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They also eat petals and the sap of shrubs and trees. During breeding season, the birds are especially fond of insects which provide extra protein to their growing young, but the parents supplement feeding with berries, a rare behavior among birds, according to MDC. more
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Missouri State University President Clif Smart, at the podium, gives the commencement address to about 70 MSU-West Plains graduates Saturday during the noon graduation ceremony at the West Plains Civic Center. Due to COVID-19 concerns, Saturday’s commencement exercises were split into two ceremonies, one at 9 a.m. and another at noon. In total, 226 students received degrees from MSU-WP during both graduation ceremonies.
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Missouri State University President Clif Smart, at the podium, gives the commencement address to about 70 MSU-West Plains graduates Saturday during the noon graduation ceremony at the West Plains Civic Center. more
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Ozarks Healthcare celebrated the beginning of National Hospital Week and its employees with a surprise announcement and ribbon cutting for a new benefit available to coworkers focused on their health and wellness. The Ozarks Healthcare Employee Wellness Center includes a cardio theater, strength training equipment including machines and free weights, spin bikes, water rowers, yoga equipment, and more. The facility is open to coworkers on a 24/7 basis.
Ozarks Healthcare announces opening of Employee Wellness Center
Ozarks Healthcare celebrated the beginning of National Hospital Week and its employees with a surprise announcement about a new benefit available to coworkers focused on their health and wellness. … more
COVID-19 vaccine
Mercy St. Francis offers Pfizer vaccine for children 12 and older
The Federal Drug Administration and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services recently announced the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine’s emergency authorization has been expanded to include … more
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Location changed for W.P. eighth grade promotion
Due to the forecast of rain throughout the day, the eighth grade promotion ceremony scheduled for tonight is moving to the West Plains Civic Center at 7:00 p.m. Doors will open at 5:30 … more
About 171 West Plains High School seniors, including these six, participated Friday in a day of giving back to the community by doing tasks like removing trash and weeds and washing fire trucks at city- and school-owned properties around town and at South Fork. In addition to both R-7 elementary schools the middle school, locations included the Aquatic Center bath house, civic center, Heart of the Ozarks Fairgrounds, all city fire stations, Galloway Park, North Terra Golf Course, the Harlin Museum, Ozarks Small Business Incubator, People's Park, the library, Jimmie Carroll Sports Complex and Ozark Heritage Welcome Center. After a morning of hard work, the seniors were treated to a barbecue at Zizzer Field, celebrating the end of their high school career before graduating at 7 p.m. Monday. From left: Billie Harrington, McKenzie Mattison, Jacob Peterson, Grace Suitt, Chance Eldringhoff and Shelbi Hankins.
Senior Service Day
About 171 West Plains High School seniors, including these six, participated Friday in a day of giving back to the community by doing tasks like removing trash and weeds and washing fire trucks at city- and school-owned properties around town and at South Fork. more
Flags available for veterans’ graves
Thayer American Legion Post 344 will provide 576 American-made gravesite flags to be placed on veterans’ graves for Memorial Day. At 5 p.m. May 28, the flags will be placed along both sides … more
Driver exam stations to close for Memorial Day
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reminds the public that driver examination stations across the state will be closed May 31, 2021, in observance of Memorial Day. Normal operations will resume … more
West Plains Senior Center
Senior Center seeks donations for meal
The West Plains Senior Center is looking for donations in order to host a Beans & Cornbread Lunch/Supper June 5 at the the Old-Time Music, Ozark Heritage Festival. Tentative plans are underway … more
West Plains City Hall
W.P. City Council to consider $2.3M in bids Monday; nearly half is for vehicles
On Monday, the West Plains City Council willvote whether to approve bids submitted for 14 items with a total price tag of just a little over $2.3 million. Among the items are 29 vehicles for … more
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The West Plains R-7 School District has named Mrs. Becky Hutchinson the West Plains Elementary principal for the 2021-2022 school year. Hutchinson has served as West Plains Elementary assistant principal since 2018. Before her tenure at the elementary, Hutchinson was a teacher at West Plains Middle School. She received a Master of Education Degree from Missouri State University, Springfield. Hutchinson replaces Dr. Donnie Miller, who will take on new duties as West Plains Middle School principal beginning July 1. Hutchinson will also assume her new role on that day.
Hutchinson named West Plains Elementary principal 
The West Plains R-7 School District has named Mrs. Becky Hutchinson the West Plains Elementary principal for the 2021-2022 school year. more
Bond revoked for man charged in December murder case
A Koshkonong man out on bail for a murder charge has had his bond revoked after allegedly being found with drugs during a traffic stop April 21 in rural Oregon County. According to court records, … more
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Area law enforcement will collect unwanted prescriptions Saturday in recognition of National Drug Take Back Day.
Missouri may soon have prescription monitoring program
The opioid epidemic has hit the U.S. and Missouri hard, and the Ozarks are no exception. According to the Missouri Department Health and Senior Services, 1 in 56 deaths in the state, as of 2018, … more
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LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL Student Council members in Mtn. View held several fundraisers over the course of this school year to raise over $1,000 to purchase water fountain attachments for filling bottles. They organized a Santa's Workshop, a “Crush” fundraiser for Valentine’s Day, "hat days," and sold items and volunteered at a Mtn. View Youth Center dance to raise $1,040.60. The funds went to two attachments, installed on water fountains in the cafeteria and the eighth grade hall, which make filling water bottles a faster process. “Students will no longer have to wait in such lengthy lines or ask teachers to leave to fill up their bottles as often to avoid being late,” said Mtn. View Chamber of Commerce Director Gretchen Creighton, adding the chamber chose to celebrate the youths’ efforts with a ribbon cutting ceremony “to help make the kids feel special.” From left: Creighton, Principal Ryan Chowning, STUCO Sponsor Shelly Renegar, Kelbie Smith, Bently Lawson, Jade Acklin, STUCO President Ashlynn Henry cutting the ribbon, Liz Fisher, Reece Walton, Taylor Manley, Max Smith, Lillie McAdams, Madelyn Smith, Emma Faulkner, Landon Hines, DeWayne McClellan, chamber board member Matt Willbanks and STUCO Sponsor Mitzie Pennycuick.
L.M.S. Student Council purchases water bottle filling stations
LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL Student Council members in Mtn. View held several fundraisers over the course of this school year to raise over $1,000 to purchase water fountain attachments for filling bottles. more
West Plains Mayor Mike Topliff, holding the scissors, grins after cutting the ribbon on Wednesday to officially open the splash pad in Butler Children’s Park. Holding the ribbon for Topliff are Greater West Plains Area Chamber of Commerce ambassadors Justin Jones, left, and Shirley Butler, right. They were joined by members of the Butler family and the Parks Board.
W.P. splash pad now open for play
With a press of a button, 12-year-old Stephen Legler, grandson of Mayor Mike Topliff, started up the music-themed water fixtures just before noon Wednesday at the West Plains Splash Pad in the Butler … more
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Howell County Office Building, 35 Court Square, West Plains
Insurance, bids, contracts on commission agenda today
The Howell County Commission will meet in regular session at 10 a.m. Thursday in the conference room on the second floor of the county office building, 35 Court Square in West Plains. The … more
THE SCENIC RIVER GIRL SCOUTS of West Plains were recently awarded $1,000 in funding allocated to regional nonprofits financially affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding, presented to the museum board by the Community Foundation of West Plains (CF-WP), was made available through a partnership between the Community Foundation of the Ozarks and the Coover Charitable Foundation. Front row, from left: CF-WP board members Mike Topliff and Joy Holloway, Girl Scout representative Joy Skaggs, and CF-WP board members RA Pendergrass and Don Henry. Back row: Allen Brinkman, Traci Wiley, Josh Cotter and Eric Gibson, all with CF-WP.
Girl Scouts receive grant funds
THE SCENIC RIVER GIRL SCOUTS of West Plains were recently awarded $1,000 in funding allocated to regional nonprofits financially affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. more
Felony charges filed after parents find marks on teen’s neck
An Alton resident has been charged with three felonies after the parents of a 13-year-old girl discovered she had allegedly been sexually intimate with him, leading to a forensic interview with the … more
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West Plains High School Seniors in the top 10% of the Class of 2021 for academic performance were honored Tuesday during the weekly luncheon of the West Plains Noon Rotary Club at the Historic Post Office in West Plains. The list of the 29 seniors honored: Kristen Barrett, Jacob Brashear, Ramsey Brower, Kendra Brown, Mackenzie Brunson, Korban Butler, Eric Davidson, Shelbee Davis, Morgan Dixon, Chance Eldringhoff, Owen Fisher, Samual French, Kebron Ghebreigziabher, Joshua Gill, Tasha Haddock, Inna Koverznyeva, Cayden Lair, Jackson Land, Ashton McGinnis, Caitlyn Palmer, Kaley Patillo, Lindsey Peterman, Brenda Pham, Savannah Summers, Maggie Tackitt, Nathan Thomas, Kaitlyn Tilson, Emmy Wall and Joseph Whittwer.
Summa Cum Laude Banquet
West Plains High School Seniors in the top 10% of the Class of 2021 for academic performance were honored Tuesday during the weekly luncheon of the West Plains Noon Rotary Club at the Historic Post Office in West Plains. more
Missouri State University-West Plains
226 to receive degrees Saturday at Missouri State-West Plains Commencement
A total of 226 students will be candidates for graduation from Missouri State University-West Plains during two modified commencement ceremonies Saturday at the West Plains Civic Center. In … more
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