been using industrial spray paint to accomplish the job this year. According to newly appointed Street Department Supervisor Shane Collins, this material...
Motorists on Main Street in Willow Springs will not have failed to notice the demolition of a derelict house in the 500 block of West Main Street, immediately to the South of Bamboo House. According to City Administrator Beverly Hicks, the house and property are owned by Burlington Northern Santa...
The City of Willow Springs submitted the sum of $3,960.51 to the Howell County Commission for reimbursement under the CARES Act. Last week, the Commission approved the sum in full.
According to City Administrator Beverly Hicks, the City will use approximately two thirds of these funds to...
Thomas Sullivan, 56, of West Plains, has been charged with two misdemeanors: fourth degree assault and one count of taking or attempting to take turkeys in a public roadway. According to a probable cause statement filed by Missouri Department of Conservation Agent Matthew Franks, a hunter who...
Anthony David Barton, 25, of Willow Springs, has been charged with one count of rape in the first degree, four counts of first degree sexual abuse, one count of first degree burglary, and one count of resisting arrest for a felony following events that occurred from August 1 through 3 in Willow...
The West Plains City Council will host a public hearing on Monday, August 17, regarding a city-wide mask mandate. The public hearing will be held in two sessions at the West Plains Civic Center, 110 St. Louis Street, with the first session from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and the second session from 5 p.m....