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West Plains schools, including rural K-8 schools in addition to the R-7 district, and His Place Christian Academy will be closed today due to inclement weather forecast this morning, officials announced.
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BY ABBY HESS,
ABBYH@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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2/12/25
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A Howell County couple are facing felony drug and burglary charges related to the alleged discovery of methamphetamine during a traffic stop and the reported break-in and theft of items from a camper and a home in Willow Springs.
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2/11/25
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Mtn. View-Birch Tree Liberty and West Plains schools have announced no classes will be held Tuesday due to forecast icy weather. Head Start programs in both cities, plus in Licking, will also be closed.
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2/10/25
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Due to anticipated winter weather, including a forecast of freezing rain, Willow Springs Municipal Court has canceled its docket for Wednesday.
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2/10/25
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Editor’s note: Please see the special section inserted in today’s paper for more about the West Plains High School FFA chapter.
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2/8/25
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2/8/25
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In the interest of helping local teens have a memorable experience at their high school formal, volunteers and the Alton Methodist Church have opened a chapter of Becca's Closet, a national nonprofit dedicated to assisting students who otherwise might not be able to afford the expenses normally associated with attending dances.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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2/7/25
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Koshkonong Elementary School is the recipient of two awards given by the Policy Research in Missouri Education (PRiME) Center at St. Louis University School of Education for promoting outstanding student growth during the 2023-24 school year.
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2/7/25
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2/7/25
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2/7/25
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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,
KIMBERLYL@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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1/24/25
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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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Students, and undoubtedly some of their parents, got a snow day Friday as a winter storm predicted to drop several inches of the white stuff moved into the area overnight Thursday.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON and ABBY HESS,
NEWS@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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1/10/25
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A winter storm warning with “significant snow risk” will be in effect starting at 5 p.m. for Howell, Oregon, Shannon, Douglas and Ozark counties, said meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Springfield.
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BY ABBY HESS,
ABBYH@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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1/9/25
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The West Plains Police Department has announced that its high-visibility Driving While Intoxicated Enforcement Campaign, intended to enhance safety during the New Year's Eve holiday, resulted in the arrest of one person on a charge of driving while intoxicated, and additional arrests on a no-bond warrant and driving while revoked or suspended.
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BY QUILL STAFF,
NEWS@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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1/4/25
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A lucky Missouri Lottery player in Howell County rang in the New Year as a million-dollar winner.
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1/2/25
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