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TODAY: Severe thunderstorm watch through 8 p.m. A 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5 p.m. Some storms could be severe, with large hail and damaging winds. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
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4/18/24
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4/18/24
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Ronald D. Masterson, 59, West Plains, has been charged with felony first-degree burglary after allegedly entering an elderly woman's home without her permission, rubbing her foot and eating her food.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WPDAILYQUILL.NET
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4/17/24
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A Fulton County, Ark., man has been charged with 14 felonies after an investigation into allegations that he sexually assaulted a minor, which also reportedly led to the discovery he had used a computer to solicit or attempt to "seduce, solicit, lure or entice" a child or someone he believed to be a child to engage in sexually explicit conduct.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WPDAILYQUILL.NET
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4/17/24
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A traffic stop by West Plains Police officers recently resulted in the arrest of two West Plains residents who now face felony drug and weapons charges.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WPDAILYQUILL.NET
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4/16/24
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David R. Stecklein, 68, Theodosia, has been charged after allegedly stealing a neighbor's pet chicken, killing it and hanging it from a tree in his front yard.
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4/16/24
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An Ozark County resident who pleaded guilty in February to felony charges of shooting at a building and third-degree assault in Ozark County has had his charges and sentence altered, according to court records.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WPDAILYQUILL.NET
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4/16/24
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Roseanna L. Tackitt, 47, West Plains, suffered moderate injuries in a two-vehicle crash at 4:29 p.m. Sunday on west U.S. 160, 4 miles east of Caulfield in Howell County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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4/16/24
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4/15/24
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4/12/24
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4/11/24
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Keithan M. Boyd, 19, West Plains, suffered minor injuries Wednesday when his pickup truck rear-ended another vehicle, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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4/11/24
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A graduate of Houston High School who has dedicated more than two decades of service to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the last five of which have been at General Headquarters in Jefferson City, will retire May 1, announces Col. Eric Olson, superintendent of the patrol.
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4/11/24
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported three men suffered minor injuries when their boat collided with a rock on the Eleven Point River in Oregon County.
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4/10/24
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The Department of Economic Development’s (DED) Office of Broadband Development (OBD) has announced the Missouri Broadband Availability Challenge Process is now open and accepting challenges until April 23. The challenge process will assist in the investment of $1.7 billion in funding provided by the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (B.E.A.D.) program.
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4/9/24
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Two were seriously injured when a box truck and van collided head-on at 8:15 p.m. Sunday a half-mile north of Brandsville, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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4/9/24
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4/9/24
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4/4/24
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4/4/24
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Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick recently announced his office has started a regularly scheduled audit of Wright County. The audit officially commenced on March 25 with an entrance meeting with county officials.
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4/4/24
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