Southern Missouri Christmas Toy Drive boxes have been established at several locations in West Plains, Pomona and Mtn. View, awaiting donations of new, unwrapped toys to deliver to children for Christmas. Several nonprofits are collaborating in an effort to fill a holiday resource need in the community.
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11/5/24
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A teen from West Plains was hurt in an SUV crash at 9:15 p.m. Monday on North U.S. 63, a mile north of West Plains, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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11/5/24
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The National Weather Service reports four likely tornadoes and possibly more in northeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas with no deaths or injuries reported. Meteorologist Joe Sellars with the …
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11/5/24
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Justices who split on whether to allow voters to consider scaling back Arkansas’ abortion ban are vying to lead the state Supreme Court. The race between Justices Rhonda Wood and Karen Baker is one …
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By ANDREW DeMILLO
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11/5/24
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Missouri Republican incumbent Josh Hawley is facing off against Democratic challenger Lucas Kunce for his U.S. Senate seat. Election Day is Tuesday. Hawley was elected to the Senate in 2018 when he …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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11/5/24
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Republican Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe is facing Missouri state Rep. Crystal Quade for the governorship. Voters will decide the state’s next chief executive Tuesday. Kehoe is strongly favored to win in the …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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11/5/24
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Missouri voters are set to decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. A measure to end the state’s near-total abortion ban goes before voters Tuesday. Missouri enacted …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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11/5/24
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Up to 6 inches of rain have fallen in parts of southern Missouri, prompting flash flooding in several rural areas and endangering a levee near a lake. More heavy rain is in the forecast for much of …
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11/4/24
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Some Republican-led states say they they will block Justice Department’s election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities’ decades-long …
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and JIM SALTER
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11/4/24
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In-person classes have been canceled on Tuesday for West Plains and surrounding school districts, and Missouri State University-West Plains classes are canceled today due to heavy rainfall and flooding, officials have announced.
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BY ABBY HESS,
ABBYH@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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11/4/24
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A record-setting 6.26 inches of rain fell between 12:30 a.m. Monday and 1 a.m. Tuesday in West Plains, recorded by the National Weather Service office in Springfield, and shut down in-person classes at area schools and caused area rivers and creeks to rise to levels not seen since 2017, according to official reports.
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BY ABBY HESS,
ABBYH@WESTPLAINSDAILYQUILL.NET
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11/4/24
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Capt. Scott White, Public Information and Education Division of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, has announced the patrol will no longer provide the names of those involved in injury accidents or boating accidents in its preliminary online reports, including fatalities and drownings, because of privacy concerns. The change started at 3 p.m. on Friday and was applied retroactively to all published reports to date.
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11/4/24
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The Arkansas general election is Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Poll close: 8:30 EST/ 7:30 CST
First results expected: 8:35 …
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11/4/24
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Here are the AP’s top Election 2024 stories that have moved or are planned to move today. All times U.S. Eastern.
AP’s Decision Notes have moved and are available for use anytime. The stories …
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11/3/24
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The winner of Arkansas' race for state Supreme Court chief justice won't change the conservative majority of a court that has been targeted by Republican groups in recent elections. But whoever wins …
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By ANDREW DeMILLO
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11/3/24
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Orlando Harris’ family pleaded with police to confiscate the 19-year-old’s bullet-proof vest, ammunition and AR-15-style rifle. But with no red-flag law in Missouri, the best officers could do is …
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and SUMMER BALLENTINE
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11/3/24
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Thousands of women have rallied in the U.S. capital and elsewhere with abortion rights at the forefront of their demonstrations. Saturday's Women's March events came ahead of the hotly contested …
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11/2/24
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EDITORS:
NEWS DIRECTORS:
NOT FOR BROADCAST, PUBLICATION OR USE ONLINE
The Arkansas general election is Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Poll close: 8:30 EST/ 7:30 CST
First results expected: 8:35 …
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11/2/24
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