What began as one McDonald’s location 45 years ago, the first in West Plains, has expanded to 27 franchises across southern Missouri and northern Arkansas under the care and attention of the Hilburn family.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WESTPLAINSAILYQUILL.NET
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7/19/25
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Today in History
Today is Saturday, July 19, the 200th day of 2025. There are 165 days left in the year.
Today in History:
On July 19, 1848, the first “Convention to discuss the …
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By The Associated Press
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7/19/25
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Authorities’ search for a missing, endangered teen whose identity was not known for certain has turned out to be a hoax, announced Howell County Sheriff Matt Roberts Saturday morning.
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BY QUILL STAFF,
NEWS@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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7/19/25
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Former Missouri congressman Billy Long is set to be ceremonially sworn in as IRS commissioner on Friday. Long, who once advocated for abolishing the IRS, takes over an agency struggling with staffing …
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By MELISSA GOLDIN
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7/18/25
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Arkansas can enforce its ban on critical race theory in classrooms, ruling the First Amendment doesn't give students the right …
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By ANDREW DeMILLO
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7/16/25
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Officials with the U.S. Small Business Administration remind property and business owners who suffered losses during springtime natural disasters they can still apply for physical damage and economic injury loans.
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7/16/25
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MOUNTAIN VIEW - A “thank you” from youth soccer players, preliminary plans for improvements and repairs to city properties and a discussion about an antique firearm donated to the city were all part of the July Mtn. View city council meeting.
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By KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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7/16/25
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A sixth-generation farmer from northeast Arkansas announced Tuesday that she is seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Sen. Tom Cotton, the chairman of the Senate …
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By ANDREW DeMILLO
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7/15/25
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A Birch Tree resident has been charged in Howell County with failure to register as a sex offender, and a West Plains woman has been charged with helping him avoid registration after she allegedly hid him from law enforcement when they attempted to speak to him at West Plains Motel.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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7/15/25
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An 82-year-old woman from Mtn. Grove woman died following a two-vehicle collision that happened at 3:35 p.m. Monday on U.S. 63, a mile north of Cabool in Texas County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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7/15/25
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The International Country Gospel Music Association’s biggest event of the year returns to West Plains Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It’s the association’s 69th annual Convention and Awards Show. This popular event, which has drawn capacity crowds for years, will be held again this year at The Bridge Church, 10105 South U.S. 63.
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7/15/25
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A former West Plains attorney’s license to practice has been suspended after he failed to show up for dozens of municipal and county cases in multiple Missouri counties, according to a motion for interim suspension filed in May by David L. Brengle, representing the state’s Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel.
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By Kimberly Langston,
kimberlyl@westplainsdailyquill.net
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7/12/25
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A shooting in Willow Springs has resulted in felony charges against a woman who told reportedly law enforcement she fired a shotgun during a domestic altercation as a warning to her boyfriend, but didn’t mean to hurt him.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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7/12/25
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A Willow Springs man has been charged with felony criminal disposition of solid waste after allegedly dumping about 2,000 tires on private property in Howell County.
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By Kimberly Langston,
kimberlyl@westplainsdailyquill.net
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7/12/25
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A breathtaking mural was recently unveiled at Lincoln School as part of Juneteenth celebrations held there.
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BY SAM MACPHERSON,
QUILL FEATURE CONTRIBUTOR
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7/12/25
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A Muslim inmate who won a U.S. Supreme Court case upholding his right to grow a beard for religious reasons said in a lawsuit that Arkansas officials transferred him to a …
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By ANDREW DeMILLO
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7/11/25
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A Mtn. View man has been charged with two felonies after allegedly defecating in his pants and throwing his feces on Mtn. View Police Chief Jamie Perkins and Cpl. Alexis Johnson.
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BY KIMBERLY LANGSTON,
KIMBERLYL@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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7/11/25
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