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A Missouri judge is weighing whether to break up a spat between two Republican officials over whether a proposed abortion rights amendment would cost the state billions of dollars in lost revenue …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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6/7/23
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A Clarkridge, Ark., man has been charged in Ozark County with three felonies and a misdemeanor after allegedly driving while intoxicated, resulting in a crash in February near Lick Creek Bridge that injured himself and the occupants of another vehicle.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WPDAILYQUILL.NET
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6/7/23
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An Arkansas woman has been charged with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and committing a felony with a firearm after a body was discovered on a Fulton County property Thursday.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WPDAILYQUILL.NET
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6/7/23
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Transgender minors and some adults soon will be banned from accessing puberty blockers, hormones and gender-affirming surgeries under a bill signed by Missouri’s Republican governor. Gov. Mike …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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6/7/23
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A Black prosecutor who stepped into leadership during protests over the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown is running for Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley's Missouri seat. St. Louis County …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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6/7/23
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A Missouri man who killed two jailers in a failed attempt to help an acquaintance escape from a rural jail in 2000 has been executed. Forty-two-year-old Michael Tisius received a lethal injection …
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By JIM SALTER
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6/6/23
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A federal appeals court has ruled that an Arkansas inmate on death row can sue the state in his effort to have new tests run on DNA evidence that could clear him. The three-judge panel of the 8th …
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6/6/23
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Louisiana is poised to become the latest state to enact laws targeting the LGBTQ+ community. The Republican-controlled Legislature on Tuesday sent a package to the Democratic governor that includes a …
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By SARA CLINE
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6/6/23
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Professional and aspiring artists are invited to let their "creativity flow like the Alley Spring itself" during an Art in the Park event hosted by Ozark National Scenic Riverways from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Alley Spring.
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6/6/23
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Ethan Brown, 21, Theodosia, is charged with second-degree attempted sexual trafficking of a child younger than 18 and first-degree harassment, both felonies, after he allegedly approached a group of minors at a Bull Shoals Lake marina and requested nude photos and phone numbers, then threatened to rape a girl if she didn't do as he asked.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WPDAILYQUILL.NET
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6/6/23
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The Howell County Commission is set to hold its semiweekly meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday in the conference room on the second floor of the county office building, 35 Court Square in West Plains.
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6/6/23
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The carnival at the annual Heart of the Ozarks Fair continues at the fairgrounds on north U.S. 63 in West Plains through Saturday.
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6/6/23
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A newspaper is reporting that a 67-year-old man has pleaded guilty to killing a Missouri woman in 1987. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Kirby King pleaded guilty last week to involuntary …
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6/6/23
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Kansas City Star. June 3, 2023.
Editorial: This Pride month, Kansas and Missouri lead the US in GOP anti-LGBT laws. Don’t despair
June is LGBT Pride month — a celebration, yes, but even …
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By The Associated Press
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6/6/23
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The City of Gainesville in Ozark County has filed its annual financial report that for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2022, reports the office of Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick. It was due March 31, and filed April 4.
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6/6/23
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Kansas City Star. June 3, 2023.
Editorial: This Pride month, Kansas and Missouri lead the US in GOP anti-LGBT laws. Don’t despair
June is LGBT Pride month — a celebration, yes, but even …
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By The Associated Press
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6/6/23
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The carnival at the annual Heart of the Ozarks Fair kicks off today at the fairgrounds on north U.S. 63 in West Plains, and fair activities will continue through Saturday.
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6/6/23
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A collision involving a car and five motorcycles on Saturday in Lawrence County resulted in the deaths of four motorcylists, serious injuries to seven others and a felony DWI charge was filed against the driver of the car.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WPDAILYQUILL.NET
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6/5/23
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A Springfield woman is charged with second-degree assault and leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in property damage exceeding $1,000, both felonies, and one misdemeanor count of leaving the scene of an accident after her vehicle allegedly struck another vehicle.
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KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WPDAILYQUILL.NET
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6/5/23
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A small plane had mechanical problems with its autopilot system before it crashed in Arkansas last month and killed a former Mississippi state senator who was flying it. That's according to a …
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6/5/23
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