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Members of the nonprofit responsible for the building at Main and Center Streets in downtown Willow Springs continue to struggle to fund repairs, heard the Board of Aldermen Thursday night. Members of Main Street Willow Springs, LLC have been expected to appear at virtually every city council...
State Budget Director Dan Haug announced today that net general revenue collections for January 2023 increased 55.1 percent compared to those for January 2022, from $882.1 million last year to $1.37 billion this year.
Net general revenue collections for 2023 fiscal year-to-date increased 15.6...
Since its enactment, Missouri's Sunshine Law has enabled public access to government records, votes and actions. It prevents public bodies from holding meetings behind closed doors, unless that meeting fits specific criteria.
As the Sunshine Law enters its 50th anniversary, advocates are...
Sherri Jolliff, West Plains, Daughter of Ozark Spring, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (Ozark Spring, NSDAR) won first place at state level (MSSDAR) in the American Heritage Committee Contest with her Flag Afghan. Her inspiration was American History and our Patriot’s...
John W. Curtis, who was required to register as a sex offender in Texas County, has been arrested in St. Francois County and extradited to Texas County.
Curtis was reported missing by family members in 2018, after he had failed to have contact with anyone for approximately two years. Curtis...
The Mountain View Garden Club is delighted to announce its winners of the 2023 Smokey Bear/Woodsey Owl Poster Contest.
From Mountain View Elementary, the First grade winners are Kesley Cantrell, first place; Chaynne Alford, second place; Harper Davis, third place; and Karli Chambers, fourth...
A West Plains man faces one count of abuse or neglect of a child after a Feb. 3 incident. Eric Mullins, 49, was placed on a 24-hour hold pending formal charges when police responded to a report of child abuse at a Texas St. residence.
Officer Jesse Martin responded and interviewed the fourteen...
The war in Ukraine has been going on for almost a year, but it is not an event that impacts many daily lives in the Ozarks. However, for the 2023 Willow Springs Senior Hoop Queen Yelyzaveta Liedovska, the war hit close to home. This time last year Yelyzaveta (Liza) was attending school in the...
Larry and Reda Foster, of Willow Springs are celebrating fifty years of marriage on Feb. 15, 2022.
“We have mostly spent fifty years together working together in the body shop business and super lube…just dancing our way through life,” Reda says.
Justin and Kelsey VonAllmen of West Plains, MO, are the parents of a baby boy, Reed Michael VonAllmen. He was born Jan. 20, 2023, at 5:40 a.m. at Ozarks Healthcare. He weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces and was 21 inches long. His siblings are Royce, 4, and Rowan, 3. His grandparents are Kelly and Angie...