The Willow Springs Chamber of Commerce has announced the theme for this year’s annual lighted Christmas Parade will be Super Hero’s Christmas.
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11/6/24
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Two Mtn. Grove residents drowned after their vehicle was swept into flood waters, according to Troop G of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, headquartered in Willow Springs.
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11/5/24
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Southern Missouri Christmas Toy Drive boxes have been established at several locations in West Plains, Pomona and Mtn. View, awaiting donations of new, unwrapped toys to deliver to children for Christmas. Several nonprofits are collaborating in an effort to fill a holiday resource need in the community.
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11/5/24
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A teen from West Plains was hurt in an SUV crash at 9:15 p.m. Monday on North U.S. 63, a mile north of West Plains, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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11/5/24
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In-person classes have been canceled on Tuesday for West Plains and surrounding school districts, and Missouri State University-West Plains classes are canceled today due to heavy rainfall and flooding, officials have announced.
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BY ABBY HESS,
ABBYH@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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11/4/24
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A record-setting 6.26 inches of rain fell between 12:30 a.m. Monday and 1 a.m. Tuesday in West Plains, recorded by the National Weather Service office in Springfield, and shut down in-person classes at area schools and caused area rivers and creeks to rise to levels not seen since 2017, according to official reports.
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BY ABBY HESS,
ABBYH@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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11/4/24
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Capt. Scott White, Public Information and Education Division of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, has announced the patrol will no longer provide the names of those involved in injury accidents or boating accidents in its preliminary online reports, including fatalities and drownings, because of privacy concerns. The change started at 3 p.m. on Friday and was applied retroactively to all published reports to date.
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11/4/24
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The University of Missouri Howell County Extension office is taking nominations for the Howell County University of Missouri Extension Council. The University of Missouri Extension Council is the local link between county residents and the University of Missouri.
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10/24/24
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A St. Louis man died of injuries suffered in a crash at 4:32 p.m. Tuesday on U.S. 160 in Ozark County, 7 miles west of Caulfield, near Cloud 9 Ranch, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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10/24/24
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A Winona resident was one of two people fatally injured in a crash that occurred at 5:30 p.m. Monday on Highway 32, 8 miles east of Salem in Dent County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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10/24/24
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Howell County voters will choose between two people on the ballot for county coroner on Nov. 5: Democratic challenger Jeffrey R. Collins, and incumbent Republican James T. “Tim” Cherry.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILLNET
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10/22/24
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Volunteers are preparing to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, Nov. 18 through 25. More than 4,700 locations in the U.S. will open for collections, including more than a dozen locally.
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10/21/24
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Ozark National Scenic Riverways archeologist Morgan Beyer has been awarded the Regional Director’s Award for Excellence in Cultural Resource Management for Interior Regions 3, 4 and 5 of the National Park Service (NPS).
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10/19/24
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"Roaring" with mystery and intrigue, the Couch FFA fall fundraiser this year will be held at 6 p.m. Dec. 7 in the Couch School gymnasium, 22206 Highway 142 in Myrtle, Oregon County.
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10/19/24
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Russell J. Shipp, 59, of Bunker, died of injuries suffered in a crash at 7:20 p.m. Thursday on KK Highway 10 miles northeast of Bunker in Reynolds County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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10/18/24
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MOUNTAIN VIEW — A vote to raise the costs of installation of new utility services, a date and time for trick-or-treating and a discussion of wastewater rates were highlights of the Mtn. View City Council’s October meeting.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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10/17/24
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A suspect in the 1989 rape and murder of Kelle Ann Workman is now charged with rape and first-degree sexual abuse of a child, which allegedly also happened in 1989.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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10/17/24
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