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The West Plains Daily Quill Weekend Edition will have a new look beginning Saturday. Branded as the “West Plains Gazette,” a nod to the much-loved publication from the 1970s and 80s, the Quill's Saturday edition, the cover of which Quill Managing Editor Abby Hess is proofing here, will still feature the local news the community trusts and expects. Watch local newsstands this weekend for a copy of this artfully redesigned publication.
Continuing the conversation: West Plains Gazette launches Saturday
The dawn of a new era for the West Plains Daily Quill looms large on the horizon. more
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United Way golf tournament rescheduled to Aug. 18
The Heart of the Ozarks United Way has rescheduled its third annual charity golf tournament to Aug. 18. more
Commission to discuss counterterrorism grant
The Howell County Commission is scheduled to meet at 10:45 a.m. Thursday with a representative of the Howell County Sheriff’s Office for a new grant for a counterterrorism officer. more
Delinquent land tax sale not to publish in Quill this year
In a significant change of tradition, the West Plains Daily Quill, will not publish the informational legal notice regarding the annual Howell County Delinquent Land Tax Sale this year. more
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'Footprints' to fight cancer
The "footprints" on the pages of today's Quill list businesses and individuals who support family and friends in the fight against cancer. more
Alleged dispute over money leads to first-degree robbery, assault charges for WP man
Jason L. Brege, 30, West Plains, has been charged after allegedly assaulting a man by punching, kicking and stomping another man in the head until the victim lost consciousness, then emptying the victim’s pockets. more
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While out for a walk on Summit Street recently, West Plains resident Aym Fischer happened on a turkey vulture having a late afternoon snack. The bird allowed Fischer to get surprisingly close before taking off, enabling this unique perspective snapped as the vulture took flight. Turkey vultures are an integral part of the Ozarks ecosystem, scavenging for carrion in woods, grasslands and roads, as this one here was doing when Fischer happened upon it. According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, turkey vultures do not kill live animals and are harmless to livestock; their young, however, are commonly mistaken for black vultures, whose reputation for preying on young calves at birth has earned the consternation of producers. Young turkey vultures can be differentiated from black vultures by looking closely at the color of their feathers, notes Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology: If the feathers are dark brown rather than solid black, they are turkey vultures. Or else, the lab notes, watch the birds' wings in flight — turkey vultures have white patches that run the length of their wings and are on their tales, whereas black vultures have “fingers,” white feathers at the tips of their wings.
Close encounter of the bird kind
Howell County commissioners, during their regular Monday meeting, signed off on a Community Block Development Grant to go toward the construction of a new Christos House domestic violence emergency shelter and other expenses, $1.2 million total, with $500,000 of that earmarked for construction costs. Seated, from left: Howell County Clerk Kelly Waggoner, Northern Commissioner Calvin Wood, Presiding Commissioner Ralph Riggs and Southern Commissioner Billy Sexton. Standing: Christos House Case Manager Amanda Wade, Shelter Supervisor Kelli Neel and Executive Director Moiria Seiber, and South Central Ozarks Council of Governments Executive Director Trent Courtney and Community Development Specialist Sarah Callahan.
Christos House gets $1.2M boost in funding for new shelter facilities
Christos House got a huge boost in securing funding to help build a new emergency shelter in Howell County with a $1.2 million Community Block Development Grant secured by the South Central Ozarks Council of Governments (SCOCOG) and administered by the Howell County Commission. A half million of that will be earmarked for construction costs, SCOCOG officials said. more
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WPPD to celebrate 40th annual National Night Out
The West Plains Police Department will participate in National Night Out and invites all in West Plains to mark their calendars for Aug. 1 to join in.    more
The West Plains Alcoholics Anonymous group has found a new home at the All Saints' Episcopal Church, 107 S. Curry St. Meetings will be at 6 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, through the red door. The organization had been seeking a new meeting place since city council members voted in February to enter into an agreement to sell its former meeting place, a city-owned building at the north end of Washington Avenue, to Crockett and Tonya Oaks to be preserved for its historical value as a former Black one-room school. An Alcoholics Anonymous group member, who wished to remain anonymous, expressed gratitude for being provided the meeting spot.
Heart of the Ozarks AA has new home at All Saints’
The West Plains-based Heart of the Ozarks Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) group, after efforts by group members and city officials to locate a new meeting space, have found a new home at All Saints' Episcopal Church, 107 S. Curry St. Father James Harris with the church told the Quill the subject was brought up by a parishioner on Sunday and approved by himself and church board members at a meeting held at noon Tuesday, and was the first item on the agenda. more
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The City of West Plains has approved an abatement order on consent with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR), one part of a 30-year plan to improve the city's wastewater treatment. It will allow certain liquid waste limits to be exceeded during unusually high inflows of water due to high-precipatation events, to be monitored and reported to DNR. The order was approved during city council's regular monthly meeting, held Monday.
City of WP enters into wastewater agreement with DNR
The City of West Plains has entered into an abatement order on consent with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) as part of its 30-year plan to make improvements to the existing wastewater treatment plant, in anticipation of population growth and future federal and state environmental regulation standards that must be met. more
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OzSBI to host marketing workshop Thurs.
The Ozarks Small Business Incubator, 408 Washington Ave., will host a workshop, “Media Marketing: Know Your Place…ment,” from 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday. more
2 meetings set for Mon. commission session
Howell County Commissioners have two meetings scheduled to take place during their regular Monday session in the conference roof on the second floor of the county office building, 35 Court Square in West Plains. more
Highway 17 to close for Mtn. View’s Summer Fest
Highway 17 in Mtn. View will be closed Aug. 12 for Summer Fest, to be held downtown.  more
T&T Glass owners Stanley Henderson, right, and Dave Henderson survey damage done to their business property Thursday morning. The damage was caused when a vehicle traveling east on East Main Street/Business U.S. 63 ran into a tree, down an embankment and into two parked cars in the business’ parking lot before running into the corner of the building, said police. The total value of damage was not yet known.
Police: Auto crashes into T&T Glass after striking tree, two parked vehicles
West Plains police, fire and emergency medical personnel were called to the scene of a crash at about 3:40 p.m. Wednesday at T&T Glass, 803 E. Main St. more
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WP City Council approves zoning change for country club, receives annual audit
A zoning change from residential to commercial was approved for portions of two lots owned by the West Plains Country Club during Tuesday’s meeting of the West Plains City Council. The change will allow the country club to install digital billboards at the corners of Gibson Street and U.S. 63, and CC Highway and U.S. 63, both of which will meet Missouri Department of Transportation standards and council approval before installation. more
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The Fine Arts Academy production of “The Day the Internet Died” will begin its production run at the Avenue Theatre in downtown West Plains on Friday.
Fine Arts Academy takes center stage at The Avenue
The Fine Arts Academy has announced its much-anticipated summer production, "The Day the Internet Died," set to take place at the historic Avenue Theatre, 307 Washington Ave. in West Plains. more
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Quill archives find a new home
The West Plains Daily Quill’s collection of newspaper archives is on loan to the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) inside the Garnett Library on the campus of Missouri State University-West Plains. more
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WP citizens share concerns to city over closure of 8th St., loss of AA meeting space
Comments made to council members by citizens regarding the closure of Eighth Street and the sale of the Lincoln School building on Washington Avenue were on the agenda at Monday's regular monthly meeting of the West Plains city council. more
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Christmas may be months away, but there's no better time to prepare for the holidays and save some money by visiting the Christos House Resale shop at 125 Jefferson Ave. in West Plains, thinking cool thoughts and picking up some items. The store is holding a “Christmas in July” event through July 31, showcased here by Christos House Resale Manager Missy James, left and cashier Amber Wages. The event is part of a series of sales during a fundraising drive in progress until Aug. 15 to potentially boost the nonprofit's funding through the Community Foundation of the Ozarks. The CFO has pledged an additional donation of $10,000 to the Christos House endowment if the organization raises at least $15,000 through sales by Aug. 15. The shop is open 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the first Saturday of each month, except for holidays.
Christos House embarks on CFO challenge to raise $15K by Aug. 15
In order to lend a helping hand to an organization that has assisted victims of domestic violence in eight area counties for over 40 years, the Community Foundation of the Ozarks has selected West Plains-based Christos House to participate in a monthlong challenge to boost its endowment. more
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