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.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
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1/24/25
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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.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
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1/24/25
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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.
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1/24/25
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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.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
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1/23/25
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1/23/25
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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.
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BY JOHN DEATHERAGE,
QUILL CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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1/22/25
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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.
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1/21/25
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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.
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1/21/25
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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.
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1/20/25
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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.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON and ABBY HESS,
NEWS@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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1/20/25
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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 …
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By GEOFF MULVIHILL
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1/18/25
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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.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
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1/17/25
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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.
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1/17/25
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