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A Springfield man suffered fatal injuries when his motorcycle overturned at 6:30 p.m. Friday on Highway 38, 9 miles east of Hartville in Wright County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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7/31/23
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With the introduction of the new Monday edition of the West Plains Daily Quill, readers may notice some other changes, as well.
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7/31/23
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After a severe storm blew through south central Missouri Saturday evening, West Plains and surrounding communities are getting a small break from the heat.
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BY ABBY HESS,
ABBYH@WPDAILYQUILL.NET
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7/31/23
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A Birch Tree resident drowned Friday evening in the Current River after reportedly falling from his kayak, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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7/31/23
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Today in History
Today is Thursday, Aug. 10, the 222nd day of 2023. There are 143 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Aug. 10, 1945, a day after the atomic …
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By The Associated Press
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7/31/23
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The planned execution of a 45-year-old Missouri man with schizophrenia is back on after an appellate court reversed course Saturday. Johnny Johnson is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Tuesday …
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
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7/29/23
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Two teenagers, one from West Plains, suffered serious injuries and a third suffered moderate injuries in a rollover crash at 6:30 a.m. Thursday on W Highway, 10 miles south of Mtn. View, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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7/28/23
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Beginning Aug. 14, contractor crews will be working to make repairs to slopes on U.S. 63 from Willow Springs to Lanton Road in West Plains in a project anticipated to last until the end of September, Missouri Department of Transportation officials announce.
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7/28/23
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Late Thursday night, West Plains law enforcement officials conducted a drug raid on Thayer Avenue that resulted in the arrests of five people.
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7/28/23
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Coming soon, to a television near you: a four-part video series highlighting West Plains’ favorite murals, eateries and retailers, and the community that frequents them.
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BY ABBY HESS,
ABBYH@WPDAILYQUILL.NET
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7/28/23
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A festival focused on a long-ago Mtn. View-area celebrity who reportedly not only had a close encounter with space travelers several times in the 1950s, but rode in their spacecraft, is in the works to coincide with the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WPDAILYQUILL.NET
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7/28/23
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A civil lawsuit has been filed against an employee of Ozark Horizon State School, the second of such lawsuits filed by Dayrell Scrivner of Scrivner Law Firm in Branson, after allegations surfaced in February that the employee abused or neglected a student and endangered the child’s welfare.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WPDAILYQUILL.NET
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7/27/23
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Howell County Clerk Kelly Waggoner announced her office has mailed 2024-2025 voter identification cards to the 24,623 active voters within the county. Voters should receive their white post card with a blue banner and an American Flag within a few days.
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7/27/23
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The ninth annual Bridges Back To School Bash and Health Fair will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. Aug. 12 as a drive-thru event.
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7/27/23
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A West Plains man is scheduled to soon go to trial on charges relating to the death of a toddler whose autopsy showed blunt force injuries to the head, torso and lower extremities, including significant bruising, scrapes and cuts, along with three broken ribs that were healing.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WPDAILYQUILL.NET
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7/27/23
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The Diaper Resource Center (DRC) in West Plains was organized in early 2015 with the mission “to furnish local distributing agencies with diapers for at-risk, early childhood youth to enhance the families’ resources and improve their well-being,” and eight years into striving toward that goal, it seems to be making strides.
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7/26/23
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