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Sheriff Roberts responds to SRO petition
A group including parents of South Fork Elementary students is protesting the transfer of Howell County deputy and Student Resource Officer Shannon Sisney from his post at South Fork which he has held for about three years, and an online petition posted on change.org signed by about 475 individuals as of Friday morning. more
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The West Plains R-7 School Board presented the family of Lexi Williams with a check for $15,322 at the beginning of its monthly meeting Tuesday night. Williams is a junior and a member of the girls tennis team who caught a virus in November that resulted in an immune response that caused temporary paralysis, a hospital stay and recovery including physical therapy. The fundraising effort was the result of district officials including the school board, faculty and staff, students, and other community members. From left: school board President Cindy Tyree; High School Principal Ryan Smith; Lexi Williams with mother Kayla, father Mike and brother Roman; and Zizzer Athletics and Activities Director Dr. Ashley Cooley.
Zizzers boost Williams family with $15K check
After two months of students, faculty, staff and community rallying around a Zizzer facing a serious illness and recovery, a check for $15,322 was presented to Lexi Williams and her family at Tuesday night's school board meeting. more
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Pickup truck crashes into tree, killing 25-year-old driver
A 25-year-old man from Plato perished in a crash that occurred at 8:48 a.m. Monday on AW Highway a mile north of Evening Shade in Texas County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. more
WP woman charged following Hazel Street search warrant
The West Plains Police Department recently announced the seizure of controlled substances and drug paraphernalia, the result of a search warrant executed Jan. 8 at a home on Hazel Street by the department's Special Response Team. more
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The Last Supper, as interpreted by artist Johnnie Lee Fullington of West Plains, right, was sold to Robert F. Stroud, Jr., of Mtn. View, during Fullington's art show reception Thursday at The Frame Shop and Gallery, 403 Washington Ave. in West Plains. His work is scheduled to be on display through the end of January.
In first solo show, ‘Artist Known as Johnnie’ sells several paintings, including a commission
With a wall of paintings on display, Johnnie Lee Fullington, 31, West Plains, conducted a show and sale during his art show reception Thursday at the Frame Shop and Gallery, 403 Washington Ave. in West Plains. The event was Fullington's first solo exhibition.  more
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Faith Collins, Alton, a 2024 graduate of Missouri State University-West Plains, is one of six students to receive the 2024-2025 Citizen Scholar Award from Missouri State University in Springfield. To the left of Collins is MSU-WP Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Michael Orf.
MSU-WP graduate receives Citizen Scholar Award from MSU
Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) graduate Faith Collins, Alton, was among six students who recently received Missouri State University’s 2024-2025 Citizen Scholar Award. more
The Lincoln School was packed Monday for a ceremony remembering the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. Monday was the national holiday designated to honor the civil rights leader and his impact on the furtherance of social justice. The Lincoln School is a restored one-room schoolhouse that was the local school for Black students during the segregation era, until 1958. Since being reopened as a community center, it has been host to events dedicated to educating the public, and will be the center of several Black History Month events in February.
‘If you can’t fly, run’: Locals remember Dr. King’s impact in Lincoln School ceremony
About 65 people attended a celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., held Monday at the historic Lincoln School, including West Plains Mayor Mike Topliff and his wife Pam; Travis Smith, who just ended a term as Missouri's 155th District representative; and Missouri State University-West Plains athletes and other students. more
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It’s a boy! John Craig Decker was the first baby born at Texas County Memorial Hospital in 2025, arriving at 4:09 p.m. Jan. 1, announced hospital officials, adding his parents, Nicholas and Leah Decker, Eminence, were “overjoyed to welcome their precious son, John.” Dr. Christopher Baldwin, obstetrician and gynecologist, and Dr. Kristina Grant, family medicine physician specializing in obstetrics, delivered baby John. He weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured 19 inches long. Jim and Wilda McNiell, along with Alice Wells, representatives of the TCMH Auxiliary, presented gifts and gift certificates to the new family. Local businesses, including West Plains Bank, Simmons Bank (locations in Cabool and Houston), Walmart, Forbes, Progressive Ozark Bank, Shelter Insurance (Airika Barnett-Wiseman), D&L Florist, People’s Bank of Cabool, Security Bank of the Ozarks, State Farm Insurance, S&R Insurance, the TCMH Healthcare Foundation and New Beginnings Church, donated gifts to celebrate the arrival. Front row, from left, in the group photo: Grant, Nicholas and Leah Decker holding baby John, and Baldwin. Back row: Wells, Jim and Wilda McNiell, TCMH CEO Bill Bridges and nurses Jamie Terrill and Jessica Williams.
Meet TCMH’s first baby of 2025
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Howell County budget session set for Wednesday
The Howell County Commission will hold a budget work session at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the conference room on the second floor of the county office building, 35 Court Square in West Plains. more
HOEC: Extreme cold caused power lines to shrink, leading to Monday morning outage
The Howell-Oregon Electric Cooperative has issued a peak alert notice to its members, asking them to conserve energy use through 9 p.m. today. The alert was issued Sunday afternoon ahead of single-digit overnight lows, and early Monday morning, co-op officials reported, a power outage affected 999 member households. more
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The latest Dollar General store to open a new location is going up quickly at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and West Abe Taylor Street, after a home on the lot was demolished and the ground was leveled. It will be the fourth Dollar General in West Plains, and the approval for the construction was given in October by West Plains city council members. The site plan shows the 10,640 square-foot building will face Abe Taylor Street and have a parking lot entrance off of Lincoln Avenue, built on 1.62 acres.
Construction on new Dollar General progressing quickly
FILE - People giving their first names Erika, left, and Leeann react after an abortion rights amendment to the Missouri constitution passed, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, at a watch party in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
What to know about abortion developments in the states and courts as Trump takes office
Abortion policy could see more changes across the U.S. as President-elect Donald Trump begins his second term and state legislative sessions get rolling. It is not clear which federal policies Trump … more
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Victim of Tuesday's fatal crash was a child, reports patrol
The Quill has learned the victim of a fatal car accident on Tuesday, first reported by the Missouri State Highway Patrol as an adult man, is a 6-year-old boy. more
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Thursday crash leaves 1 firefighter dead, another seriously injured
A firefighter with the Thomasville Volunteer Fire Department is the victim of a fatal accident that happened as he and another firefighter were responding to a call, the Quill confirmed with a fire department spokesperson. more
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