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This October, to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Ozarks Healthcare (OZH) Mobile Mammography Unit will hit the road and include stops at four West Plains Bank and Trust Company locations. Appointments are required to receive mammography services and may be scheduled by calling the OZH...
Ozarks Healthcare, a leading healthcare provider dedicated to enhancing community health and wellbeing, is excited to announce an upcoming job fair focused on recruiting dedicated mental health and therapy professionals. This event will take place in Mountain Home, Arkansas, providing an...
Karst Topography and the West Plains Sewage Lagoon Disaster of 1978 will be the focus of a public presentation on Thursday, Oct. 19 beginning at 1:20 p.m. at the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) inside Garnett Library on the MSU-WP campus, 304 W. Trish Knight in West Plains. The program...
A civil case that could have settled whether video games that offer cash prizes to players are illegal gambling devices won’t settle anything.
At least not any time soon.
On Monday, Oct. 2, with a trial set to begin Tuesday morning, Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green dismissed the lawsuit...
Texas County Memorial Hospital has achieved gold-level Safe Sleep Certification with the National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program board members heard at the hospital’s monthly board meeting on September 26. TCMH is Missouri's first small, independent hospital to achieve this...
The FBI is seeking the public’s assistance to identify the individual suspected of robbing the Legacy Bank and Trust located at 4108 S. Nation Ave., Springfield, MO on Friday, Sept. 29.
At approximately 12:45 p.m., an unknown male entered the Legacy Bank and Trust, approached the teller, and...
A West Plains man has been charged for assaulting a Howell County Sheriff’s Deputy.
William Collins, 31, of Moody was charged in circuit court with third-degree assault, special victim, a felony, for an incident that occurred on Oct. 1.
Court records indicate that on Oct. 1, deputies were...
A West Plains man has been charged with stalking following an incident last month.
Larry Jones, 71, was charged with a misdemeanor after an incident at Endurance Church on Sept. 16.
Court records indicate a woman called West Plains Police when she was walking to her car and noticed Jones under the...
On Thursday, Oct. 5 the Commission met with the Christos House for a signing of a proclamation for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Resolution 2023-R4.
Commission agendas regularly consist of approval of accounts payable and recognizing guests that may appear before the Commission.
Howell County...
Brandon and Katelynn Adams of Alton, MO, are the parents of a baby boy, Theodore James Adams. He was born Sept. 1, 2023, at 1:51 a.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. He weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce. His siblings are Emmarie, 8, Renleigh, 4, and Olivia, 2. His grandparents are Cecil and Tammy Jackson of...